I would like to deposit my thesis hereafter referred to as the "Work", with University College Cork “ National University of Ireland, Cork ("University College Cork") in the University College Cork institutional repository (hereinafter referred to as the “Repository”), and agree to the following:

GRANT OF LICENCE
By depositing the Work to the Repository, I hereby grant to University College Cork, a non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide, perpetual licence to store, reproduce, display and make copies of the Work via any medium and to make available the Work to third parties in the manner and in accordance with the terms and conditions described herein.

I understand and agree that the Work will be made available by University College Cork on the World Wide Web subject to the terms of a Creative Commons Licence.

I agree that University College Cork or any third party with whom University College Cork has an agreement to do so may, without changing the content of the Work, electronically store, copy or translate, migrate, reformat or rearrange the Work to any medium or format for the purpose of future preservation and accessibility. I acknowledge that University College Cork is not under any obligation to reproduce or display the Work in the same format or resolution in which it was originally deposited.

The rights granted to University College Cork under this agreement are non-exclusive and royalty free. Nothing in this agreement shall prevent me from publishing the Work in its present version or future versions elsewhere. University College Cork does not assume any ownership of the Work.

DEPOSIT OF THE WORK IN THE REPOSITORY
I understand and agree that the Work deposited in the Repository will be accessible to a wide variety of people and institutions via the World Wide Web. I understand that through the medium of the World Wide Web, files will also be available to automated agents and may be searched and copied by text mining and plagiarism detection software.

I understand and agree that, once the Work is deposited, a citation to the Work will always remain visible in the Repository. The Work may be removed from the electronic Repository with the agreement of the Repository administrators, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Upon removal of the Work from the electronic Repository, the Repository administrators shall make reasonable efforts to ensure removal of the Work from any third party with whom University College Cork has an agreement. Upon my request and subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 1997, as amended, access to the Work may be restricted with the agreement of the Repository administrators, which will not be unreasonably withheld.

University College Cork reserves the right to remove the Work from the Repository at any time and while every care will be taken to preserve the Work, University College Cork, shall not be liable for loss or damage to any Work and shall incur no liability for loss or damage to the Work.

I understand and agree that University College Cork does not have any obligation to take legal action on my behalf, or on behalf of any other rights holder in the event of breach of intellectual property rights, or any other right, in the Work and that it shall have no responsibility or liability for any breach of intellectual property rights or any other right in the Work.

I DECLARE AND WARRANT AS FOLLOWS:

• that I am the owner of the copyright in the Work and author or co-author of the Work, and/or that I have the authority of the owner(s) of the copyright in the Work or author or the author(s) of the Work to enter into this agreement and to grant the licence contemplated by this agreement and to grant the right to University College Cork to make available the Work in the manner described herein;
  
  
• that both the electronic and printed versions of the Work deposited are true copies of my final submitted thesis;
  
  
• that I have exercised reasonable care to ensure that the Work is original, and does not to the best of my knowledge contain material that is defamatory or obscene, infringes any third party’s copyright or other intellectual property right or is otherwise unlawful or objectionable;
  
  
• if the Work includes any material owned by third party copyright holder(s) for which consent is required for its use, I have obtained written consent from or on behalf of the copyright holder(s) to include that material in any version of my Work and this consent encompasses the rights that I have granted to University College Cork; any such consent is available for inspection by University College Cork;
  
  
• that the grant of a licence to University College Cork under this agreement does not constitute a breach of any agreement to which I am a party, including any publishing agreement, any confidentiality agreement or other agreement restricting publication in all or part of the Work, any sponsorship or collaboration agreement governing my research or work at University College Cork or elsewhere or any other agreement;
  
  
• written consents from persons featuring in any photographs, video/film or sound recordings incorporated in the Work have been obtained and are available for inspection.