My First Job In Film
Terms of Use
1. Introduction
1.1 This website (“the Site”) is operated by Stoney Way18 Limited (Company No. 07268271).
1.2 We provide a platform for new entrants to the film industry to connect with the film production companies, industry bodies and educational organisations and to review and apply for job opportunities.
1.3 These terms and conditions (“the Terms”) apply to the use of the Site and shall be read in conjunction with the Privacy Policy and any other incidental agreements listed on the Site which you may be required to agree to from time to time (“Supplemental Agreements”) and shall together form the agreement between you and us (“the Agreement”).
1.4 It is important that you read and understand these Terms and the Supplemental Agreements before using the Site. By accessing or using the Site you agree to be legally bound by these Terms, as they may be modified from time to time. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use the Site.
1.5 We reserve the right to change these Terms and the Supplemental Agreements at any time. Amendments will take effect when posted on the Site.
1.6 You acknowledge and agree that if you are an individual then once we have commenced the provision of our services you shall not be entitled to cancel the Agreement under the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 or by such other consumer regulation as may apply from time to time.
2. Our Services
2.1 We provide registered users with the platform to create their own profile on the Site upload their CV, cover letters and/or other information.
2.2 We provide registered users the opportunity to contact and connect with other registered users and to contribute to the My First Job In Film forum and message board.
2.3 We provide non-registered users with the opportunity to browse the Site.
2.4 We provide registered users who are members of the Skills Investment Fund to connect directly with other Skills Investment Fund registered users.
Although we provide the opportunity for registered users to apply for jobs and advertise jobs we are not an employment agent and we do not at any time act as such.
3. Changes to Service
We reserve the right to improve, update, or suspend the service provided on the Site at any time without notice.
4. Registration
4.1 If you wish to create a profile page as a new entrant you are required to pay the Account Opening fee and to register with us by completing and submitting the form on our registration page. If you are an individual and you are under the age of 18 please do not use the Site.
4.2 If you wish to create a profile page as an industry participant no fee is payable but you are required to register with us by completing and submitting the form on our registration page.
4.3 If you are registering as a company then you warrant that you have the authority to bind that company.
4.4 If you are a registered user and wish to submit your Skills Investment Fund details you are required to complete our SIF member sign up form.
4.5 Once you have registered an account with us, you can create your profile page and log on using your email address and the unique password submitted by you and approved by us.
4.6 For the purposes of verifying your identity we may use the data provided by you to establish the veracity of all the registration details you have provided when registering with the Site, and your entitlement to use the Site and the services.
4.7 If you register your details you are solely responsible for the accuracy, legality, currency and compliance of such detail (including all SIF membership details) and will be solely liable for false, misleading, inaccurate, infringing or other actionable material contained or referred to therein.
4.8 We reserve the right to terminate suspend or restrict accounts without notice to you should you commit any breach of the Agreement or in our reasonable discretion we believe it is your intention to commit a breach of the Agreement or we believe you are acting contrary to the spirit of the Agreement.
5. Payment and Fees
5.1 We must receive payment of the Account Opening Fee before the services are available to you.
5.2 You can make secure payment for account opening fees via the Site.
5.3 We reserve the right to refuse any account opening application in our absolute discretion. In the event that we reject a application after we have received the subscription fee we shall within fourteen (14) days from the registered date refund the fee.
5.4 All accounts for new entrants last for a period of either one (1) year from the date of registration or six (6) months subject to payment of the applicable account opening fee. The duration of the new entrant account is at our sole discretion. New entrants pay for the account to be opened, the length of time the account is open is at our discretion.
5.5 All accounts for industry participants commence upon registration and continue automatically thereafter. In the event that an industry participant account is inactive for a period of three (3) months or more we reserve the right to terminate the account and remove the profile page from the Site.
5.6 New Entrant accounts will not renew automatically and we shall not charge for a account renewal unless we have received written notice from you prior to the end of the then current period that you wish to renew your account.
