Terms and Condtions for site usage and downloading
(1) Introduction
Please read the download agreement carefully.
By purchasing an images or images from this website you will be deemed to be agreeing to these terms and conditions
(2) Interpretation
“We” means George Philipas and any party associated with maintenance and support of this site and “us” and “our” will be construed accordingly); “you” means our customer or potential customer for downloads (and “your” will be construed accordingly); and “Images” means the images that you purchase from our website.
(3) Order process
The advertising of downloads on our website constitutes an “invitation to treat”; and your order for downloads constitutes a contractual offer. The download agreement will not come into force between you and us unless and until we accept your order in accordance with the purchasing procedure
We will not send a copy of these conditions specifically in relation to your order. We may update the version of these conditions on the website from time to time, and we do not guarantee that the version you have agreed to will remain accessible
The only language in which we provide the download agreement is English.
Before you place your order, you will have the opportunity of identifying whether you have made any input errors and you may correct those input errors before placing your order by following the instructions on any given page
(4) Price and payment
Prices for downloads are quoted on our website. [The website contains a large number of downloads and] it is possible that some of the prices on the website may be incorrect. We will verify prices as part of our sale procedures so that a download’s correct price will be stated [when you pay for the download].
Payment must be made [upon the submission of your order]. We may withhold the downloads if the price is not received from you on time, in full, in cleared funds.
The prices on the website include all value added taxes (where applicable).
Payment for all downloads must be made by any methods detailed on the website.
Prices for downloads are liable to change at any time, but changes will not affect download agreement that have come into force.
(5) Your warranties
You warrant to us that:
(a) you are legally capable of entering into binding contracts;
(b) you have full authority, power and capacity to agree to the these condtions.
(c) the information provided in your order is accurate and complete; and
(d) you have access to the necessary computer systems, software and network connections to receive and enjoy the benefit of the downloads that you purchase.
(6) Licence to use downloads
Subject to your payment of the applicable price and compliance with the terms of these, we grant to you the permitted usage rights that you have purchased. These can be Royalty managed (in accordance to the criteria of usage you submitted at the time of purchasing), Editorial packages in accordance with the criteria that you submitted at the time of purchase and Royalty Free.
Prohibited Uses are:
(a) the sale, licensing, sub-licensing or renting of any Image or any part of any Image in any format (excluding publication in accordance with the Permitted Purposes above);
(b) the editing, modification, adaptation or alteration of any Image or any part of any Image;
(c) the use of any Image or any part of any Image in any way that is unlawful or in breach of any person’s legal rights under any applicable law, or in any way that is offensive, indecent, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable;
(d) the use of any Image or any part of any Image to compete with us, whether directly or indirectly;
All rights in the downloads not expressly granted in the download agreement are hereby reserved.
You must retain, and must not delete, obscure or remove, copyright notices and other proprietary notices on any Image. are personal to you, and you must not permit any third party to exercise these rights.]
If you breach any of the terms of these , then the licence set out in this Section [6] will be automatically terminated upon such breach (whether or not we notify you of termination).
You may terminate the licence set out in this Section [6] by deleting all copies of the Image(s) in your possession or control.
Upon the termination of the licence set out in this Section [6], you will promptly and irrevocably delete from your computer systems and other electronic devices all copies of the Image(s) in your possession or control, and will permanently destroy any paper or other copies of the Image(s) in your possession or control.
(7) Consumer rights
Nothing in the download agreement affects any statutory rights you may have as a consumer.
If you are contracting as a consumer, you may cancel a download agreement at any time within 7 working days, beginning on the day after the download agreement comes into force, providing that [we have not actually made available for download / you have not actually downloaded][1] the download(s) purchased under the agreement during that period.
If you cancel a download agreement in accordance with this provision, you will receive a full refund of the price paid. Your notice of cancellation should be sent to the address or email address at the end of the download agreement.
(8) Limitation of warranties
The download agreement sets out the full extent of our obligations and liabilities in respect of the downloads supplied hereunder. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the first paragraph of Section [11], all conditions, warranties or other terms concerning the downloads which might otherwise be implied into a download agreement are expressly excluded.
(9) Refunds
If you cancel a download agreement and are entitled to a refund, we will usually refund any money received from you using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase. We will process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any event, within 30 days of the day we received your valid notice of cancellation.
