b.sights Terms & Conditions

The following Terms and Conditions of Service apply to all products and services provided by b.sights. If you are our client, you will be notified in case of modifications of these terms.

Please, remember that we think yours and our word counts more than anything else. We believe in good communication, and if any problems should occur, our first approach is to talk with you about them and find a solution suiting yours and our needs.

These terms represent the basis of our business relationship. Please, read them carefully. All work is carried out by b.sights on the understanding that you, our client, have agreed to our terms and conditions.

last alteration: March 2007

  1. Licensing
  2. Data Formats & Quality
  3. Design Credits
  4. Rights of Refusal
  5. Design Charges & Payment
  6. Upon completion

1. Licensing

1.1 Any design, copywriting, drawing, idea or code created for the customer by b.sights or any of it's contractors, is licensed for use by the client on a one-time only basis and may not be modified, re-used, or re-distributed in any way or form without the expressed written consent of b.sights.

1.2 By supplying text, images and other data to b.sights for inclusion in the customer's CD artwork, website or other medium, the customer declares that it holds the appropriate copyright and/or trademark permissions. The ownership of such materials will remain with the customer, or rightful copyright or trademark owner.

Any artwork, images, or text supplied and/or designed by b.sights on behalf of the customer, will remain the property of b.sights and/or it's suppliers.

The customer may request in writing from b.sights the necessary permission to use materials (for which b.sights holds the copyright) in forms other than for which it was originally supplied, and b.sights may, at it's discretion, grant this. Such permission must be obtained in writing before it will allow any of the aforesaid artwork, images, text, or other data to be used.

By supplying images, text, or any other data to b.sights the customer grants b.sights permission to use this material freely in the pursuit of the design.

Should b.sights or the customer supply an image, text, audio clip or any other file for use in a website, multimedia presentation, print item, advertisement or any other medium believing it to be copyright and royalty free, which subsequently emerges to have such copyright or royalty usage limitations, the customer will agree to allow b.sights to remove and/or replace the file.

1.3 The customer agrees to fully indemnify and hold b.sights free from harm in any and all claims resulting from the customer in not having obtained all the required copyright, and/or any other necessary permissions.

2. Data Formats & Quality

2.1 Text is to be supplied to b.sights in electronic format as standard text (.txt), MS Word (.doc) on CD-ROM, via e-mail (attachment) or FTP login.

2.2 Images which are supplied in an electronic format, are to be provided in a format as prescribed by b.sights via CD-ROM, e-mail (attachment) or FTP. Images must be of a quality suitable for use without any subsequent image processing, and b.sights will not be held responsible for any image quality which the client later deems to be unacceptable. b.sights cannot be held responsible for the quality of any images which the client wishes to be scanned from printed materials.

2.3 Additional expenses may be incurred for any necessary action, including, but not limited to, photography and art direction, photography searches, media conversion, digital image processing, or data entry services. We will ask for your okay beforehand.

3. Design Credits

3.1 The customer agrees to allow b.sights to place a small credit on printed material (flyers, postcards, CD artwork, advertisements) and/or a link to b.sights' own website on the customer's website. This will usually be in the form of a small logo or line of text placed towards the bottom of the page.

3.2 The customer also agrees to allow b.sights to place websites and other designs, along with a link to the client's site on b.sights' own website for demonstration purposes and to use any designs in its own publicity.

4. Rights of Refusal

4.1 b.sights will not include in its designs, any text, images or other data which it deems to be immoral, offensive, obscene or illegal. All advertising material must conform to all standards laid down by all relevant advertising standards authorities. b.sights also reserves the right to refuse to include submitted material without giving reason. Any images and/or data that b.sights does include in all good faith, and then finds out that it contravenes these Terms and Conditions, the customer is obliged to allow b.sights to remove the contravention without hindrance, or penalty. b.sights is to be held in no way responsible for any such data being included.

5. Design Charges & Payment

5.1 Charges for design services to be provided by b.sights will be set out in the written estimate or quotation that is provided to the customer. At the time of the customer's signed acceptance of this estimate or quotation, indicating acceptance of the Terms & Conditions, a non-refundable deposit of 30% of the quoted fee will become immediately due. Work on the project will not commence until b.sights has received this amount.

5.2 The customer will be provided with an Approval Form and Invoice prior to final publication. At this time the remainder of the amount due will become payable and the customer will also be required to sign and return the Approval Form to b.sights (in certain cases this can also be done via enail (attachment). Accounts which remain outstanding for 30 days after the date of invoice, will incur an extra charge of 2% per month of the outstanding amount.

5.3 Payments can be made by cash or paypal.

5.4 Publication and/or release of work done by b.sights on behalf of the client, may not take place before pending payments have been cleared.

5.5 An account shall be considered default if it remains unpaid for 30 days from the date of invoice, or following a returned paypal payment.

6. Upon Completion

6.1 The customer agrees that b.sights cannot be held responsible for production defects of a printed product.

6.2 The customer agrees to send b.sights five copies of the finished product (printed material only such as flyers, postcards, posters or CDs).