Content Licensing & Copyright

1. Our content is protected

Unless otherwise stated, all content published by You Platforms is owned by, controlled by or licensed to You Platforms.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Articles, guides, reviews, features and editorial content;
• Sponsored, promoted, partner and commercial content;
• Photography, graphics, illustrations and video;
• Headlines, introductions, captions, excerpts and summaries;
• Newsletters, email content and social media posts;
• Lists, rankings, guides, directories and collections;
• Venue, event, business, tourism and destination information;
• Page layouts, templates, branding, logos and design assets;
• Databases, datasets, archives and editorial structures;
• Any substantial part, adaptation, extract or derivative version of the above.

Our content is protected by copyright, database rights, trade marks and other intellectual property rights.

The fact that content is publicly accessible on our websites or social media channels does not grant permission to copy, republish, scrape, extract, syndicate, commercially exploit, archive, train artificial intelligence systems on, or otherwise reuse that content.

2. What you may do without asking us

You may:

• Read and view our content for personal use;
• Share a normal clickable link to one of our webpages;
• Quote a short, insubstantial extract for genuine commentary, criticism or review, where permitted by law and where clear attribution and a link are provided;
• Print or save a single copy for personal reference.

You must not use this limited permission for commercial, promotional, automated, systematic or competitive purposes.

3. What requires permission

You must obtain written permission from You Platforms before using our content in any way not expressly permitted above.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Copying or republishing an article in full or in substantial part;
• Using our content on another website, blog, app, platform, intranet, newsletter, social channel or database;
• Using our content in marketing, advertising, sales, PR, investor, property, recruitment or destination promotion;
• Using our photography, video, graphics, headlines, rankings, listings or excerpts;
• Using our content in presentations, pitch decks, media packs, reports or client materials;
• Using our content in paid social media, search advertising, display advertising or printed material;
• Using our content for media monitoring, press clipping, PR reporting or client reporting;
• Using our content in connection with AI systems, machine learning, text and data mining, retrieval augmented generation or dataset creation;
• Scraping, crawling, harvesting, indexing or extracting our content beyond normal search engine indexing;
• Using our content in any way that implies endorsement, partnership, recommendation or approval where none has been agreed.

4. Content licensing enquiries

We may license content for appropriate uses by businesses, agencies, public bodies, publishers, destinations, developers, education providers, transport operators, tourism organisations, event organisers and other commercial partners.

All licences must be agreed in writing before use.

A licence will usually set out:

• The content being licensed;
• The permitted use;
• The permitted channels or platforms;
• The licence period;
• The territory;
• Whether editing or adaptation is allowed;
• Attribution requirements;
• The fee payable;
• Any restrictions or exclusions.

No licence is granted until confirmed in writing by You Platforms.

5. Standard licence fee framework

The following framework sets out our minimum standard fees for typical content uses. Fees may be higher depending on the content, commercial context, duration, audience size, distribution, exclusivity, sector and value of use.

These fees are minimum starting points and do not create an automatic right to use our content.

6. Photography, video and visual assets

Photography, video, graphics and visual assets are licensed separately from written content unless expressly agreed otherwise.

Where visual assets include third-party rights, people, locations, trade marks, venues, artwork, products or other protected material, additional permissions may be required.

7. Property, destination and commercial promotion

The use of You Platforms content, photography, reviews, listings, logos, editorial references, awards, rankings, testimonials or excerpts in connection with property marketing, residential developments, commercial developments, regeneration schemes, investment opportunities, tourism campaigns, hospitality promotion, recruitment marketing, education marketing, transport promotion or destination marketing requires a specific commercial licence.

This applies whether the content is used by a business directly or by an agency, consultant, public body, partner, supplier or contractor on its behalf.

Use of our content in a commercial context may not imply endorsement, approval, accreditation, recommendation or partnership unless that has been expressly agreed in writing.

8. Database rights, listings and guides

Our guides, listings, directories, event pages, venue collections, rankings, archives, editorial structures, tourism resources and business information may be protected by database rights as well as copyright.

You must not extract, copy, scrape, harvest, re-utilise, republish or systematically use all or a substantial part of any You Platforms database, directory, guide, listing, archive or collection without permission.

You must also not repeatedly extract or reuse insubstantial parts of our databases in a way that conflicts with our normal exploitation of those databases or unreasonably prejudices our legitimate interests.

9. AI training, text and data mining, scraping and automated use

No permission is granted for our content to be used for artificial intelligence training, machine learning, large language model training, text and data mining, retrieval augmented generation, embeddings, vector databases, dataset creation, automated summarisation, automated content generation, content spinning or similar purposes.

You must not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit automated access, scraping, crawling, harvesting, extraction, copying, indexing, storage or reuse of our content without prior written permission.

This restriction applies to commercial and non-commercial use, and includes access by bots, crawlers, spiders, automated scripts, software agents, APIs, browser automation, plugins, extensions and artificial intelligence systems.

You Platforms expressly reserves all rights in its content for the purposes of copyright, database rights, text and data mining, artificial intelligence training and any equivalent or similar activity.

Any use of You Platforms content within or for the development, training, testing, operation, retrieval, output, evaluation or improvement of an artificial intelligence or automated system without written permission shall be treated as unauthorised commercial use.

10. Unauthorised use and retrospective licence fees

If You Platforms content is used without permission, we may require immediate removal and may charge a retrospective licence fee.

Retrospective licence fees are intended to reflect the licence that should have been obtained before use, together with the additional administration, investigation and enforcement burden caused by unauthorised use.

