BMJ Case Reports Website Terms and Conditions

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Use of Our Website

Please read the following Website Terms and Conditions, which relate to information regarding general use of our websites. By using our websites, you are agreeing to these Terms and Conditions whether as a guest or registered user. By using our sites you are indicating you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. From time to time we may change these Terms and Conditions, and will post revisions on this website. We recommend that you read these Terms and Conditions prior to using our sites and thereafter regularly review any changes and you are responsible for doing so.

If you are an author with a Fellowship or otherwise entered into an agreement with us you will be governed by the terms of the author assignment and terms and conditions.

Privacy

Use of the data that you provide us, or which is collected by using our websites, is governed by our Privacy Policy. By using this site you consent to such processing.

Access to BMJ Case Reports

We try to ensure that website availability is uninterrupted and that transmissions will be error-free. However, we cannot, guarantee that your access will not be suspended or restricted from time to time, including to allow for repairs, maintenance or the introduction of new facilities or services. We of course try to limit the frequency and duration of any suspension or restriction.

Accounts and passwords

General access to BMJ Case Reports does not currently require a subscription (other than for authors submitting case reports), but may require registration. This may be changed at any time.

If you have registered your user name, identification code and/or password must be kept confidential and used only by you (unless agreed in writing with the BMJ Group). We have the right to disable any user identification code or password whether chosen by you or allocated by us at any time if in our option you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.

Intellectual property rights

The content, layout, design, data, databases and graphics on this website are protected by UK and other international intellectual property laws and are owned by the BMJ Group or its Licensors. Unless expressly permitted in writing, the following are the only current permitted uses of BMJ Case Reports material which must be non-Commercial Use* (unless otherwise stated):

1. The right to reproduce a reasonable number of print copies (no more than 100) of any single BMJ Case Report by copying or downloading it from this website, for personal use and/or to send copies to colleagues in print or electronic form, provided no fee is charged and this is not done on a systematic basis (which includes via mass e-mailings).
2. The right to include a BMJ Case Report a compilation for classroom use (course packs) to be distributed free of charge (other than for direct photocopying costs) to students at the BMJ Case Reports user's institution or to be stored in digital format in data rooms for access by students as part of their course work and for in house training programmes of the BMJ Case Reports user's employer or at seminars or conferences subject to a limit of 100 copies.
3. The right to use selected figures and tables and selected text (up to 250 words) from a BMJ Case Report for incorporation within another work published in print or digital format by a third party, (which may be a Commercial Use), so long as credit is given to the BMJ Group and specific part of the BMJ Case Report does not indicate another copyright owner as in this case permission must be obtained directly from the copyright owner.
4. Any permitted use of BMJ Case Reports herein is subject to ensuring that BMJ Group’s copyright notices and trade marks appear as they do on all copies online and customary bibliographical citations including author attribution, date article title (where applicable) and the URL to the BMJ Case Reports website are included. If you print off or download any material from our website in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site(s) will cease immediately and you must at our option return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
5. All other rights not expressly granted by the BMJ Group are reserved.

*"Commercial Use" includes:

• copying or downloading of documents, or linking to such postings, for further redistribution, sale or licensing, for a fee;
• copying, downloading or posting by a site or service that incorporates advertising with such content;
• the inclusion or incorporation of the document content in other works or services (other than normal quotations with an appropriate citation) that is then available for sale or licensing, for a fee;
• use of documents or document content (other than normal quotations with appropriate situation) by for-profit organisations for promotional purposes, whether for a fee or otherwise;
• use for the purposes of monetary reward by means of sale, resale, license, loan, transfer or other form of commercial exploitation.

The BMJ Group trademarks and logos which are displayed on the website are the trademarks of the BMJ Group and its Licensors. Any use including framing, metatags or other text utilising the BMJ Group's trademarks or other trademarks displayed, is strictly prohibited without our (or our Licensor's) express written consent.

Permission for use of our intellectual property

Any request for permission of our content or images, or other use of our intellectual property not above, please contact bmjcases{at}bmjgroup.com

Links

Our websites contain links including hyperlinks which may take you outside BMJ Group websites. Links are provided for your convenience, and an inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement or approval by us of the linked website, its operator or content. We have no control over the contents or functionality of those sites and accept no responsibility for any loss or damages that may arise from your use of them. We are not responsible for any website outside the BMJ Group websites, and such websites use will be subject to relevant terms and conditions and privacy policies.

You may link to BMJ Case Reports however you may not provide a link which suggests a form of association, approval or endorsement on our part, unless we have expressly agreed to this in writing. We reserve the right to withdraw any linking permission upon notice to you or by amending these terms and conditions.

Disclaimers and limitations of liability

1. Disclaimers
   Description or reference to a product or publication does not imply endorsement of that product or publication, unless it is owned by the BMJ Group and in which case it is subject to the disclaimer's limitations of liability herein and within any licence or other agreement with you the latter of which shall prevail in the event of a conflict. The material and information displayed on our websites is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to accuracy.
   The information contained in this publication is intended for medical professionals. We rely on our authors of articles, contractors and third party data providers to confirm the accuracy of information presented and to describe generally accepted practices and therefore we as the publisher and editors cannot warrant its accuracy. Readers should be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. Because of this fact and also because of regular advances in medical research we strongly recommend that readers independently verify any information that they chose to rely upon. Ultimately it is the readers’ responsibility to make their own professional judgements.
2. Limitation of Liability
   To the fullest extent permitted by law, BMJ Group and its editors and third parties providing services for us expressly exclude:
   1. all conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity;
   2. any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with the information contained on or use or inability to use or result of the use of our website(s), any websites linked to it and any material posted on it, including without limitation any liability for loss of income or revenue, loss of business, loss of profits or contracts, loss of anticipated savings, loss of data, loss of goodwill, wasted management or office time and for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
   Nothing in this provision affects our or our contractors’ liability for death or personal injury arising from our (or their) negligence or our (or their) liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under an applicable law.

Your conduct

You must not use the website in any way that causes or is likely to cause the website or access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way. You understand that you are solely responsible for all electronic communications and contents sent from your computer to us. You must use the website for lawful purposes only. You must not use the website for any of the following:

• Fraudulent purposes in connection with a criminal offence or otherwise unlawful activity;
• To send, use or re-use any material that is illegal, offensive, abusive, indecent, harmful, defamatory, obscene or menacing; or in breach of 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, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any spam;
• To cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;
• To reproduce, duplicate, copy or resell any part of our site in contravention with these terms of use.

Governing law

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, whose courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction, although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or other relevant country.

Updated: July 2008