Phoenix Middle East

1. About these Terms:

This copyright applies to Phoenix Middle East Company W.L.L., company registration CR 59075, incorporated in Bahrain and is regulated under the laws of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

2. Terms of the Copyright:

THE WORK (AS DEFINED ABOVE) IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS CREATIVE COPYRIGHT ("CC" OR "LICENSE"). COPYRIGHT AND/OR LICENSE AND/OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW PROTECT THE WORK. ANY USE OF THE WORK OTHER THAN AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS LICENSE OR COPYRIGHT LAW IS PROHIBITED.

BY EXERCISING ANY RIGHTS TO THE WORK PROVIDED HERE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. THE LICENSOR GRANTS YOU THE RIGHTS CONTAINED HERE IN CONSIDERATION OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

3. Interpretation and definitions:

3.1. References to "you", "your" and "yours" are references to the person(s) accessing the Site/DVD/Presentation and as an individual or entity exercising rights under this License who has not previously violated the terms of this License with respect to the Work, or who has received express permission from the Licensor to exercise rights under this License despite a previous violation.

3.2. References to "Original Author", "we", "us", "Licensor" and "our" are references to Phoenix Middle East Company W.L.L., Colin Phillipson, Andrew Wood and our contributing partners and authors (Known collectively for the purposes of this presentation and web site as "PME") and being the original the individual/s or entity/entities who created the Work.

3.3. "Work" means the copyrightable work of authorship offered under the terms of this License. The "Work" refers to the entire contents of this site/DVD/Presentation and is for the sole purpose pf promoting PME (Including it's Contributing Partners), it's products, activities and services only.

3.4. The "Work" shown is the intellectual property of one or more of the following consenting "Original Authors" represented by PME: Phoenix Middle East Company W.L.L., Colin Phillipson, Andrew Wood and any other Contributing Partners. The Work has been completed between 1994 through 2007 for varies contracts, projects agencies and clients of the Contributing Partners.

3.5. Unless otherwise stated, the "Copyright Duration" of the copyright is extended and valid to the present time even if it is beyond the date stipulated in any copyright legend of PME and pertaining to the Work included in this site/DVD/Presentation.

3.6. "Collective Work" means a work, such as a periodical issue, anthology or encyclopedia, in which the Work in its entirety in unmodified form, along with a number of other contributions, constituting separate and independent works in themselves, are assembled into a collective whole. A work that constitutes a Collective Work will not be considered a Derivative Work (as defined below) for the purposes of this License.

3.7. "Derivative Work" means a work based upon the Work or upon the Work and other pre-existing works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which the Work may be recast, transformed, or adapted, except that a work that constitutes a Collective Work will not be considered a Derivative Work for the purpose of this License. For the avoidance of doubt, where the Work is a musical composition or sound recording, the synchronization of the Work in timed-relation with a moving image ("synching") will be considered a Derivative Work for the purpose of this License.

3.8. "Licensor" means the individual or entity that offers the Work under the terms of this License.

4. Fair Use Rights:

Nothing in this license is intended to reduce, limit, or restrict any rights arising from fair use, first sale or other limitations on the exclusive rights of the copyright owner under copyright law or other applicable laws.

5. License Grant:

The Work included on this site is for the promotion of PME, it's products and services only. However subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright) license to exercise the rights in the Work as stated below for educational, journalistic, Public information and private purposes only:

To reproduce the Work, to incorporate the Work into one or more Collective Works, and to reproduce the Work as incorporated in the Collective Works;

You may distribute copies or phonorecords of, display publicly, perform publicly, and perform publicly by means of a digital audio transmission the Work including as incorporated in Collective Works.

The above rights may be exercised in all media and formats whether now known or hereafter devised. The above rights include the right to make such modifications as are technically necessary to exercise the rights in other media and formats, but otherwise you have no rights to make Derivative Works. All rights not expressly granted by Licensor are hereby reserved, including but not limited to the rights set forth in other relevant Sections herein.

6. Restrictions:

The license granted in Section License Grant above is expressly made subject to and limited by the following restrictions:

6.1 You may distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly digitally perform the Work only under the terms of this License, and You must include a copy of, or the Uniform Resource Identifier for, this License with every copy or phonorecords of the Work You distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly digitally perform.

6.2 You may not offer or impose any terms on the Work that alter or restrict the terms of this License or the recipients' exercise of the rights granted hereunder.

6.3 You may not sublicense the Work.

6.4 You must keep intact all notices that refer to this License and to the disclaimer of warranties.

6.5 You may not distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly digitally perform the Work with any technological measures that control access or use of the Work in a manner inconsistent with the terms of this License Agreement. The above applies to the Work as incorporated in a Collective Work, but this does not require the Collective Work apart from the Work itself to be made subject to the terms of this License. If You create a Collective Work, upon notice from any Licensor You must, to the extent practicable, remove from the Collective Work any reference to such Licensor or the Original Author, as requested.

