Verité Media

Terms and Conditions

1. Material, Copyright and Terms of Use

1.1 The material provided by Verité Media (VM) to the Subscriber in terms hereof (“the Material”) is the valuable intellectual property of VM and the same shall remain at all times the exclusive property of VM, and protected under copyright and other intellectual property law as may be applicable in Sri Lanka. Any and all material that may be accessed under this Agreement through published documents, email, and from the VM website remain the exclusive property of VM, and protected under copyright and other intellectual property law as may be applicable in Sri Lanka.

1.2 VM reserves the right to translate, redistribute and produce the Material in alternate media.

1.3 VM shall be at liberty at any time and without reasons assigned, to make any such alteration to the format, layout, or content of the Material.

1.4 The Subscriber must treat all Material received hereunder like any other copyrighted material and further acknowledges that the Subscriber has and shall have no claim to ownership nor any right to grant any license in respect thereof by reason of its use or access thereto.

1.5 Readership access to the publications, as well as downloading from the website, is permitted for institutional or educational use of the Subscriber only. Recompiling, copying, publication, or republication of the Material, or any portion thereof, in any form or medium whatsoever, may be done only with the written permission of VM. The obligations and undertakings of the Subscriber under this Agreement shall survive the completion and/or termination and/or suspension of this Agreement.

1.6 The Subscriber also undertakes that the Material shall not be used, transmitted, or facilitated for use, directly or indirectly, by any person for the making of products similar to the Material or any other products of VM. This undertaking shall survive the term and termination hereof.

2. Compliance and Violation of Subscription Agreement

VM will rely upon honesty on the part of the Subscriber to honour the terms herein. If the Subscriber is, in the opinion of VM, found/determined to have been violating/facilitating the violation of the rights and interests of VM protected herein, VM, in addition to any other rights and remedies available to it, reserves the right to terminate or restrict all web-based access to the archives, as well as terminate email delivery of the publication, without any refund of the subscription fee. The Subscriber shall in such event be liable for any loss or damage on account of unauthorised circulation.

3. Termination

3.1 Either party to this Subscription Agreement is entitled to terminate this Agreement without the requirement of any refund of subscription, in the event of an exigency such as war, civil war, civil commotion, fire, explosion, storm, tempest, flood, inevitable accident or other cause over which the parties have no control.

3.2 If VM is compelled to suspend or discontinue the provision of services hereunder due to the occurrence of any event of Force Majeure including any action by the Government or any other cause not reasonably within VM’s control, VM shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused as a result of such suspension or discontinuance nor be required to effect any repayment of any part of the subscription.

3.3 Any termination, for whatever reason, shall be without prejudice to any accrued rights and liabilities of the Parties.

4. Disclaimer

4.1 VM does not represent or warrant that the data/information analysed (as reported) are free from error, and hereby expressly disclaims any liability to any person for any loss or damage caused by such errors or omissions in the material analysed, whether such errors or omission result from negligence, accident or any other cause.

4.2 VM specifically disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose and shall not be liable in respect of anything done or not done in reliance of the Material.

4.3 VM shall make every commercially reasonable effort to ensure that the Material transmitted is free of any contaminating or destructive features, such as software viruses, but shall not be held liable to any extent for any loss or damage caused by or arising from any illegal or irregular cyber activity or crime of which VM is in any way a victim.

5. Terms of Reference

Deliverables of The Media Analysis (TMA) Standard Institutional Subscription:

  • The Media Analysis (45 issues per year) is an aperture into the vernacular socio-political mindset. It covers Sinhala reportage of key current issues of ongoing political interest and provides analytical insight into the developing social and political trends, context of the issue and nuances in reporting. It also provides a GAP Analysis between the Sinhala and Tamil reportage, on a weekly basis.
  • Research Bulletins (minimum of 6 issues per year) provide an in-depth understanding of significant current issues of interest in Sri Lanka. These Bulletins are based on propriety – research and analysis done by the research team of VM.
  • Full Access to the archives of TMA (beginning from March 2011), for search, retrieval, and research purposes, is made available to all subscribed desks.
  • Review Briefings conducted by Verité’s senior political and economic analysts will offer a succinct presentation on the key issues and trends, assessing ideological underpinnings and their broader political impact; highlighting key developments that will determine the future trajectories.
  • Delivery
    • Standard Institutional Package would entitle 3 nominated desks of the subscriber to all reports published by TMA.
    • Review briefings conducted every trimester would be open to one representative of the subscriber on a date and venue specified by VM.