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Contributor Terms & Conditions
If we commission you to produce an article or other editorial content for us, we will set you up as a freelance supplier on our internal accounts system. This will enable us to pay you whatever fee may have been agreed (if applicable) for your contribution.
At the point at which you are set up on our accounts system, you will be asked to sign an agreement which confirms the terms and conditions of your work for us. Even if you do not return a signed copy of the agreement, you will be deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions if you agree to carry out work for us (whether or not you have received payment).
These terms are applicable to all freelance contributors and supersede any pre-existing terms and conditions, unless you are specifically informed otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, they are repeated here:
CONTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT
1. GRANT OF LICENCE
In consideration of payment to you of the licence fee agreed with the applicable commissioning editor (Licence Fee) – which may be day-rate or assignment based – you hereby grant to us a sole licence to use the WORK (in whole or in part) for the full period of copyright in the WORK including all periods of renewal, extension and revival of the copyright and thereafter in perpetuity and all necessary consents including under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as amended from time to time or any enactment that replaces it to enable us to change, publish, distribute, exhibit, use, syndicate and otherwise exploit the WORK whether alone or incorporated in or in conjunction with other works worldwide and in all media whether now known or hereafter devised (Licensed Rights). Additionally, you undertake that you will not sell, distribute or otherwise utilise or allow a third party to utilise the WORK (or any part thereof for 60 days after it is first published by us, or until 120 days have elapsed from submission.
This agreement constitutes the whole agreement between us and will govern all arrangements between you and us after its date to the exclusion of all other terms and understandings.
2. LICENCE FEE AND PAYMENT
2.1. The Licence Fee shall be as agreed by the applicable commissioning editor and will be exclusive of VAT. Fee rates are subject to change and any change to your rate will be advised by us to you from time to time when commissioning the WORK. The Licence Fee is inclusive of all NLA and similar fees to which you might be entitled.
2.2. Unless an HMRC Self Billing Agreement is in existence between us, you shall submit invoices to us on a weekly basis. Invoices should be sent by email to: accountspayable@dmgt.com, addressed to: Accounts Payable, Associated Newspapers Ltd, 9 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT. Any expenses incurred by you in the course the WORK will only be reimbursed if agreed by the applicable commissioning editor in advance and must be clearly marked on relevant invoices, and supported by appropriate receipts.
2.3. Subject to approvals, each invoice, which is properly due and submitted to us, shall be paid to a bank account nominated in writing by you. Once you have been set up on our supplier system, payments will be made on the first Tuesday which follows after 7 days have elapsed following receipt of the invoice. The HM Revenue and Customs UTR (Unique Tax Ref No) must be stated on the invoice. For the avoidance of doubt, any failure by the Company to pay the fee in a timely manner shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement if the failure is due to any act or default by you.
2.4. Nothing contained in the arrangements between us shall be construed, implied or have the effect of constituting any kind of employer/employee relationship between parties. For the avoidance of doubt you have the status of a self-employed person and shall not be entitled to any pension, bonus or other fringe benefits from us and it is agreed that you shall be responsible for your own income tax liabilities and National Insurance or similar contributions in respect of your fees as a self-employed person. We are required to submit an annual declaration to HMRC in respect of any such income paid to you by us.
3. YOUR UNDERTAKINGS
3.1. You hereby warrant and undertake that:
3.1.1. you shall provide the WORK to us in such format as we may reasonably request and by a reasonable deadline set by us at the point of commissioning;
3.1.2 you shall work with diligence and skill and to the best of your ability, complying with all applicable codes and laws (including the Editors’ Code of Practice, GDPR and the Bribery Act), to the best of your knowledge;
3.1.3 you are the exclusive owner of the Licensed Rights and you have full authority to grant the Licensed Rights and enter into this agreement;
3.1.4 the WORK does not incorporate any material that infringes the copyright or any other rights of any third party, including any right of confidentiality or privacy;
3.1.5 you are not aware, having made full and reasonable enquiry, of any claim by any third party that the WORK or any pre-existing material incorporating the WORK or included within the WORK, or the exploitation of the WORK by either of us, has infringed or will infringe any rights of any third party and you agree that you shall immediately inform us if you become aware of any such claim
3.1.6. in the event of a complaint arising from the WORK, you will assist us in investigating and responding to such complaint.
3.2. You hereby waive in favour of us and all our assignees and successors in title all moral or similar rights in the WORK to which you may be entitled to the extent necessary for us to exploit the Licensed Rights subject to the terms of this letter agreement.
3.3. You hereby indemnify us and shall at all times keep us indemnified against all actions, proceedings, costs (including legal costs), claims and damages whatsoever incurred by or awarded against us and compensation agreed by us in consequence of any breach or non-performance by you of any of the warranties and undertakings in this letter agreement.
4. CREDIT
4.1. We may (but shall not be required to) accord you credit on any use or reproduction of the WORK, such credit to be placed as close as possible to the WORK.
4.2. Any inadvertent failure by us to accord such credit and any failure by any third party to accord such credit shall not constitute a breach of this agreement by us.
4.3. We may for any reason decide not to publish the WORK. In this case we will inform you as soon as possible and pay a ‘kill fee’ of 50 per cent of the agreed license fee.
5. RIGHT TO ASSIGN
We shall be entitled to assign, license or deal in any other manner with any or all of our rights and obligations under this agreement. You shall not be entitled to assign, license or deal in any other manner with any or all of your rights and obligations under this agreement.
6. GOVERNING LAW
This agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
7. JURISDICTION
Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this agreement or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
