General Terms and Conditions of Use of Site
This website (hereinafter the "Site") is published by ART-TROPE Simplified Joint-Stock Company
with a capital of 5,142.26 euros, registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under the
number 820 804 185, whose registered office is 37 rue des Mathurins - 75008 Paris - France.
The Director of publication is Mrs. Virginie Tison, Founder and Director of Art-Trope.
The hosting of the Websites is provided by the Linode company located at 249 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19106, United States.
The purpose of the present General Terms of Use is to define the relationship between ART-
TROPE and any individual or legal entity wishing to use the ART-TROPE Websites.
It is important for you to read these Terms of Use.
To accept the General Terms of Use, please check the box "I certify that I have read and expressly
accepted these Terms of Use" at the time of your registration on the Site as well as when ordering
the selected services.
1. Definitions
In the General Conditions of Use hereinafter established, the following words and expressions
shall have the meaning given to them by the definitions below:
Artist: refers to the individual(s) or legal entity(ies) registered to the Services on ART-TROPE's
Websites.
Content: means all text, graphics, Artist interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, trademarks,
logos, sounds, music, videos, illustrations and computer codes, including design, structure,
selection, coordination, expression, appearance and user-friendliness, presentation and layout,
appearing on ART-TROPE Websites.
Artist/Collector Profile: means the confidential code, spaces and features reserved for the Artist
after registering on the ART-TROPE Websites by filling out an online form.
Service(s): means the service(s) provided by ART-TROPE to the Artist and/or the Collector of the
Products.
ART-TROPE Websites: refers to all ART-TROPE's technological means and software accessible on
the Internet, in particular from ART-TROPE Websites and through which ART-TROPE provides the
Artist with its Services, accessible at the following addresses: www.art-trope.com, www.art-
trope.fr, www.art-tropegallery.com and www.letartistscreate.com.
2. General Conditions of Use of the Websites
The General Terms of Use of the Websites govern any use of the Websites and the Services
offered.
The use of the Websites entails the unconditional and automatic acceptance by the Artist and/or
the Collector of all of these General Terms and Conditions of Use and of the legal notices
contained therein, as well as the commitment to respect them.
ART-TROPE reserves the right to modify and complete the General Conditions of Use at any time,
without notice and without compensation.
The reconnection and the continuous use in time of the Websites imply systematic acceptance of
the General Conditions of Use and of their respect. Consequently, it is the Artist's responsibility to
be aware of the new updates of these Conditions each time he/she connects to the Websites.
The General Terms and Conditions of Use of the Websites contain exclusions of guarantee and
limitations of liability of which the Artist declares that he or she is aware.
The General Terms and Conditions of Use of the Websites are complementary and cumulative
with the Privacy Policy of the Website.
3. Validity of the information provided
In the event that the Artist and/or the Collector is led to provide information, he or she undertakes
to :
- deliver real, exact, up-to-date information at the time of their entry in the registration form and in
particular not to use false names or addresses, or names or addresses without being authorized
to do so;
- to keep the registration data up to date in order to guarantee at all times that it is real, accurate
and up-to-date;
- not to make available or distribute illegal, reprehensible (such as defamatory or racist
information) or harmful (such as viruses) information that contravenes current legislation.
In case of violation of these provisions, ART-TROPE may immediately suspend or terminate the
Artist's and/or the Collector's access to the Services at its sole expense.
4. Access to Websites and Services
4.1 ART-TROPE is only bound by an obligation of means with respect to the continuity of its
Services.
ART-TROPE cannot be held responsible for, in particular, and without this list being restrictive:
- Any damage due to a case of force majeure, an act of God or a third party;
- any technical damage related in particular to computer programs, hardware or software or to the
Internet network. More generally, the Artist and/or the Collector understands and acknowledges
that, in the state of the art, ART-TROPE cannot guarantee that the Sites are free of defects or any
other anomaly likely to affect their operation.
