The present document is a legal licence between you and the ICONOTEC¨ company.
By placing a order and using the photographs which are provided to you by ICONOTEC¨,
you expressly acknowledge that you accept the terms of this licence. All the photographs
are protected by the laws on royalties and copyright. The property of the photographs and
the commercial rights pertaining to it, belong to ICONOTEC¨ which only grants you a
licence of use for the photographs. .
1. Authorised use
This licence is individual, non-transferable and non-exclusive. It gives you the right
to use the photographs on any type of medium, for any sort of utilisation*, such as for example the illustration
of press articles, packaging, advertising, on-line use, as well as the right to carry out
any form of reproduction, printed or digital, needed in what you intend to do with the
photographs. This licence is granted to you without a time limit, unless you should fail
to respect one of its clauses. This licence allows you to recentre the photographs, to
take elements out of them, to use them partially, to touch them up or add elements to them.
* Apart from
the precise regulated uses and forbidden uses bellow (regulated use)
2. Regulated use
The photographs may show buildings and architectural monuments which are protected
(by copyright - articles L.111-1 to L.132-33 of Intellectual Property Law Ð and by
the laws on images and property - articles 9 et 544 of Civil Law), works of art,
objects which are protected (by copyright - articles L.111-1 ˆ L.132-33 of Intellectual
Property Law Ð and the laws on drawings and designs - articles L.511-1 ˆ L.521 Ð 4
Intellectual Property Law, registered trademarks (articles L.711-1 ˆ L.716-6 of
Intellectual Property Law). It is your responsibility to negotiate directly with
the persons entitled to these rights, for the authorisations necessary to the use
of the photographs, according to what you intend to do with them. The photographs
may be used on any telematic and multimedia support, but should not, in any way, be
used with a resolution of more than 72 dpi, the biggest format being 400x320 pixels.
Prerequisites of use for unsold low resolution images : The unsold low definition images
may be used in documents intended for personal non commercial use (model, testing, sample)
but should not, in any case, be distributed outside your company or to the general public.
Prerequisites of use of the low and high resolution images sold by ICONOTEC¨ : The
following uses are not authorised in compliance with the licence granted to you here.
Before any use in one of the following cases, it is mandatory to contact ICONOTEC¨ in
order to pay a additional licence : For any use of the photographs in a product, meant
to be commercialised, of which they represent the main value, such as postcards and posters. For any billing activity through a commercial network, reproducing the whole or part of a photograph.
3-Forbidden uses and deeds
It is forbidden to copy, or distribute copies of, CD-ROMs, their documentation and
packaging. It is forbidden to resell, give a sub-licence, give, lend, sub-let,
distribute the whole or part of an image, whatever its size and resolution. It is
forbidden to use the photographs in a context which might be pornographic, political,
slanderous, immoral, offensive or degrading
4- Guarantees
ICONOTEC®certifies that it is entitled to all the commercial rights pertaining
to the photographs (apart from the rights pertaining to protected buildings,
works of art, objects or registered trademarks appearing on the photographs).
ICONOTEC®covers you against the occurrence of faults, incidents, mistakes or
malfunction for a period of 30 days starting with the delivery of the order.
Should such a situation arise, the only guarantee provided is the replacement
of the faulty image or medium. ICONOTEC¨ can not, in any case and in any way, be held
responsible for any damage or harm, direct or indirect, resulting from the use of the
photographs and is not, in any case, under any obligation to make up for them. ICONOTEC¨
provides no guarantee, express or tacit, as to whether the contents of the CD-ROM or the
photographs bought by the users, meet their needs . You will be solely responsible for
any legal action brought against you by a third party, should you fail to respect the
terms of this licence. Furthermore, any action failing to respect the afore mentioned
terms, will lead to the automatic cancellation of the licence granted to you by ICONOTEC¨,
apart from and without any consideration for any legal action which might be brought
against you.
5- General points
All rights pertaining to the CD-ROMs and to the photographs are owned by ICONOTEC¨
and by the authors. The granting of this licence does not imply a transfer of ownership.
The photographs are protected by the laws on royalty and copyright. You are therefore
under the obligation to use the photographs like any other protected product. Any
representation or reproduction, complete or partial, carried out without the consent of
ICONOTEC¨ is a forgery, punishable by a prison sentence of two years and a fine of
1 000 000 Frs. (Articles L.335-2 and following of the Intellectual Property Law).
The present licence is governed solely by French law, and any dispute as to its
interpretation or implementation comes strictly under French courts. However you
will use the photographs, you must make sure that the mention of ICONOTEC¨'s rights
appears visibly as follow : "©ICONOTEC". When the photographer's name appears on the
photographs, it is forbidden to remove or modify it.