Disclaimer
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The SABC, as a national public broadcaster, broadcasts its services through 19 (Nineteen) radio stations and 6 (Six) television channels, via analogue and digital platforms.
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These Terms and Conditions of Service as well as the Privacy Policy are applicable to SABC News, a public broadcast radio station operating under a sound broadcast license granted to the SABC by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (“ICASA”).
These Terms and Conditions of Service, as well as the Privacy Policy, shall govern the relationship between SABC News and the User and/or Subscriber of our service/s. The User and/or Subscriber is only authorized to use the services or content if they agree to the Term and Conditions herein.
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The User and /or Subscriber is duly granted a non-transferable and non-exclusive right to access our services and content.
5. The User and/or Subscriber grants permission to the SABC’s Digital Services (Website and Mobile Application) for their content to be used on any of the SABC’s official platforms.
The SABC will not claim ownership of such content if it has no written consent or permission from the User.
6. The use of our services must strictly be in accordance with all applicable laws of South Africa, and we prohibit any use of this Digital Service that is contrary thereto.
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The SABC and its Users and/or Subscribers may not claim to own intellectual property or copyright to any text, video, image, audio, or other media content, including social media comments, public reviews, and submitted content, created by a User or external contributors (“User Generated Content”) and shared on SABC’s digital platforms.
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It is important to note that the SABC uses YOUTUBE for playback through integration for some of their content and it is important that Users and/or Subscribers familiarize themselves with Google Privacy Policy and YOUTUBE Terms of Services .
Users and/or Subscribers agree that, by accessing YOUTUBE through any of the SABC’s Digital Services, they will be bound by the Google Privacy Policy and YOUTUBE Terms of Services.
9. The SABC’s Digital Services utilizes the YouTube API Services to display public content from YouTube.
By using this Digital Service, the User and/or Subscriber represents and warrants they are 18 years of age or older and have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement.
If the User and/or Subscriber are under the age of 18, the User and/or subscriber’s parent or legal guardian must use this Digital Service (Website or Mobile Application) on the User and/or Subscriber’s behalf and agree to these terms and conditions.
21. The SABC and SABC News may have affiliations to third party organisations.