Clip-art Limited Use License Agreement

SIN Customs - Hotrod Clip-art Limited Use License restrictions - Basically here is what you cannot do with our images under the Hotrod clip-art limited use license agreement:

Prohibited uses for SIN Customs - Hotrod Clipart.

  • Online "print-on-demand" products
  • Use in any logo or trademark
  • Pornographic, obscene or libelous works
  • Use that depicts SIN Customs endorsement
  • Sub-license, give away, share or otherwise transfer stand-alone images/files

 

CONTENT LICENSE AGREEMENT

This Agreement governs the terms by which you may use clip-art purchased from SIN Customs - Hotrod Clip-art or otherwise made available on hotrodcarart.com (the “Site”).

Updated: January 2022


1. Background of Agreement

(a) By purchasing clip-art from SIN Customs - HotRodCarArt.com you are signifying your acceptance, you accept this Agreement and agree to be bound by its provisions. If you are accepting on behalf of your employer, client or other entity, you represent and warrant that you have full legal authority to bind your employer, client or such other entity. If you do not have such authority or you do not accept or agree with these terms, do not accept this Agreement and do not download the Content.

(b) In this Agreement: (i) “you” means you or, if you are accepting on behalf of your employer, client or member account entity, then “you” means that employer, client or entity; (ii) “SIN Customs” or “we” means the party identified in Section 9(k) below; and (iii) “Content” means any illustration, visual representation generated optically, electronically, digitally or by any other means or in any media or other material that you are downloading from the Site, together with any accompanying material.

(c) This Agreement is set up as a user-determined document where you will choose to enter into our content license agreement though purchase of Content.


2. Permitted Uses

Subject to the Prohibited Uses in Section 4 below and the termination provision in Section 5, SIN Customs hereby grants to you a perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and worldwide right to display, use, reproduce, publish, alter, and manipulate, in an unlimited number of projects, in whole or in part, via any medium, and by whatever means, the Content for any purpose (the “Permitted Use(s)”). All other rights in and to the Content, including, without limitation, all copyright and other intellectual property rights relating to the Content, are retained by SIN Customs or the artist of the Content, as the case may be.


3. Seat Restrictions

Only you are permitted to use the Content, although you may transfer files containing Content or Permitted Derivative Works to your clients, printers, or ISP for the purpose of reproduction for Permitted Uses, provided that such parties shall have no further or additional rights to use the Content and cannot access or extract it from any file you provide. You may install and use the Content on only one computer or other electronic device at a time. You may physically transfer the Content and its archives from one computer or electronic device to another, in which case you may use the Content at the new computer or electronic device instead. If you require the Content to be in more than one computer or other electronic device or accessible by more than one person within your organization, you must license the Content from the Site for each such use or obtain an Extended License for a multi-seat license for the Content. You may make one (1) copy of the Content solely for back-up purposes, and you must reproduce all proprietary notices on this single back-up copy.


4. Prohibited Uses

(a) Prohibited Uses. You may not:

    use the Content in electronic or digital template applications intended for resale or other distribution, whether on-line or not, including, without limitation, website templates, Flash templates, business card templates, electronic greeting card templates, and brochure design templates;
    use or display the Content on websites or other venues designed to induce or involving the sale, license or other distribution of “on demand” products (eg. products in which Content is selected by a third party for customization of such product on a made to order basis) including, without limitation, postcards, mugs, t-shirts, posters and other items (this includes custom designed websites, as well as sites such as zazzle.com and cafepress.com);
    use the Content in connection with any goods or services intended for resale or distribution where the primary value lies in the Content itself including, without limitation, cards, stationary items, paper products, calendars, apparel items, posters (printed on paper, canvas or any other media) or other items for resale, license or other distribution for profit;
    use any of the Content as part of a trade-mark, design-mark, trade-name, business name, service mark, or logo;
    incorporate the Content in any product that results in a re-distribution or re-use of the Content (such as electronic greeting card web sites, web templates and the like) or is otherwise made available in a manner such that a person can extract or access or reproduce the Content as an electronic file;
    use the Content in a fashion that is considered by SIN Customs (acting reasonably) as or under applicable law is considered pornographic, obscene, immoral, infringing, defamatory or libelous in nature, or that would be reasonably likely to bring any person or property reflected in the Content into disrepute;
    If any Content featuring a model or property is used in connection with a subject that would be unflattering or unduly controversial to a reasonable person, you must accompany each such use with a statement adjacent to the Content that indicates that: (i) the Content is being used for illustrative purposes only; and (ii) any person depicted in the Content, if any, is a model, unless the Content itself clearly and undisputedly reflects the model or person in such potentially sensitive subject matter in which case the Content may be used or displayed in a manner that portrays the model or person in the same context and to the same degree depicted in the Content itself;
    to the extent that source code is contained within the Content, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of such source code;
    remove or modify any notice of copyright, trademark or other proprietary right , or any other copyright management information or metadata, from any place where it is on or embedded in the Content;
    sub-license, re-sell, rent, lend, assign, gift or otherwise transfer or distribute the Content or the rights granted under this Agreement;
    install and use the Content in more than one location at a time or post a copy of the Content on a network server or web server for use by other users;
    use or display the Content in an electronic format that enables it to be downloaded or shared in any peer-to-peer or similar file sharing arrangement;
    use Content identified as “Editorial Use Only”, for any commercial, promotional, endorsement, advertising or merchandising use. For clarification, in this Agreement “Editorial Use Only” of Content means use relating to events that are newsworthy or of general interest and expressly excludes any advertorial sections (i.e. sections or supplements featuring brand and/or product names or sections or supplements in relation to which you receive a fee from a third-party advertiser or sponsor);
    use the Content for editorial purposes without including the following credit adjacent to the Content or in audio/visual production credits: “©SIN Customs/Ryan Curtis”;
    either individually or in combination with others, reproduce the Content, or an element of the Content, in excess of 100 times in physical (hard-copy) prints.
    If the Content is reproduced on a social media platform or other third party website, (i) the rights granted herein shall automatically be revoked in the event that the platform website seeks to exploit purported rights to the Content contrary to the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) in such event, upon SIN Customs request, you shall remove any Content from such platform or website.

5. Term of Agreement

(a) This Agreement is effective until it is terminated. You can terminate this Agreement by destroying the Content and any Permitted Derivative Works, along with any copies or archives of it or accompanying materials (if applicable), and ceasing to use the Content for any purpose. The Agreement also terminates without notice from SIN Customs: (i)if you licensed the Content and you fail to incorporate the Content into an end product, service, campaign or publication using independent skill and effort prior to the date which is 30 days from the invoice provided to you following purchase; or (ii) if at any time you fail to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement. Upon termination, you must immediately cease using the Content for any purpose; destroy or delete all copies and archives of the Content or accompanying materials; and, if requested, confirm to SIN Customs in writing that you have complied with these requirements.

(b) SIN Customs reserves the right to elect at a later date to revoke or amend the license granted by this Agreement and replace the Content with an alternative for any reason. Upon notice, sent to the address or contact information provided by you, or such other address as you may advise us in writing to use, from time to time, of such replacement, the license for the replaced Content immediately terminates for any products that do not already exist, and this license automatically applies to the replacement Content. You agree not to use the replaced Content, or any Permitted Derivative Works, for future products and to take all reasonable steps to discontinue use of the replaced Content, or any Permitted Derivative Works, in products that already exist.

(c) Upon notice from SIN Customs, or upon your knowledge that any Content is subject to a threatened, potential or actual claim of infringement of another's right for which SIN Customs may be liable, you must immediately and at your own expense (i) stop using the Content; (ii) delete or remove the Content from your premises, computer systems and storage (electronic or physical); and (iii) ensure that your clients, printers or ISPs do likewise. SIN Customs shall provide you with replacement Content (which shall be determined by SIN Customs in its reasonable commercial judgment) free of charge, but subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement.


6. SIN Customs Representations and Warranties

(a) SIN Customs does not grant any right nor make any warranty with regard to the use of names, people, trademarks, trade dress, logos, registered, designs or works of art or architecture depicted therein. In such cases, you shall be solely responsible for determining whether release(s) is/are required in connection with any proposed use of the Content and shall be responsible for obtaining such release(s).