5.7 You shall be entitled to cancel your account at any time but you shall not be entitled to a refund of your account opening fees (or any amount thereof which corresponds to an unexpired portion of your membership) in the event that you no longer wish to be a registered user.
5.8 For clarification, in the event that the website is no longer online and users are unable to access their accounts, no refund will be given.
6. General Conduct
6.1 Registered users may only create and maintain one profile page.
6.2 All registered users must have a bona fide interest in connecting with other professionals in the film industry.
6.3 New entrants must have no more than eighteen (18) months aggregate professional experience within the film industry.
6.4 We grant you a limited licence to access and make use of the Site, but not to modify it, or any part of it, or otherwise exploit it for any commercial purpose or gain except for those specific purposes set out in this Agreement or otherwise with our express written consent.
6.4 You must not use the Site in any way that causes, or is likely to cause, the Site or access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way. You understand that you are responsible for all electronic communications and content sent from your computer to us and you must use the Site for lawful purposes only.
6.5 You must not use the Site for any fraudulent purposes, or in connection with a criminal offence or other unlawful or immoral activity, to send, use or reuse any content or material that is illegal, offensive, abusive, indecent, defamatory, obscene or menacing or that will infringe copyright, trademark, confidence, privacy or any other right; or is otherwise injurious to third parties, or objectionable, or which consists of or contains software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any “spam” to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
6.6 You must not use the Site in any way which may disrupt the My First Job In Film community or cause problems for other users and My First Job In Film staff, which may be detrimental to the My First Job In Film business and or generally use the Site in any way which in our reasonable opinion is inconsistent with the spirit of the Agreement including without limitation sharing information on the Site with non-registered third parties.
6.7 If you believe that anyone has infringed your or a third party’s copyright on the Site or if you have infringed a third party’s copyright you must inform us immediately in writing.
7. Information and Content Provided by You
7.1 Any information and content posted, uploaded, or otherwise sent by any means by you to the Site shall be legal, decent, honest and truthful, shall not infringe any third party's rights, shall not be obscene, blasphemous or defamatory and shall not contain any viruses or other malicious computer programming routines. Without limiting the above, all information you provide shall be accurate and complete.
7.2 You agree that you will not publish your contact information or any other information or data in the publicly-accessible parts of the Site. You agree that you will not publish the contact information or the information of any other person in the publicly-accessible parts of the Site (whether or not such persons are users of the Site) or elsewhere, or communicate such information to any other person whether in electronic or any other format.
7.3 Any information provided by you to us will be used by us in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and our Privacy Policy.
7.4 You waive all moral rights you have in any content and information provided by you to the fullest extent permitted by law.
8. Your Licence to Us
By submitting content and information to us as described above you agree to grant us a non-exclusive license and all the necessary rights throughout the world to reproduce, edit, change, copy, adapt and otherwise make such content available on the Site.
9. Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Controlled by us.
9.1 All content and all compilation of content included on the Site which is not provided by you, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, icons, photographs and images, audio clips, digital files, data compilations and software, is our property or is licensed by us and is protected by copyright, database and trade mark right laws in England and internationally.
9.2 You may download, extract and/or re-utilise parts of the contents of the Site subject to the Terms.
9.3 For the avoidance of doubt you may not utilise any data mining robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools to extract (whether once or many times) for re-utilisation of any substantial parts of the Site without our express written consent. You may not create and/or publish your own database that features substantial parts of the Website without our express written consent. You will indemnify us against any loss, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonably legal fees) or other claims arising from any breach of the above warranties you commit.
10. Links
10.1 We have no control over the content of third party sites and cannot guarantee the reliability of any links to third party sites nor can we provide any guarantees or accept any liability in respect of the content on such third party sites.
10.2 You may not create hyperlinks to the Site without our prior written consent. All such permitted hyperlinks must make it clear that the hyperlink is to our Site and that it is in no way affiliated to any third party.
11. Security
11.1 You are solely responsible in all respects for all use of and for protecting the confidentiality of your account and password which may be given to or selected by you for use on the Site. You must immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of them or any other breach of security.
