Terms of Use
By accessing or using the images in WMA Open Image Archive (hereby to be referred to as “the Archive”), you agree to abide by and be bound by the terms described herein, as well as any policies and guidelines in relation to Creative Commons licenses. If you do not agree to all of these terms, you should not use the Archive.
If there are differences between the English and Chinese versions of the Terms and Conditions and other texts on the WMA Open website referring to the Archive rules and regulations, the English version of the Terms and Conditions shall prevail.
Ownership of the Site and its Contents
The Archive is owned by WYNG Foundation, while the copyright and all other proprietary rights of the image and its content of the Archive belong to the photographers (the “Photographers”). All elements of the Archive, including images and text, are protected by copyright, moral rights and other laws relating to the protection of intellectual property as defined in the Copyright Ordinance of Hong Kong (Cap. 528) and other relevant local legislation.
Use of the Archive
You may not use the Archive including its images or its content for business, commercial, or profit-making purposes. You are specifically prohibited from selling, licensing, or in any way commercialising the Archive or the images or the content.
You may use the images according to the various Creative Commons License adopted by the images (the “License”) as summarised below:
The Archive including its images may not be used for: (a) any commercial purpose or to suggest endorsement or sponsorship; and (b) in a defamatory, pornographic or otherwise unlawful manner.
Sample credit line:
[photographer’s name] / [image title] / [License type] / WMA Open Image Archive / with modification (if applicable)
WYNG Foundation makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for, directly or indirectly, as to the quality, content, nature or reliability of third-party websites accessible by hyperlink from the link or embedded viewer. WYNG Foundation is not responsible for the websites and the content linking to the Archive. The Archive provides these links to you for convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply affiliation or endorsement by WYNG Foundation.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify WYNG Foundation against any claims, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses arising out of or related to any images that you post, store or otherwise transmit on or through the Archive, your conduct, your use or inability to use the Archive, your breach or alleged breach of the Terms or of any representation or warranty contained herein, your unauthorized use of the images, or your violation of any rights of another.
Disclaimer
The Archive is provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE”. WYNG Foundation reserves the right to change the terms and conditions at any time and in its sole discretion. WYNG Foundation will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of the Archive, including, but not limited to lost profits, and direct, special, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, exemplary or other losses, costs, expenses, or damages, even if WYNG Foundation has been advised of the possibility of such losses, costs, expenses, or damages. The Archive and the link and the embedded viewer are not warranted to be uninterrupted or without error or free from infection by virus of anything else that has contaminating or destructive properties. WYNG Foundation reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to remove the image and content from the link and the embedded viewer, and to terminate or block user the use of the Archive for any infringement of the terms and conditions.
The disclaimer provided above shall be interpreted in a manner that, to the extent possible, most closely approximates an absolute disclaimer and waiver of all liability.
(Version: 4 September 2020)