Eyecandy Images License Agreement
- Definitions
In this Agreement the following words and expressions shall have the
following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
"Agreement" means, altogether the terms and conditions within this
document on our invoicing, reminder, legal documents, correspondence and
our website, including the copyright notice within all our assets.
"ECI" shall mean Eyecandy Images inc. and its related brands, Eyecandy,
Eyecandy images, Eyecandy Pro and Eyecandy
"Royalty Free Content" shall mean Content licensed for an unlimited
number of uses for a one time fee and includes abbreviations like ‘RF’.
"Rights Managed Content" shall mean Content licensed for a fee per usage
basis, calculated via set depending factors
and includes abbreviations like ‘RM’.
"Rights Combined Content" shall mean Content that is licensed via a
categorized model, calculating price per categories set by ECI
and includes abbreviations like ‘RC’.
"Comps/Presentation Images" shall mean Content licensed without a fee
solely for ‘Presentation or Review’ purposes to determine if the content is
appropriate for use within our Royalty Free, Rights Managed and Rights
Combined licensing models.
"Images" shall mean all content provided, generated, produced and supplied
by Eyecandy Images in any medium, digital or non digital, though physical
cd/dvd/hd/ftp/xml/rss/ or any other form of transmission. This includes image
data, META data, offline data, copyright data and technical data imbedded
and/or included in the image or the original, text, key-wording or captioning.
"End Use" shall means the final product created with Eyecandy Images
content in any shape or form, print or digital – excluding ‘comp/presentation
images’.
"Term" shall mean a) with respect to each license granted hereunder, the
term specified herein or in the applicable Invoice and/or Specific content Web
Page, unless earlier terminated as provided herein and, b) with respect to
this Agreement, the term shall end on the earlier to occur of (1) termination or
cancellation of this agreement as provided herein or (2) the expiration of all
licenses issues under this agreement.
- Parties
This Agreement is binding between ECI and Licensee, ‘Licensee’ means
either 1) the person listed as the registrant of any ECI registration or account
through which this agreement and the license(s) granted hereunder are
entered ("Registrant") or 2) if the Registrant is entering into this agreement
and the licenses granted hereunder for the benefit of, and/or as an agent on
behalf of, registrant’s employer ("Employer") and/or a third party ("Principal"),
then such Employer and/or Principal. If Registrant is entering into this
Agreement and the licenses granted hereunder for the benefit of and/or as
an agent on behalf of Employer and/or Principal, the Registrant (a)
represents and warrants that such Principal and/or Employer has authorized
Registrant to enter into this agreement, that the licenses granted hereunder
are in that Principal’s and/or employer’s behalf, that such Principal and/or
Employer has agreed to be bound hereby and that Registrant has actual
express authority to act on behalf of and bind such Principal and/or Employer
to the terms of this agreement; (b) the Content and End Use is Solely for the
benefit of Employer, Principal or Third Party and that Registrant will not use
Content or End use for the benefit of any other person or entity without
entering into a separate license with ECI and (c) registrant will comply with all
of the terms hereof and shall be jointly and severally liable for any breach of
the terms of this Agreement by principal and/or Employer. If registrant
requests any ECI employee or contractor or representative to facilitate
registrant entering in to any License hereunder on behalf of Registrant and
through use of Registrant’s account, registrant agrees to be bound by this
Agreement.
- Licensing
3.1 Any and all licenses granted by ECI are conditioned upon (1) Licensee
compliance with all provisions of this Agreement and (2) ECI’s receipt of full
payment by Licensee as identified in the applicable Invoice. Any and all
License(s) granted to Licensee hereunder and Licensee’s right to use the
Content shall immediately terminate upon Licensee’s failure to comply with
any provision of this Agreement or to make full payment when due, in which
case ECI shall be entitled to pursue all other remedies available under
copyright and other Laws
3.2 Royalty Free Licence: Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, ECI grants Licensee a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide rights to
create and exploit the End Use for any purpose authorized under this
Agreement. The rights granted under this include the right to make the
Royalty-Free Content available to ten (10) separate individuals (cumulatively
over the Term) for the sole purpose of manipulating or otherwise using the
Royalty-Free Content to create the End Use according to the terms provided
herein ("Users"), in any and all media now known or hereafter devised.
Licensee must obtain an additional license and pay ECI the applicable onetime
flat fee in order to make the Content available to more than ten (10)
Users
3.3 Rights Managed License: Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, and excluding the rights granted in our Royalty Free License and
Presentation images right to use, ECI grants Licensee a limited, nonexclusive
right to use the Rights Managed Content licensed hereunder to
create and exploit the End Use solely as specified in the Invoice, within the
terms and conditions herein. ECI reserves all rights not specifically granted in
this Agreement. Unless otherwise stated in the Invoice, the license granted
hereunder for the applicable Rights Managed Content allows Licensee to use
the Rights Managed Content obtained hereunder for one year from the date
the applicable Invoice is issued. Except where specifically permitted on the
Invoice for the applicable Content, Licensee may not distribute, publish,
display or otherwise use in any way, the Rights Managed Content, including
without limitation the End Use after the Term.