Retrospective fees may be calculated having regard to:

• The content used;
• The amount and substantiality of the content used;
• The nature and purpose of the use;
• The commercial benefit or intended commercial benefit;
• The number of pages, channels, platforms or publications where the content appeared;
• The duration of use;
• The audience size and reach;
• The territory and sector;
• Whether attribution and links were provided;
• Whether copyright notices, credits, branding or commercial disclosures were removed;
• Whether the use implied endorsement, approval or association;
• Whether permission was requested before use;
• Whether the content was removed promptly after notice;
• Any investigation, administration, legal or enforcement costs incurred.

Payment of a retrospective licence fee does not automatically grant any continuing right to use the content unless confirmed in writing by You Platforms.

11. Retrospective fee uplifts

Where content has been used without permission, the following uplifts may be applied in addition to the relevant standard licence fee.

These uplifts are not penalties. They are intended to reflect the increased value, risk, administration, investigation, loss of control, commercial context and enforcement burden arising from unauthorised use.

We reserve the right to seek damages, additional damages, an account of profits, injunctive relief, delivery up, removal, legal costs and any other remedy available under applicable law.

12. Examples of unauthorised use

The following are examples of uses that may result in enforcement action and retrospective licence fees:

• A business copying a You Platforms article onto its own website;
• A venue copying extracts from a review into its marketing materials;
• A property developer using editorial coverage in a brochure or investor pack;
• A PR agency placing You Platforms coverage into client reports without a licence;
• A tourism organisation republishing a guide or list on its own website;
• A recruitment advertiser using editorial wording or photography in a campaign;
• A company removing author credits or copyright notices from our content;
• A website scraping our listings, guides, events or venue information;
• An AI provider using our articles, images, listings or archives for training, retrieval or dataset creation;
• A social media account copying our posts, captions, images or article extracts for engagement or promotion.

13. Takedown requests and enforcement

Where unauthorised use is identified, we may take one or more of the following steps:

• Request immediate removal of the content;
• Issue a retrospective licence invoice;
• Request details of where, when and how the content has been used;
• Require confirmation that all copies have been removed;
• Require removal from search indexes, caches, social platforms and third-party services;
• Issue platform, host, domain registrar or search engine takedown notices;
• Notify advertisers, clients, agencies, partners or relevant third parties;
• Instruct legal advisers, debt recovery agents or enforcement specialists;
• Commence legal proceedings where appropriate.

Removal of content after notice does not remove liability for past unauthorised use.

14. Agencies, contractors and client responsibility

Where an agency, consultant, contractor, employee, supplier or third party uses our content on behalf of a client, both the party using the content and the party benefiting from the use may be responsible for obtaining permission and paying applicable licence fees.

Businesses must ensure that their agencies, suppliers, contractors and staff have the right to use any You Platforms content included in websites, reports, campaigns, presentations, social media posts, sales material, advertising or marketing collateral.

15. Attribution does not replace permission

Crediting You Platforms, naming one of our brands, linking to our website, naming an author or stating the source of content does not remove the need to obtain permission.

Attribution may be a condition of a licence, but attribution alone is not a licence.

16. Removal does not cancel fees

If our content has been used without permission, removing it after notice does not cancel liability for the period of unauthorised use.

We may still charge a retrospective licence fee and recover reasonable administration, investigation, legal and enforcement costs.

17. No implied licence

No licence, consent, waiver or permission is granted by:

• Our content being publicly available online;
• Our content being shared on social media;
• Our content appearing in search results;
• Our content being accessible through a feed, archive, browser, tool or platform;
• Our failure to object immediately to unauthorised use;
• Previous dealings, informal conversations or non-written communications.

Any licence must be expressly agreed in writing by You Platforms.

18. Brand names, logos and trade marks

You must not use the names, logos, branding, trade marks or visual identity of You Platforms, Leeds-List, Yorkshire-List or Manchester-List without prior written permission.

You must not imply that You Platforms endorses, approves, sponsors, certifies, recommends or is commercially associated with you, your business, your campaign, your product, your service or your organisation unless this has been expressly agreed in writing.

19. Reporting misuse of our content

If you become aware of You Platforms content being used without permission, please contact us with:

• The URL or location of the unauthorised use;
• The You Platforms content being copied;
• Screenshots where available;
• The date you identified the use;
• Any relevant contact details for the website, business, agency or platform involved.

20. Requesting a licence

To request permission to use You Platforms content, please contact us before using the content.

Your request should include:

• The content you wish to use;
• The intended use;
• The business, organisation or client using the content;
• The channels, platforms or publications where it will appear;
• The proposed duration of use;
• The territory;
• Whether the use is commercial, promotional, advertising, internal, editorial or AI-related;
• Whether you need photography, video, graphics, quotes, extracts, full articles, data, listings or other materials.

We may approve, refuse or place conditions on any licence request at our discretion.

21. Relationship with our website terms

This Content Licensing & Copyright page should be read alongside our Legal Information page, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, competition terms and any specific written agreement between you and You Platforms.

If there is a conflict between this page and a signed written agreement with You Platforms, the signed written agreement shall take precedence.

22. Changes to this page

We may update this page from time to time.

The version published on our website at the time of use or infringement shall be relevant when assessing permission, licence fees and enforcement action.

23. Governing law

This page and any dispute relating to the use, copying, licensing or infringement of You Platforms content shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Any dispute shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

24. Contact

For content licensing, copyright, syndication, AI use, takedown notices or infringement matters, please contact:

You Platforms
Park House
Park Square West
Leeds
LS1 2PW

Email: legal@youplatforms.com

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