6.6 You may not use the Work in any negative context where it negatively impacts PME, the Work; it's Originating Authors or their clients.

6.7 You may not use or associate the Work to/with any subject,Derivative or Collective Work which is socially or religiously unacceptable or of a pornographic nature.

6.8 You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in the License Grant above in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation. The exchange of the Work for other copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or otherwise shall not be considered to be intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, provided there is no payment of any monetary compensation in connection with the exchange of copyrighted works.

6.9 You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in the License Grant above in any manner without the express written consent of PME and clients of PME or originating authors of the Work. If You so choose to exercise any of the rights granted to you without written consent, upon notice from any Licensor You must, to the extent practicable, remove from the Collective Work any reference to such Licensor or the Original Author, as requested.

6.10 If you distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly digitally perform the Work, You must keep intact all copyright notices for the Work and give the Original Author credit reasonable to the medium or means You are utilizing by conveying the name (or pseudonym if applicable) of the Original Author if supplied; the title of the Work if supplied; and to the extent reasonably practicable, the Uniform Resource Identifier, if any, that Licensor specifies to be associated with the Work, unless such URI does not refer to the copyright notice or licensing information for the Work. Such credit may be implemented in any reasonable manner; provided, however, that in the case of a Collective Work, at a minimum such credit will appear where any other comparable authorship credit appears and in a manner at least as prominent as such other comparable authorship credit.

6.11 For the avoidance of doubt, where the Work is a musical composition:

7. Performance Royalties Under Blanket Licenses:

Licensor reserves the exclusive right to collect, whether individually or via a performance rights society (e.g. ASCAP, BMI, SESAC), royalties for the public performance or public digital performance (e.g. web-cast) of the Work if that performance is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation.

8. Mechanical Rights and Statutory Royalties:

Licensor reserves the exclusive right to collect, whether individually or via a music rights agency or designated agent (e.g. John Smith Agency), royalties for any phonorecords You create from the Work ("cover version") and distribute, subject to the compulsory license created by 17 USC Section 115 of the US Copyright Act (or the equivalent in other jurisdictions), if Your distribution of such cover version is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation.

9. Web-casting Rights and Statutory Royalties:

For the avoidance of doubt, where the Work is a sound recording, Licensor reserves the exclusive right to collect, whether individually or via a performance-rights society (e.g. SoundExchange), royalties for the public digital performance (e.g. web-cast) of the Work, subject to the compulsory license created by 17 USC Section 114 of the US Copyright Act (or the equivalent in other jurisdictions), if Your public digital performance is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation.

10. Individual Originating Authors Regional Rights:

Any of the Originating Authors represented within this copyright reserve the right to use their own Work in their Own Geographic Region as they see fit, with the consent of other Contributing Parties.

11. Representations, Warranties and Disclaimer:

UNLESS OTHERWISE MUTUALLY AGREED BY THE PARTIES IN WRITING, LICENSOR OFFERS THE WORK AS-IS AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE WORK, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR THE ABSENCE OF LATENT OR OTHER DEFECTS, ACCURACY, OR THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE OF ERRORS, WHETHER OR NOT DISCOVERABLE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SUCH EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

12. Limitation on Liability:

EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL LICENSOR BE LIABLE TO YOU ON ANY LEGAL THEORY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS LICENSE OR THE USE OF THE WORK, EVEN IF LICENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

13. Termination:

This License and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically upon any breach by You of the terms of this License. Individuals or entities who have received Collective Works from You under this License, however, will not have their licenses terminated provided such individuals or entities remain in full compliance with those licenses. Sections 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 will survive any termination of this License.

Subject to the above terms and conditions, the license granted here is perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright in the Work). Notwithstanding the above, Licensor reserves the right to release the Work under different license terms or to stop distributing the Work at any time; provided, however that any such election will not serve to withdraw this License (or any other license that has been, or is required to be, granted under the terms of this License), and this License will continue in full force and effect unless terminated as stated above.

14. Miscellaneous:

Each time You distribute or publicly digitally perform the Work or a Collective Work, the Licensor offers to the recipient a license to the Work on the same terms and conditions as the license granted to You under this License.

If any provision of this License is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of the terms of this License, and without further action by the parties to this agreement, such provision shall be reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable.

No term or provision of this License shall be deemed waived and no breach consented to unless such waiver or consent shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged with such waiver or consent.

This License constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the Work licensed here. There are no understandings, agreements or representations with respect to the Work not specified here. Any additional provisions that may appear in any communication from You shall not bind Licensor. This License may not be modified without the mutual written agreement of the Licensor and You. E&OE.

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