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Website terms and conditions

Last updated: August 2011

Please read these terms before using this website. By using this website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not accept these terms and conditions ("terms"), do not use this website. These terms apply to you (the "Client"), and if you are using this web site on your employer's behalf, to you and your employer.

Protection of Intellectual Property - Copyright

This website is owned and operated by "panoptika.net" (Marc Atkins and Françoise Lacroix). All of the content featured or displayed on this website is owned by panoptika.net. All elements of panoptika.net website are protected by copyright, moral rights and other laws relating to intellectual property rights.

All images on this site are owned by either Marc Atkins or Françoise Lacroix (the "Photographer(s)"). Any commercial usage of digital images requires permission of the Photographer before publication.

How you may use the content on this website

You may browse and download our viewable low resolution images.To obtain an enlargement of any image click once on the thumbnail. All images on this website are watermarked, these may only be used for comps, internal layouts and proofing presentations to end clients. We will not grant any licence to use these low resolution images either internally or externally for whatever purpose. The high resolution images, supplied by request, may only be used commercially once you have entered into a licence agreement and paid the relevant fee.

Model and Property Releases

You must satisfy yourself that all necessary rights, consents or permissions as may be required for reproduction of the Image have been secured.

Privacy Policy

In using the site panoptika.net you are not requested to create an account or provide your personal information. We do not collect or request a third party to collect or use your personal information.

We do not share any personal information (for example, name or address) or your email address with any third party.

Cookies

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information collected does not identify you personally as it cannot be associated with a particular user. We use "cookies" to monitor the usage of our site and customer traffic patterns to help us improve the layout and functionality of the site. We will not transfer this information to third parties. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser without it limiting your access to any features of the panoptika.net website.

General terms and conditions

Rights-managed license Fee

Our rights-managed license is for a specific, one-time use, for a specified time. The fee for using the image is calculated from several factors including use, medium, duration of use, print run, placement, size and geographic distribution. The customer must declare the intended use of the image before licensing, at the latest, prior to technical utilization. According to the customers declaration we will grant permission for utilization of the delivered image(s).

Electronic invoicing

The Client agrees to receive invoices from the individual photographer electronically via email.

The Photographer may render its invoice at any time following delivery of the image to the Client. The Client shall pay the licence fee within 30 days of the date of the invoice.

Copyright

Photograph copyright credit - All licensed images sold must include the following credit line adjacent to the licensed image: "[photographer´s name]/panoptika.net". If the licensee omits the credit, an additional fee in an amount up to fifty percent (50%) of the Licence Fee may be payable by Licensee.

Interest on overdue invoices

If the licensee fails to pay the invoice in full within the time specified in the invoice, the photographer may add a service charge of one-and-one-half percent (1.5%) per month, or such lesser amount as is allowed by law, on any unpaid balance until payment is received.

Proof copy

The Client is to provide one proof copy of the licensed image within 30 days of the image use start date or publication date.