About these terms
These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the Doba KE website, services and features. By accessing or using Doba KE, you agree to comply with these terms and with applicable law.
If you do not agree with these terms, you should not use Doba KE or submit material through the website.
These terms should be read together with any additional policies, guidelines or terms that apply to particular features or services, including our Privacy Policy and applicable community or contributor guidelines.
Using Doba KE
Doba KE provides music, culture, news, stories, entertainment information and related services for informational and editorial purposes.
You may access and use Doba KE for lawful purposes and in accordance with these terms. You agree not to use the website in a way that interferes with its operation or the rights of other users, contributors, artists, rights holders, businesses or Doba KE.
Accounts
Certain Doba KE features may require or allow you to create an account. When creating an account, you agree to provide information that is accurate and reasonably current.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for activity carried out through your account. You should notify us if you believe your account has been accessed or used without your permission.
You must not create an account using another person's identity, impersonate another person or organisation, or create accounts for deceptive or abusive purposes.
Content on Doba KE
Doba KE publishes original editorial material as well as material supplied by contributors, artists, publicists, labels, partners and other sources.
We aim to provide accurate, useful and responsibly presented information. However, we do not guarantee that every piece of content will always be complete, current, accurate or free from errors.
Editorial content may be updated, corrected, revised or removed as information develops or as we identify issues with previously published material. Our approach to corrections is described in our Corrections Policy.
Nothing published on Doba KE should be understood as a guarantee, endorsement or representation that information is suitable for every individual purpose or circumstance.
User contributions
Doba KE allows users and contributors to submit or edit certain types of content, including information relating to songs, artists, albums, lyrics and other music-related material.
By submitting material, you confirm that you have the right to provide it and that, to the best of your knowledge, the submission does not knowingly violate another person's rights or applicable law.
You should review our Contributor Guidelines before submitting material.
By submitting material to Doba KE, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, reproduce, display, distribute, adapt, edit and otherwise use that material as reasonably necessary to operate, maintain, improve and promote the service and the editorial or feature for which it was submitted.
This licence does not transfer ownership of your underlying rights in the material to Doba KE. You remain responsible for ensuring that you have the necessary rights to grant this permission.
We may review, edit, restrict or remove contributions that violate these terms, our policies, applicable law or editorial standards, or that otherwise require moderation or correction.
Intellectual property
Unless otherwise stated, Doba KE's original website design, branding, editorial material, software, graphics and other original content belong to Doba KE or are used under appropriate rights or permissions.
Copyright and other intellectual property rights in third-party material remain with their respective owners.
Except where permitted by law or expressly authorised by Doba KE, you may not reproduce, republish, distribute, modify or commercially exploit Doba KE's original content without appropriate permission.
Nothing in these terms grants you ownership of Doba KE's content or of third-party material published through the website.
Copyright and takedown requests
If you believe material published on Doba KE infringes your copyright or other intellectual property rights, you may contact us with information identifying the material, the relevant rights you believe have been affected and a way for us to contact you.
We may review legitimate rights complaints and, where appropriate, restrict, modify or remove material while the matter is reviewed.
Our approach to copyright complaints and removals is described further in our Copyright and DMCA Policy.
Prohibited use
You must not use Doba KE to:
- Break the law or facilitate unlawful activity.
- Harass, threaten or abuse other people.
- Impersonate another person, organisation, artist or business.
- Submit deliberately false, fraudulent or materially misleading information.
- Submit material that infringes copyright, privacy or other rights.
- Distribute malware, malicious links or harmful code.
- Attempt to interfere with, compromise or gain unauthorised access to the website or its systems.
- Use automated systems to scrape, abuse, overload or disrupt the service.
- Attempt to circumvent security, access controls or other technical restrictions.
Additional expectations for community participation are set out in our Community Guidelines.
Advertising and promotional services
Doba KE may offer advertising, promotional, sponsored-content or other commercial services. Additional terms, pricing, placement conditions or agreements may apply to those services.
Advertisers and promotional partners are responsible for ensuring that material they provide to Doba KE is accurate, lawful and does not infringe the rights of others.
Doba KE may reject, modify, suspend or remove advertising or promotional material where we reasonably believe it violates our policies, applicable law, editorial standards or the interests of the service.
Third-party websites and services
Doba KE may contain links, embeds or integrations involving websites, platforms or services operated by third parties.
Doba KE does not control those third-party services and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, privacy practices or terms.
Your use of a third-party service is governed by that service's own terms and policies.
Availability of the service
We may modify, suspend or discontinue parts of Doba KE at any time, including for maintenance, security, technical changes, operational reasons or changes to the services we provide.
We do not guarantee that Doba KE will always be available, uninterrupted, secure or free from errors.
Disclaimer
Doba KE provides its website and content primarily for informational and editorial purposes. Nothing published on Doba KE should be treated as professional, financial, medical, legal or other specialised advice.
You should independently verify information where doing so is appropriate to your circumstances.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Doba KE makes no warranties or representations regarding the completeness, accuracy, reliability or availability of the website or its content.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Doba KE and those involved in operating the service will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential or special losses arising from your use of, or inability to use, the website or its content.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would not be permitted under applicable law.
Suspension and termination
We may restrict, suspend or terminate access to an account or particular features where we reasonably believe that a user has violated these terms, applicable law or our policies, or where action is necessary to protect Doba KE, its users or the integrity of the service.
We may also suspend or discontinue services for operational, technical, security or other legitimate reasons.
Provisions that by their nature should continue after termination, including those relating to intellectual property, disclaimers, liability and applicable law, will continue to apply.
Governing law
These Terms of Use are governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Kenya, except where applicable law requires otherwise.
Any disputes arising in connection with these terms or your use of Doba KE will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Kenya, unless applicable law provides otherwise.
Changes to these terms
We may update these Terms of Use from time to time to reflect changes to Doba KE, our services, technology, policies or applicable legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Where appropriate, we may also provide additional notice about material changes.
Your continued use of Doba KE after updated terms are published constitutes acceptance of the updated terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Contact us
If you have questions about these terms, a copyright concern or another legal or policy matter, please contact us through our Contact page.