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CGTextures License


Attention: please read the CGTextures FAQ for an explanation and examples on what you are allowed to do with the textures.



This document is a contractual offer by CGTextures of a legal agreement between the user ("You") and CGTextures. Use of the photographs on the CGTextures website is conditional upon the your agreement to the terms and conditions of purchase set out below. If you do not agree to these terms, then you must not accept the terms hereof or purchase, download, access or otherwise use any products from CGTextures.

CGTextures may revise and update this Agreement at anytime and without notice. Your continued use of the website after any such changes are posted will constitute your acceptance of these changes.

License

CGTextures offers photographs of materials ("Textures") on its website (www.cgtextures.com) for game developers, special effects artists, graphic designers and other professions. No payment or royalties are required to use these Textures. The use of Textures is non-exclusive, royalty free, and you have the right to modify them for the uses given under the clause Conditions of Use. Most Textures on the CGTextures website are photographed by CGTextures. A small part is photographed by third party contributors ("Contributors"). CGTextures has separate agreements with these Contributors in which they grant CGTextures permission to add their Textures to the website. All terms and conditions in this license apply to both groups of Textures. All Textures and materials remain in ownership of CGTextures or the Contributor, the Textures and materials are licensed to you, not sold.

Intellectual Property

All materials including the organization and presentation of these materials on the CGTextures website are the property of CGTextures or it's Contributors and are protected by intellectual property laws. Some images contain graphic materials like wallpaper patterns, logos, names or signs. The use of these kind of images is at your own discretion. The rights for the photo lie with CGTextures and the photo has been taken in a public space, but using the pattern/logo/name in your work might not be allowed.

Conditions of Use

Use of the Textures is only allowed under one or more of the following conditions:
- Private or commercial use
- Use in 2D or 3D computer graphics, movies and printed media
- Incorporation in computer games, 3D models
- Selling 3D models bundled with modified versions of the textures, when the texture is customized for the 3D model

It is NOT permitted to:
- Sell or distribute any of these textures in an unmodified form, or where the derived product you are selling or distributing is a Texture or a collection of Textures. In other words: Do not sell or distribute any of these textures (modified or not) by itself or in a texture pack!
- Interfere with the security or otherwise abuse, disrupt, place excessive loads on, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the CGTextures website or any system resources or networks connected to this website.
- Mass download all Textures and other materials on the CGTextures website, with the goal to make a local copy of the website. Users who try to mass download will be banned from the website automatically.

Memberships

The amount of Textures you can download from the CGTextures website is restricted to 15 MB every 24 hours. By purchasing a Membership you are granted a higher download quota. At this moment Memberships are available on request, please email [email protected] for more information.

Privacy

CGTextures respects the privacy of the personal information of the individuals with whom we interact. We do not disclose personal information of our members or those individuals who visit our website. No newsletters or offers will be sent to you without your prior consent. Any information submitted by the buyer will be used solely for the purpose of completing the transaction, delivering the product and addressing any customer service issues. 

Limitation of Liability

You assume all responsibility and risk for the use of the CGTextures website, the Textures, materials and information.
CGTextures does not represent or warrant that the site or any content available for downloading through the site will be free of viruses or similar contaminations of destructive features.

In no event shall CGTextures or any of its affiliates, employees or Contributors be liable for any incidental, indirect, punitive, exemplary or consequential damages whatsoever, including damages for loss of profits, interruption, loss of business information, loss of data, or any other pecuniary loss in connection with any claim, loss, action, suit, damage or other proceeding arising under or out of these terms of use, including without limitation your use of, reliance upon, access to or exploitation of the CGTextures website, the materials or any part thereof, or any rights granted to you hereunder, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damaged, wheter the action is based on contract, tort (including negligence), infringement of intellectual property rights or otherwise.

In any event the total maximum aggregate liability under these Terms of Use or the use or exploitation of any or all parts of this website or materials in any manner whatsoever shall be limited to ten (10) Euro.
Some jurisdictions do not allow for the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold CGTextures harmless against all claims or liability asserted against CGTextures arising out of or in connection with any breach by you or anyone acting on your behalf of any of these Terms of Use

General

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of The Netherlands, without regards to conflict of laws provisions thereto. The parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of, and venue and situs in The Netherlands.

Email

Feel free to email any questions regarding this license or any other questions about CGTextures to [email protected]. Correspondence can be in English or Dutch.