11.2 Any losses incurred or sustained by you in transmitting information shall be borne solely and exclusively by you and in no event shall any such losses in whole or in part be borne by us. If you are using a public computer, you must sign out when you have finished using the Site.
12. Compliance with Laws
You agree to comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations concerning your use of the Site.
13. Suspension and termination of membership.
We reserve the right to terminate or suspend any aspect of your membership without notice or refund to you should you commit any breach of the Agreement or in our reasonable discretion we believe it is your intention to commit a breach of the Agreement or we believe you are acting in a way which is contrary to the spirit of our networking group.
14. Liability
14.1 We accept no liability for any failure to maintain the Site. We shall not be liable to you by reason of any representation (unless fraudulent) and all warranties, conditions or other terms, implied by law are excluded to the fullest extent permissible. We shall not be liable for any loss of goodwill or reputation, profit or any indirect, special or consequential loss, damage, costs, expenses or other claims (whether caused by our negligence, servants or agents or otherwise) which arise out of or in connection with the provision of the material by you.
14.2 Your acceptance of these Terms also acts as a general release of Stoney Way18 Limited and any of its subsidiaries (and all of their officers, directors, agents and employees) from any liability for any claims, loss, and damages (both direct and indirect, including loss of profits, goodwill and business opportunity) arising out of or in any way connected to your use of the Site.
14.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit any rights you might have under applicable local law or other statutory rights that may not be excluded nor in any way to exclude or limit our liability to you for any death or personal injury resulting from our negligence.
15. Indemnity
You will indemnify us against any loss, damages, costs, expenses (include reasonable legal fees) or other claims arising from any breach by you of any of the warranties and any other term of the Agreement.
16. Access to the Site
We will do everything we can to ensure that availability of the Site will be uninterrupted and that transmissions will be error-free. However, this cannot be guaranteed. The Site may be occasionally suspended or restricted to allow for updates, maintenance or the introduction of a new facility or service. We will attempt to limit the frequency and duration of any such interruption.
17. Notices
Except as otherwise stated, any notices you wish to send to us should be e-mailed to My First Job In Film at info@myfirstjobinfilm.co.uk. Any notices that we may wish to draw to your attention will be displayed on our Site.
18. Confidential Information
We and you shall endeavour to prevent the disclosure, publication or dissemination of the other’s confidential information and shall not use, reproduce, distribute, disclose or otherwise disseminate such confidential information except in connection with the performance of obligations under these Terms.
19. Electronic Communication
When you visit the Site or send emails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. We communicate with you by email or by posting notices on the Site. For contractual purposes, you consent to receiving communications from us electronically and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
20. Events Beyond Our Reasonable Control
We will not be held responsible for any delay or failure to comply with our obligations under these conditions if the delay or failure arises from any cause that is beyond our reasonable control.
21. Costs and Legal Fees
In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover costs and legal fees.
22. Law and Jurisdiction
This Agreement (and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatever nature in relation to them) shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation thereto.
23. Invalidity
If any part of the terms of this Agreement is unenforceable (including any provision in which we exclude our liability to you) the enforceability of any other part of these conditions will not be affected.
24. Entire agreement
This Agreement contains the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter covered and supersedes any previous agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or oral, between us in relation to such matters or any statements made to you by any person, including (without limitation) any of our employees or agents. Save for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, we shall have no liability for any such representation being untrue or misleading.
25. Assignment
We shall be entitled to assign, transfer or sub-contract or in any way make over the benefit or burden of the Agreement to a third party.
26. No Waiver
A waiver by us of any terms of the Agreement in a particular instance shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of such term or condition for the future or affect our rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the terms of this Agreement. All rights and remedies contained in this Agreement shall be distinct, separate and cumulative and no action or inaction by us shall operate to exclude or deprive us of any other rights allowed by law.
27. Third Party Rights
No third party shall be deemed under the Agreement to have enforceable rights by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties Act) 1999.
28. Nature of Agreement
This Agreement shall not constitute a partnership, agency or joint venture between the parties.