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Site Usage Agreement Royalty-Free concept Registering for an account Sensitive subjects Model and property releases/clearances Refund Policy Trademarks Indemnification   Site Usage Agreement   By using this site and/or downloading any material, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. This agreement applies to you and, if you are using this web site on your client's behalf, to you and all your clients. We reserve the right to change this agreement at any time without further notice. Your use of the site will be subject to the most current version posted on the site at the time of your use. By using this site or downloading, uploading or using any images listed under the This site.com domain you agree to be bound by this Agreement. Should you disagree with anything stated here please discontinue your use of the site and erase all data you have downloaded.   Royalty-Free concept   What Royalty-Free means is that you pay for the image only once and then you can use it as many times as you like, with just a few restrictions. In other words, there are no license fees except the initial fee and no other royalties to be paid except those included in the initial cost. Note that the maximum number of copies for printed materials is 500,000 copies. Additional royalties of $0.01 per copy are to be paid if this amount is exceeded. The Royalty-Free license is granted ONLY for the high-resolution, non-watermarked image (the one that is bought using the download button); all the other versions (small watermarked and non-watermarked thumbnails which are visible on the public site) are entirely copyrighted. The Royalty-Free license does NOT apply to the free high-resolution sample, which you receive upon your registration. The free sample is intended for personal use only. From time to time, This site may provide free samples as a bonus or for evaluation. The files can be used in projects only if you have also acquired credits for which you paid. Otherwise, the free files are for evaluation only. This is a one-person license and is given to you as a designer, your employer (client) or any employed persons.   Registering for an account   To obtain access to our images as well as upload any images, you have to apply for a This site account and you agree to provide complete, true and accurate information. This site reserves sole discretion over whether to grant you an account, and you agree to access the authorized sections of the web site and your account only by using the account number and password supplied to you by This site. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account number and/or password, if applicable, and you shall not distribute this access information or allow others to use this access information to gain access to this site. You agree to take reasonable steps to prevent others from obtaining your access information and to notify This site of any unauthorized access or need to update or remove access for any of your employees or agents. You shall be liable for payment for all Images downloaded by others using your account, with or without your permission or knowledge prior to the time that you notify This site of any unauthorized use. You agree that you shall not acquire any rights of use, ownership, or bailment as a result of using any This site account or web site or related services. Children Children (persons under the age of 18) are not eligible to use this site unsupervised and we ask that children do not register for an account or submit any personal information to us. By using this site unsupervised, and/or registering for an account, you warrant that you are 18 years of age or older. Use of Watermarked Images Images include without limitation all digital images and any related textual information (including captions and credits). Images include visibly or electronically watermarked and reduced resolution Images (Non-Watermarked or Watermarked Images) or higher resolution non-watermarked Images (Non-Watermarked Images). Conditional upon your compliance with this Agreement, This site grants you a limited license to download Watermarked Images solely for evaluating whether you wish to purchase a license to the Non-Watermarked Image according to the Standard Terms and Conditions applicable to your use. You may not use a Watermarked Image in any final materials distributed within your company or any materials distributed outside of your company or to the public or in any online or other electronic distribution system. You may not modify, alter, or remove any visible or electronic watermark, or disassemble, reverse engineer, or decompile any Image. Except for this limited, internal testing and sample use, This site grants you no other rights, and you may not distribute, sublicense or make available for use or distribution any Watermarked Image.   Sensitive subjects   Any license granted by This site shall not constitute a representation that an Image is compatible for use with any other material. You are solely responsible for the use of any Image in combination with any other material, and you agree not to use Images with sensitive topics without This site's separate written agreement. You must contact This site for additional information prior to any use of an Image with any sensitive topic. Each photographer that contributes to our site and community is entirely responsible for the materials he/she uploads. By uploading files you agree to hold all copyrights for the image and to have previously obtained a model release from each person included in your picture. This includes children, deceased persons, natives of another language; cases in which a parent, a guardian or another authorized person should read, agree and sign the model release. This site will not be held responsible for any of the materials you upload to the site.   Model and property releases/clearances   The rights This site grants you do not include a license to any person, place, property, or subject matter depicted in an Image, which may be subject to copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity, moral rights, property rights or other rights belonging to third parties. This site makes no representations or warranties that it owns or licenses any rights nor does This site grant you any rights including copyright, trademarks, or rights of publicity belonging to any person, place, property, or subject matter depicted in any Image. Furthermore, This site makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any information provided with the Images. You are solely responsible for determining whether your use of any Image requires the consent of any third party or the license of any additional rights, and you should not rely solely on the information provided by This site. If you are unsure whether additional rights are needed for your use, you are responsible for obtaining competent legal counsel. In addition, a model release document must be uploaded by photographers, members of This site's community, confirming that the persons included in their Image have signed a written agreement. By uploading this document, the photographers certify that the information contained within is complete and accurate. If an Image is designated as model-released, it means that the person(s) included in the Image has/have signed a release permitting reproduction of the Image, subject to the restrictions contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, sensitive subject uses. If This site erroneously advises you that an Image is model-released when it is not, This site's liability shall be limited to the amount you paid This site for the use of the Image. If an Image depicts a person and is used in a manner that implies the use or endorsement of a product or service by that model, you must indicate that the person depicted is a model and used only for illustrative purposes. Any license granted by This site is conditioned upon your obtaining all necessary third-party rights, releases and permissions. You agree to provide This site with proof of such releases and permissions upon request.   Refund Policy   You may ask for a refund of your purchase within 30 days from the purchase date. Note that this is possible only if you are able to immediately remove all images used in different designs and that you must provide a reason for your request. If you have downloaded an image that is not usable or has a poor quality please contact us for a refund of all credits used for downloading the image. If you are not able to download an image, we will refund the credits, provided that This site determines that you have been unable to download the image successfully. If several credits are deducted from your account, due to multiple unsuccessful attempts of retrieving the file, you should email support for a full refund of the extra credits.   Trademarks   The trademarks, services and logos used and displayed in This site.com are registered and unregistered trademarks of This site.com its subsidiaries and affiliates. This site.com trademarks may only be used publicly with the permission of This site Inc. with proper acknowledgement. Except as expressly granted This site Inc. does not grant any express or implied rights under any patents, copyrights, trademarks or trade secret information.    Indemnification   You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless This site against all claims, liability, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to a breach of this Agreement, the use of this site and the use of any Image either alone or in combination with any other material, your failure to abide by any restriction regarding the use of an Image, or any claim by a third party related to the use of an Image, alone or in combination with any other material.