(b) While we have made reasonable efforts to correctly categorize, keyword, caption and title the Content, SIN Customs does not warrant the accuracy of such information. Additionally, SIN Customs does not warrant the accuracy of any metadata that may be provided with the Content.

(c) OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN SECTION 6(a), THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SIN CUSTOMS DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT ITS USE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTENT IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE CONTENT PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU (AND NOT SIN CUSTOMS) ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AND COST OF ALL NECESSARY CORRECTIONS.
IN PARTICULAR AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, IF YOU ARE DOWNLOADING CONTENT THAT IS IN A FLASH FORMAT OR FILE (WHETHER .SWF OR OTHERWISE), EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN SECTION 6(a),SIN CUSTOMS MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY RESPECTING SUCH CONTENT WHATSOEVER, WHETHER AS TO OWNERSHIP, TECHNICAL OR LEGAL COMPLIANCE, OR OTHERWISE.

(d) Certain jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. You have specific rights under this warranty, but you may have others, which vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.


7. Your Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold SIN Customs, its affiliates, its Content providers and their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners and agents (collectively, the “SIN Customs Parties”) harmless from and against any and all claims, liability, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees on a solicitor and client basis) incurred by any SIN Customs Party as a result of or in connection with any breach or alleged breach by you or anyone acting on your behalf of any of the terms of this Agreement.


8. SIN Customs Indemnification and Limitation of Liability

(a) Provided that the Content is only used in accordance with this Agreement and you are not otherwise in breach of this Agreement and as your sole and exclusive remedy for breach of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 (a) above, SIN Customs shall, subject to the terms of Sections 8(b),(c),(d) and (e) defend, indemnify and hold harmless you, your parent, subsidiaries and affiliates and respective directors, officers and employees from all damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable outside legal fees), arising out of or connected with any actual or threatened lawsuit, claim or legal proceeding alleging that the possession, distribution or use of the Content by you is in breach of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6(a) above. The foregoing states SIN Customs entire indemnification obligation under this Agreement.

(b) The indemnification set out in Section 8(a) above is conditioned on your prompt notification in writing to SIN Customs of such claim and our right to assume the handling, settlement or defence of any claim or litigation. You agree to cooperate with SIN Customs in the defence of any such claim or litigation and shall have the right to participate in such litigation at your sole expense. SIN Customs shall not be liable for legal fees and other costs incurred prior to the notice of the claim.

(c) IN NO EVENT SHALL SIN CUSTOMS OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR CONTENT PROVIDERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, PARTNERS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM, LOSS, DAMAGE, ACTION, SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER OR OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR USE OF, RELIANCE UPON, ACCESS TO, OR EXPLOITATION OF THE CONTENT, OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR ANY RIGHTS GRANTED TO YOU HEREUNDER, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER THE ACTION IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR OTHERWISE. NO ACTION, REGARDLESS OF FORM OR NATURE, ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT BY OR ON BEHALF OF YOU MORE THAN TWO (2) YEARS AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION FIRST AROSE.

(d) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER TERM HEREIN, SIN CUSTOMS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, COSTS OR LOSSES ARISING AS A RESULT OF MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE CONTENT BY YOU OR THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THE CONTENT IS USED BY YOU.

(e) NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE TOTAL MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF SIN CUSTOMS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OTHER AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH YOU HAVE LICENSED THE SAME CONTENT, REGARDLESS OF THE FILE SIZE, OR THE USE OR EXPLOITATION OF ANY OR ALL OF THE CONTENT IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER AND THE OBLIGATION OF SIN CUSTOMS UNDER SECTION 8(a) SHALL BE LIMITED TO AN AGGREGATE OF SIXTY-FIVE ($65) US DOLLARS PER PIECE OF CONTENT. FOR GREATER CLARITY, SIN CUSTOMS LIABILITY TO YOU IN RESPECT OF THE PIECE OF CONTENT SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED ($100) US DOLLARS REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT YOU LICENSE THE SAME PIECE CONTENT FROM SIN CUSTOMS.

