This Agreement governs the terms by which photographers, videographers or other artists provide photographic, video, and other media content to members of the iStockphoto.com community, on a non-exclusive basis through the web site located at http://www.istockphoto.com (the “Site”) , and to other prospective purchasers through other distribution venues as provided for in this Agreement. [For the supply agreement relating to exclusivity, click here.] This Artist's Supply Agreement is in addition to the Terms of Use applicable to the Site and to the Membership Agreement that all persons providing content to or downloading content from the Site have previously entered into. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement, the Membership Agreement and the Terms of Use, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.
You acknowledge and agree that you will be responsible for each and every access or use of the Upload portions of the Site that occurs in conjunction with your Member Name and such passwords, and that iStockphoto is authorized to accept your Member Name and password as conclusive evidence that you wish to upload Content pursuant to this Agreement. iStockphoto shall have no liability or responsibility to monitor the provision of Content under your member name and password.
iStockphoto has policies and processes which must be adhered to prior to Content being posted on the Site or otherwise being offered for sale or license. Notwithstanding that some qualitative standards are required to be met, iStockphoto does not and cannot review all Content uploaded to the Site and is not responsible for the content, quality, or consequences of your uploading such Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, iStockphoto reserves the right to delete, move, refuse to accept or edit any Content or Descriptive Information that it may determine, in its sole discretion, violates or may violate this Agreement, the intellectual or proprietary rights of others, any of its policies or is otherwise unacceptable in its discretion, and you hereby agree to forfeit any fees payable in respect of such Content to iStockphoto or as it may direct. iStockphoto shall have the right but not the obligation to correct any errors or omissions in any Content or Descriptive Information, as it may determine in its sole discretion. You acknowledge that any screening of Content performed by iStockphoto to determine Accepted Content is done as a courtesy only.
NOTICE: You acknowledge that the Content you provide pursuant to this Agreement that becomes Accepted Content may be purchased or licensed by members with the intention that such licensees will adhere to the terms of the applicable license agreement. iStockphoto cannot take responsibility for the compliance by purchasers and licensees of the terms of such agreements, and you acknowledge and agree to the possibility of Content being used in a manner that is not contemplated in this Agreement. You also agree that notwithstanding any rights you may have to pursue the licensees of such Content at law, iStockphoto shall have no liability to you or any person claiming through you for any breach by a licensee of the terms of any agreement respecting Accepted Content. iStockphoto will use commercial efforts to assist in the protection of your intellectual property rights, at your request and expense.
If you have concerns relating to this Agreement, please contact iStockphoto at artists@istockphoto.com or via phone at 1 866 478 6251.
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 ISTOCKPHOTO AGREEING TO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR THE SALE OR LICENSE OF YOUR ACCEPTED 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 ISTOCKPHOTO, WHICH SUPERSEDES ANY PROPOSAL OR PRIOR AGREEMENT, ORAL OR WRITTEN, AND ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU AND ISTOCKPHOTO RELATING TO THE SUBJECT OF THIS AGREEMENT.
