Free Digital Content Website Terms of Use 
These Free Digital Content Website Terms of Use are designed for use with websites offering free media such as information, images, sound and video (“digital content”) for general personal or commercial use and are thus suitable for a wide range of different websites. We also offer an alternative set of terms and conditions specifically designed for websites offering more journalistic content which include a provision disclaiming the website operator’s responsibility for the opinions and views expressed in content, available here. Such a clause is not included in this document.
This document has been recently updated and now includes a clause prohibiting scraping and text and data mining, practices commonly used in the development and training of AI models. The clause is designed to ensure that such activities are a direct breach of the website’s terms of use. It is also recommended that technical measures be taken to further protect a website’s content from scraping and text and data mining.
These website terms of use are intended to be accepted through use. Users therefore accept your terms of use as soon as they start using the site. This is made clear at the start. References are also included to other terms which apply to the site itself, such as your privacy policy and acceptable use policy.
Important information about the website operator is provided, including company registration details, trading address, and details of any relevant regulatory bodies or associations. For certain trades and professions there may be additional information that website operators are required by law to provide. Members of regulated professions should include professional titles, links to professional rules and other important details. Such details are not included in this template and professional advice should be sought by those working in regulated professions.
IP (and especially copyright) is particularly important when providing digital content. Detailed provisions in this template address intellectual property. Various options are included in the template to allow you to choose how many freedoms to give to your users when it comes to saving and copying material from your site. These options are grouped into two versions of the IP clause. The first is more restrictive; the second, more flexible with more options. In either case, use of your content can be restricted to personal use or can be opened up to commercial use as well.
Further key provisions address links to and from the site, disclaimers, liability (with different provisions for consumers and business users), viruses and security, and acceptable use of the site.
Optional phrases / clauses are enclosed in square brackets. These should be read carefully and selected so as to be compatible with one another. Unused options should be removed from the document. Please note that while clause numbering is automatic, cross references to other clauses within the text do not update automatically and must be changed manually if the addition or removal of other clauses changes numbering.
This template is also available in the Website Terms & Conditions group.
These Free Digital Content Website Terms of Use contain the following clauses:
1. Definitions and Interpretation
2. Information About Us
3. How to Contact Us [and Your Use of Our Contact Tools]
4. Access to Our Site
5. Changes to Our Site
6. Changes to these Terms and Conditions
7. [International Users]
8. How You May Use Our Site and Content (Intellectual Property Rights)
9. No Scraping, Text or Data Mining
10. Links to Our Site
11. Links to Other Sites
12. [Advertising]
13. Disclaimers
14. Our Liability
15. Viruses, Malware, and Security
16. Acceptable Usage of Our Site
17. How We Use Your Personal Information
18. [Communications from Us]
19. Law and Jurisdiction
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