These are the general terms and conditions under which AES agrees to conduct business, related to issues of copyright and ownership of product. These provide clients with a simple outline where an agreement is not provided as part of project documentation or a contract. Where a contract covering these issues is agreed the terms and conditions of that contract will replace these. It is a condition of employing the services of AES that these default terms and conditions cover all instances related to our work for clients except where a contract or written agreement varying them has been signed.
These Terms and conditions may change from time to time, without prior notification, and you should return to view this page for the most up to date details.
The Client owns copyright on the information and pictures which the client has provided to enable AES to build a particular solution. In a web site the client owns the rights to the data supplied by the client which we would use to build the web site. Similarly the client owns the rights to any text and pictures which the client has produced for the puposes of our authoring a brochure, interactive CD or other media or IT product.
AES owns the copyright of the design and source code for all its media solutions for example the look and feel of an interactive CD and the JAVASCRIPT, PHP, HTML and other codes (excepting the those copyrighted by third parties eg Microsoft™, Adobe™ etc ) used to design a web site or other software product as well as the format of the layout of a brochure.
While the content remains the copyright of the client the layout and positioning and code to deliver that content is the property of AES.
AES maintains this approach to copyright for three reasons
- Firstly it reduces the cost to the client not having to buy source code or copyright.
- Secondly it protects the client because AES have no right to publish the client's material without permission (copyright on the original information).
- Thirdly there are situations where AES develops complex code which is confidential to AES and which if disclosed to another supplier of a client might disadvantage AES.
This means that the source code and look and feel of a website created by AES Digital Solutions Limited is the intellectual property of AES. Neither the source code nor the design of the website may be transferred, sold or duplicated on another web server or in other media without the written permission of an authorised signatory of AES.
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As an optional extra AES can configure email accounts for your web application or websites. There is a small cost per mailbox per year for this, and the standard mailbox size is 100 MB The mailbox is set up as a standard POP account and is automatically blocked if you will exceed this storage limit. Use of email on our servers is governed by our acceptable use policy.
Acceptable Use Policy
Any customer of AES agrees to this policy, which may be updated without notice. AES reserves the right to terminate or remove any web site or application from its servers which is in the sole opinion of AES not working within the bounds of acceptable use as defined solely by AES. AES does not permit: emails or web content which is Racist, sexist, pornographic, engenders hate, or which contravenes UK legislation, and or causes religious offence to any person.
AES also regards miss-selling and misrepresentation, pyramid and chain selling, phishing, spamming or transmitting viruses or malware as not acceptable and we will remove sites plus mail facilities if we deem them unacceptable.
When working with products which require data input by the client's Users AES recommends that clients take normal precautions to avoid problems in the event of erros in entry or hardware failure. This includes keeping a dated record of essential material which is being entered, and regularly backing up the data in the system.
Note that closing down operations may be a costed activity, On request AES can supply a cost for transferring domain names, provision of web site code, purchase of source code (where this is not AES company confidential) for use with other suppliers, or costs for use of designs and layouts or to cover the copyright of production of software items by other suppliers.
For detailed information on any aspect of these terms and conditions please contact info@aes.co.uk.
 Master Terms and Conditions
Additional T&C for CAMS
Additional T&C for FMS
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