TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Your privacy, as well as the protection of the Artist’s intellectual property and other rights, is extremely important to us. Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before accessing or using this website, which is operated by Sebastian Wintermute (“Artist,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

These Terms and Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“you” or “Visitor”) and the Artist. They govern your access to and use of the Artist’s website, social media presence, products, and any services provided by the Artist through the website or otherwise.

By accessing, browsing, or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to all of these Terms and Conditions, you may not access or use the website. If you are dissatisfied with the website or these Terms and Conditions, your sole remedy is to discontinue using the website.

Use of this website for any purpose that violates applicable federal, state, local, or other applicable law is strictly prohibited.

COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all original content appearing on this website, including text, written materials, logos, graphics, photographs, images, artwork, designs, and other materials created or provided by the Artist (collectively, “Content”), is protected by applicable copyright and other intellectual property laws and is owned by, or licensed to, the Artist.

The Artist’s original graphics, logos, names, designs, photographs, and other identifying materials may be protected by registered or common-law trademark rights and other intellectual property rights. Nothing contained on this website grants you any license or other right to use the Artist’s trademarks, copyrighted works, or other intellectual property without the Artist’s prior express written permission.

Unless expressly authorized in writing by the Artist, Content may not be copied, reproduced, modified, altered, published, distributed, transmitted, displayed, performed, licensed, sold, incorporated into another work, or otherwise exploited for commercial purposes. Any personal use of Content must not involve modification, redistribution, commercial exploitation, or removal of copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices.

Any reposting, republication, or other authorized use of Content created by the Artist must include appropriate attribution, including the copyright notice, the Artist’s name, and, where applicable, the Artist’s website address, unless otherwise agreed to in writing.

Unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution, or exploitation of the Artist’s copyrighted works, trademarks, photographs, artwork, or other intellectual property may constitute infringement and may result in the Artist pursuing available legal remedies.

PRIVACY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The Artist respects the privacy of visitors to this website. However, the Artist is not responsible for the privacy practices, security practices, or collection or use of personal information by independent third parties, including website hosting providers, advertisers, social media platforms, applications, analytics providers, or other third-party companies or organizations. Such third parties may have their own privacy policies and terms governing their collection and use of information.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the original text, photographs, artwork, images, graphics, designs, and other Content created by the Artist and appearing on this website may not be systematically collected, scraped, copied, reproduced, processed, incorporated into datasets, or used for the purpose of training, developing, testing, or operating artificial intelligence or machine-learning systems without the Artist’s prior express written consent.

The Artist is the creator and copyright owner of the original Content identified as such on this website, except where otherwise expressly indicated. No provision of these Terms and Conditions grants any person or entity a license or permission to use such Content for artificial intelligence training, dataset development, automated content generation, or similar purposes without the Artist’s prior written authorization.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND USER-SUBMITTED CONTENT

Visitors may have opportunities to submit comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, photographs, materials, or other content to the Artist through the website, email, social media, or other methods of communication (“User Content”).

By voluntarily submitting User Content, you grant the Artist a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, publish, distribute, and otherwise use that User Content for purposes related to the Artist’s business, website, portfolio, social media, marketing, or promotion, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

You represent and warrant that you have the necessary rights and permissions to submit the User Content and that its submission or use by the Artist will not violate the rights of any third party or any applicable law.

The Artist does not endorse or assume responsibility for content posted or submitted by visitors or other third parties on social media platforms, websites, publications, applications, or other third-party services. The Artist makes no representation or warranty regarding the accuracy, legality, reliability, or truthfulness of third-party content.

The Artist reserves the right, but assumes no obligation, to remove, restrict, or refuse to publish any User Content that the Artist determines, in its sole discretion, to be unlawful, defamatory, threatening, harassing, hateful, abusive, obscene, misleading, or otherwise inappropriate.

Visitors agree not to submit or post content that is unlawful, defamatory, libelous, threatening, harassing, hateful, abusive, obscene, fraudulent, or otherwise prohibited by applicable law.

Visitors should not submit personal, confidential, financial, or other sensitive information through public comments, social media posts, or other publicly accessible portions of the website.

PROHIBITED CONDUCT

The Artist does not tolerate threatening, harassing, hateful, defamatory, abusive, or otherwise unlawful conduct directed toward or concerning the Artist, his agents, representatives, employees, contractors, associates, clients, or others in connection with the Artist’s business, website, or social media accounts.

If a Visitor engages in conduct that violates these Terms and Conditions or applicable law, the Artist reserves all rights and remedies available under applicable law, including the right to restrict or terminate the Visitor’s access to the website or social media platforms and, where appropriate, to pursue civil or criminal remedies.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits any rights or remedies that the Artist may have under applicable federal, state, or local law.