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Artist Terms and Conditions Agreement

This Artist Terms and Conditions Agreement ("Agreement") contains the terms and conditions that govern your use of the ArtistBe.com website and service ("ArtistBe.com") and is made between you and Overstock Art, LLC, 1401 S. Mosley St., Wichita, KS 67211, a Kansas Limited Liability Company doing business as ArtistBe.com ("ArtistBe.com").

This Agreement describes your rights and responsibilities and what you can expect from ArtistBe.com. Your acknowledgment below and use of ArtistBe.com constitutes your acceptance of this Agreement.

ArtistBe.com reserves the right to add, delete and/or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and in its sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on https://www.artistbe.com/artist-agreement/.

If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to discontinue use of ArtistBe.com. Your continued use of ArtistBe.com following a change or a new Agreement posted on ArtistBe.com will constitute binding acceptance of the changes.

The ArtistBe.com Service

ArtistBe.com is an online gallery that allows artists to post and sell their art to the public. Artists can also share information, ideas and thoughts, communicate with others, and discuss views and artistic impressions. ArtistBe.com also provides artists with the ability to offer reproductions of their art for sale and receive a royalty. The reproductions maybe created as a print on paper, print on canvas, hand painted oil painting or by any other means that ArtistBe.com sees fit to use in order to reproduce the art. The reproductions would be offered for sale via ArtistBe.com, as well as overstockArt.com, our catalogs, shared retailer sites on the internet, internet marketplaces and other sales channels used by ArtistBe.com.

Use of the Website

ArtistBe.com is only available to parties that can lawfully enter into and form contracts under applicable law. Persons under the age of 18, may use the ArtistBe.com only under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by this Agreement.

You agree to comply with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any other applicable agreements, policies, laws, regulations and rules when you use ArtistBe.com, including our Privacy Policy (found here: https://www.artistbe.com/privacy-policy/) and our Terms of Use (found here: https://www.artistbe.com/terms-of-use/). In other words, everything that applies according to the terms of those agreements applies here.

Your License to Use ArtistBe.com

ArtistBe.com solely and exclusively owns all intellectual property and other rights, title and interest in ArtistBe.com, except as expressly provided for in this Agreement. ArtistBe.com grants you a limited revocable license to access and use ArtistBe.com for its intended purposes, subject to your compliance with this Agreement. This license does not include the right to collect or use information contained on ArtistBe.com; any prohibited or illegal uses; to compete with ArtistBe.com or Overstock Art; to create derivative works based on the content of ArtistBe.com; or download or copy ArtistBe.com (other than page caching). If you use ArtistBe.com in a manner that exceeds the scope of this license or you breach this Agreement, ArtistBe.com may revoke the license granted to you without notice.

Third-Party Services

ArtistBe.com may use third parties to provide certain services accessible through ArtistBe.com. ArtistBe.com does not control those third parties or their services, and you agree that ArtistBe.com will not be liable to you in any way for your use of such services. These third parties may have their own terms of use and other policies. You must comply with such terms and policies as well as this Agreement when you use those services. If any third-party terms or policies conflict with this Agreement or ArtistBe.com policies, you must comply the terms of this Agreement and ArtistBe.com policies.

General Rules
Prohibited Use

You may only use ArtistBe.com as expressly permitted by this Agreement and the Terms and Conditions of Use. You may not cause harm to ArtistBe.com or Overstock Art. You may not: (i) interfere with ArtistBe.com by using viruses, spyware, malware, or any other programs or technology designed to disrupt or damage any software or hardware; (ii) modify, create derivative works from, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any technology used to provide ArtistBe.com; (iii) use a robot, spider or other device or process to monitor the activity on or copy pages from ArtistBe.com, except in the operation or use of an internet "search engine", or similar technology; (iv) collect electronic mail addresses or other information from third parties by using ArtistBe.com; (v) impersonate another person or entity; (vi) use any meta tags, search terms, key terms, or the like that contain ArtistBe.com or Overstock Art's name or trademarks; (vii) engage in any activity that interferes with another user's ability to use or enjoy ArtistBe.com; or (viii) assist or encourage any third party in engaging in any activity prohibited by this Agreement.

Privacy Policy

By entering into this Agreement, you agree to ArtistBe.com's use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Policy (https://www.artistbe.com/privacy-policy/).

Approved Artist, Art Posting, and Sales General Rules

ArtistBe.com offers approved artists a personal URL (web address) where you can upload, display and name your art. Your URL will constitute your Art Gallery in the confines of ArtistBe.com. ArtistBe.com will feature logos and trademarks in the artist gallery identifying the artist is an "Approved Artist". The hosting and creating of your art gallery by us does not constitute any assignment or transfer to you of ownership in any domain names, intellectual property or trademarks owned by ArtistBe.com. You agree and warrant that your uploaded content will not infringe the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, right of privacy, right of publicity or other legal right of any other person or persons.

Gallery Use

You may update the content on your Gallery as you wish, subject to this Agreement. You shall not link your Gallery to any third-party website that violates our policies. You may not conduct raffles or contest using the art on your Gallery. You may not display banners of sponsors or other commercial entities. You may display the art hosted by us in your Gallery in other sites owned by you as long as you have an exclusive link to your Gallery hosted by ArtistBe.com.

Delivery of Content

You may upload to ArtistBe.com any content that you want to use in accordance with this Agreement and the Terms and Conditions of Use for ArtistBe.com. ArtistBe.com may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, determine whether any content complies with this Agreement and the ArtistBe.com policies, and is of satisfactory quality to be offered for sell through the ArtistBe.com Service.

Licensing Your Content to ArtistBe.com

You will retain ownership of any content that you upload to ArtistBe.com. However, you hereby grant to ArtistBe.com worldwide, transferable, non-exclusive, and irrevocable right and license to use such content, in all media existing now or created in the future, as ArtistBe.com deems necessary to reproduce and sell reproductions of your content. ArtistBe.com may sublicense the rights that you grant it in this Section to a third party subcontractor only for purposes of providing services to ArtistBe.com. Furthermore you grant ArtistBe.com the right to digitally reproduce, publicly display, create derivative works, and otherwise use your content to advertise, promote, and publicize your content and ArtistBe.com.

This license includes (but is not limited to) the following rights that you expressly grant to ArtistBe.com: (i) the right to reproduce your content in the form of a hand-painted oil painting; and (ii) the right to reproduce and sell your content in any form and through any channel at ArtistBe.com’s discretion in perpetuity.

Sale of Reproductions

Any content that you elect to upload to ArtistBe.com will be offered for sale as a reproduction. Reproductions may be sold in a variety of formats, including but not limited to: (i) Print on paper; (ii) Print on Canvas; (iii) Hand Painted Oil Painting on Canvas; (iv) tile; or, (v) Other Media.

Royalties
You will earn royalties on sales of reproductions of your content as follows:
Format Print Royalty
Print on Paper 15.0% of print Royalty Sale Price
Print on Canvas 15.0% of print Royalty Sale Price
Oil Painting 15.0% of painting Royalty Sale Price
Tile 15.0% of tile Royalty Sale Price
Othe Media 15.0% of Other Media Royalty Sale Price

The royalty will be calculated as the stated percentage of the sale price of the reproduction less discounts, promotions, taxes, duties, shipping costs, and amounts returned for fraud, bad debts, returned goods and charge backs ("Royalty Sale Price"). Payments due to you will be paid on or before the last day of the month following the end of each quarter (ending March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31) following the quarter in which at least $50.00 in royalties are earned. By way of example, payments for the quarter ending March 31 shall be paid on or before April 30.

IN THE EVENT THAT THE ARTIST REQUIRES A WESTERN UNION TRANSFER TO RECEIVE HIS OR HER SHARE OF ROYALTIES, THE ARTIST SHALL INCUR A $20 FEE.

Sale of Original Art

ArtistBe.com offers a venue for you to show and sell original content. You hereby acknowledge and understand that you are responsible for (complying with any applicable laws, regulations or manner of sale or exchange that may pertain to transactions of the original content. Any change in the status or availability must be communicated clearly within 72 hours from any change in status. If ArtistBe.com receives complaints from users that availability status is not being properly updated you may lose your approval status and may no longer qualify to use ArtistBe.com. All prices must be listed in US Dollars. You hereby warrant any original art you sell on ArtistBe.com is produced by you and is solely owned by you. Artisbe.com will be the seller of record for each piece sold. All sales of original content are subject to a 30% commission of the sales price to be collected by ArtistBe.com upon completion of each sale before remitting funds to you.

Shipping

You are responsible for securing all original pieces sold in secure packaging and shipping orders directly to customers per the instructions provided upon completion of the purchase. If the piece is damaged and returned as the result of insecure or insufficient packaging, ArtistBe.com will issue a refund to the customer, and you will not be compensated for the damaged piece. If a piece is damaged due to mishandling by the shipping company, Artistbe.com will provide both the customer and you a full refund. You are responsible for providing an accurate measurement of the size and weight of all pieces ordered Artistbe.com will pay all costs of shipping and insurance based on the weight and dimensions reported to us. You will not be reimbursed for increased shipping costs that result from your reporting of incorrect measurements.

Certificate of Authenticity

A Certificate of Authenticity must be included with each original piece.

Promotions

Artistbe.com reserves the right to apply a 10% discount on the sale of art during promotions and will remit funds for all pieces sold subject to the additional discount. From time to time, Artistbe.com may conduct a promotion with a higher discount rate than 10% off the listed price. Artistbe.com will notify you before these promotions. You may choose to accept or reject these promotions with no penalty.

Third Party Sales

Artistbe.com reserves the right to sell your work through third party websites. All sales are applicable to the terms and conditions of the third party website.

Tax Compliance

You are responsible for submitting all tax forms required by your country, state/province, or other locality to Artistbe.com and any other necessary party prior to disbursement of the proceeds of sales made on Artistbe.com to you.

Monitoring

ArtistBe.com reserves the right, but does not assume the obligation, to monitor transactions and communications that occur through ArtistBe.com. If ArtistBe.com determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that you or another ArtistBe.com user have breached a term or condition of this Agreement or that such transaction or communication is inappropriate, ArtistBe.com may cancel the transaction or take any other action to restrict access to or the availability of any material that may be considered objectionable, without any liability to you or any third party.

Modification of the Service

ArtistBe.com reserves the right to modify the organization, structure or "look and feel" of ArtistBe.com, and may change, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of ArtistBe.com at any time without any liability to you or any third party. ArtistBe.com shall have complete discretion over the features, functions, prices and other terms and conditions on which ArtistBe.com Service is offered.

Submissions

When you submit questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, message board postings, material submitted via web forms, contest entries, communications or any other information ("Submissions"), you grant ArtistBe.com permission to use such Submissions for marketing and other promotional purposes. You agree that ArtistBe.com will have no obligation to keep any Submissions confidential. You will not bring a claim against ArtistBe.com based on "moral rights" or the likes arising from ArtistBe.com's use of a Submission. This Section does not apply to content that you upload to your ArtistBe.com gallery.

Your Warranties

You represent and warrant to ArtistBe.com that: (i) you have the full power and authority to enter into and perform under this Agreement; (ii) the execution and performance of obligations under this Agreement does not constitute a breach of or conflict with any other agreement or arrangement by which you are bound, and (iii) this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its provisions.

You further represent and warrant to ArtistBe.com that: (i) you will not infringe the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, right of privacy, right of publicity or other legal right ArtistBe.com or of any third party; (ii) you will comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations in your use of ArtistBe.com; (iii) there are no claims, demands or any form of litigation pending, or to the best of your knowledge, threatened with respect to any of your content; (iv) ArtistBe.com will not be required to make any payments to any third party in connection with its use of your content, except for the expenses that ArtistBe.com incurs in providing ArtistBe.com services; (v) the use of any instructions, formulae, recommendations, or the like contained in your content will not cause injury to any third party; (vi) no third party owns any license or other rights with respect to any part of the content that would exclude or impair ArtistBe.com's ability to implement fully the rights granted by you in this Agreement; and, (vii) your content does not contain viruses or any other programs or technology designed to disrupt or damage any software or hardware.

WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER

ArtistBe.com represents and warrants to you: (i) that ArtistBe.com has the full power and authority to enter into and perform under this Agreement; (ii) the execution and performance of obligations under this Agreement does not constitute a breach of or conflict with any other agreement or arrangement by which ArtistBe.com is bound, and (iii) this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of ArtistBe.com enforceable in accordance with its provisions.

ARTISTBE.COM IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND ON AN "AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS. ARTISTBE.COM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE USE OF THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. ARTISTBE.COM DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, INTEGRITY, OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THE SITE OR THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED FOR SALE ON THE SITE.

ARTISTBE.COM MAKES NO WARRANTIES, OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHER POLICIES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. ALTHOUGH SOME JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN WARRANTIES SUCH AS WARRANTY OF TITLE, AN IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, OR WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, OVERSTOCK ART EXCLUDES ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY

ARTISTBE.COM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE ARTISTBE.COM. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, ANY RELIANCE BY YOU ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED VIA ARTISTBE.COM, OR THAT MAY RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSION, INTTERUPTION IN SERVICE, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, ACTS OF A THIRD PARTY, OR AS THE RESULT OF NEGLIGENCE BY ARTISTBE.COM.

ARTISTBE.COM IS NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT LOSSES RESULTING FROM ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, WHETHER OR NOT REASONABLY FORESEABLE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (1) LOSS OF INCOME OR REVENUE; (2) LOSS OF BUSINESS; (3) LOSS OF PROFITS OR CONTRACTS; OR, (4) LOSS OF DATA. THE LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED AGENT OF ARTISTBE.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF, OR HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

LIABILITY FOR DIRECT LOSSES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF A BREACH OF THESE TERMS BY ARTISTBE.COM IS STRICTLY LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN $100.00.

YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LIMITATIONS ON LIABILTY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT, MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH ARTISTBE.COM. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend us, along with our directors, employees and agents from and against any action, cause, claim, damage, debt, demand or liability, including reasonable costs and attorney's fees, asserted by any person or entity, arising out of or relating to: (i) this Agreement and/or any breach or threatened breach by you; (ii) your use of the Site or any service offered by us; (iii) any unacceptable, unlawful, or objectionable use of the Site or any service offered to you by us; (iv) any negligent or willful misconduct by you; or (v) violation of any third party’s rights (including intellectual property rights) through your use of the Site or the Service.

Termination

ArtistBe.com may, in its sole discretion, with or without notice to you: (i) suspend, limit your access to or terminate your use of ArtistBe.com Service, (ii) suspend, limit your access to or terminate your account, (iii) remove any of your Content from ArtistBe.com's servers and directories and (iv) prohibit you from using ArtistBe.com.

Effect of Termination on Content

If you or ArtistBe.com terminates your use of ArtistBe.com, ArtistBe.com may delete any gallery, content or other materials relating to your use of ArtistBe.com on ArtistBe.com's servers or otherwise in its possession and ArtistBe.com will have no liability to you or any third party for doing so. Furthermore, in the event you terminate your account, ArtistBe.com has the express right to sell all stock prior to removing the image of the content from the Site.

Electronic Communications

You consent to receive communications from us via e-mail. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically by e-mail or posting to this Site satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Notice

ArtistBe.com will use the contact information provided by you through your account to issue any notices required under this Agreement.

All notices will be deemed received as follows: (i) seven business days after dispatch via U.S. Mail, send with return receipt; (ii) the date of confirmed receipt via overnight courier service, or (iii) 24 hours after the notice was sent via email, provided no error or other notice of non-delivery is generated.

Notice to ArtistBe.com, must be sent either via courier to: 1411 S. Mosley Wichita, KS 67211 USA, or via email to [email protected].

Dispute Resolution

Any dispute relating in any way to your use of ArtistBe.com shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Wichita, Kansas, USA, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate ArtistBe.com's intellectual property rights. Arbitration under this Agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

With respect to intellectual property rights, ArtistBe.com may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the State of Kansas, USA and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

Severability

If any provision of these policies should be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provision.

Applicable Law

You agree that the laws of the United States of America and the State of Kansas will govern this Agreement. You also agree and consent that any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and ArtistBe.com or its affiliates and subsidiaries shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court, District of Kansas or the courts of the State of Kansas.

Miscellaneous

This Agreement is not assignable or transferable by you without the prior written consent of ArtistBe.com. This Agreement (including all of the policies and other Agreements described in this Agreement, which are incorporated herein by this reference) contain the entire understanding of the parties regarding its subject matter, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings between the parties regarding its subject matter. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power, or privilege. You and ArtistBe.com are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, or employee-employer relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.

Artist Agreement, Last revised December 11, 2016.