TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE

This document lays out our agreement for the Publishing Academy partnership between yourself (known as “Publishing Academy User”, “User” or “Member”) and Lean Marketing SL (known as “Us” or “Publishing Academy”).

By using or accessing Publishing Academy, you are accepting the practices and terms described in this agreement and in our Privacy Policy.

Although this document is written in plain English it is a legally binding contract so please take a good look.

COPYRIGHT & IPR

All content at Publishing Academy is Copyright Lean Marketing SL unless otherwise stated and may not be copied, distributed, licensed, or reproduced in any way without our express permission.

You may NOT copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, display, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any information in any form that resides on the Publishing Academy website – without our express permission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your content. We are under no obligation to post or use any content you may provide. We reserve the right to remove any content at any time at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to amend any of your content without notice (though we will always strive to notify you where possible) to correct any errors or omissions.

Your cancellation of membership does not affect our rights for content you have already submitted. In other words – we maintain full rights (as granted to us by this agreement) to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate, reformat and sub-license any content you supply.

TRADEMARKS

Publishing Academy, PublishingAcademy, PublishingAcademy.com, The Publishing Academy Logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of the Lean Marketing SL in the United Kingdom, United States and/or other countries.

OWNERSHIP OF DATA

Lean Marketing SL owns the data in our database and on our Publishing Academy website. You cannot copy it, publish it or reproduce it to any third party without our express written permission.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

You will not:

• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy) of others Users of the Publishing Academy service.
• Publish, distribute, link to or share any defamatory, obscene, libellous or unlawful material on this website.
• Upload files that contain material protected by intellectual property laws unless you own or control the rights or have necessary consent.
• Upload files that contain viruses, trojans, spyware or any other software that may harm the operation of another user’s computer.
• Delete or remove any author attributions, legal notices or branding from files you upload.

THREE STRIKE RULE

We reserve the right to delete the account of any members who misuse the Publishing Academy membership website.

To protect all our good members from spammers, flamers, multi-level marketers and abusive/disruptive posters we use a 3 strikes rule. We will inform you each time a strike has been gained to give you the chances you need to get back on track.

Things that will earn you a strike…

1. Blatantly plugging or selling your services or products to other members in the forums, in posts or on comments. This is a forum where people come to learn so keep the sales messages for your own profile page. If you think you have something truly valuable for our members then consider applying to join our faculty to raise your profile while adding value at the same time.
2. Using abusive, threatening or inflammatory language. Depending on the seriousness of this breach we reserve the right to cancel your account immediately and report threats to the appropriate authorities.
3. Spamming or otherwise harassing other members of Publishing Academy in an effort to sell your products or services. Again, if you think you have something truly valuable for our members then consider applying to join our faculty.
4. Publicly criticising the Publishing Academy service – either on our own forums or on third party sites. We expect you to talk to us first if you’re unhappy about anything. If your criticism is particularly damaging or defamatory we may withdraw your status immediately and may take legal action against you to recover any damages.
5. Copying and distributing, selling or broadcasting Publishing Academy content without our prior written permission. If you do this we will instantly cancel your membership and may take legal action to recover any damages.
6. Any other act, at our discretion, that we feel jeopardises our competitive position or the rights of our members.

If you rack up 3 strikes within a 12 month period your membership will be revoked. If we have reason to believe that a serious violation of this agreement has occurred, we reserve the right to cancel your membership and remove your access without warning and to block you permanently from accessing the Publishing Academy website. No refunds will be given.

SUBSCRIPTION

You agree to allow Lean Marketing SL to charge your chosen Payment Method for your membership at agreed upon intervals. You agree to make payment using your selected Payment Method. If Lean Marketing SL does not receive payment from your selected Payment Method then you agree to pay all amounts due upon demand.

LEAN MARKETING SL MAY SUBMIT ALL PERIODIC CHARGES IN RELATION TO YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ON A MONTHLY OR OTHER PERIODIC BASIS WITHOUT FURTHER AUTHORISATION UNTIL YOU PROVIDE NOTICE (AND HAVE HAD THIS NOTICE CONFIRMED) THAT YOU HAVE TERMINATED THIS AUTHORISATION OR WISH TO CHANGE YOUR PAYMENT METHOD. TO TERMINATE YOUR AUTHORISATION OR CHANGE YOUR PAYMENT METHOD, GO TO HTTP://WWW.PAYPAL.COM. YOU MUST PROVIDE AT LEAST 14 DAYS NOTICE OF YOUR INTENTION TO CANCEL.

YOUR RIGHT TO CANCEL

You have the right to cancel your membership at any time by giving us 14 days notice. If you choose to cancel before your pre-paid membership has expired you will not be entitled to a refund.

ONLINE STATEMENT

Your Online Statement will be available according to your Payment Method Provider HTTP://WWW.PAYPAL.COM. You agree that, subject to applicable law, this statement is the only statement Lean Marketing SL needs to provide.

DISCLAIMER

We will do all in our power to provide you with the service as advertised but this agreement is not a service level agreement and we will not (and can not) be held liable for any damages you feel may have occurred due to, but not limited to, failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, theft, crash, viruses, unauthorised access, negligence or any other cause.

While we will use all reasonable efforts to provide the products and services we offer, our liability in so far as we can exclude it in law, is so excluded except up to the amount of monies paid to us by you for the products and services in question. No warranties whether explicit or implied are given in relation to Publishing Academy or the services and products it offers. We fully disclaim any liability for consequential loss and we disclaim any liability for loss of profit or any other loss except that allowed by law.

YOU USE THE PUBLISHING ACADEMY WEBSITE AT YOUR OWN RISK WE ARE PROVIDING THIS WEBSITE “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT PUBLISHING ACADEMY WILL BE SAFE OR SECURE. WE DO ALL WE CAN TO KEEP THE SITE ONLINE AND FREE OF BUGS BUT WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE TO THIS EFFECT. PUBLISHING ACADEMY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THIRD PARTY ACTIONS AND CONTENT. YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY US FROM ANY CLAIMS AND DAMAGES, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY CLAIM YOU HAVE AGAINST ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF PUBLISHING ACADEMY. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO MEMBERS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF FIFTY POUNDS (£50) OR THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS. IN ALL CASES OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

NOT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Nothing contained on the Publishing Academy website constitutes legal, financial, medical or professional advice. Information provided is for educational purposes only. Always use your own due diligence including seeking out the services of a qualified professional before acting on any information provided.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify us against any loss or damage caused to our site or us or it’s reputation as a result of any failure by you or on your behalf to comply with these terms & conditions. In other words – if you post defamatory content on our site or otherwise breach a third party’s intellectual property rights you’re on your own.

TERMINATION

We can terminate this agreement by giving 28 days notice (or immediately if we have reason to believe you have breached the terms of this agreement). You can terminate any agreement made with us providing you have complied with all terms of this agreement by giving 14 days notice. We will not terminate this agreement unless there are exceptional circumstances such as war, terrorist action, wholly unexpected interruption of supply to us or other such circumstances.

AMENDMENTS

This agreement may be amended at any time and amendments will take effect within 14 days. We provide easy access to this agreement for you to review and will do all in our power to notify you of changes to this agreement. However, you agree that it is ultimately your responsibility to check here for any changes.

LAW THAT APPLIES

This agreement will be governed in accordance with English law. No effect will be given to any conflict of laws.

SEVERANCE

If any part of this agreement is found to be unenforceable, void, illegal or invalid then it shall be severed from this agreement and all the other provisions shall remain in force.