CD CONTENT AGREEMENT
1. No Sale
2. Sublicense
3. Restrictions
5. Ownership and Retention of Rights
6. Representations and Warranties
11. Miscellaneous
This agreement (this "Agreement") shall be binding upon Fotolia LLC ("Fotolia") and the user (User) who utilizes any photograph, illustration, image or other pictorial or graphic work (the "Work") contained in this CD. The User acknowledges and agrees that he or she shall be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and that this Agreement applies to each Work that the User utilizes.
The User acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement does not effectuate any sale of the Work. Except for the rights specifically sublicensed under this Agreement, the User shall not have any right, title or interest in or to, and in any event shall have no ownership of, the Work, including any copyright and other intellectual property rights.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Fotolia hereby grants to the User a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, non-transferable sublicense to use, reproduce or display the Work an unlimited number of times in the authorized media solely for (a) personal or educational purposesÊ The User shall have no right to grant further sublicenses. The User is not required to pay Fotolia a sublicense fee in accordance with Fotolia's Standard pricing and payment policies for use of digital images contained on this CD. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, with respect to electronic formats, the Userâs reproduction, distribution or display of the Work shall be limited to a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels in website uses (regardless of the resolution of the Work available from the CD), and shall be limited to the resolution available for use from the CD in other electronic uses. For clarification purposes but subject to the foregoing restrictions, it is intended that this sublicense shall permit use, reproduction and display of the Work in or for a business or commercial setting or circumstances, as a logo for a business (including on a website), display in an office or other place of business, on advertising and promotion materials, and the like.
In addition, the User shall have the right to create modified and derivative works based upon the original Work (derivative works within the meaning of the USA Copyright Act which incorporates but is not substantially similar to the original Work). The permitted use of the modified and derivative works includes all the uses permitted to the User with respect to the original work
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, and without limitation to any aforementioned restrictions, the User acknowledges, agrees and warrants that he or she shall not:
(a) Use the work other than for personal or educational purposesÊ
(b) sublicense, sell, assign, convey or transfer any of it's rights under this agreement. Sell, license or distribute the Work or any modified Work as stand-alone files or as part of an online database or any other database, or any derivative product containing the Work in such way that would allow a third party to download, extract or access the Image as a stand-alone file;
(c) share the Work with any other person or entity except as expressly permitted under this Agreement;
(d) post the Work online in downloadable format, post the Work on an electronic bulletin board, or enable the Work to be distributed via mobile telephone devices. Include the Work in any electronic template or application, including those that are web based, where the purpose is to create multiple impressions of an electronic or printed product, including but not limited to website design, presentation templates, electronic greeting cards, business cards or any other electronic or printed matter;
(e) download or store the Work on more than one computer at the same time, except that the User may make a single backup copy to be stored on media separate from the single permitted computer;
(f) use, reproduce, distribute or display the Work in connection with design template applications intended for resale;
(g) use, reproduce, distribute or display the Work in connection with any goods or services intended for resale or distribution which primary value lies in the work itself, including, without limitation, mugs, t-shirts, posters, greeting cards, posters or other merchandise, and any of the foregoing in "print on demand" or tangible or electronic formats, as applicable;
(h) use, reproduce, distribute or display the Work (including, without limitation, by itself or in combination with any other work of authorship) in any manner that is libelous or slanderous or otherwise defamatory, obscene or indecent;
(i) remove any notice of copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or other information that may appear on, embedded in, or in connection with the Work in its original downloaded form, it being understood that the User shall reproduce any and all such notices in any backup copy of the file comprising the Work that the Downloading Member makes;
(j) incorporate the Work into a trademark or service mark;
(k) take any action in connection with the Work that violates any law, regulation or statute in an applicable jurisdiction;
(l) Use the Work in an editorial manner, without the following credit adjacent to the Image: "© [Photographer's name] / [Name of the agency providing the Image].;
(m) take any action in connection with the Work that violates or infringes the intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity, including, without limitation, the moral rights of the creator of the Work and the rights of any person who, or any person whose property, appears in the Work; or
(n) take any action in connection with the Work that associates it or the creator of the Work, or the persons or property appearing in the Work (if any), with any political, religious, economic or other opinion-based movements or parties.
As indicated above, the User shall not pay Fotolia a sublicense fee in accordance with Fotolia's Standard pricing and payment policies for use of digital images on this CD.