3.4 Comps/Presentation Images: Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement ECI grants Licensee the right to use Comps/Presentation images
solely for ‘Presentation or Review’ purposes to determine if the content is
appropriate for use within our Royalty Free, Rights Managed and Rights
Combined licensing models, unless otherwise stated in the applicable
Invoice, the Term of the Comps license is sixty (60) days from the date of
download. Licensee may not copy, distribute, publish, display or otherwise
use in any way the Comps after the Term without obtaining an appropriate
Content license or if Licensee does not obtain such a license, upon
expiration of the Term, Licensee must destroy all copies of the Comps
Content. High Resolution Comp images can be obtained only at prior
agreement with ECI or any ECI affiliate and any illegal use will be pursued.
- Limitation of Liability and Warranty:
ECI warrants that: (1) it has all necessary rights and authority to enter into
and perform this Agreement; (2) the Licensed Content will be free from
defects in Content and workmanship for thirty (30) days from delivery
(Licensee’s sole and exclusive remedy for a breach of this warranty being the
replacement of the Licensed Content); (3) Licensee’s use of the Licensed
Content in its original form and when used in accordance with this Agreement,
will not infringe on any copyright, moral right, trademark or other intellectual
property right and will not violate any right of privacy or right of publicity; and
(4) all necessary model and/or property releases for use of the Licensed
Content authorized under this Agreement have been obtained. Neither ECI,
nor any party on whose behalf ECI licenses Licensed Content, makes any
representations or warranties as to whether any additional fees or payments
may be due to any person depicted in Licensed Content pursuant to the
requirements of any applicable trade union, and Licensee shall be solely
responsible for any such additional fees or payments to such trade union.
NEITHER ECI NOR ANY LICENSOR MAKES ANY OTHER WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE LICENSED CONTENT OR ITS
DELIVERY SYSTEMS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER ECI NOR ITS LICENSORS SHALL BE
LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY
PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, COSTS OR
LOSSES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF ECI OR ITS
LICENSORS, AS APPLICABLE, HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, COSTS OR LOSSES. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF
DAMAGES.
- Intellectual Property: Eyecandy Images retains all rights, titles, and
interests in all copyrights, patent rights, trademarks, and all other proprietary
rights from the content. No rights are granted except for the commercial
licenses specified in this Agreement. Licensee do not acquire any copyright
ownership or equivalent rights in/of any Content or any other property of ECI.
Licensee hereby allow ECI to use without charge Licensee’s End Use in
displays and presentations for ECI marketing purposes, solely to demonstrate
how Licensee have used the Content.
- Indemnification: Licensee agrees to indemnify and hold harmless ECI and
‘Licensors’ officers, directors, employees, contractors, subsidiaries, joint
ventures, licensors and licensees against all claims (including, without
limitation, claims by third parties), liability, damages (including punitive
damages), judgments, settlements, costs and expenses, including reasonable
legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to (1) Licensee’s breach of
any terms, conditions or restrictions of this Agreement (including the terms,
conditions and restrictions identified on the Invoice(s) and Content Web
Pages, (2) Licensee’s use or modification of any Content, or combination of
any Content, with any text or other content, (3) Licensee’s failure to obtain
from third parties all permissions necessary to use the Content, (4) Content
which ECI has otherwise notified Licensee not to license or otherwise use
prior to the beginning of the Term of the license for such Content; and (5) any
act or failure to act by Licensee or any of Licensee’s employees, contractors,
Employers, agents, clients, Principals, or Users.
ECI agrees to indemnify and hold Licensee harmless against all claims,
liability, damages (except punitive damages), costs and expenses, including
reasonable legal fees and expenses, awarded against Licensee arising out of
or related to ECI’ breach of the warranties to Licensee as provided above.
Notwithstanding the preceding, ECI shall have no obligation unless Licensee
provide ECI with written notice within fourteen (14) days of Licensee’s receipt
of any claim subject to indemnity and the right to defend or control the
defence of such claim and shall not, in any case, have any obligation with
respect to any claims covered above.
- Restrictions of Usage
1. Licensee may store the Licensed Content in a digital library, network
configuration or similar arrangement to allow the Licensed Content to be
viewed by employees, partners and clients of Licensee, but under no
circumstance may the Licensed Content ever be used by more than 10 Users
unless a separate seat license is purchased for each additional User, before
such additional use begins.
2. Licensee may not sublicense, sell, assign, convey or transfer this
Agreement or any of its rights under this Agreement but Licensee may sell or
license derivative works incorporating the Licensed Content. However,
Licensee may not include the Licensed Content in an electronic template
intended to be Reproduced by third parties on electronic or printed products.
3. Licensee may not sell, license or distribute any derivative work containing
the Licensed Content in a way that would allow a third party to download,
extract or access the Licensed Content as a standalone file.