4.2 ART-TROPE reserves the right to modify or suspend the service in whole or in part,
temporarily or permanently, without being held responsible by the Artist and/or the Collector.
ART-TROPE may set general rules and limits on the use of the Websites and its Services,
including, but not limited to, setting :
- a maximum number of days during which the announcements, Artist Profiles, messages, or any
other uploaded content will be kept and published;
- a maximum number and size of messages that may be sent and received by the Artist/Collector
on the Websites;
- a maximum amount of memory space allocated on the Websites' servers;
- a maximum number of accesses to a Service during a given period of time (and the maximum
duration of each access). ART-TROPE makes no warranty for the deletion or failure to store any
message, communication or other content broadcast or transmitted.
4.3 The Artist and/or Collector undertakes to expunge from his messages and his Artist/Collector
profile anything that is false, unrelated to the Art, obscene, aggressive, abusive, racist,
slanderous, defamatory or discriminatory with regard to the legislation in force.
In the event of non-compliance by the Artist and/or the Collector with these General Terms and
Conditions of Use, the deontology of the Websites or the rules of good conduct in force on the
Internet, ART-TROPE reserves the right to suspend or destroy the Artist Profile and, if necessary,
to prohibit access to the Websites, to delete the data and files concerning him/her, without
prejudice to any other action under common law.
5. Limitation of liability
The Artist and/or the Collector expressly admits using the Websites at his or her own risk and
under his or her exclusive responsibility.
The Artist and/or the Collector releases ART-TROPE, its employees and its managers from any
liability for any prejudice resulting from the use of the Websites or associated Services.
The Websites provide the Artist and/or the Collector with indicative information, as is, with all their
imperfections, errors, omissions, inaccuracies and other ambiguities that may exist. Moreover, this
information must be taken into consideration at the time it is put online and not at the time of
consultation of the Website.
In any case, ART-TROPE can in no way be held responsible:
- for any direct or indirect damage, in particular as regards loss of profits, loss of profit, loss of
customers, loss of data which can result from the use of the Websites, or on the contrary from the
impossibility of its use;
- for a malfunction, inability to access, misuse, incorrect configuration of the computer or any
other computer or telephone equipment of the Artist and/or the Collector, or the use of a browser
not regularly used by the Artist and/or the Collector;
- for the content of advertisements and other links or external sources accessed by the Artist from
the Websites.
6. Insertion of information relating to the Artist's Profile
6.1 When ART-TROPE adds information relating to the Artist Profile on the Websites, the Artist
transmits the information beforehand and declares that he or she is the legitimate owner of the
information communicated or is duly authorized to proceed with the publication, and that he or
she is able to accept these conditions.
6.2 ART-TROPE reserves the right to modify, suspend or delete in whole or in part, without notice,
any Advertisement or Artist Profile, including but not limited to the following reasons:
- in case of contradiction with the present General Terms of Use;
- in case of contradiction with the General Terms and Conditions of Sale;
- if the announcement or information relating to the Artist is incomplete, too short, or contrary to
the spirit of the websites;
- if the announcement or information relating to the Artist is of such a nature as to harm the image
of the Websites or to disturb their use.
ART-TROPE also reserves the right to suspend or delete any ad or message that has been
reported as contentious by an Artist without having to justify its decision.
6.3 The Artist undertakes to respect the spirit of the Websites by remaining measured and honest
in the content of his/her Artist Profile.
6.4 Any insertion or any manoeuvre aimed at inserting advertisements that may be prejudicial to
the operation or image of ART-TROPE or the Websites may be subject to both civil and criminal
proceedings.
6.5 The Artist acknowledges a right to use the Artist Profile by ART-TROPE's services.
7. Contents
7.1 The articles of this title concern all insertions on the Websites. The notion of advertisement, or
insertion includes not only the text of the advertisement itself but also all the annexed elements
(photo, file, link) which are subject to the same rules.
7.2 All advertisements in connection with services prohibited by the legislation in force are
prohibited.
ART-TROPE reserves the right to remove from the Websites any advertisement that would be
contrary to the legislation in force, to public order, to good morals, to the image of the Websites or
to the expectations of the Artists.
7.3 The Artist certifies that he or she holds all authorizations to quote or use in his or her Artist
Profile elements implementing image or intellectual property rights. The Artist undertakes to make
his or her own case against any recourse that may emanate from the beneficiary or holder of his
or her rights and agrees in advance to release ART-TROPE, its employees and managers from any
liability in the event of a dispute.
7.4 The Artist is the sole author and holds sole responsibility for the personal information and
associated elements transmitted to ART-TROPE or put online via the Websites.
8. Hypertext links
Any Webmaster who would like to establish a link from his site to the Websites is required to
obtain express prior authorization by requesting it at the following e-mail address: contact@art-
trope.com.
In any event, the Webmaster who would create a hypertext link undertakes not to use the mirror
site technique or the deep linking technique, according to which the pages of the Websites are
nested within the pages of the Webmaster's site.
The Artist who would be redirected to a third Internet page through a hypertext link on the
Websites acknowledges that ART-TROPE does not control the content of the redirected websites.
Consequently, ART-TROPE cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from
the use of websites accessible via hypertext links contained on the Websites.
The Websites are likely to use cookies. A cookie does not allow ART-TROPE to identify an Artist
and/or a Collector. On the other hand, it records information relating to the navigation of the
Artist's and/or Collector's computer on the Websites (the pages consulted, the date and time of
consultation, etc.) that ART-TROPE can read during subsequent visits by the Artist and/or
Collector.
9. Copyright and intellectual property
The totality of the elements of the Websites, in particular the texts, presentations, illustrations,
photographs, tree structures, graphics and HTML codes are the exclusive property of ART-
TROPE, with the exception of the contents provided by the Artists and which remain their
exclusive property.
As such, their representations, reproductions, imbrications, diffusions and reruns, partial or total,
are forbidden.
Any person proceeding to do so without being able to justify prior and express authorization from
the holder of these rights is liable to the penalties for the offence of counterfeiting provided for by
the legislation in force.
In any case, on any authorized copy of all or part of the contents of the Websites, the mention
"Copyright ART-TROPE - All Rights Reserved" must appear.
10. Trademarks and domain names
The brands, logos and domain names contained on the Websites are registered to the Founder of
ART-TROPE.
As such, any person proceeding to their representations, reproductions, imbrications, diffusions
and reruns incurs the sanctions envisaged by the legislation in force.
11. Treatment and protection of personal data
ART-TROPE undertakes to comply with any applicable data protection legislation in force, and will
collect and process personal data in accordance with its privacy and confidentiality policy
available in accordance with the European General Regulation on Data Protection effective May
25, 2018 described on the following link: https://art-trope.fr/fr/privacy-policy.
12. Reporting abuse
The Websites provide the Artist and/or the Collector with the possibility to report any abuse or any
use of the Websites contrary to the legal notices, General Terms and Conditions of Use or the
legislation in force. In this case, the Artist and/or the Collector may send an e-mail to the following
address: contact@art-trope.com.
13. Applicable law - Jurisdiction
The Terms and Conditions of Use of the Websites are governed, interpreted and applied under
French law.
Only the Commercial Court of PARIS shall be competent to hear any disputes relating to these
Terms of Use and their implementation, including their validity, interpretation, execution,
termination and consequences.
In any event, we recommend that you regularly consult these General Conditions of Use of the
Websites in order to obtain the latest information on our practices regarding the use of the
Websites.
The most recent version of the General Terms and Conditions of Use of the Websites is that of the
date indicated at the end of this document.
The date of the latest update of these Terms and Conditions of Use of the Websites is January 14,
2021.
