THIS IS A FAIRLY LENGTHY DOCUMENT, AND IT CONTAINS MANY IMPORTANT PROVISIONS THAT AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. BY CHECKING THE CORRECT BOX AT THE END OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE (THIS "AGREEMENT") , YOU HEREBY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRINT A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR YOUR RECORDS.
This Agreement governs your use of the art & pix website, including, without limitation, the uploading and downloading of photographs, illustrations, images or other pictorial or graphic works ("Works") onto or from the art & pix website, and any and all services offered by art & pix or through the art & pix website (the art & pix website, together with all of the foregoing uses and services, to be hereinafter referred to as the "Website").

1. Description of the Website and Membership
The Website provides, among other things, an online marketplace for uploading and downloading Works. Furthermore, the Website is divided generally into two sections: a public section and a private section. The public section offers to all visitors, among other things, general information about the Website, the ability to view Works on the Website, a search engine to search for Works on the Website, and a process by which visitors can register to become Members, as further described below. The private section is only accessible by Members. The private section offers to Members (in addition to all services available in the public section) the ability to upload and download Works onto and from the Website in accordance with an applicable Content Upload Agreement or Content Download Agreement, the ability to post material or other content on personal Member Blogs and the ability to access their accounts on the Website ("Membership Accounts").
When a visitor to the Website registers to become a Member, he or she will select an available user name ("Membership Name") and a corresponding user password ("Membership Password") to create a unique, personal Membership Account. During registration, each Member shall be given the opportunity to accept a default country designation (and also language and currency designations pre-determined by art & pix to correspond to such country) based on the IP address from which such Member is accessing the Website. art & pix, in it's sole discretion, may provide each Member with the opportunity to specify a country other than the default country (but the language and currency linked to such other country shall be pre-determined by art & pix to correspond to such other country). Once such information is entered during registration, such information cannot be revised later. The Member shall also be required to specify whether he or she is registering as an individual or on behalf of a company or entity (and, if so, the name of the company or entity).
A Member shall upload a Work through his or her Membership Account, and such Work shall be subject to an applicable Content Upload Agreement based on criteria specified by the Member as to exclusivity, permitted uses of the Work and the like. The Member shall also enter keywords and a description of the Work so that the Work can be categorized and be searched by the Website"s search engine. Applicable royalty rates for non-exclusive sublicenses granted to Members who download the Work shall be in accordance with the Website's [standard pricing and payment policies]. Royalty rates for exclusive sublicenses granted to Members who download the Work shall be specified by the Member. art & pix may also, in it's sole discretion, place certain types of limits on the uploading of Works.
A Member shall download a Work through his or her Membership Account, and such Work shall be subject to an applicable Content Download Agreement based on criteria specified by such Member, and also on criteria specified by the Member who uploaded the Work. A Member shall be able to download a Work for a particular use(s) only if he or she pays with the applicable number of Credits (as defined below) on the Website, and only if he or she agrees to the applicable Content Download Agreement for such Work and such use(s).

2. General Acknowledgements and Agreements
Your use of the Website constitutes your acknowledgement and acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and you shall be bound by such terms and conditions. If you do not agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, do not use or access any portions of the Website or use any services offered on the Website.
art & pix shall have the right, in it's sole discretion, to amend the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time, and any such changes shall be effective immediately upon member notification and publication of such changes on the Website. Your continued use of the Website after the effectiveness of such changes and notice constitutes your acknowledgement and acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as so amended. If you do not agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement as so amended, do not use or access the Website.
If at any time the terms and conditions of this Agreement are no longer acceptable to you, whether or not as a result of an amendment by art & pix, do not use the Website.
Services on the Website are available only to, and may only be used by individuals who can enter into legally binding contracts under applicable law. Without limitation to the foregoing, services on the Website are not available to minors (e.g., persons under the age of eighteen) except under the supervision of an adult parent or guardian, and such parent or guardian shall be responsible for all uses of the Website. Your Membership Account on the Website may not be sold or otherwise transferred to another person or entity. If your use of the Website is on behalf of an entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind such entity to this Agreement.

3. Use of Work
You may only upload or download Works to or from the Website in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and of an applicable Content Upload Agreement or Content Download Agreement. You may not use, reproduce, distribute, display or create derivative works based on any Works that appear on the Website unless you enter into a Content Download Agreement, and you may do so only to the extent expressly permitted under the terms and conditions of an applicable Content Download Agreement.
You acknowledge and agree that no ownership of any Works can be transferred, and that no sale of any Works can be effectuated, on or through the Website. Only the rights expressly sublicensed in an applicable Content Download Agreement are granted on or through the Website. You acknowledge and agree that art & pix or its licensors retain all ownership rights in and to the Works, and that such Works are covered and protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights of art & pix or its licensors.

4. Restrictions
You agree that you shall not use the Website in any manner that is not permitted by this Agreement or that violates any law, regulation or statute in an applicable jurisdiction.
You shall not upload or post onto the Website, or use the Website to transfer, any Work or other material or content that is libelous or slanderous or otherwise defamatory, obscene or indecent, or that is covered or protected by copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights unless you own or control such rights or have received all necessary consents. You shall not upload or post onto the Website, or use the Website to transfer, any Work or other material or content that contains or constitutes viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code with malicious, disruptive and/or destructive features. You shall not to attempt to gain unauthorized access to any hardware or software systems or networks associated with the Website, or obtain any services or information not intentionally made available to you by art & pix on or through the Website. You shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Membership Account of any other person or entity, or otherwise interfere with any other person's or entity's use, of the Website. You shall not use any false or misleading information (e.g., false or misleading names, email addresses or URLs) when using the Website, including, without limitation, with respect to the origin or source of any Work or other material or content that you upload or any identifying information for your Membership Account.

5. Management and Operation of the Website
You acknowledge and agree that art & pix has no obligation to review any Works or other material or content uploaded or posted onto the Website, and shall have no responsibility for any such Works or other material or content. art & pix shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to accept or deny, delete, move or edit any Works or other material or content uploaded or posted onto the Website. If you upload or post any Works or other material or content onto the Website, or any Works or other material or content is uploaded or posted onto the Website using your Membership Name or otherwise through your Membership Account, you remain solely responsible for such Works or other material or content.
You acknowledge and agree that art & pix shall have no responsibility for any material or content on other websites to which you may hyperlink or otherwise access from the Website, including any web log, comments to any web log, or any forum on the Website. You acknowledge and agree that art & pix shall have no responsibility for any material or content on websites from which you may be hyperlinked or otherwise be directed to the Website.
art & pix reserves the right, in it's sole discretion, to change or discontinue any or all of the services on the Website at any time. You acknowledge and agree that art & pix has no obligation to make, or continue to make, the Website or any particular portion or related service available to you (whether or not such unavailability is voluntary on the part of art & pix). art & pix reserves the right, in it's sole discretion, to suspend or terminate your Membership Account at any time, including, without limitation, your Membership Name and Membership Password.
You acknowledge and agree that art & pix may store personal and certain other information about you on your computer in the form of "cookies". Such use of cookies is solely in connection with the operation of the Website. You acknowledge and agree that if you prohibit or restrict the placement of cookies on your computer, such prohibition or restriction may have an adverse effect on your use of the Website. You acknowledge and agree that art & pix may also store personal information about you on its computers within or outside Germany. art & pix shall not use your personal information in any way other than in connection with the operation of the Website, and shall keep this information confidential unless required to do otherwise by operation of applicable law.

6. Credits and Payments
Transactions on the Website, including downloads of Works and the remuneration to an uploading Member in the event his or her Work is downloaded, shall be conducted using Website credits ("Credits") in accordance with art & pix's Standard pricing and payment policies and subject to any amounts that may be owed to art & pix with respect to such transactions. In the event you are downloading a Work, the appropriate number of Credits shall be deducted from your Membership Account. In the event a Member downloads a Work that you have uploaded, the appropriate number of Credits will be deposited into your Membership Account after art & pix received from the downloading Member non-opposable proof of payment. Credits exist in two forms: "Standard Credits" and "Offered Credits".
You may acquire Standard Credits only by purchase, by using credit or charge cards, online payment accounts, wire transfers or such means as then permitted by art and pix, or by earning them if your Works are downloaded by other Members. If you Purchase any Standard Credits by using a credit or charge card or an online payment account, you warrant that you are the cardholder or account holder and that the billing information provided is accurate, and you authorize art & pix to charge the designated credit or charge card or online payment account for the total amount of the purchase, including any sales or similar taxes. Standard credit purchases are non-refundable, only credits earned by selling photos and affiliation may be redeemed. You may only redeem your Standard Credits in the currency you indicated at the time you registered with the Website to create your Membership Account. art & pix, in it's sole discretion, may grant you Offered Credits from time to time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, you may never redeem Offered Credits for cash, and can only use Offered Credits for transactions on the Website.
If you hold in your account both Standard Credits and Offered Credits, each charge of Credits against your account shall be charged equally from your Standard Credits and Offered Credits (i.e., one-half of the total charge from your Standard Credits and one-half of the total charge from your Offered Credits). If the amount of Standard Credits in your account is less than one-half of the total charge, the entirety of your Standard Credits shall be charged, and then the shortfall shall be charged against your Offered Credits (in addition to the one-half of the total charge that was already being charged against your Offered Credits). If the amount of Offered Credits in your account is less than one-half of the total charge, the entirety of your Offered Credits shall be charged, and then the shortfall shall be charged against your Standard Credits (in addition to the one-half of the total charge that was already being charged against your Standard Credits).

7. Membership Account
You acknowledge and agree that you are to keep confidential the Membership Name and Membership Account provided by art & pix to you, and the Membership Password selected by you and approved by art & pix for use with such Membership Name and Membership Account. Your Membership Name, Membership Account and Membership Password are personal to you and may not be shared with, or transferred to, any other person or entity.
You acknowledge and agree that you will be solely responsible for each and every use of your Membership Account, Membership Name and Corresponding Password, and that art & pix may rely on the use of your Membership Account, Membership Name or Membership Password as conclusive evidence that you have used the Website.

8. Representations and Warranties
In addition to the representations and warranties you have made above, each of art & pix and you hereby represent and warrant that it, or he or she, has the right to enter into this Agreement.

9. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless art & pix and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, owners, agents, representatives, licensors and (sub)licensees (collectively, "Indemnitees") from and against all claims, expenses (including attorney fees) or other liability arising from your breach of any of your representations, warranties or obligations under this Agreement, and from any and all uses by you of the Website (including any uses under your Membership Account or Membership Name, whether or not authorized by you), including, without limitation, any claims or actions based on infringement or violation of intellectual property rights, libel or slander or other defamation, right of privacy or "false light", right of publicity or blurring or distortion or alteration of any Work or other material or content whether or not intentional. art & pix shall have the right, in it's sole discretion, to control the defense of any claim, action or matter subject to indemnification by you with counsel of its own choosing. You shall fully cooperate with art & pix in the defense of any such claim, action or matter.

10. Limitations and Disclaimer
You agree that neither art & pix nor its affiliates, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, owners, agents, representatives, licensors and (sub)licensees (other than yourself, as applicable), shall be liable for any damages, whether direct, incidental, indirect or consequential, arising from any use by you of the Website, even if such parties have been advised, or advised of the possibility, of such damages.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, ART & PIX MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE ART & PIX WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES ON THE ART & PIX WEBSITE, OR ANY WORKS OR OTHER MATERIALS OR CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THE ART & PIX WEBSITE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSES, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, OR FREEDOM OF ANY SERVICES, OR ANY WORKS OR OTHER MATERIALS OR CONTENT, FROM VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER CODE WITH MALICIOUS, DISRUPTIVE AND/OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES.
art & pix shall have no responsibility for any Works or other material or content uploaded or posted onto the Website, including, without limitation any material or content uploaded or posted by any Member onto the Website in any forum or as any comment to a web log.

11. Term and Termination
This Agreement shall continue in perpetuity unless terminated in accordance with this Section 11. art & pix at any time may terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, for breach by you of any of your representations, warranties or obligations under this Agreement, or for inactivity by you with respect to use of the Website. You may at any time terminate this Agreement by logging into your Membership Account on the Website and then sending a termination request to art and pix. In the event termination is by art & pix, art & pix shall notify you of such termination. art & pix reserves the right, in it's sole discretion, to terminate your Membership Account at any time, including, without limitation, deactivating your Membership Name and Membership Password.

12. Effect of Termination
Upon any termination of this Agreement:
(a) YOUR Membership Account shall be cancelled and closed and your Membership Name and Membership Password shall be deactivated;
(b) ALL Works uploaded by you shall be removed from the Website; provided, however, that art & pix may continue to use the Work for internal archival and reference purposes;
(c) ANY and all Standard Credits shall be redeemable by you for cash, minus any transactional expense in accordance with art & pix's Standard pricing and payment policies and
(d) YOU shall forfeit all right, title and interest in and to any and all Offered Credits.
Termination of this Agreement shall not relieve you from any payment obligations that may have arisen prior to such termination, or any other obligations pursuant to any other agreement that has not been specifically terminated, such as a Content Upload Agreement or Content Download Agreement. The provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 12 and 14 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.