Contributor Agreement

The following is a legal artist agreement ("Agreement") between you, your company, your employer or your client (in the case you are an agent acting for a single client), as the case may be (collectively "You", "Contributor"), who provides photographs and illustrations (collectively "Content") and the owner of this website ("Website"), kosherstock, Inc., ("kosherstock"). By uploading Content to the Website You agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, in addition to the Terms of Use. If You do not agree with these terms, do not upload any Content.

The terms of this Agreement are subject to change at any time and without notice. We urge You to review these terms periodically. Your continued access and/or use of this Website after any such changes are posted will constitute Your acceptance of these changes.

Uploading Content

The Contributor may upload Content to the Website, and kosherstock will review these uploads to see if they are suitable for distribution. kosherstock will determine, in its sole discretion, which of such Content is suitable for posting on the Website. As quality standards may increase over the time, kosherstock reserves the right to remove any content that is considered below it's new stantards.

The Contributor authorizes kosherstock to be his/her non-exclusive agent that licenses royalty free Content to third parties based on the terms that can be found in the License Agreement. The Contributor acknowledges that this Content may be used by kosherstock for promotional purposes for the Website or the online gallery of the Contributor. No compensation shall be due to the Contributor for the use of Content for such promotional purposes.

The Contributor acknowledges that kosherstock does not allow the upload of Content that infringes on any copyright, property right, trademark or any other applicable right. The Contributor is solely responsible for his/her uploads.

The Contributor warrants that he/she owns all proprietary rights in the Content and has not granted any rights or licenses to any Content or any other intellectual property or technology that would conflict with this Agreement.

Furthermore, the Contributor warrants that no Content defames or casts into disrepute in any manner any third party, and for the Content depicting identifiable people or properties the Contributor has obtained a valid, legal and signed Model Release or Property Release from those people or property’s owners. The Contributor acknowledges that he/she must upload such Model Release or Property Release alongside the Content. kosherstock reserves the right to reject any Contents depicting people or properties that do not have a corresponding Model Release or Property Release.

For Your convenience kosherstock has a Model Release and a Property Release that You can download, print and fill out. If you have your own release forms or if you used forms from other stock image agencies, you can submit such releases.

Removing Content

Contributors can remove Content uploaded at any time by logging into their Member Account. The Content will be removed immediately.

Commission

kosherstock agrees to pay Contributors a portion of the fee collected with respect to accepted Content downloaded or otherwise purchased by users of the Website. kosherstock credits Contributor’s account per each download. Contributor earns $0.50US for each credit spent by a user downloading his/her images.

Payments are issued monthly, on the 10th day of each month. Payments have to be requested by the Contributor. kosherstock minimum payout rate is of US$50. The Contributor acknowledges and agrees that he/she can retrieve commission only after it has reached US$50.

The Contributor acknowledges and agrees that if he/she is paid for a download of Content and kosherstock issues a refund to the customer(s) who downloaded that Content, kosherstock will have the right to deduct commissions credited to the Contributor’s account.

Termination

Both parties can terminate this Agreement for any reason by giving a written notice with a proof of identity. Upon termination kosherstock agrees to remove the Contributor’s Content from the Website and send to the Contributor the remaining earnings from his/her account within thirty (30) days after termination. The Contributor acknowledges and agrees that if the Contributor’s membership account is terminated by kosherstock because of copyright infringement, his/her earnings will be confiscated.

Termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not alter or affect the rights granted to licensees and sub-licensees by kosherstock pursuant to this Agreement.

Indemnification

The Contributor agrees to hold harmless kosherstock and its officers, employees, shareholders, directors and owners against all claims, liability, damages, costs and expenses, arising out of or related to the use of this Website and the use or the inability of use of any Content.

Warranty and Liability

THIS WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS". KOSHERSTOCK OFFERS NO WARRANTY, EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ANY CONTENT, THE ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION, OR ANY RIGHTS OR LICENSES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. KOSHERSTOCK DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THEIR USE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.

KOSHERSTOCK SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE.