Royalty-Free Stock Footage

Dear Shutterstock Footage Purchaser:

The following is a legal agreement between you and Shutterstock, Inc. ("Shutterstock"). Please read this agreement carefully before downloading any Shutterstock Footage ("Footage"). As used in this agreement, Footage means, any moving images, animations, films, videos or other audio/visual representations, excluding still images, recorded in any format that are controlled by or obtained, directly or indirectly, from Shutterstock. By downloading any Footage, you agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. Shutterstock reserves the right to change any of the terms of this agreement at any time, and you agree to be bound by such changes. If you do not agree to the following terms, as same may be may be amended from time to time, do not download or use any Footage and cease use of this website. Your failure to comply with the terms hereof could result in the immediate termination of your account.

1. All Footage on the Shutterstock website is protected by United States and international copyright laws and treaties. Shutterstock and/or the various artists and/or entities that provide Footage to Shutterstock ("Submitters") own all rights, including the copyrights in and to the Footage. Shutterstock and/or its Submitters reserve all rights in and to the Footage not expressly granted to you by the terms of this license. Your rights to use any Footage are subject to this license agreement and are conditioned upon your payment to Shutterstock for your use of the Footage. If you fail to make any payment to Shutterstock when due, or if any check is dishonored or credit card charge refused or charged back, your account will be deemed delinquent. If your account becomes delinquent, your right to use any Footage downloaded at any time shall automatically terminate unless all payments together with any interest thereon and Shutterstock's costs of collection, bank charges and credit card processing fees are received by Shutterstock no later than fifteen (15) days from the date that your account became delinquent.

2. By this Agreement, Shutterstock grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, right to use, modify and reproduce the Footage by incorporating it into a derivative work such as a feature film, documentary, videogram, multimedia presentation, advertisement, live performance and/or internet website and displaying and/or distributing that derivative work to the public by any means now known or hereafter developed.

3. Shutterstock shall be under no obligation to refund any fees paid by you for Footage under any circumstances. However, in the event that Shutterstock determines that you are entitled to a refund of all or part of such fees, any refund shall only be made to the credit card account originally used by you to purchase Footage. If Footage was paid by check, any refund will be made by check.

4. You may not use the Footage other than as specified in PART 1.

5. You may not use the Footage in any way that might be considered defamatory, libelous, obscene, immoral or illegal. This includes use of the Footage in a way that places any person in the Footage in a negative light or depicts them in a way that they may find offensive - this includes, but is not limited to use of the Footage in: a) in pornography; b) tobacco ads; c) ads for escort, dating or similar services; d) political endorsements; and/or e) advertisements for pharmaceutical products, including, but not limited to personal hygiene or birth control products. The Footage may not under any circumstances be used in a way that would defame, malign, slander or libel the persons, property, countries, races, customs, cultures or religions depicted in the Footage. The Footage shall not be incorporated into a logo, trademark or service mark. All trademarks and service marks visible in the Footage are and shall remain the exclusive property of the trademark or service mark owner. If there are any incidental trademarks or logos contained in the Footage, you may not alter these items or use them in any way which implies an association with or an endorsement by the owner(s) of such trademarks. The inclusion of these incidental trademarks in the Footage does not in any way constitute or imply such association with or endorsement of the Footage. If any Footage featuring a model is used in: a) a manner that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the model personally uses or endorses a product or service; or b) connection with a subject that would be unflattering or controversial to a reasonable person, you must accompany each such use with a statement that indicates that the person so pictured is a model and is used for illustrative purposes only.

6. The Footage and any derivative work incorporating the Footage, may not, in whole or in part, be used, sold, sublicensed, reproduced, distributed, displayed, incorporated into or otherwise made available as screensavers, templates, standalone backgrounds, stock elements, effects imagery elements or downloadable files. You may not post any Footage on any electronic bulletin board, put it on-line in a downloadable form or otherwise make it available via FTP, IRC, peer-to-peer file sharing services or the like. The Footage and any derivative work containing the Footage may not, in whole or in part, be included in any other clip media/stock product, library, collection, or set of clips for distribution or resale. These restrictions apply even if the Footage has been significantly altered. If Footage is used in a project that will be reproduced, sold or distributed (e.g., DVDs, home videos, music videos, training videos, etc.) the Footage may not comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the length of the finished work, even if the Footage is layered with other graphics, nor may the primary value of the work into which the Footage is incorporated come from the Footage.

7. You agree to take all reasonable steps to prevent any third party from duplicating or distributing any of the Footage included in your finished work. You may not resell, redistribute or transfer the Footage or any portion of the Footage except as specifically provided herein.

8. You may not share any Footage by providing access to the Footage on shared disk drives, computer networks, intranets of any nature or otherwise.

9. You may not use any Footage (in whole or in part) as a trademark, logo or an element thereof.

10. You may not produce or otherwise create for resale or distribution, printed reproductions of any portion of the Footage on canvas, paper or any other medium.

11. You may not use automated programs, applets, bots etc., to download Footage.

13. Footage with model releases and/or property releases will be marked accordingly on the Shutterstock.com website. Footage which contains the likenesses or images of individuals and for which no model release is available will be marked "editorial". Shutterstock does not otherwise provide any trademark or copyright clearances or model or property releases with respect to the Footage and grants no rights and makes no warranties with regard to the use of names, people, trademarks, trade dress or copyrighted designs or works of art or architecture depicted in any Footage. You shall be solely responsible for determining whether one or more clearances or releases are required in connection with any proposed use of Footage. You acknowledge that some jurisdictions prevent the use of a person's image, likeness or property for commercial purposes without their written consent. Shutterstock makes no representations or warranties regarding whether or not any additional fees or payments may be due to any union, association or other organization or model depicted in any Footage.

14. You must retain the copyright notice and the Footage identifying number associated with the Footage as may be included as part of Footage. You may make no more than one (1) high-resolution copy of the Footage for back-up purposes only. Upon the expiration or termination of this agreement, whichever occurs earlier, you shall promptly delete the Footage from your computer or other electronic storage systems.

15. When incorporating the Footage in print, film, broadcast productions, or video products, you shall provide Shutterstock with a copyright attribution in substantially the following form:

"Film Footage courtesy of Shutterstock, Inc., Used by Permission"

16. "Non-transferable" as used herein means that except as specifically provided in this agreement, you may not sell, rent, load, give, sublicense, or otherwise transfer to anyone, the Footage or the right to use the Footage In addition, the work you produce with the Footage must be used for yourself, your direct employer, client, or customer, who must be the end user of your work. You agree to take all commercially responsible steps to prevent third parties from duplicating any Footage.

17. You agree to indemnify and hold Shutterstock, Inc., its officers, employees, shareholders, directors and suppliers harmless against any damages or liability of any kind arising from any use of the Footage other than the uses expressly permitted by this agreement. You further agree to indemnify Shutterstock for all costs and expenses that Shutterstock incurs in the event that you breach any of the terms of this or any other agreement between you and Shutterstock.

18. Neither Shutterstock or any of its directors, officers, employees, partners, licensors, or agents shall be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental, arising out of the use of, or the inability to use, any Footage.

19. This contract will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. You hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within such state. All actions, controversies and disputes arising from or relating to this agreement shall be heard and decided exclusively before the courts located within the State, County and City of New York and not elsewhere. You agree that service of process in any actions, controversies and disputes arising from or relating to this agreement may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the other party however, nothing herein shall limit the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law. This agreement shall be construed neither against nor in favor of either of the parties, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

20. Additional rights to Footage are available. If you are unsure of your rights under this agreement, or if you wish to use Footage in a manner not expressly permitted under this agreement, please contact Shutterstock Support at footage@shutterstock.com for a special license. In most cases we can provide the appropriate license within 24 hours.

IN THE EVENT THAT YOU BREACH ANY OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, SHUTTERSTOCK SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE. SUCH TERMINATION SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO SHUTTERSTOCK'S OTHER RIGHTS AT LAW AND/OR EQUITY. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE UPON YOUR CESSATION OF BUSINESS, INSOLVENCY, ASSIGNMENT OF ASSETS FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS, BANKRUPTCY OR APPOINTMENT OF A TRUSTEE FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF YOUR ASSETS. UPON TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY REASON, YOU SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL USE OF THE FOOTAGE IN ANY FORM AND IMMEDIATELY RETURN OR DESTROY ALL COPIES OF FOOTAGE IN YOUR POSSESSION OR CONTROL. ANY PROVISIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT THAT BY THEIR SENSE AND CONTEXT ARE INTENDED TO SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL SURVIVE SUCH TERMINATION. ANY CAUSE OF ACTION THAT SHUTTERSTOCK MAY HAVE AGAINST YOU FOR BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT PRIOR TO THE DATE OF TERMINATION SHALL SURVIVE SUCH TERMINATION.

SHUTTERSTOCK MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER AS TO THE LEGALITY OR VALIDITY OF ANY RELEASE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY FOOTAGE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED ABOVE. THE IMAGE(S), STORAGE MEDIA AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS (IF APPLICABLE) ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

SHUTTERSTOCK GRANTS NO RIGHTS AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF ANY NAMES, TRADEMARKS, LOGOTYPES, MUSIC, LIKENESSES, COPYRIGHTED DESIGNS OR WORKS OF ART OR ARCHITECTURE DEPICTED OR OTHERWISE INCORPORATED IN ANY FOOTAGE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ASSURE THAT ALL NECESSARY RIGHTS, CONSENTS, OR PERMISSIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR YOUR USE OF ANY FOOTAGE ARE OBTAINED.

SHUTTERSTOCK DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FOOTAGE, THE SHUTTERSTOCK WEBSITES, OR OTHER MATERIALS PROVIDED BY SHUTTERSTOCK WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT USE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, PERFORMANCE AND USE OF THE FOOTAGE IS SOLELY WITH YOU.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU SHOULD SEEK COMPETENT COUNSEL BEFORE USING ANY FOOTAGE FOR ANY COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.

SHUTTERSTOCK SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER ENTITY FOR ANY GENERAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, COSTS OR LOSSES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE FOOTAGE, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SHUTTERSTOCK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, COSTS OR LOSSES. IN NO EVENT, SHALL SHUTTERSTOCK'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU, OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIMING THROUGH YOU, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SHUTTERSTOCK WEBSITE AND/OR FOOTAGE CONTAINED THEREON (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE MONETARY AMOUNT ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY SHUTTERSTOCK FROM YOU FOR YOUR USE OF THE APPLICABLE FOOTAGE.