Terms of Service

Terms and Conditions

1. THE WEBSITE

All content on this website is the property of Remco van den Berg, 247sportphoto.com (“photographer or creator”) and is protected by Dutch copyright law. Content may not be copied, reproduced, printed, stored, modified or otherwise used without the express written permission of the creator. If content of the website is downloaded (I.e. photo’s) this is always in accordance with the usage rights as granted in the use agreement as stated in section 3.

2. COPYRIGHT AND PORTRAIT RIGHT ACCORDING TO DUTCH LAW

The photographer is at all times the owner of the rights to the material he has created, regardless of whether it was commissioned or not. The images remain the property of the photographer, unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing. Any indication of ownership (such as a watermark) is not necessary to claim copyright. Copyright lasts as long as the creator lives and remains in the hands of his heirs for seventy years after his death. Copyright gives the rights holder the exclusive right to use and reproduce the work as he or she sees fit. The work can be used at any time by the rights holder to promote his work, whether or not for commercial purposes. Portrait rights only apply to images that have been commissioned and agreed in writing by photographer and commisioner.

3. USE AGREEMENT

The purchase or download of a photo or bundle of photos is accompanied by a license agreement for the use of the photo(s).

a) Personal usage: this means that the use of the photo is limited to private use and exclusively for personal purposes and only permitted in unaltered form. Depending of the size it can be used to print or publish on personal social media (I.e. post on Facebook, Instagram). Publishing a photo in the public area always with reference to “photo:247sportphoto.com” .

b) Commercial Personal usage: this means the photo(s) can be used by the buyer for commercial personal purposes and only permitted in unaltered form. An example of this is usage on a personal website to sell merchandise that contains the photo (i.e. mugs, etc). The transfer of photo(s), regardless of form, does not constitute a waiver of copyright. Publishing a photo in the public area always with reference to “photo:247sportphoto.com”.

c) Commercial usage: a license is granted for usage of the eligible photo(s) in any way the buyer of this photo or bundle of photos wants. Examples can be publishing the photo(s) on a website of a sponsor, in a brochure of a sponsor etc. No copyright is transfered to the buyer, only to use the photo in an unaltered form or make it a derivative work. Publishing a photo in the public area is possible without reference to photographer or creator.

d) Photo download website: when a photo or bundle of photos is downloaded directly from the website these are limited to private use, exclusively for personal purpose and only permitted in unaltered form. These photos contain a watermark and are small in size. Publishing a photo in the public area (i.e. social media) always with reference to “photo:247sportphoto.com” and including the watermark. In no way shall the downloader or any one else remove the watermark or change the photo(s) in such a way that these are to be used in the way as section 3a, 3b, or 3c are construed.