Freestock Terms of Use

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using WWW.FREESTOCK.COM

By accessing or using Freestock.com (the “Site”) in any way, you agree to and are bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this document and in any changes hereto that may be published from time to time (collectively, the "Terms of Use").

If you do not agree to the Terms of Use in their entirety, do not access or use this Site.

These Terms of Use as well as other guidelines and rules posted on the Site may change periodically. Your continued access or use of the Site constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

Your access and use of the Site will be subject to the current version of the Terms of Use, rules and guidelines posted on the Site at the time of such use. Please regularly check the "Terms of Use" link on the home page of this Site to view the then-current terms. If you breach any of the Terms of Use, your license to access or use this Site shall automatically terminate.

Intellectual Property; Limited License to Users

  1. All images and other content on this Site (collectively the "Content"), as well as the selection and arrangement of the Content, are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property laws and treaties (collectively, "Intellectual Property Laws"). Any unauthorized use of any Content may violate such laws and the Terms of Use. Except as expressly provided herein or in the Terms of Service, you are not granted any express or implied permission to: a) use any Content; b) copy, republish, frame, link to, download, transmit, modify, adapt, create derivative works based on, rent, lease, loan, sell, assign, distribute, display, perform, license, sublicense or reverse engineer the Site or any or the Content. In addition, you agree not to use any data mining, scraping, robots or similar data and/or image gathering and extraction methods in connection with the Site or Content.

Trademarks

  1. For the purposes of these Terms of Use, the term "Trademark(s)" means all common law or registered trademarks, logos, service marks, trade names, internet domain names, or other indications of origin now or in the future used by the Site.
  2. Nothing contained herein grants or shall be construed to grant you any rights to use any associated Trademark, unless expressly conferred by these Terms of Use.
  3. You agree that you will not use any Trademarks in any manner that might tarnish, disparage, or reflect adversely on such Trademarks.
  4. You agree that you will not contest or otherwise challenge (e.g., in any legal action or otherwise), or assist or encourage any other person or entity to contest or challenge, the validity of any Trademark rights claimed by Freestock, its subsidiaries or parent companies.
  5. You agree that you will not use any Freestock Trademark or any variant thereof including misspellings) as a domain name or as part of a domain name regardless of the top-level domain, or as a metatag, keyword, or any other type of programming code or data.
  6. You may not at any time, adopt or use, without prior written consent any word or mark which is similar to or likely to be confused with Freestock’s Trademarks.
  7. The look and feel of the Site, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts, is the trade dress and/or trademark or service mark of Freestock and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without prior written consent.
  8. All other trademarks, product names, and company names or logos used or appearing on the Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof unless expressly so stated.
  9. You may not use a Trademark, logo, Image or other proprietary graphic of Freestock to link to the Site without prior written consent.
  10. You may not frame or hotlink to the Site or any Content without prior written consent.

Infringement Claims / DMCA Notices

  1. If you believe that any Content available on the Site infringes upon any copyright that you own or control, you may notify the Site in the manner set forth in our DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice Policy.

Limitations

  1. You agree that you shall not:
    1. Engage in any conduct that shall constitute a violation of any law or that infringes the rights of Freestock or any third party (including rights of privacy and publicity).
    2. Violate any applicable laws or regulations related to the access to or use of the Site, or engage in any activity prohibited by the Terms of Use.

Use of Content

  1. You may not remove any watermarks or copyright notices contained in the Content.
  2. Freestock reserves the right to revoke this license at any time for any reason.

Restriction and Termination of Use

  1. Your access to the Site is at will. All or part of the Site and Content may be blocked, restricted, disabled, suspended or terminated at any time without prior notice or liability to you.

Links to Third Party Sites

  1. In the event that there are links from the Site to any third-party website or permits any third party to link from the third-party’s website to the Site, you should be aware that the existence of such links creates no warranty of any kind, express or implied. Nor does it act as an acceptance of responsibility for any content or practices of such third parties or their websites. Such websites operate wholly independently, and such links are provided and/or permitted only as a convenience to you. The inclusion of any link does not imply an affiliation, endorsement, or adoption.

Warranties and Disclaimers

  1. THE SITE, SERVICES AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, FREESTOCK MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT: (i) THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED; (iii) THE QUALITY OF THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (iv) ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS IN THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE CORRECTED.

Personal Information and Privacy

  1. Freestock will use and protect your data, such as your name and address, in accordance with the Freestock.com Privacy Statement, the contents of which are incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.

Indemnification

  1. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Freestock, its affiliates, licensors, employees, agents, third party information providers, Submitters and independent contractors against any claims, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to your conduct, your use or inability to use the Site, your breach or alleged breach of these Terms of Use or of any representation or warranty contained herein, your unauthorized use of the Images you download from the Site, or your violation of any rights of another.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

  1. This agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. You hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within such state. All actions, controversies and disputes arising from or relating to this agreement shall be heard and decided exclusively before the courts located within the State, County and City of New York and not elsewhere. You agree that service of process in any actions, controversies and disputes arising from or relating to these Terms of Use may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the other party however, nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law. This agreement shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning of the language hereof. The invalidity or unenforceability of any part of this agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the balance hereof.