(10) Force majeure
In this Section and Section [11] below, “force majeure event” means:
(a) any event which is beyond our reasonable control;
(b) hacker attacks, or virus or other malicious software attacks or infections;
(c) problems with the internet, part of the internet, or any third party internet service provider; and/or
(d) power failure, industrial disputes affecting any third party, governmental regulations, fires, floods, disasters, civil riots, terrorist attacks or wars.
Where a force majeure event gives rise to a failure or delay in us performing our obligations under the download agreement, those obligations will be suspended for the duration of the force majeure event.
(11) Limitations and exclusions of liability
Nothing in the download agreement will: (a) limit or exclude the liability of a party for death or personal injury resulting from negligence; (b) limit or exclude the liability of a party for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by that party; (c) limit any liability of a party in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or (d) exclude any liability of a party that may not be excluded under applicable law. If you are a consumer, any statutory rights which you have, which cannot be excluded or limited, will not be affected by the download agreement.
The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section [and elsewhere in the download agreement]: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the download agreement or in relation to the subject matter of the download agreement, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of a force majeure event.
If you are a business customer, we will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.
If you are a business customer, we will not be liable to you in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.
(12) Business customers: indemnity
If you are a business customer, you hereby indemnify us and undertake to keep us indemnified against all and any liabilities, losses, damages, expenses and costs (including legal expenses and amounts paid in settlement of any demand, action or claim) arising, directly or indirectly, out of a breach by you of any of your obligations under the download condtions.]
(13) Download agreement termination
We may terminate a download agreement immediately by written notice to you if you fail to pay, on time and in full, any amount due to us under the download agreement, or if you commit any breach of your obligations to us under the download agreement.
If you are a business customer, the download agreement will automatically terminate if:
(a) you cease to trade;
(b) you become insolvent or unable to pay your debts within the meaning of the insolvency legislation applicable to you;
(c) a person (including the holder of a charge or other security interest) is appointed to manage or take control of the whole or part of your business or assets, or notice of an intention to appoint such a person is given or documents relating to such an appointment are filed with any court;
(d) the ability of your creditors to take any action to enforce their debts is suspended, restricted or prevented or some or all of your creditors accept, by agreement or pursuant to a court order, an amount of less than the sums owing to them in satisfaction of those sums; or
(e) any process is instituted which could lead to you being dissolved and your assets being distributed to your creditors, shareholders or other contributors (other than for the purposes of solvent amalgamation or reconstruction).]
(14) Consequences of termination
Upon the termination of the download agreement:
(a) we will cease to have any obligation to make available or deliver downloads which are undelivered at the date of termination;
(b) subject to Section [7], you will not be entitled to any refund and will continue to have an obligation to pay for downloads; and
(c) all the provisions of the download agreement (including without limitation the licence in Section [7]) will cease to have effect, except that Sections [11, 12, 14 and 17] will survive termination and have effect indefinitely.
(15) General terms
We will treat all your personal information that we collect in connection with your order in accordance with the terms of our privacy policy
The download agreement may only be varied by an instrument in writing signed by both you and us. We may revise the download agreement published on our website from time-to-time, but such revisions will not affect the terms of any contracts which we have entered into with you.
If any provision of the download agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect, and such invalid or unenforceable provisions or portion thereof will be deemed omitted.
No waiver of any provision of the download agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, will be deemed to be, or be construed as, a further or continuing waiver of that provision or any other provision of the download agreement.
You may not transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract, sub-license or otherwise deal in any of your rights or obligations arising under the download agreement. Any attempt by you to do so will be null and void. We may transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract, sub-license or otherwise deal in any or all of our rights or obligations arising under the download agreement, at any time – providing where you are a consumer that such action does not serve to reduce the guarantees benefiting you under the download agreement.
The download agreement is made for the benefit of the parties to it and is not intended to benefit, or be enforceable by, any other person. The right of the parties to terminate, rescind, or agree any amendment, variation, waiver or settlement of the download agreement is not subject to the consent of any person who is not a party to the download agreement
Subject to the first paragraph of Section [11]: the download a contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties in relation to the purchase of downloads from our website, and supersedes all previous agreements and understandings between the parties in relation to the purchase of downloads from our website; and each party acknowledges that no representations not expressly contained in the download agreement have been made by or on behalf of the other party in relation to the purchase of downloads from our website.
The download agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and the courts of England and Wales will have [non-]exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising under or in relation to the download agreement.