4. Licensed Content shall not be incorporated into a logo, trademark or
service mark.
5. Licensee may not post the Licensed Content online in a downloadable
format or enable it to be distributed via mobile telephone devices.
6. If any Licensed Content featuring a model is used in (1) a manner that
would lead a reasonable person to believe that the model personally uses or
endorses a product or service; or (2) connection with a subject that would be
unflattering or unduly controversial to a reasonable person, Licensee must
accompany each such use with a statement that indicates that the person is a
model and the Licensed Content is being used for illustrative purposes only.
7. The Licensed Content may not be used in a pornographic, defamatory or
otherwise illegal manner, whether directly or in context or juxtaposition with
other Contents.
8. Licensee must retain the copyright symbol, the name of ECI, the Licensed
Content's identification number and any other information as may be invisibly
embedded in the electronic file containing the original Licensed Content.
9. Licensee must abide by any restriction on use notified to it by ECI before or
at the time of delivery of the Licensed Content, either in the information
accompanying the Licensed Content or otherwise.
10. If the Licensed Content is used in an editorial manner, Licensee must
include the following credit adjacent to the Licensed Content:
"[Photographer’s name]/Eyecandy Images". While efforts have been made to
correctly caption the subject matter of the Licensed Content, ECI does not
warrant the accuracy of such information.
- Termination/Cancellation
The license contained in this Agreement will terminate automatically without
notice from ECI if Licensee fails to comply with any provision of this
Agreement. Upon termination, Licensee must immediately (1) stop using the
Licensed Content; (2) destroy or, upon the request of ECI, return the
Licensed Content to ECI; and (3) delete or remove the Licensed Content from
Licensee's premises, computer systems and storage (electronic or physical).
ECI reserves the right to revoke the license to use the Licensed Content for
good cause and elect to replace such Licensed Content with alternative
Licensed Content. Upon notice of any revocation of a license for any
particular Licensed Content, Licensee shall immediately cease using such
Licensed Content and shall where possible ensure that its clients and
customers do likewise.
- Confidentiality
During this Agreement, ECI may provide Licensee with certain pricing,
technical, marketing, strategic, product development, locations, and other
confidential information. Licensee acknowledge that such confidential
information encompasses valuable trade secrets and is proprietary to ECI.
Licensee agree that Licensee will maintain the confidentiality of any
"confidential information" that ECI may provide to Licensee, and Licensee
shall not use or disclose the same without the prior written consent of ECI.
"Confidential information" includes any information that is either designated as
confidential by ECI or that, under the circumstances surrounding the
disclosure, ought in good faith to be treated as confidential by Licensee.
- Miscellaneous
Unauthorized Use. Any use of Licensed Content in a manner not expressly
authorized by this Agreement or in breach of a term of this Agreement
constitutes copyright infringement, entitling ECI to exercise all rights and
remedies available to it under copyright laws around the world. Licensee shall
be responsible for any damages resulting from any such copyright
infringement, including any claims by a third party. In addition and without
prejudice to ECI’ other remedies under this Agreement, ECI reserves the right
to charge and Licensee agrees to pay a fee equal to five times ECI’ normal
license fee for use of the Licensed Content.
Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed in all respects by the laws
of the State of New York, U.S.A., without reference to its laws relating to
conflicts of law. Any disputes arising from this Agreement or its enforceability
shall be settled by binding arbitration to be held in London, England and/or all
other confirmed working offices of ECI; The United Nations Convention on
Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not govern this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ECI shall 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
Licensee in the event that, in the opinion of ECI, such action is necessary or
desirable.
Severability. If one or more of the provisions contained in the Agreement is
found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.
Such provisions shall be revised only to the extent necessary to make them
enforceable.
Waiver. No action of ECI, other than express written waiver, may be
construed as a waiver of any provision of this Agreement. A delay on the part
of ECI in the exercise of its rights or remedies will not operate as a waiver of
such rights or remedies, and a single or partial exercise by ECI of any such
rights or remedies will not preclude other or further exercise of that right or
remedy. A waiver of a right or remedy by ECI on any one occasion will not be
construed as a bar to or waiver of rights or remedies on any other occasion.
Currency. Licensee will oblige to set currency for his/her own target market,
at no time a different currency will be granted by ECI and it’s affiliated and at
no time should customer seek Content from our Designated web pages and
source lower currency value sources for purchase. This act will result in
cancellation and termination of all licensing and registrations and/or accounts.
Offensive/Explicit Content
Our content may show offensive, sensitive or provocative scenes, situations
or images. Nudity is shown as well as the interpretation of sexual acts.
Images can be seen as pornographic which is the opinion of the viewer, any
gross pornographic acts, scenes or body parts will not be shown. Eyecandy
images will not be responsible or liable at all for any physical or emotional
damage caused on the terms of underage viewing, religion, local legal
practices, grievance or disciplinary issues within a corporate or non corporate
workplace. Any person viewing our site and images will be doing this on their
own accord and risk.
|
|