The User acknowledges and agrees that Fotolia and/or its licensor retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Work (except for the rights granted pursuant to this Agreement), and that neither title nor any ownership interest in or to the Work is transferred to the User by virtue of this Agreement. Fotolia and/or its licensor (as applicable) shall also retain the right to use, reproduce or display the Work solely to demonstrate the Work as part of his or her professional portfolio. Without any limitation to any other rights that Fotolia may retain, Fotolia shall continue to have the right to use the Work for internal archival and reference purposes.
In addition to the representations and warranties made by the User above, each of Fotolia and the User hereby represent and warrant that it, or he or she, has the right to enter into this Agreement.
The User agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Fotolia and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, owners, agents, representatives, licensors and (sub)licensees (collectively, "Indemnitees") from and against all claims, expenses (including attorney fees) or other liability arising from the Users breach of any of his or her representations, warranties or obligations under this Agreement, and from any and all uses of the Work, including, without limitation, any claims or actions based on infringement or violation of intellectual property rights, libel or slander or other defamation, right of privacy or "false light", right of publicity or blurring or distortion or alteration whether or not intentional. Fotolia shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to control the defense of any claim, action or matter subject to indemnification by the User with counsel of its own choosing. The User shall fully cooperate with Fotolia in the defense of any such claim, action or matter.
The User agrees that neither Fotolia nor its affiliates, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, owners, agents, representatives, licensors and (sub)licensees (other than the User), shall be liable for any damages, whether direct, incidental, indirect or consequential, arising from any use or non-use of the Work, even if such parties have been advised, or advised of the possibility, of such damages.
THE WORK IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This Agreement shall continue in perpetuity unless terminated in accordance with this Section 9. Fotolia may at any time terminate this Agreement with respect to any Work in the event of any breach by the User of any of his or her representations, warranties or obligations under this Agreement. The User may at any time terminate this Agreement. Each of Fotolia and the User shall notify the other in the event it, he or she terminates this Agreement. Fotolia shall also have the right, in its sole discretion, to deny the use of any Work from the CD. Upon termination of a license for any particular Work, the User shall immediately cease using such Work, destroy, or upon the request of Fotolia return the Work to Fotolia, delete or remove the Work from its premises, computer systems and storage (electronic and physical), and shall ensure that its clients and customers do likewise.
Upon the termination of this Agreement, the User shall cease using the Work and destroy all copies of the Work, and all derivative works and related materials (if any), in his or her possession or control. At Fotolia's request, the User shall certify in writing to such destruction of the Work, derivative works and/or related materials. Termination of this Agreement shall not relieve the User from any payment obligations that may have arisen prior to such termination. The provisions of Sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to any conflict of laws principles. Any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be instituted in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction in the federal or state courts of the State of New York, and the User and Fotolia each submit to the personal jurisdiction of such court and waive any right each might otherwise have to claim lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenience of forum.
The relationship between Fotolia and the User under this Agreement is that of independent contractors. For clarification purposes, the parties are not joint ventures, partners, principal and agent, or employer and employee. Neither party shall have the power to bind or obligate the other in any manner.
The User agrees that he or she shall be responsible for all use, sales, value-added and similar taxes and duties imposed by any governing authority in any jurisdiction in connection with the license granted to him or her under this Agreement.
No waiver on the part of Fotolia to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of Fotolia to exercise any such power, right, privilege or remedy, shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy.
Except with respect to any trademark rights, all rights and licenses granted by Fotolia under or pursuant to this Agreement are for all purposes of Section 365(n) of Title 11 of the United States Code ("Title 11"), licenses of rights to "intellectual property" as defined in Title 11. Fotolia agrees that, in the event of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings by or against Fotolia under Title 11, the User, as licensee of such rights under this Agreement, shall retain and may fully exercise all of its rights under this Agreement (including the license granted under this Agreement) and all of its rights and elections under Title 11.
Fotolia shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to assign any or all of its rights or obligations under this Agreement. The User shall have no right to assign any of his or her rights or obligations under this Agreement.
This Agreement shall be inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, Fotolia and the Non-Exclusive Downloading Member, and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any person or entity, other than Fotolia and the User, and their respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.
Whenever the context so requires, the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa, and the masculine, feminine and neutral genders shall include each other.
If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, all other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.
The underlined headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement