Contributors submissions policy

As a Contributor, you may submit Content and textual or other comments on Content submitted by others (collectively referred to as “Contributor Submissions”). You understand that whether or not a Contributor Submission is published, ATELIER does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any Contributor Submissions.

If you are aged 13 - 17, you are welcome to contribute Content to this Site, but only if you have a parent or legal guardian’s written permission. ATELIER reserves the right to remove any Content from the Site if such permission does not accompany such Content.

SUMMARY

• Intellectual Property Rights and Licenses
• Your Use of Site Content
• Contributor Conduct
• Your commercial use of the Web site

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND LICENCES

The content on the Site except Contributor Submissions, including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like, and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (”Marks”), are owned by or licensed to ATELIER, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under the law. Content on the Site is provided to you for your information and personal use only and may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. ATELIER reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Site and the Content.

You retain all of your ownership rights in your Contributor Submissions. However, by submitting your Content to ATELIER, you hereby grant to ATELIER and its affiliates a royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, unrestricted, worldwide license to edit, telecast, rerun, reproduce, use, syndicate, license, print, sublicense, distribute and otherwise exhibit the materials you submit, or any portion thereof, as incorporated in any of their programming or the promotion thereof, in any manner and in any medium or forum, whether now known or hereafter devised, without payment to you or any third party.

You also hereby grant each other Contributor a non-exclusive license to access your Contributor Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such Contributor Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Service.

The above licenses granted by you in Contributor Submissions terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you remove or delete your Contributor Submissions from the Site. You understand and agree, however, that ATELIER may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of Contributor Submissions that have been removed or deleted. The above licenses granted by you in Contributor Submissions are perpetual and irrevocable.

You further agree that you will not submit as a Contributor Submission any Content that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant ATELIER all of the license rights granted herein. You represent and warrant to ATELIER that neither the Content you submit nor the exercise of the rights granted herein shall constitute a libel or slander against, or violate any common law or any other right of, any person or entity.

YOUR USE OF THE SITE CONTENT

You may access Contributor Submissions of others solely for your information and personal use, and as intended through the normal functionality of the ATELIER Service. Contributor Comments are made available to you for your information and personal use solely as intended through the normal functionality of the ATELIER Service.

Comments of Contributors are made available “as is”, and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, downloaded, or otherwise exploited in any manner not intended by the normal functionality of the ATELIER Service or otherwise as prohibited hereunder.

You agree to not engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Content other than expressly permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution of Contributor Submissions of third parties obtained through the Site for any commercial purposes.

You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the Site or the Content therein.

You understand that when using the Site, you will be exposed to Contributor Submissions from a variety of sources, and that ATELIER is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such Contributor Submissions. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to Contributor Submissions that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against ATELIER with respect thereto, and agree to indemnify and hold ATELIER, its agents, employees, affiliates, and/or licensors, harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of the Site.

CONTRIBUTOR CONDUCT

ATELIER does not endorse any Contributor Submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and ATELIER expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with Contributor Submissions. ATELIER does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on its Site, and ATELIER will remove all Content and Contributor Submissions if properly notified that such Content or Contributor Submission infringes on another’s intellectual property rights. ATELIER reserves the right to remove Content and User Submissions without prior notice.

In plain English, this means that you must respect the copyright of others. Only upload text, music, video or other documents that you made or that you have obtained the rights to use. Don’t upload Content that someone else owns the copyright to, such as music segments or extracts of copyrighted TV programs made by other users, without their permission.

You may not like everything you see. If you feel any Content violates our Terms of Use, then e-mail us at editorial@atelier-us.com, and it will be reviewed by ATELIER staff. You acknowledge that ATELIER does not have the resources to monitor all Contributor Submissions, and that ATELIER relies on Contributors to assist in identifying inappropriate Content.

YOUR COMMERCIAL USE OF THE WEB SITE

You may upload Content to the Site to promote your business or artistic enterprise.

However, you may not:

• sell access to the Site or its related Services on another website;
• use the Site or its related Services for the primary purpose of gaining advertising or subscription revenue;
• sell of advertising on the Site or any third-party website targeted to the content of specific Contributor Submissions or other Content; or
• use the Site or any of its related Services in such a way that ATELIER finds, in its sole discretion, detrimental to its resources or interests or those of Contributor Submissions.

You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Site, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Site (e.g. comments, email) for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Site with respect to their Contributor Submissions.

ATELIER values your privacy. The information you submit is subject to our Privacy Policy.