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Acknowledgment and acceptance of terms and conditions
The Leading Edge Music Web Site is owned and operated by Leading Edge Music pty
ltd (A.C.N.. 007 946 019) and the affiliated members of the Leading Edge Music
Group ("Leading Edge"). By accessing, browsing or using this Web
Site, you agree to these terms, conditions and disclaimers as amended from time
to time ("Terms & Conditions") and acknowledge that you have read
and understood these Terms and Conditions. By purchasing an item from this Web
Site and/or by completing the registration process to become a member of
Leading Edge ("a Member"), you expressly agree to be bound by these
Terms and Conditions.

Leading Edge may amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time. Any
amendment will be effective immediately. Your continued use of this Web Site
after any amendment becomes effective constitutes an agreement by you to abide
and be bound by these Terms and Conditions, as so amended.


RRP Information
RRP prices used on this site are manufacturers’ recommended prices where known,
otherwise typical industry prices have been shown. Please note that retail
prices vary from store to store, and we take no responsibility or liability for
the accuracy of RRP as they apply to any particular store.

Information you provide to us
You agree to:


provide certain current, complete, and accurate information
about yourself as prompted to do so by this Web Site; and


maintain and update this information as required to keep it
current, complete and accurate.

All information provided by you when you sign up to become a Member or which
you provide when placing an order is referred to in these Terms and Conditions
as "User Information". When you provide any User Information you are representing
and warranting that all of the information provided is true and correct and are
agreeing to indemnify Leading Edge for any losses, costs expenses or damages
that Leading Edge may suffer if any of this information is not correct.

You should review the Leading Edge Privacy Statement for further information
concerning the collection and usage of User Information. You grant to Leading
Edge the right to disclose aspects of your User Information as expressed in the
Leading Edge Privacy Statement.

You must not transmit or attempt to transmit any material of any kind to this
Web Site which contains a virus, malicious computer code or other harmful
component or otherwise attempt to alter any of the content on this Web Site.

If any User Information provided by you is incomplete or inaccurate or you
attempt to transmit any material of any kind to this Web Site which contains a
virus, malicious computer code or another harmful component or you otherwise
attempt to alter any of the content of this Web Site, or you are otherwise in
breach of these Terms and Conditions, Leading Edge retains the right to
terminate your rights to purchase products or services from this Web Site and
to prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.

You acknowledge and consent to the disclosure by Leading Edge to any law
enforcement agency in any jurisdiction that is investigating any breach or
suspected breach of any law in any jurisdiction of your identity or other
information provided by you to this Web Site, upon being requested to do so by
that law enforcement agency.

General
The products and services offered for sale by Leading Edge are
only available to individuals who can make legally binding contracts. The
products and services are not available to persons under the age of 18 years
old and any other persons who are legally prohibited from entering into binding
contracts.

Any party engaging in illegal activities involving the use of this Web Site
will be subject to civil and criminal prosecution. Leading Edge cannot
guarantee that it will notice or be able to prevent any illegal or
inappropriate use of this Web Site, nor can Leading Edge guarantee that it will
give notice of any illegal or inappropriate use of this Web Site.


Ordering goods
Any order placed by you in the manner described in this Web Site is an offer by
you to purchase a particular product or service for the price (including the
delivery and other charges) specified in this Web Site at the time you place
your order. Leading Edge reserves the right to accept or reject your offer for
any reason, including, without limitation, the unavailability of any product,
an error in the price or the product description posted on this Web Site, or an
error in your order. There may be reasons why Leading Edge cannot fulfil your
order. Therefore, your contract with Leading Edge only comes into existence
when Leading Edge advises you that it has accepted your order and receipt of
your payment has been confirmed.

Prices of products and services and delivery and other charges displayed on
this Web Site are current at the time of issue, but may change at any time and
are subject to availability. The availability of products and services may
change from time to time.

Leading Edge will retain title to the products you order until you have made
payment in full for those products, but all risk in the products will pass to
you on dispatch from Leading Edge, it’s member store or nominated warehouse.

You are responsible for any taxes, duties or other liabilities imposed by any
governmental agency, including without limitation, any customs duty, goods and
services taxes or any value added tax imposed on any products or services
acquired or ordered by you from this Web Site.


Delivery
You should review the Leading Edge Delivery Information contained on
this Web Site for information concerning delivery. The delivery times given on
this Web Site are indicative only. Leading Edge will not be liable for any
failure to observe these delivery times. You understand and agree that you
shall not be entitled to withdraw or modify any commitment made for the
purchase of products from this Web Site once that commitment has been made for
any reason, including without limitation, due to any delay in delivery.

Returns
You should review the Leading Edge returns policy contained on this Web
Site for information concerning returns. You agree to be bound by the terms of
the returns policy and Leading Edge’s liability is limited as expressed in that
policy and these Terms and Conditions.

Membership of this site
You will need to register as a Member in order to purchase products from this
Web Site. There are many benefits involved with becoming a member.

Membership is non-transferable. You may change your information on an existing
membership account only to update your membership account. Leading Edge may
terminate your Membership and the Membership program at any time. You may
terminate your Membership by sending a written notice or an email to Leading
Edge. Termination of your Membership only becomes effective upon actual receipt
by Leading Edge of your notification of termination.

Termination
Your ability to purchase products and services from this the Web Site may be
terminated at any time by Leading Edge without notice. All restrictions,
licenses granted by you and all disclaimers and limitations of liability by
Leading Edge will survive termination.

Should you object to any of these Terms and Conditions (including any subsequent
amendments), you must immediately:


discontinue use of this Web Site; and


if applicable, notify Leading Edge and terminate your
Membership.
Security
Under accepted codes of conduct operating within the banking industry, your
bank cannot hold you liable for more than $50.00 of fraudulent charges, unless
your actions have contributed to the unauthorised use of your credit card. In
the event of unauthorised use of your credit card, you must notify your credit
card provider in accordance with its reporting rules and procedures.

Once you become a Member, you will select a password. You are entirely
responsible if you do not maintain the confidentiality of your password.
Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities, which
occur under your email address and password. You agree to immediately notify
Leading Edge of any unauthorised use of your email address or password or any
other breach of security that you become aware of.

Links to other web sites
This site contains links to Web Sites maintained by other companies and
organizations. Leading Edge does not make any representation as to the accuracy
of information contained on those Web Sites and will not accept any
responsibility for the accuracy, ownership or any other aspect of the
information contained on those Web Sites.

This Web Site also contains third party advertisements (including banner ads
and referral buttons) which contain embedded hyperlinks to Web Sites operated
by third parties. All third party advertising is paid for by the relevant third
party advertisers and the placement of third party advertisements on this Web
Site does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement by Leading Edge of the
products or services advertised. The third party advertiser is solely
responsible to you for any representations or offers made by it and for the
delivery of any goods or services you agree to purchase from any third party
Web Site.

Copyright
Unless otherwise indicated, copyright in the information on this Web Site is
owned by Leading Edge. All rights reserved. This site or any portion of this
site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, re-sold or otherwise
exploited for any commercial purpose that is not expressly permitted by Leading
Edge. You may download a single copy of the information on this Web Site and,
where necessary for its use as a reference, keep a temporary copy in your
computer’s cache and make a single hard copy of that information. Except as
permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) or other applicable laws, no part
of the information contained on this Web Site may be otherwise reproduced,
adapted, performed in public or transmitted in any form by any process
(graphic, electronic or mechanical, including further copying, recording,
taping or by a storage and information retrieval system) without the specific
prior written consent of Leading Edge.

Review and comments
Leading Edge enables visitors to its sites to post reviews of and comments on
products featured on this Web Site. If you post reviews or comments on this Web
Site, you grant to Leading Edge, its related bodies corporate, its directors,
officers and employees a non-exclusive, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable
and fully sub-licenseable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish,
translate, create derivative works from, distribute and display such reviews
and comments throughout the world in any media. You expressly waive in favour
of Leading Edge and any other person authorised by Leading Edge all moral and
similar rights in any jurisdiction which you have or acquire in respect of such
reviews and comments. You also grant to Leading Edge and its related bodies
corporate, directors, officers, employees and sub-licensees the right to use and
publish your name, which you will be required to submit with any review or
comment, in connection with that review or comment. You agree not to post any
review or comment that contains any unlawful, criminal, threatening, abusive,
defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information or
material of any kind or which violates or infringes upon the rights of any
person. If you do, you agree to indemnify Leading Edge for any losses, costs,
expenses or damages that Leading Edge may suffer as a result.

Virus warning
Leading Edge does not represent that any information (including any file)
obtained from or through this Web Site is free from computer viruses or other
faults or defects. It is your responsibility to scan any such information for
computer viruses. Leading Edge will not be liable to you or to any other person
for any loss or damage (whether direct, indirect, consequential or economic),
however caused and whether by negligence or otherwise, which may result
directly or indirectly from any such information. To the extent that any
applicable law that cannot be excluded imposes any liability on Leading Edge,
that liability shall be limited to the cost of re-supplying that information.

