COPYRIGHT – TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR CUSTOM DESIGNS & PREMADES WITHOUT AI
Last update: 30th July 2024
Before you order a custom or premade book cover you must read and agree to following information.
All covers created by the designer at “Art 4 Artists” are subject to the rules or restrictions held by the designer.
If the designer used licensed stock images, the copyright for all licensed images used are held by the stock image website or the photographer and/or artist.
You, the customer, is obliged and responsible to use the purchased design within the rules or restrictions held by the designer or rules and limits of the image licenses.
The designed book cover is licensed to the customer by “Art 4 Artists”, but the copyright always remains with the designer.
“Art 4 Artists” reserves the right to present the book cover in portfolios, marketing materials and on websites, taking into account the client’s wishes.
“Art 4 Artists” is the owner of all designs, concepts, licenses and materials that are not used in the final design.
YOU MAY …
>> use the purchased design for publishing your book, book related and/or for, in your order specified, purposes only.
>> use the purchased design on a website, blog and/or social networking websites for promotion in original or reduced size.
YOU SHOULD …
>> credit the designer in your book or where ever possible as following: Cover design by Art 4 Artists, www.art4artists.com.au
YOU MAY NOT…
>> use the purchased design for prints on t-shirts, mugs, posters, binders, or any other product with the intention of selling or giving the product away for free without purchasing extended licenses.
>> use the design for more than 500,000 printed copies, if stock images are used in the design.
>> give the right to use the purchased design to another person. The license to use the design grants to the original purchaser only.
>> alter the design in any way except to change the size for digital display.
>> claim the design as your own, because the final cover design is licensed to you, you don’t own it!
>> cut out parts of the final design to create something new, including promotional material, Kindle Vella covers and Amazon A+ material, without the designers approval.
>> use the cover images to generate new images by using AI (Artificial Intelligence)
>> submit the cover design (concepts, work in progress or finished cover) to any competition or cover evaluation on social media websites without the designers approval.
>> use parts of the design to create 3d printable objects with the intention of selling or giving it away for free without the designers permission and proper merchandise license.
TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR PREMADES WITH THE USE OF AI
Last update: 1st October 2024
Before you order a premade book cover made with the help of AI, you must read the information.
All covers created with the help of Generative AI are subject to the rules or restrictions held by the designer.
To design the premade covers the designer used AI, Photoshop to repair and extend the images, copyrighted and licensed material such as fonts and material designed by the designer, like brushes and shapes. Although AI generated images are not copyrightable, the additional material used are.
You, the customer, is obliged and responsible to use the purchased design within the rules or restrictions held by the designer or rules and limits of the licenses of the material used in the design.
Don’t claim the cover as your own and don’t use it to generate more and new covers out of it, because of the copyrighted material used by the designer.