Metadancer Images Royalty-Free Licensing Agreement

Standard RF and Ultra Licences · Last updated: 20 October 2026

1. Parties and definitions

This agreement is between Metadancer – Oliver Marquardt, Kleine Witschgasse 8, 50676 Cologne, Germany (“Metadancer”, “we”, “us”) and the purchaser named in the applicable order (“you”, “Licensee”). “Image” means the specific Metadancer Images asset identified in your confirmed order or bundle redemption. “Ultra” means the extended RF option expressly identified as Ultra in that confirmation. “Work” means a finished project in which the Image is incorporated.

2. Licence grant

Subject to payment in full and compliance with this agreement, Metadancer grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable Standard Royalty-Free Licence to reproduce, display, transmit and modify the Image as incorporated in a Work. The licence is commercial and applies to all media, including websites, social media, digital advertising, presentations, editorial and promotional materials, packaging, broadcasts and printed marketing materials.

The licence permits unlimited web, social-media and digital impressions, and up to 500,000 physical copies or printed reproductions of the Image in the aggregate. The S, M, L and XL options specify the delivered file resolution only; each purchase receives this same Standard RF Licence.

2.1 Ultra extension: unlimited print and company-group use

If your confirmed order expressly identifies Ultra for the Image, you receive the Standard RF rights above with two extensions: the 500,000-copy print limit is removed, allowing unlimited physical copies and printed reproductions in permitted Works; and the Image may be used by the purchasing legal entity and its company group as described below. Ultra delivers the full-size image. All other restrictions and conditions in this agreement continue to apply.

For Ultra, a company group consists of the purchaser, its parent and subsidiaries or other entities under common control. Control means ownership of more than 50% of voting rights or the legal power to direct management. Covered entities may use the Image in their own permitted Works while that control relationship exists. The purchaser must ensure that covered entities, employees and contractors comply with this agreement and remains responsible for authorised sharing. An entity leaving the group needs its own licence for new uses; finished Works lawfully distributed before it left need not be recalled solely because it left the group.

Ultra does not permit standalone file resale, unrelated-client or partner sharing, image-led merchandise, logo or trademark use, AI training or any other use excluded in section 5. It does not grant exclusive rights, sublicensing rights to the public or permission to operate an image library for outsiders. An existing Standard RF purchase is not automatically upgraded to Ultra. A prepaid S, M, L or XL bundle never includes Ultra.

2.2 Licences obtained with prepaid bundles

A paid bundle grants an allowance for future image selections, not a licence to an unspecified Image. Each confirmed redemption grants one Standard RF licence for the selected Image at the bundle’s exact resolution, subject to this agreement and the bundle terms accepted at purchase. There is no second image-licence charge for a redemption funded entirely by prepaid allowance. Unused allowance has no expiry; the scope of a confirmed image licence is the same as an individually purchased Standard RF licence. Cancellation and refund rights are explained in the bundle terms and Withdrawal Policy.

3. Team, contractors and client work

You may make the Image available to your employees and contractors only as needed to create, reproduce or distribute your Work, provided they are bound by restrictions at least as protective as these. If you acquire an Image for a client, you may transfer the licence once to that client as part of the completed Work, provided the client accepts these restrictions. A separate licence is required for each additional client, employer or independent principal, except for covered company-group entities under an expressly purchased Ultra licence. Ultra does not extend a licence to unrelated clients; the one-client transfer permission above remains subject to its conditions.

4. Permitted modifications

You may crop, resize, retouch, combine or otherwise modify the Image for a permitted Work. No modification grants you ownership of the underlying Image or removes the restrictions in this agreement.

5. Restrictions

You may not: distribute, sell, license, share or make available the Image as a standalone file; enable third parties to extract or reuse the Image; use the Image in a logo, trademark, service mark or other source identifier; use it in a template, wallpaper, print-on-demand product, merchandise or other product for resale where the Image is the primary value; use it for unlawful, defamatory, deceptive, pornographic or otherwise offensive purposes; use it in a manner that implies endorsement by a depicted person or organisation; or use it in connection with sensitive subjects in a way that is misleading or reasonably likely to cause harm.

You may not use the Image to train, fine-tune or develop an artificial-intelligence, machine-learning or similar model, dataset or service, nor permit an Image to be included in a dataset made available for that purpose.

6. Ownership and releases

The Image is licensed, not sold. Copyright and all other rights remain with Metadancer and/or the relevant rights holder. Where an Image includes people or property, Metadancer makes available the permissions and releases applicable to the asset as required for its intended commercial RF licensing. You remain responsible for assessing whether your particular use needs additional clearances, permissions or legal review.

7. No exclusive rights; withdrawal

The licence is non-exclusive. Metadancer may license the same Image to others and may stop offering it for future licensing. Withdrawal of an Image from the catalogue does not terminate a licence validly acquired before that withdrawal, unless termination is required because of a breach, fraud or a legal obligation. This catalogue rule does not override a customer’s statutory withdrawal from a purchase. Cancellation of only unused bundle allowance under the voluntary refund promise leaves already confirmed image licences valid; statutory withdrawal from the whole bundle is handled under the Withdrawal Policy.

8. Warranty, indemnity and liability

Metadancer warrants that it has the authority necessary to grant the rights expressly stated in this agreement. Except for this limited warranty and to the extent permitted by law, the Image and service are provided as available. You will indemnify Metadancer against third-party claims arising from your use of an Image outside the rights granted by this agreement. Nothing limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

9. Termination

This licence terminates automatically if you materially breach this agreement and do not cure the breach within a reasonable period after notice where a cure is possible. On termination, you must stop new uses of the Image and delete accessible copies, except where retention is required by law. Finished Works lawfully distributed before termination need not be recalled unless required by law or a court.

10. General

This agreement, the applicable purchase terms and the confirmed order or redemption record describe the rights acquired for the Image. Later revisions do not retrospectively narrow a licence already granted. Statutory withdrawal rights and mandatory consumer protections prevail over conflicting wording. German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods; mandatory consumer-protection rules remain unaffected. Where legally permitted, Cologne, Germany is the exclusive place of jurisdiction. Questions can be sent to hello@metadancer-images.com.