The following is a legal agreement between you or the employer or other entity on whose behalf you are entering into this agreement ("you" or "Customer") and the Owner of content (OWNER). * "Content" means all content available for license hereunder, including Images, Footage, Music, and other digital files. * "Footage" means any moving images, animations, films, videos or other audio/visual representations, excluding still images, recorded in any format. * "Image(s)" means photographs, vectors, drawings and the like. * "Music" means any musical compositions, master recordings, and any other recordings containing sounds or a series of sounds, in all formats, now known and hereinafter developed. * "Visual Content" shall refer collectively to Images and Footage. The following Terms of Service ("TOS") constitutes an agreement between Customer and Owner setting forth the rights and obligations with respect to any Content licensed by you. By agreeing to these TOS, you agree that these terms control your rights and obligations with respect to all Content licenses set forth herein, notwithstanding the license you may be purchasing today. Please revisit these TOS when you purchase any Content licenses. Owner reserves the right to modify these terms at any time in its sole discretion. Owner will notify you of any such change by an announcement on this page. Modifications to these TOS will not apply retroactively. By continuing to download and/or use Content, you agree to be bound by all such changes. If you do not agree with any of the changes, do not download or use any Content. THIS IS A SINGLE SEAT LICENSE AUTHORIZING ONE NATURAL PERSON TO LICENSE, DOWNLOAD AND USE CONTENT. PART I - VISUAL CONTENT LICENSES Owner hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use, modify and reproduce Visual Content worldwide, in perpetuity, as expressly permitted by the applicable license and subject to the limitations set forth herein: * IMAGE LICENSES * A STANDARD IMAGE LICENSE grants you the right to use Images: 1. As a digital reproduction, including on websites, in online advertising, in social media, in mobile advertising, mobile "apps", software, e-cards, e-publications (e-books, e-magazines, blogs, etc.), email marketing and in online media (including on video-sharing services such as YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, etc; 2. Printed in physical form as part of product packaging and labeling, letterhead and business cards, point of sale advertising, billboards, CD and DVD cover art, or in the advertising and copy of tangible media, including magazines, newspapers, and books; 3. As part of an "Out-of-Home" advertising campaign. 4. Incorporated into film, video, television series, advertisement, or other multimedia productions for distribution in any medium now known or hereafter devised (each a "Production"), without regard to audience size; 5. For your own personal, non-commercial use (not for resale, download, distribution, or any commercial use of any kind). 6. Incorporated into merchandise intended for sale or promotional distribution (collectively "Merchandise"), including, without limitation, textiles, artwork, magnets, wall-art, calendars, toys, stationery, greeting cards, and any other physical reproduction for resale or distribution,. 7. In wall art (and without requiring further creative or functional elements) for decorative purposes in a commercial space owned by you or your client, and not for sale. 8. Incorporated as elements of digital templates for sale or distribution. PART II - RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF VISUAL CONTENT
YOU MAY NOT: * Use Visual Content other than as expressly provided by the license you purchased with respect to such Visual Content. * Portray any person depicted in Visual Content (a "Model") in a way that a reasonable person would find offensive, including but not limited to depicting a Model: a) in connection with pornography, "adult videos", adult entertainment venues, escort services, dating services, or the like; b) in connection with the advertisement or promotion of tobacco products; c) in a political context, such as the promotion, advertisement or endorsement of any party, candidate, or elected official, or in connection with any political policy or viewpoint; d) as suffering from, or medicating for, a physical or mental ailment; or e) engaging in immoral or criminal activities. * Use any Visual Content in a pornographic, defamatory, or deceptive context, or in a manner that could be considered libelous, obscene, or illegal. * Use Visual Content designated "Editorial Use Only" for commercial purposes. * Resell, redistribute, provide access to, share or transfer any Visual Content except as specifically provided herein. For example and not by way of limitation, the foregoing prohibits displaying Content as, or as part of, a "gallery" of content through which third parties may search and select from such content. * Use Visual Content in a manner that infringes upon any third party's trademark or other intellectual property, or would give rise to a claim of deceptive advertising or unfair competition. * Use any Visual Content (in whole or in part) as a trademark, service mark, logo, or other indication of origin, or as part thereof. * Use "stills" derived from Footage except solely in connection with the in-context marketing, promotion, and advertising of your derivative works incorporating Footage. * Falsely represent, expressly or by way of reasonable implication, that any Visual Content was created by you or a person other than the copyright holder(s) of that Visual Content. 2. CREDIT AND COPYRIGHT NOTICES * The use of Visual Content in connection with news reporting, commentary, publishing, or any other "editorial" context, shall be accompanied by an adjacent credit to the Owner contributor and to Owner in substantially the following form:
"Name of Artist/Owner" * If and where commercially reasonable, the use of Visual Content in Merchandise or a Production shall be accompanied by a credit to Owner in substantially the following form:
"Image(s) or Footage (as applicable), used under license from Owner" * Credit attributions are not required in connection with any other use of Images unless another stock content provided is afforded credit in connection with the same use. * In all cases the credit and attribution shall be of such size, color and prominence so as to be clearly and easily readable by the unaided eye. Part III - WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS 1. Owner warrants and represents that: * Owner's contributors have all necessary rights in and to the Content to grant the rights set forth in Part I or Part II as applicable. * Visual Content in its original unaltered form and used in full compliance with these TOS and applicable law, will not: i) infringe any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right; ii) violate any third parties' rights of privacy or publicity; iii) violate any US law, statute, ordinance, or regulation; or iv) be defamatory, libelous, pornographic or obscene. 2. While Owner makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of keywords and descriptions, as well as the integrity of Visual Content designated "Editorial Use Only", Owner MAKES NO WARRANTIES AND/OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING ANY: I) KEYWORD, TITLES OR DESCRIPTIONS; II) AUDIO IN FOOTAGE; OR III) VISUAL CONTENT DESIGNATED "EDITORIAL USE ONLY". For the sake of clarity, Owner will not indemnify or have any liability in respect of any claims arising from inaccurate keyword, titles or descriptions, any audio in Footage, or the use of Visual Content designated Editorial Use Only. 3. Owner MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY MADE IN THIS "WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS" SECTION. PART IV - INDEMNIFICATION AND LIABILITY 1. Subject to the terms hereof, and provided that you have not breached the terms of this or any other agreement with Owner, Owner will defend, indemnify, and hold you harmless up to the applicable "Limit of Liability" set forth below. Such indemnification is solely limited to Customer’s direct damages arising from a third-party claim directly attributable to Owner’s breach of the express warranties and representations made in Part III hereof, together with associated expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees). Indemnification is conditioned upon you notifying Owner, in writing, of any such claim or threatened claim, no later than five (5) business days from the date you know or reasonably should have known of the claim or threatened claim. Such notification must include all details of the claim then known to you (e.g., the use of Content at issue, the name and contact information of the person and/or entity making the claim, copies of any correspondence received and/or sent in connection with the claim). The notification must be emailed to Owner. Owner shall have the right to assume the handling, settlement or defense of any claim or litigation to which this indemnification applies. You agree to cooperate with Owner in the defense of any such claim and shall have the right to participate in any litigation at your own expense. You agree that Owner is not liable for any legal fees and/or other costs incurred by you or on your behalf prior to Owner having a reasonable opportunity to analyze such claim’s validity. 2. Owner shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses arising as a result of modifications made to the Content or due to the context in which you use the Content. 3. Limits of Liability: Owner’s total maximum aggregate obligation and liability (the "Limit of Liability") arising out of each of Customer’s: * Standard Image Licenses shall be USD $10,000. * Enhanced Image Licenses shall be USD $250,000. * Footage Use Licenses shall be USD $10,000. * Music Licenses shall be USD $10,000. 4. You will indemnify and hold Owner, its officers, employees, shareholders, directors, managers, members and suppliers, harmless against any damages or liability of any kind arising from any use of the Visual Content other than the uses expressly permitted by these TOS. You further agree to indemnify Owner for all costs and expenses that Owner incurs in the event that you breach any of the terms of this or any other agreement with Owner. PART V - ADDITIONAL TERMS 1. Except when required by law, The Game Crafter, LLC shall be under no obligation to issue refunds under any circumstances. All fees are non-refundable. In the event that Owner determines that you are entitled to a refund of all or part of the fees you paid, such refund shall be made using the payment method originally used by you to make your purchase. 2. If Owner is required to collect indirect taxes (such as sales tax, value-added tax, goods and services tax, et al) under the laws of your state or country of residence, you shall be liable for payment of any such indirect tax. Where Owner is not required to collect indirect tax from you, you may be required to self-assess said tax under the applicable laws of your country of residence. 3. "Non-transferable" as used herein means that except as specifically provided in these TOS, you may not sell, rent, load, give, sublicense, or otherwise transfer to anyone, Content or the right to use Content. You may however, make a one-time transfer of Content to a third party for the sole purpose of causing such third party to print and/or manufacture your goods incorporating Content subject to the terms and conditions herein. If you become aware that any social media website uses any Content in a manner that exceeds your license hereunder, you agree to remove all derivative works incorporating Content from such Social Media Site, and to promptly notify Owner of each such social media website's use. You agree to take all commercially reasonable steps to prevent third parties from duplicating any Content. 4. Upon notice from Owner or if you learn that any Content is subject to a threatened or actual claim of infringement, violation of another right, or any other claim for which Owner may be liable, or if Owner removes any Content for any reason and gives you notice of such removal, you will remove the Content from your computer systems and storage devices (electronic or physical) and, if possible, cease any future use of the removed Content at your own expense. Owner shall provide you with comparable Content (which comparability will be determined by Owner in its reasonable commercial judgment) free of charge, but subject to the terms and conditions of these TOS. 5. If you use any Content as part of work product created for or delivered to a client or customer, you will disclose the identities of such clients or customers to Owner, upon Owner’s reasonable request. 6. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by binding arbitration administered under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association or of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution in effect on the date of the commencement of arbitration, rather than in court, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof or having jurisdiction over the relevant party or its assets. The place of arbitration shall be the state and county of New York. The language of the arbitration shall be English. There shall be one arbitrator. Each party shall bear its own costs in the arbitration. Owner shall also have the right to commence and prosecute any legal or equitable action or proceeding before any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain injunctive or other relief against you in the event that, in the opinion of Owner, such action is necessary or desirable. 7. These TOS shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning of the language hereof. These TOS are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. 8. If you are entering into these TOS on behalf of your employer or other entity, you warrant and represent that you have the full right and authority to do so. In the event that you do not have such authority, you agree that you will be personally liable to Owner for any breaches of the terms of these TOS. You hereby grant Owner a worldwide, non-exclusive, limited license to use your trademarks in Owner's promotional materials, including a public customer list. Owner's use of your trademarks shall at all times conform to your then-current trademark use policies as made available to Owner and shall at all times inure to your benefit. Owner further agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to terminate any particular use of your trademark no later than thirty (30) days from the date of receipt by Owner of your email request. 9. The number of Content downloads available to you is unlimited while the Content is available on thegamecrafter.com. 10. If any individual term of these TOS is found to be invalid or unenforceable by any legal or regulatory body of competent jurisdiction, such finding will be limited solely to such invalid or unenforceable part, without affecting the remaining parts of such individual term, or any other part of these TOS, so that these TOS shall otherwise remain in full force and effect. 11. It is expressly understood and agreed that this TOS is entered into solely for the mutual benefit of the parties herein and that no benefits, rights, duties, or obligations are intended by this TOS as to third parties. 12. In the event that you breach any of the terms of this or any other agreement with Owner, Owner shall have the right to terminate your account without further notice, in addition to Owner's other rights at law and/or equity. The Game Crafter, LLC shall be under no obligation to refund any fees paid by you in the event that your account is terminated by reason of a breach. 13. Except as expressly set forth herein, Owner grants no rights and makes no warranties, with regard to the use of personally identifiable information that may be contained in the Content, music or other audio in Footage, trademarks, trade dress or copyrighted designs or works of art or architecture depicted in any Visual Content. 14. Owner's liability under any individual license purchased hereunder shall not exceed the "Limit of Liability" applicable to the license in effect at the time customer knows or should have known of the claim, and is without regard to the number of times the subject Content is licensed or used by you. 15. The Game Crafter, LLC shall have no liability under this agreement beyond the cost of the transaction in which the Content was licensed. 16. Neither Owner nor any of its officers, employees, managers, members, shareholders, directors or suppliers shall be liable to you or to any other person or entity for any general, punitive, special, indirect, consequential or incidental damages, or lost profits or any other damages, costs or losses arising out of your use of the Content, Owner's breach of this agreement, or otherwise, unless expressly provided for herein, even if Owner has been advised of the possibility of such damages, costs or losses. 17. Except as expressly set forth in Part III, all Content is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of non-infringement, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. Some Content may contain elements that require additional clearance if the Content is modified or used in a particular context. If you make such modification or use Content in such context, you are solely responsible for obtaining any additional clearances thereby required. 18. Owner does not warrant that the Content, Owner websites, or other materials will meet your requirements or that use will be uninterrupted or error free. The entire risk as to the quality, performance and use of the Content is solely with you. EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 2017