(f) SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.


9. General Provisions

(a) You specifically agree and acknowledge that you have, in addition to the terms of this Agreement, reviewed the terms of the Terms of Use and any other agreements which may be incorporated by reference therein, and to the extent of their incorporation in this Agreement you agree to be bound by them. In the event of any inconsistency, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.

(b) SIN Customs failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.

(c) This Agreement is personal to you and is not assignable by you without SIN Customs prior written consent. SIN Customs may assign this Agreement without your consent to any other party so long as such party agrees to be bound by its terms.

(d) No terms or conditions may be added or deleted unless made in writing and either accepted in writing by an authorized representative of both parties or issued electronically by SIN Customs and accepted in writing by your authorized representative.

(e) Upon reasonable notice, you shall provide sample copies of uses of the Content to SIN Customs. In addition, upon reasonable notice, SIN Customs may, at its discretion, either through its own employees or through a third party, audit Licensee's records directly related to this Agreement and use of Content in order to verify compliance with the terms of this Agreement. If any such audit reveals an underpayment by Licensee to SIN Customs of five percent (5%) or more of the amount Licensee should have paid for the time period that is the subject of the audit, in addition to paying SIN Customs the amount of such underpayment, Licensee shall also reimburse SIN Customs for the costs of conducting such audit. Where SIN Customs reasonably believes that Content is being used outside of the scope of the license granted under this Agreement, Licensee shall, at SIN Customs request, provide a certificate of compliance signed by an officer of Licensee, in a form to be approved by SIN Customs.

(f) Any use of Content in a manner not expressly authorized by this Agreement constitutes copyright infringement, entitling SIN Customs to exercise all rights and remedies available to it under copyright laws around the world. You shall be responsible for any damages resulting from any such copyright infringement, including any claims by a third party. In addition to other termination rights hereunder, SIN Customs reserves the right to terminate this Agreement in the event you enter in to this Agreement after having received notice of unauthorized use from SIN Customs relating to the Content.

(g) If all or part of any provision of this Agreement is wholly or partially unenforceable, the parties or, in the event the parties are unable to agree, a court of competent jurisdiction, shall put in place of such whole or part provision an enforceable provision or provisions, that as nearly as possible reflects the terms of the unenforceable whole or part provision.

(h) You agree to pay and be responsible for any and all sales taxes, use taxes, value added taxes and duties imposed by any jurisdiction as a result of the license granted to you, or of your use of the Content, pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) This Agreement will be governed under the laws of the State of Arizona and the federal laws of United States applicable therein (without reference to conflicts of laws principles). This Agreement will not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the application of which is expressly excluded. You consent to service of any required notice or process upon you by registered mail or overnight courier with proof of delivery notice, addressed to the address or contact information provided by you at the time the Content was downloaded, or such other address as you may advise us in writing to use, from time to time.

(j) Any and all disputes arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, including without limitation, its validity, interpretation, performance and breach, shall be finally and confidentially settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce by a single Arbitrator appointed in accordance with such rules. The arbitration shall take place in Phoenix, Arizona, and shall be conducted in the English language. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable legal costs relating to that aspect of its claim or defense on which it prevails, and any opposing costs awards shall be offset. The judgment may be entered on the arbitration award and enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, SIN Customs 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 you in the event that, in the opinion of SIN Customs, such action is necessary or desirable. The parties agree that, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable statute(s) of limitation, any arbitration proceeding shall be commenced within two years of the acts, events or occurrences giving rise to the claim.

(k) The licensing entity under this Agreement for all Content licensed shall be SIN Customs.


10. Contact

If you have concerns relating to this Agreement, please contact SIN Customs.


11. Acknowledgement

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT, AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO AGREEING TO IT. IN CONSIDERATION OF SIN CUSTOMS AGREEING TO PROVIDE THE CONTENT, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT IT IS THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND SIN CUSTOMS, WHICH SUPERSEDES ANY PROPOSAL OR PRIOR AGREEMENT, ORAL OR WRITTEN, AND ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU AND SIN CUSTOMS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT OF THIS AGREEMENT.

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