1. Introduction
These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the websites operated by Straight Forward Group and its subsidiaries — Straight Forward Music, Straight Forward Publishing and Straight Forward Agency — including straightfwdgroup.com, straightfwdmusic.com, straightfwdpublishing.com and straightfwdagency.com (collectively referred to as “our websites” or “the websites”).
By accessing or using our websites, you confirm that you accept these Terms of Use and agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our websites.
Straight Forward Group is registered in England and Wales. These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
2. Acceptable Use
You may use our websites only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of others or restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the websites.
You must not use our websites:
- In any way that violates any applicable local, national or international law or regulation
- In any way that is unlawful, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity
- To transmit any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of spam
- To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware
- To attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of our websites, the server on which our websites are stored, or any server, computer or database connected to our websites
- To attack our websites via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack
- To scrape, crawl or harvest any content from our websites by automated means without our prior written consent
3. Intellectual Property
The content on our websites — including but not limited to text, photographs, graphics, audio, video, music, logos, trademarks, software and the design and layout of the websites — is owned by or licensed to Straight Forward Group and its subsidiaries and is protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the content on our websites without the prior written permission of Straight Forward Group, except as follows:
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials
- You may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes
- You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of our websites for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication or distribution
If you wish to use any content from our websites for purposes not permitted under these Terms of Use, please contact us at contact@straightfwdgroup.com.
4. Music, Artist and Creative Content
All music, recordings, artwork, artist images, likenesses, names and related materials featured on our websites are the intellectual property of Straight Forward Group, its subsidiaries, or the respective artists, labels or rights holders, and are protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property law.
You may not reproduce, distribute, stream, download, publicly perform or create derivative works from any music, recordings or creative content featured on our websites without the express prior written consent of the relevant rights holder.
Links to streaming platforms on our websites are provided solely for the purpose of enabling you to access content through licensed channels. Such links do not grant any licence or right to reproduce or distribute the underlying content.
5. Submissions
When you submit music, creative materials, ideas, concepts or other content to us through our websites — whether through a contact form, submission portal or email — you acknowledge and agree that:
- Straight Forward Group is under no obligation to review, respond to or act upon your submission
- Your submission does not create any confidential relationship between you and Straight Forward Group
- Straight Forward Group may have access to ideas, concepts or materials similar to your submission from other sources, and we are not prevented from developing or using such similar materials
- Any submission you make must not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party
We recommend that you retain copies of all materials you submit to us and that you do not submit materials that are your only copy.
6. Third Party Links
Our websites may contain links to third-party websites, platforms and services — including social media platforms, streaming services and partner organisations. These links are provided for your convenience and information only.
We have no control over the content of third-party websites and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. The inclusion of a link to a third-party website does not imply endorsement by Straight Forward Group.
7. Disclaimers
Our websites and all content on them are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.
We do not warrant that our websites will be uninterrupted, error-free, free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected.
We do not guarantee that information on our websites is accurate, complete or current. Music industry information, including credits, streaming figures and chart positions, is provided for reference purposes only and may be subject to change.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Straight Forward Group and its subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, agents and licensors shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages — including but not limited to loss of profits, data, goodwill or other intangible losses — resulting from:
- Your access to or use of, or inability to access or use, our websites
- Any conduct or content of any third party on or linked from our websites
- Any content obtained from our websites
- Unauthorised access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content
Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.
9. Privacy
Our collection and use of personal data in connection with your use of our websites is governed by our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms of Use. Please read our Privacy Policy carefully.
10. Cookies
Our use of cookies and similar technologies is governed by our Cookie Policy, which forms part of these Terms of Use. Please read our Cookie Policy carefully.
11. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these Terms of Use at any time by updating this page. The date at the top of this page indicates when these terms were last updated. You are expected to check this page periodically to take notice of any changes we have made, as they are binding on you. Your continued use of our websites following the posting of revised Terms of Use constitutes your acceptance of the changes.
12. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms of Use, their subject matter and formation, are governed by the laws of England and Wales. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use or their subject matter or formation.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us at:
Straight Forward Group contact@straightfwdgroup.com