TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Membership at 1x.com
These terms and conditions apply between 1x Innovations AB (hereinafter 1x) and you (the member) where you will obtain membership at 1x's website and you grant 1x the right to display your uploaded photographs. As an option you may sell your photographs as prints and digital downloads.
By checking the checkbox "I have read and understood the Terms and Conditions" you represent that you have read and understood the terms and conditions below and that you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
1. Definitions
The following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them herein below.
1.1 "Agreement" means the terms and conditions below, to which you have agreed to be bound.
1.2 "Member" (or "you") means the individual or entity that has accepted and agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions in the preamble above.
1.3 "1x's website" shall mean 1x's websites 1x.com and onexposure.net and personal homepages hosted by 1x at 1x.com and pixu.com.
1.4 "Your Photograph(s)" shall mean the photographs that you have uploaded to 1x's website and which are subject to the licenses granted to 1x under Section 2 below.
1.5 "Account" shall mean the account you register at 1x's website by accepting this Agreement and clicking "Create account".
1.6 "Gallery" shall mean the collection of images on 1x's website which have been selected by the curators of 1x. You will get a notification on each of Your Photograph(s) selected by the curators indicating that it has been selected.
1.7 “Your Photograph(s) made available for sale” shall mean all Your Photograph(s) made available for sale by you by checking the checkbox “Enable sales of prints and downloads” in your “Account settings”-page at 1x’s website, then clicking “Select photos to sell” and then making individual photos available for sale by clicking on them. Photos made available for sale will be indicated by a green check mark in your “Select photos to sell”-page in your “Account settings”-page at 1x’s website.
1.8 “Customer” shall mean an individual or entity buying printed copies or digital image files of Your Photograph(s) made available for sale.
2. License grant
2.1 1x is hereby granted the right to display Your Photograph(s) on 1x's website and to store Your Photograph(s) on its servers and backups. You will remain the copyright owner of Your Photograph(s).
2.2 1x is hereby granted the right to display Your Photograph(s) in thumbnail version(s) on other sites.
2.3 1x is hereby granted the right to display Your Photograph(s), any written text and any other material or information, submitted by you to 1x's website, in mobile applications and applications for TVs and media centers, including, but not limited to, applications for iPhone/iPad, Android applications and smart TVs.
2.4 In order to gain extra promotion for Your Photograph(s) there is a checkbox "Get extra promotion of your photos" in your “Account settings”-page on 1x’s website. When this checkbox is checked 1x is granted the right to post to and display Your Photograph(s) on social network sites and other sites, including, but not limited to, facebook, google+ and twitter, and you 1x is also granted the right to stream and display Your Photograph(s) on tv screens, displays and using image streaming devices. The default setting is that the checkbox is checked. In your “Account settings”-page on 1x's website you can turn “Get extra promotion of your photos” off to prevent 1x from posting Your Photograph(s) to social network sites and other sites and stream and display Your Photograph(s) on tv screens, displays and using image streaming devices. If any of Your Photograph(s) have already been published on social network sites or other sites, because “Get extra promotion of your photos” was previously enabled, Your Photograph(s) already posted and displayed on social network sites or other sites can not be removed from those sites. When Your Photograph(s) are displayed and posted to social network sites or streamed and displayed using TVs, displays or image streaming devices you will be acknowledged as the author of Your Photograph(s).
2.5 By checking the checkbox “Enable sales of prints and downloads” in your “Account settings” page at 1x’s website you grant to 1x the right to market and sell and distribute or have distributed printed copies and digital image files of Your Photograph(s). 1x will only sell printed copies and digital image files of Your Photograph(s) selected by you by clicking the button “Select photos to sell” in your “Account settings” page at 1x’s website. Your Photograph(s) made available for sale by you will be indicated by a green check mark. 1x will not sell Your Photograph(s) as digital image files in greater resolution than 1920 pixels width and 1080 pixels height.
2.6 By checking the checkbox “Enable sales of prints and downloads” in your “Account settings” at 1x’s website 1x is also granted the right to use Your Photograph(s) made available for sale as described in Section 2.5 above, both in digital versions and printed versions, including, but not limited to, on websites, in mobile applications, in catalogues and in magazines, for the purpose of advertising and marketing the sale of printed copies and digital files of Your Photograph(s).
3. Warranties and indemnifications
3.1 You warrant that you are the copyright owner of Your Photograph(s) and that you have all necessary permits and sufficient rights in and to Your Photograph(s) to grant to 1x the rights indicated under Section 2 above. For avoidance of any doubt, if Your Photograph(s) is a montage, you warrant that you are the copyright owner and that you have all necessary permits and sufficient rights in and to all parts of Your Photograph(s) to grant 1x the rights indicated under Section 2 above.
3.2 You undertake to defend, at your own expense, 1x against any claims from third parties alleging that 1x's use of Your Photograph(s) in accordance with this Agreement constitute an infringement of any rights of a third party (hereinafter referred to as "Claims") and to indemnify and hold 1x harmless from any costs, damages, liabilities, and/or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) suffered or incurred by 1x due to or arising from such Claims.
3.3 You warrant that you have all the necessary model releases and that you have obtained all the necessary approvals from persons that appear in Your Photograph(s) to grant to 1x the rights indicated under Section 2 above.
3.4 You warrant that you have all the necessary property releases and that you have obtained all the necessary approvals for any property, building(s), architecture, structure(s) or sculpture(s) appearing in Your Photograph(s) to grant to 1x the rights indicated under Section 2 above.
3.5 You warrant that Your Photograph(s) do not contain any illegal material and/or in themselves constitute illegal material.
3.6 You warrant that Your Photograph(s) do not contain anything that may constitute a violation of the personal integrity and privacy of an individual.
3.7 You warrant that Your Photograph(s) do not contain anything that may offend, slander, defame or discriminate any individual, entity or group of people.
3.8 You warrant that Your Photograph(s) do not contain any pornographic material.
3.9 You warrant that Your Photograph(s) do not contain any offensive material.
3.10 You undertake to indemnify 1x for any and all costs, losses and/or damages incurred by 1x due to or arising from a breach of any of the warranties under this Section 3.
3.11 You acknowledge and agree that if you fail to fulfill any of your undertakings under this Section 3, 1x might ban or delete your Account for a limited period of time or permanently. If your Account is deleted or banned no money will be refunded.
4. Member's undertakings
4.1 You undertake to register a valid email address when you create your account and to keep your account information updated with a valid, active email address in your "Account settings”-page at 1x's website at all times.
4.2 You undertake to register a paypal account at paypal’s website paypal.com and to provide a valid email address to your registered paypal account in your “Account settings” page at 1x’s website. You acknowledge and agree that if you fail to provide a valid email address to your registered paypal account, 1x will not transfer any earnings from sold prints and digital image files to you.
4.3 You warrant that you are the author of all of Your Photograph(s) and if Your Photograph(s) is a montage, that you are the author of all parts of Your Photograph(s). You are not allowed to upload photographs to 1x's website, which someone else is the original author of, for example stock photography or creative commons material, or use such material in any part of Your Photograph(s). If in doubt, 1x might request original source files or negative scans from you to verify that you are the author of Your Photograph(s).
4.4 You warrant that Your Photograph(s) consist of original photographic source files or film negatives and are not computer generated. If Your Photograph(s) is a montage you warrant that all parts of Your Photograph(s) consist of original photographic source files or negative scans and are not computer generated. If in doubt, 1x might request original source files or negative scans from you to verify that Your Photograph(s) is not computer generated.
4.5 You undertake to only register one account at 1x's website. If your Account has been banned, or if you have lost your username or password, or for any other reason, you are not allowed to register a new account, without the written consent of 1x.
4.6 You undertake to keep your password safe and never share it with anyone or write it down. 1x staff will never ask for your password. If you have lost your password you are able to reset it.
4.7 You warrant that the country you have selected in the webshop when you make purchases on 1x, is the country you actually reside in.
4.8 You acknowledge and agree that if you fail to fulfill any of your undertakings under this Section 4, 1x might delete one or more of Your Photograph(s) and might delete or ban your account from further use for a limited period of time decided by 1x or permanently. If your Account is deleted or banned no money will be refunded.
5. 1x's undertakings
5.1 1x decides exclusively and in its sole discretion which of Your Photograph(s) to publish and display in the Gallery on 1x's website. A decision not to publish Your Photograph(s) in the Gallery can not be appealed. No reasons will be given why Your Photograph(s) was published in the Gallery or not, because 1x's curators lack the time to do so. If Your Photograph(s) has been published 1x undertakes to display it in its Gallery on 1x's website. The curators or 1x's staff otherwise may at any time choose to select any of Your Photograph(s) uploaded to 1x for the Gallery or remove already published Photograph(s) from the gallery.
5.2 1x undertakes to acknowledge and identify you as the author of Your Photograph(s). Such acknowledgement will be made on 1x's website and on social network sites and other sites when posted and displayed on such sites and when any of Your Photograph(s) are displayed or streamed using a tv, display or image streaming device in accordance with section 2.4 above.
5.3 1x undertakes to not to share your personal information with anyone who is not a member of its staff or a subcontractor or partner of 1x, without your consent.
6. 1x's handling of Your Photograph(s)
6.1 Once Your Photograph(s) has been uploaded to 1x's website and published in the Gallery, it is not possible to delete it unless you end your membership. Your Photograph(s) posted to social network sites will not be deleted even if your account is deleted. If you have special circumstances, like copyright issues or personal issues, contact support and state your reasons for deletion. 1x decides exclusively if Your Photograph(s) will be deleted in such a case. A copy of all Your Photograph(s) sent to the Curators will be saved as a history of your uploads for the curators and are not possible to delete unless you end your membership. Your Photograph(s) not sent to the curators or published in the Gallery can be deleted by you at any time.
6.2 You can upload high resolution file(s) of Your Photograph(s). By default Your Photograph(s) will be displayed in the size you have uploaded them in, but they will never be displayed in greater width than 2500 pixels or greater height than 1900 pixels. If Your Photograph(s) are uploaded in higher resolution than stated above they will be downsized to the maximum width or height stated above when displayed to the public. If you do not want to display Your Photograph(s) in high resolution to the public on 1x's website, uncheck the checkbox "Allow my photos to be displayed in high resolution when available" in your “Account settings”-page at 1x’s website. If you have unchecked the checkbox “Allow my photos to be displayed in high resolution when available”, the image files of Your Photograph(s) on 1x’s website will never exceed 1000 pixels width and height. Your Photograph(s) may be upscaled in the web browser, but the image source files displayed at 1x's website will never exceed 1000 pixels width and height if you have set unchecked the checkbox “Allow my photos to be displayed in high resolution when available”. The default setting is that Your Photograph(s) are displayed in high resolution, with a maximum of 2500 pixels width and 1900 pixels height as stated above. 1x will keep copies of the image file(s), in the original resolution they were uploaded in, to use for sales of Your Photograph(s) made available for sale by you and book projects, not displayed to the public on 1x's website. 1x will never use Your Photograph(s) in book projects unless you have granted your permission in a separate agreement. If you have enabled "Get extra promotion of your photos" in your “Account settings”-page at 1x’s website, Your Photograph(s) may be streamed and displayed in high resolution on TVs, displays or using image streaming devices. Disable “Get extra promotion of your photos” to prevent 1x from streaming and displaying Your Photograph(s) in such a way. 1x will take reasonable measures to protect Your Photograph(s) from being copied or downloaded when streamed and displayed using TVs, displays or image streaming devices.
6.3 1x may publish any of Your Photograph(s) in the Gallery at any time.
6.4 If you end your membership in the "Settings"-page in the "Account"-page at 1x's website, your profile will be immediately hidden and Your Account immediately deactivated and deleted after 30 days, unless you log in to 1x before the 30 days are up. When your Account has been deleted all Your Photograph(s), both as they appear on 1x's website and in high resolution file(s), will be deleted from 1x's servers. Your Photograph(s) may still remain on backups, not accessible by the public. Your Photograph(s) posted to social network sites will not be deleted.
6.5 You acknowledge and agree that 1x and its staff have the right to delete any of Your Photograph(s), thumbnail versions of Your Photograph(s), high resolution file(s) or other material submitted by you at any time and for any reason, both from 1x's website and other websites where Your Photograph(s) are dispalyed in accordance with the license granted under Section 2 above. All photos uploaded to 1x must have artistic merit, quality and purpose. 1x is only intended for artistic photography, it is not an image hosting site for any kind of images, snapshots, family album photos and photos lacking artistic quality are prohibited and may be deleted by the staff of 1x as decided by 1x's staff in its sole discretion.
7. Selling prints and digital downloads
7.1 You undertake to upload high resolution files of Your Photograph(s) made available for sale to 1x’s website within 24 hours after you have made them available for sale or to upload high resolution files of Your Photograph(s) made available for sale to 1x’s website within 7 days after you have received an email from 1x stating that an order has been placed on one or more of your Photograph(s) made available for sale. You undertake to keep your email address updated at all times to be able to respond to such messages. Your high resolution file should always be uploaded to 1x’s website in the original resolution from the camera or scanner and the resolution should always be at least 6 megapixels. You are not allowed to upsize or downsize high resolution files intended for selling printed copies of Your Photograph(s).
7.2 1x undertakes to acknowledge and identify you as the author of Your Photograph(s) made available for sale. Such acknowledgement will be made where Your Photograph(s) are offered for sale.
7.3 1x will sell printed copies and digital image files of Your Photograph(s) made available for sale under its own name and will handle all contacts with Customers. Consequently, 1x will, at its own expense, handle all orders and payments from Customers and the distribution of purchased printed copies of Your Photograph(s) to Customers.
7.4 1x is free to use subcontractors, such as printing companies, reproduction firms and distributors, and will handle all contacts with such subcontractors.
7.5 1x decides which printers, colors, printing process, materials and sizes to offer printed copies of Your Photograph(s) made available for sale in its sole discretion. You acknowledge and agree that the colors in the printed copies of Your Photograph(s) may differ from the colors you see on the computer screen. 1x shall not be liable and may not be held responsible for any differences between printed copies of Your Photograph(s) and the high resolution image file provided by you or for any differences between the high resolution image file provided by you and Your Photograph(s) as it is presented on 1x’s website.
7.6 1x shall have the right to perform cropping, color corrections, sharpening, contrast adjustments, noise reduction, removal of dust spots and any other adjustments to Your Photograph(s) made available for sale. Your Photograph(s) made available for sale shall not contain any text, copyright notices, signatures or borders. 1x has the right to remove such text, copyright notices, signatures and borders.
7.7 1x has the right to offer digital image files of Your Photograph(s) in different formats and sizes as decided by 1x in it’s sole discretion. 1x will not offer digital image files of Your Photograph(s) in greater resolution than 1920 pixels width and 1080 pixels height. 1x might offer multiple formats to Customers for a single price when selling digital image files of Your Photograph(s).
7.8 1x undertakes to inform Customers that they are only allowed to use printed copies and digital image files of Your Photograph(s) made available for sale for personal use and that Your Photograph(s) made available for sale may not be used for commercial purposes or advertising and that digital image files of Your Photograph(s) may not be duplicated or printed. However, 1x does not undertake any liability and can not be held responsible for Customers compliance with such information.
7.9 1x shall in its sole discretion have the right to refuse to sell and market printed copies and/or digital image files of Your Photograph(s) of any or all of Your Photograph(s) at any time and for any reason. In such case, you shall be entitled to compensation for any and all printed copies and digital image files of Your Photograph(s) already sold by 1x. You shall not be entitled to any other compensation due to such cessation of selling and marketing any or all of Your Photograph(s) by 1x.
7.10 1x decides exclusively and in its sole discretion the prices offered to Customers for printed copies and digital image files of Your Photograph(s). 1x decides exclusively and in its sole discretion, to which countries and/or regions to offer printed copies and digital image files of Your Photograph(s) to Customers.
7.11 The compensation to you for printed copies of Your Photograph(s) shall be 60 USD for large size prints and 50 USD for medium size prints sold to customers outside of the EU. The compensation to you for sold printed copies of Your Photograph(s) shall be 50 EUR for large size prints and 50 EUR for medium size prints sold to customers in the EU. The compensation to you for sold digital image files of Your Photograph(s) shall be 1 USD to customers outside of the EU and 1 EUR to customers in the EU.
7.12 Your compensation from sold printed copies and digital image files of Your Photograph(s) will be presented to you in your “Account settings”-page by clicking the button “Show earnings”. Your earnings will be presented in USD and EUR separately. 1x undertakes to send/transfer your compensation for sold printed copies and digital image files of Your Photograph(s) to you on the last weekday of the calendar quarter following immediately upon the day the order was paid by the Customer to 1x. 1x will not send/transfer compensation to you for earnings in USD if your total earnings since your last pay out by 1x are below 50 USD. If your earnings are below 50 USD, as described above, they will accumulate with the earnings of the next period and be sent/transferred to you if the total accumulated earnings are not below 50 USD under this period. 1x will not send/transfer compensation to you for earnings in EUR if your total earnings since your last pay out by 1x are below 50 EUR. If your earnings are below 50 EUR, as described above, they will accumulate with the earnings of the next period and be sent/transferred to you if the total accumulated earnings are not below 50 EUR under this period. Earnings are sent/transferred to you using paypal. If you have failed to register a valid email address to your paypal account in your “Account settings” at 1x’s website, 1x will not send/transfer any compensation to you. If you account is deleted or banned no compensation in USD will be sent/transferred to you if your accumulated earnings in USD are below 50 USD since your last pay out and no earnings in EUR will be sent/transferred to you if your earnings in EUR are below 50 EUR since your last pay out.
7.13 Your acknowledge and agree that if you fail to fulfil any of the obligations under this Section 7, 1x may cease marketing and selling Your Photograph(s).
8. Personal information and cookies
8.1 You agree that your personal information, including, but not limited to your full name, username, display name email, phone number, address, paypal address (if you participate in print sales and sales of downloads), presentation text, profile photo, photos, private messages, chat conversations, public comments, forum posts and information on your profile-page, will be stored on our servers and in our databases. Your paypal address will not be shared with anyone outside of 1x's staff. Your address, email and phone number will not be shared with anyone except 1x's staff or when necessary 1x's subcontractors or partners. 1x has the right to take necessary measures to prevent spam, commercial messages or other abuse indicated under Section 9.1 and 9.2 in private conversations.
8.2 You can change your personal information in your "Settings"-page in your "Account"-page and your "Profile"-page at 1x's website.
8.3 If you end your membership in the "Settings"-page in the "Account"-page at 1x's website, your profile and Your Photograph(s) will be hidden from the public immediately and your will be deactivated immediately and deleted after 30 days, unless you log in to 1x's website before the 30 days have ended. When your Account has been deleted your personal information (as defined in Section 8.1, except your name, photo comments, critique posts, tutorial posts, weekly theme posts and guestbook posts) will be deleted from 1x's servers. Your personal information (as defined in Section 8.1) and Your Photograph(s) may still remain on backups, not accessible by the public. Any of Your Photograph(s) posted on social network sites will not be deleted.
8.4 1x uses cookies to store information about your log in session and your shopping cart.
9. Rules for communicating on 1x’s website
9.1 It is strictly prohibited to advertise products, services, other sites, companies or causes on 1x's website or contact our members in order to do so, without the written consent of 1x. It is also prohibited to contact our members with offers, to make them join other sites or organizations or donate money, without the written consent of 1x. All commercial messages are strictly prohibited in all forms of communication on 1x's website both in public and in private, without the written consent of 1x.
9.2 When communicating on 1x, in all forms of communication and written messages, including but mot limited to photo titles, photo comments, photo descriptions, critique posts, tutorial posts, weekly theme posts, guestbook posts, presentation texts, blog posts and news posts, always use a friendly, polite language. Never write in anger, insult, slander, defame, offend, discriminate or make personal accusations or attacks against someone. Never use a rude language. When commenting on another member's photo(s) you are required to be extra careful. Insulting, offending, slandering, defaming or discriminating someone for any reason is strictly prohibited.
9.3 When writing in critique, you must give useful, constructive tips on how to improve the photo you are commenting. Always explain in detail why you have a certain opinion. When posting an image for critique you must explain in detail how the image was taken and the idea behind i. For a complete list of rules, refer to the "guidelines for participating in the critique forum. link in the "Critique"-page at 1x's website. Failure to follow the rules may lead to deletion of individual critique posts, deletion of images posted for critique or to a loss of critique privileges and a temporary or permanent ban from critique or 1x's website.
9.4 You are not allowed to question the decisions of 1x and its curators to publish or not publish photos in the Gallery or discuss individual decisions in public in all forms of communication on 1x's website. If you disagree about a certain decision contact support, only using the email address: [email protected].
9.5 You acknowledge and agree that 1x and its staff have the right to delete any written message or other text or material submitted by you at any time and for any reason.
9.6 You acknowledge and agree that if you fail to fulfill any of your undertakings under this Section 9, 1x might temporarily or permanently ban your account from writing posts and comments on 1x or temporarily or permanently ban or delete your account from 1x's website. If your Account is deleted or banned no money will be refunded.
10. Usage of and linking to photos
10.1 Copying, downloading, taking screenshots, displaying, printing or otherwise using photos on 1x without the written consent of both 1x is strictly prohibited. Photos published on 1x have a copyright banner attached to the bottom, it is strictly prohibited to remove this copyright banner.
10.2 When linking to photos on 1x's website, you are only allowed to link to the full image page with all information included (http://1x.com/photo/<photoID>), never link directly to the image file or in any other way. You are not allowed to link to photos on 1x's website by copying images and use them as links, only text links are allowed on other sites.
10.3 You acknowledge and agree that if you fail to fulfill any of your undertakings under this Section 10, 1x might temporarily or permanently ban or delete your account. If your Account is deleted or banned no money will be refunded.
11. Membership types and prices
11.1 Non-paying members at 1x's website are allowed to upload 10 photos per week to your profile and send 1 photo per week to the curators. There are two paid memberships at 1x's website, "Plus" and "Pro". Plus members are allowed to upload an unlimited number of photos to your profile each week, up to a maximum of 10 GB of image files for Plus members and 100 GB for Pro members. Plus members are allowed to send 5 photos to the curators each week and Pro members are allowed to send 10 photos each week to the curators.
11.2 If you reside within the EU the prices for memberships are 39 EUR for Plus membership and 69 EUR for Pro membership. If you reside outside of the EU the prices for memberships are 49 USD for Plus membership and 99 USD for Pro membership.
11.3 For a detailed list of conditions for the different memberships, refer to "http://1x.com/shop/memberships”. These conditions may be subject to change.
12. Ending membership
12.1 If you end your membership in the "Settings"-page in the "Account"-page at 1x's website, your Account will be deleted after 30 days, unless you log in to 1x before the 30 days have ended. When your Account has been deleted all Your Photograph(s) and personal information (as defined in Section 8.3) will be deleted from 1x's servers. Your Photograph(s) and personal information (as defined in Section 8.1) may still remain on backups, not accessible by the public. Your Photograph(s) posted on social network sites will not be deleted.
12.2 If you end your membership, no payment(s) will be refunded.
12.3 If you have ended your membership you are not allowed to register a new account at 1x's website without the written consent of 1x.
12.4 If your membership has ended compensation for earnings for sold printed copies and digital image files of Your Photograph(s) in USD will be paid out to you if your total accumulated earnings in USD are not below 50 USD since your last payout and compensation for earnings in EUR will be paid out to you if your total accumulated earnings in EUR are not below 50 EUR since your last pay out.
13. Liability and limitation thereof
13.1 1x undertakes to inform its subcontractor(s) and partners in accordance with Section 6.2 above. 1x does not, however, undertake any liability for the subcontractors' or partners' compliance with such information and/or the subcontractors' or partners' use of Your Photograph(s).
13.2 1x is relieved from liability from any consequences of hacker attacks or otherwise unauthorized access to its servers or databases, which results in a third party's possession or spreading of any personal information, photograph(s), image file(s) or other material or information.
13.3 1x is relieved from liability from any consequences if 1x's website or any of 1x's services or products (including, but not limited to, personal homepages, prints sales and sales of downloads) are unavailable for any period of time.
13.4 1x is relieved from liability from any consequences of errors or faults in 1x's website or its services (including, but not limited to, personal homepages, prints sales and sales of downloads).
13.5 1x is relieved from liability from any consequences of any illegal, slandering, offending, discriminating or defamatory comments or other material provided by its members. You are personally responsible for any such comments or material that you submit to 1x's website.
13.6 1x is relieved from liability for a failure to perform an obligation under this Agreement if such failure is due to a circumstance of the type stated below (Relieving circumstance) and the circumstance prevents or make substantially more difficult the timely performance of such obligation.
13.7 1X SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE TOWARDS YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF ANY DATA, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED BY 1X.
14 Termination
14.1 If you have ended your membership, 30 days have passed and your Account has been deleted, this Agreement is terminated and no money will be refunded.
14.2 If your Account has been deleted by 1x in accordance with any of the provisions in this Agreement, this Agreement is immediately terminated and no money will be refunded.
14.3 If this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with Section 12.1 or 12.2 above, you are not allowed to register a new account at 1x's website.
14.4 If this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with Section 12.1 or 12.2 above, 1x still has the right to display Your Photograph(s) posted to social network sites.
14.5 If this Agreement has been terminated compensation for earnings for sold printed copies and digital image files of Your Photograph(s) in USD will be paid out to you if your total accumulated earnings in USD are not below 50 USD since your last payout and compensation for earnings in EUR will be paid out to you if your total accumulated earnings in EUR are not below 50 EUR since your last pay out.
15. Refunds
15.1 Once a payment has been made to 1x, no money will be refunded, except if you have made a double payment by mistake. In such a case one of the payments will be refunded upon a request made within 14 days from the payment was made. However, 1x will comply with mandatory law.
15.2 If your Account has been banned or deleted in accordance with any of the provisions under this Agreement, no money will be refunded.
16. Relationship of parties
16.1 You shall not be considered to be hired or employed by 1x. The relationship between you and 1x shall be that of two independent parties and either party shall act in its own name and on its own behalf. Neither party shall be entitled to conclude any agreements with third parties on behalf of the other not stated in this Agreement.
17.1 Book projects and photo contests
17.1 You acknowledge and agree that if you want to participate in book projects or photo competitions you have to agree to the specific terms associated with each project or service and that you otherwise will not be able to participate.
18. Changes
18.1 1x may at any time change the provisions of this Agreement. 1x shall notify you of any changes when you are logged in to 1x's website. You will be requested to accept such changes included in a new agreement on 1x's website. If you decline the new agreement, your Account will be blocked from further use and no money will be refunded. If you do not either accept or decline the new agreement within 30 days, the new agreement will replace this Agreement and you will be bound by the new agreement.
19. Legal disputes
19.1 Any legal disputes between you and 1x shall be judged by Uppsala Tingsrätt, Uppsala, Sweden and Swedish law shall apply.