Release and indemnity
You hereby waive, release, forgive, discharge and relinquish any and all claims
that you now have or may have against Leading Edge, its related bodies
corporate, directors, employee, agents and representatives which are connected
with, arise out of, relate to or are incidental to any transaction.

You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold Leading Edge, its related bodies
corporate, directors, employees, agents and representatives harmless from and
against any and all claims, loss, damage, tax, liability and/or expense that
may be incurred by Leading Edge, its related bodies corporate, directors,
employees, agents and representatives arising out of or in connection with the
performance of its duties as described in these Terms and Conditions including
the legal costs, fees and expenses of defending itself against any claim by any
or all of the parties to any transaction and/or by any other person and/or as a
result of you taking any action or refraining from taking any action or
instituting or defending any action or legal proceeding.

You further agree to indemnify and hold Leading Edge, its related bodies
corporate, directors, employees, agents and representatives harmless from any
claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party
due to or arising out of your use of this Web Site, the violation of these
Terms and Conditions by you, or the infringement by you, or other user of this
Web Site using your user ID, of any intellectual property or other right of any
person or entity.

Applicable law
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the state of New South Wales. You and Leading Edge agree to
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the state of New South
Wales. If any provision(s) of these Terms and Conditions is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such provision(s) shall be
construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties with
the other provisions remaining in full force and effect. Leading Edge's failure
to exercise or enforce any rights or provisions of these Terms and Conditions
shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged
and agreed to by Leading Edge in writing.

Limitation of liability
Leading Edge will in no way be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental,
special or consequential damages, resulting from your use or your inability to
use this Web Site or for the cost of procurement of substitute products or
services or resulting from any products or services purchased or obtained or
messages received or transactions entered into through this Web Site or
resulting from unauthorised access to or alteration of your transmissions or
data or of any information contained on this Web Site, including but not
limited to, damages for loss of profits, use, data or other intangible, even if
Leading Edge has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Where any Act of Parliament implies in these Terms and Conditions any term,
condition or warranty, and that Act avoids or prohibits provisions in a
contract excluding or modifying the application of or exercise of, or liability
under such term, condition or warranty, such term, condition or warranty shall
be deemed to be included in these Terms and Conditions, however, the liability
of Leading Edge for any breach of such term, condition or warranty shall be
limited, at the option of Leading Edge, to any one or more of the following:

(a)
if the breach relates to goods:
(i)
the replacement of the goods or supply of equivalent goods;
(ii)
the repair of such goods;
(iii)
the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring
equivalent goods; or
(iv)
the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired; and
(b)
if the breach to services:
(i)
the supplying of the services again; or
(ii)
the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.

Disclaimer
The information contained on this Web Site is provided by Leading Edge in good
faith on an “as is” basis. The information is believed to be accurate and
current at the date the information was placed on this Web Site.

None of Leading Edge, its related bodies corporate, any of their directors,
officers or employees makes any representation or warranty as to the
reliability, accuracy or completeness of the information contained on this Web
Site (including in relation to any products or services) and none of them
accept any responsibility arising in any way (including negligence) for errors
in, or omissions from, the information contained on this Web Site. To the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Leading Edge disclaims all
representations and warranties, express or implied, including but not limited
to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose
and non-infringement. Leading Edge makes no warranty that the Web Site or any
products or services advertised on the Web Site will meet your requirements, or
that the Web Site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error free.

You expressly acknowledge and agree that Leading Edge does not control other
users of this Web Site or the suppliers of goods and services purchased from
this Web Site and Leading Edge is therefore not liable for their opinions or
their behaviour, including any information or advice provided by them or any
defamatory statements made by them or any offensive conduct on their part.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from or
through this Web Site creates any warranty not expressly made in these Terms
and Conditions.

Information on this Web Site relating to products and services has been
prepared in accordance with Australian law for the supply of goods and services
in Australia only. This information may not satisfy the laws of any other
country. To the extent that it does not satisfy the laws of the country in
which you reside or from which you are accessing this Web Site, it is not
directed at you and cannot be relied upon by you and you are unable to order
any goods from this Web Site. If you do, you agree to indemnify Leading Edge
for any losses, costs, expenses or damages Leading Edge may suffer as a
consequence.
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