NB. This page has been translated from French. We thereby declare that the correct legal
language may not be present at all times. Please see the French version for clarification: https://
www.art-trope.fr/fr/conditions-of-use
This website (hereinafter the "Site") is published by ART-TROPE Simplified Joint-Stock Company
with a capital of 5,142.26 euros, registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under the
number 820 804 185, whose registered office is 37 rue des Mathurins - 75008 Paris - France.
The Director of publication is Mrs. Virginie Tison, Founder and Director of Art-Trope.
The hosting of the Websites is provided by the Linode company located at 249 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19106, United States.
The purpose of the present General Terms of Use is to define the relationship between ART-
TROPE and any individual or legal entity wishing to use the ART-TROPE Websites.
It is important for you to read these Terms of Use.
To accept the General Terms of Use, please check the box "I certify that I have read and expressly
accepted these Terms of Use" at the time of your registration on the Site as well as when ordering
the selected services.
1. Definitions
In the General Conditions of Use hereinafter established, the following words and expressions
shall have the meaning given to them by the definitions below:
Artist: refers to the individual(s) or legal entity(ies) registered to the Services on ART-TROPE's
Websites.
Content: means all text, graphics, Artist interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, trademarks,
logos, sounds, music, videos, illustrations and computer codes, including design, structure,
selection, coordination, expression, appearance and user-friendliness, presentation and layout,
appearing on ART-TROPE Websites.
Artist/Collector Profile: means the confidential code, spaces and features reserved for the Artist
after registering on the ART-TROPE Websites by filling out an online form.
Service(s): means the service(s) provided by ART-TROPE to the Artist and/or the Collector of the
Products.
ART-TROPE Websites: refers to all ART-TROPE's technological means and software accessible on
the Internet, in particular from ART-TROPE Websites and through which ART-TROPE provides the
Artist with its Services, accessible at the following addresses: www.art-trope.com, www.art-
trope.fr, www.art-tropegallery.com and www.letartistscreate.com.
2. General Conditions of Use of the Websites
The General Terms of Use of the Websites govern any use of the Websites and the Services
offered.
The use of the Websites entails the unconditional and automatic acceptance by the Artist and/or
the Collector of all of these General Terms and Conditions of Use and of the legal notices
contained therein, as well as the commitment to respect them.
ART-TROPE reserves the right to modify and complete the General Conditions of Use at any time,
without notice and without compensation.
The reconnection and the continuous use in time of the Websites imply systematic acceptance of
the General Conditions of Use and of their respect. Consequently, it is the Artist's responsibility to
be aware of the new updates of these Conditions each time he/she connects to the Websites.
The General Terms and Conditions of Use of the Websites contain exclusions of guarantee and
limitations of liability of which the Artist declares that he or she is aware.
The General Terms and Conditions of Use of the Websites are complementary and cumulative
with the Privacy Policy of the Website.
3. Validity of the information provided
In the event that the Artist and/or the Collector is led to provide information, he or she undertakes
to :
- deliver real, exact, up-to-date information at the time of their entry in the registration form and in
particular not to use false names or addresses, or names or addresses without being authorized
to do so;
- to keep the registration data up to date in order to guarantee at all times that it is real, accurate
and up-to-date;
- not to make available or distribute illegal, reprehensible (such as defamatory or racist
information) or harmful (such as viruses) information that contravenes current legislation.
In case of violation of these provisions, ART-TROPE may immediately suspend or terminate the
Artist's and/or the Collector's access to the Services at its sole expense.
4. Access to Websites and Services
4.1 ART-TROPE is only bound by an obligation of means with respect to the continuity of its
Services.
ART-TROPE cannot be held responsible for, in particular, and without this list being restrictive:
- Any damage due to a case of force majeure, an act of God or a third party;
- any technical damage related in particular to computer programs, hardware or software or to the
Internet network. More generally, the Artist and/or the Collector understands and acknowledges
that, in the state of the art, ART-TROPE cannot guarantee that the Sites are free of defects or any
other anomaly likely to affect their operation.
