1. About Rave Archive UK

Rave Archive UK is an independent digital archive and cultural-history project preserving and documenting recordings, flyers, artwork, photographs, event information, artist histories and related material connected with UK rave culture.

The website is operated as Rave Archive UK. References to “Rave Archive UK”, “we”, “us” or “our” in these terms mean the operator of this website and archive.

2. Using the website

You may use Rave Archive UK for lawful personal, historical, educational and research purposes. You must not use the site in a way that infringes another person’s rights, interferes with the operation or security of the website, attempts unauthorised access, introduces malicious code, or places an unreasonable automated load on the service.

You may link to public pages on Rave Archive UK provided the link is fair, lawful and does not falsely suggest endorsement, sponsorship or partnership.

3. Archive material & historical accuracy

Rave history often survives through tapes, flyers, handwritten labels, memories, partial line-ups, old websites and other incomplete sources. We take reasonable care when identifying artists, dates, venues, promoters and recordings, but we cannot guarantee that every historical detail is complete or error-free.

Where information is uncertain, disputed or still being researched, the archive may say so. We may correct, expand, reorganise or remove archive information as better evidence becomes available.

4. Copyright & intellectual property

Unless stated otherwise, the Rave Archive UK website design, original written material, original research, database organisation and original graphics created for the site are protected by copyright and other intellectual-property rights.

Many recordings, flyers, photographs, logos, artworks, broadcasts and other historical materials displayed or referenced by the archive were created by third parties. Rave Archive UK does not claim ownership of third-party copyright merely because material is preserved, described or displayed on the site. Copyright and related rights remain with their respective owners where applicable.

You must not assume that material shown on the site is free of copyright restrictions. If you wish to reproduce, publish, sell, broadcast or commercially exploit third-party material, you are responsible for obtaining any permission or licence that the law requires.

5. Personal use, copying & automated collection

You may view, share links to and quote reasonable extracts from Rave Archive UK for lawful personal, research, criticism, review or educational purposes where permitted by law and with appropriate attribution where relevant.

Unless we give permission, you must not systematically copy, mirror or republish substantial parts of the archive, bulk-download site content, build a competing archive from our organised collection, or use automated tools in a way that materially burdens the website or strips content from its historical context.

6. Contributing material to the archive

If you send tapes, audio files, scans, photographs, flyers, corrections, memories or other material to Rave Archive UK, you confirm that you are entitled to provide that material to us for archival consideration and that you will not knowingly misrepresent its source, ownership or history.

You retain any copyright or other rights that you personally own in material you contribute. To the extent that you own or control the necessary rights, you give Rave Archive UK a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free permission to store, digitise, preserve, reproduce, resize, transcode, describe and display the material for the purposes of the archive, its website, historical documentation and promotion of the archive.

If rights are uncertain, please tell us when submitting the material. Submission does not guarantee publication, and we may decide not to use material or may later remove it.

7. Copyright, privacy & takedown requests

Rave Archive UK aims to preserve history responsibly. If you are a rights holder, performer, photographer, artist, promoter, person shown or otherwise directly affected by material on the site and believe it infringes copyright, privacy, data-protection rights or another legal right, please contact us.

A useful request should include the exact page URL, the material concerned, your connection to it and the reason you believe it should be removed, corrected or restricted. We may ask for additional information so we can assess the request fairly.

We may remove, restrict, amend or temporarily hide content while a genuine claim is considered. We also reserve the right to reject requests that do not establish a reasonable basis for removal.

8. Embedded players, live streams & external services

Rave Archive UK uses or links to third-party services such as Mixcloud, Twitch, YouTube, MediaFire, streaming providers, social platforms and other external websites. Those services are operated independently and may have their own terms, privacy policies, availability rules and technical requirements.

We do not control third-party services and are not responsible for their content, availability, security or changes. A link or embed does not necessarily mean that Rave Archive UK endorses every statement, product or service on the external site.

9. Shop, merchandise & third-party checkout

The Rave Archive UK shop may display or link to products supplied, fulfilled, paid for or processed through a third-party store, print provider, payment provider or checkout service. Where a transaction is completed through a third party, that provider’s purchasing, delivery, returns and privacy terms may also apply.

Nothing in these terms affects statutory consumer rights. If a product page or checkout identifies a specific seller or supplier, that information governs who is responsible for fulfilling that transaction.

10. Availability of the website

We aim to keep the archive available, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access. We may change, suspend, reorganise or withdraw parts of the site for maintenance, security, preservation, legal reasons or technical changes.

Old recordings and external embeds can sometimes disappear when a third-party host changes or removes content. We may replace links, players or files when practical, but cannot guarantee permanent availability of every external resource.

11. Disclaimer & liability

The website is provided for archive, historical, cultural and informational purposes. Material should not be treated as professional, legal, financial or other specialist advice.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Rave Archive UK is not responsible for losses arising solely from reliance on incomplete historical information, temporary website unavailability, third-party services, external links, or user equipment being unable to access an embedded service.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where it would be unlawful to do so, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot legally be excluded.

12. Privacy & cookies

Personal information submitted through the website, including contact forms and any cookie or analytics information, is handled in accordance with the privacy and cookie information made available on the site. Separate privacy and cookie documents may be updated independently of these Terms & Conditions.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms & Conditions when the website, archive, services or applicable requirements change. The date at the top of this page shows the latest revision. Continued use of the website after an update means the revised terms apply from that point onward.

14. Governing law

These terms and any dispute or claim arising from use of the Rave Archive UK website are governed by the law of England and Wales, subject to any mandatory rights or jurisdiction available to consumers under applicable law.