4.2 ART-TROPE reserves the right to modify or suspend the service in whole or in part,
temporarily or permanently, without being held responsible by the Artist and/or the Collector.
ART-TROPE may set general rules and limits on the use of the Websites and its Services,
including, but not limited to, setting :
- a maximum number of days during which the announcements, Artist Profiles, messages, or any
other uploaded content will be kept and published;
- a maximum number and size of messages that may be sent and received by the Artist/Collector
on the Websites;
- a maximum amount of memory space allocated on the Websites' servers;
- a maximum number of accesses to a Service during a given period of time (and the maximum
duration of each access). ART-TROPE makes no warranty for the deletion or failure to store any
message, communication or other content broadcast or transmitted.
4.3 The Artist and/or Collector undertakes to expunge from his messages and his Artist/Collector
profile anything that is false, unrelated to the Art, obscene, aggressive, abusive, racist,
slanderous, defamatory or discriminatory with regard to the legislation in force.
In the event of non-compliance by the Artist and/or the Collector with these General Terms and
Conditions of Use, the deontology of the Websites or the rules of good conduct in force on the
Internet, ART-TROPE reserves the right to suspend or destroy the Artist Profile and, if necessary,
to prohibit access to the Websites, to delete the data and files concerning him/her, without
prejudice to any other action under common law.
5. Limitation of liability
The Artist and/or the Collector expressly admits using the Websites at his or her own risk and
under his or her exclusive responsibility.
The Artist and/or the Collector releases ART-TROPE, its employees and its managers from any
liability for any prejudice resulting from the use of the Websites or associated Services.
The Websites provide the Artist and/or the Collector with indicative information, as is, with all their
imperfections, errors, omissions, inaccuracies and other ambiguities that may exist. Moreover, this
information must be taken into consideration at the time it is put online and not at the time of
consultation of the Website.
In any case, ART-TROPE can in no way be held responsible:
- for any direct or indirect damage, in particular as regards loss of profits, loss of profit, loss of
customers, loss of data which can result from the use of the Websites, or on the contrary from the
impossibility of its use;
- for a malfunction, inability to access, misuse, incorrect configuration of the computer or any
other computer or telephone equipment of the Artist and/or the Collector, or the use of a browser
not regularly used by the Artist and/or the Collector;
- for the content of advertisements and other links or external sources accessed by the Artist from
the Websites.
6. Insertion of information relating to the Artist's Profile
6.1 When ART-TROPE adds information relating to the Artist Profile on the Websites, the Artist
transmits the information beforehand and declares that he or she is the legitimate owner of the
information communicated or is duly authorized to proceed with the publication, and that he or
she is able to accept these conditions.
6.2 ART-TROPE reserves the right to modify, suspend or delete in whole or in part, without notice,
any Advertisement or Artist Profile, including but not limited to the following reasons:
- in case of contradiction with the present General Terms of Use;
- in case of contradiction with the General Terms and Conditions of Sale;
- if the announcement or information relating to the Artist is incomplete, too short, or contrary to
the spirit of the websites;
- if the announcement or information relating to the Artist is of such a nature as to harm the image
of the Websites or to disturb their use.
ART-TROPE also reserves the right to suspend or delete any ad or message that has been
reported as contentious by an Artist without having to justify its decision.
6.3 The Artist undertakes to respect the spirit of the Websites by remaining measured and honest
in the content of his/her Artist Profile.
6.4 Any insertion or any manoeuvre aimed at inserting advertisements that may be prejudicial to
the operation or image of ART-TROPE or the Websites may be subject to both civil and criminal
proceedings.
6.5 The Artist acknowledges a right to use the Artist Profile by ART-TROPE's services.
7. Contents
7.1 The articles of this title concern all insertions on the Websites. The notion of advertisement, or
insertion includes not only the text of the advertisement itself but also all the annexed elements
(photo, file, link) which are subject to the same rules.
7.2 All advertisements in connection with services prohibited by the legislation in force are
prohibited.
ART-TROPE reserves the right to remove from the Websites any advertisement that would be
contrary to the legislation in force, to public order, to good morals, to the image of the Websites or
to the expectations of the Artists.
7.3 The Artist certifies that he or she holds all authorizations to quote or use in his or her Artist
Profile elements implementing image or intellectual property rights. The Artist undertakes to make
his or her own case against any recourse that may emanate from the beneficiary or holder of his
or her rights and agrees in advance to release ART-TROPE, its employees and managers from any
liability in the event of a dispute.
7.4 The Artist is the sole author and holds sole responsibility for the personal information and
associated elements transmitted to ART-TROPE or put online via the Websites.
8. Hypertext links
Any Webmaster who would like to establish a link from his site to the Websites is required to
obtain express prior authorization by requesting it at the following e-mail address: contact@art-
trope.com.
In any event, the Webmaster who would create a hypertext link undertakes not to use the mirror
site technique or the deep linking technique, according to which the pages of the Websites are
nested within the pages of the Webmaster's site.
The Artist who would be redirected to a third Internet page through a hypertext link on the
Websites acknowledges that ART-TROPE does not control the content of the redirected websites.
Consequently, ART-TROPE cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from
the use of websites accessible via hypertext links contained on the Websites.
The Websites are likely to use cookies. A cookie does not allow ART-TROPE to identify an Artist
and/or a Collector. On the other hand, it records information relating to the navigation of the
Artist's and/or Collector's computer on the Websites (the pages consulted, the date and time of
consultation, etc.) that ART-TROPE can read during subsequent visits by the Artist and/or
Collector.
9. Copyright and intellectual property
The totality of the elements of the Websites, in particular the texts, presentations, illustrations,
photographs, tree structures, graphics and HTML codes are the exclusive property of ART-
TROPE, with the exception of the contents provided by the Artists and which remain their
exclusive property.
As such, their representations, reproductions, imbrications, diffusions and reruns, partial or total,
are forbidden.
Any person proceeding to do so without being able to justify prior and express authorization from
the holder of these rights is liable to the penalties for the offence of counterfeiting provided for by
the legislation in force.
In any case, on any authorized copy of all or part of the contents of the Websites, the mention
"Copyright ART-TROPE - All Rights Reserved" must appear.
10. Trademarks and domain names
The brands, logos and domain names contained on the Websites are registered to the Founder of
ART-TROPE.
As such, any person proceeding to their representations, reproductions, imbrications, diffusions
and reruns incurs the sanctions envisaged by the legislation in force.
11. Treatment and protection of personal data
ART-TROPE undertakes to comply with any applicable data protection legislation in force, and will
collect and process personal data in accordance with its privacy and confidentiality policy
available in accordance with the European General Regulation on Data Protection effective May
25, 2018 described on the following link: https://art-trope.fr/fr/privacy-policy.
12. Reporting abuse
The Websites provide the Artist and/or the Collector with the possibility to report any abuse or any
use of the Websites contrary to the legal notices, General Terms and Conditions of Use or the
legislation in force. In this case, the Artist and/or the Collector may send an e-mail to the following
address: contact@art-trope.com.
13. Applicable law - Jurisdiction
The Terms and Conditions of Use of the Websites are governed, interpreted and applied under
French law.
Only the Commercial Court of PARIS shall be competent to hear any disputes relating to these
Terms of Use and their implementation, including their validity, interpretation, execution,
termination and consequences.
In any event, we recommend that you regularly consult these General Conditions of Use of the
Websites in order to obtain the latest information on our practices regarding the use of the
Websites.
The most recent version of the General Terms and Conditions of Use of the Websites is that of the
date indicated at the end of this document.
The date of the latest update of these Terms and Conditions of Use of the Websites is January 14,
2021.
NB. This page has been translated from French. We thereby declare that the correct legal
language may not be present at all times. Please see the French version for clarification: https://
www.art-trope.fr/fr/conditions-of-use
