BUZYBEE.SE - TERMS OF USE 
(renewed in January 5th, 2006)

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1. OWNERSHIP

...a) All BuzyBee Graphics (BBG will be used as an abbreviation for BuzyBee Graphics)  material are original, copyrighted creations and they are protected by copyright laws and owned by © BuzyBee.se (owner Marie Nilsson). This also applies to special orders, purchased collections, adoptions or premades etc. The customer receives license to use the images, but the copyright will always stay with the artist, it is not transferred to the customer during purchase. The images may not be copied, redrawn, have text added or the materials changed under any circumstances unless it is clearly stated so. 
2. ALTERATIONS/REDRAWING

...a) The BBG images may not be altered/converted in any way, and they, in parts or in whole, may not be used in making new images/graphics (websets, stationaries, cards, quilts, tubes, outlines, tutorials, banners, signature tags asa sigtags, email stationaries, avatars or various skins etc.). That means NO resize, NO adding of text, NO adding of any special effects or animating of the images. Only write text on blank buttons - if stated so.

...b) The graphics may not be used in making websets/templates/other digital designs, changed from the original size or to be used as attachements (avatars/sigtags etc.) and posted in mail-lists, newsgroups, chat rooms, ICQ or in message boards for example. If customer needs any text added or images remade, please contact BBG for support and agreement.

...c) It is also prohibited to use BBG images/graphics material in mass-marketing, such as for example newspaper ads or material made in hundreds by printshops etc.  
3. USAGE FOR PERSONAL SITES / ALLOWED USAGE FOR COMMERCIAL PUPOSES

...a) The BBG  material may be used 'as is' on non-commersial family-friendly websites and for non-commersial purposes only. If any commercial purpose, please contact BBG in advance to arrange for such agreements. Customers may not use BBG material on a commercial sites or for any other commercial purposes or services provided, unless customer purchased a BBG Commercial or Webmaster License and has a proven agreement of service with BBG.

...b) Download (right-click and save as...) the BBG graphics to your own cumputer before using them. You are intitled to mix and match between the BBG sets or together with other artists sets as long as a link back included on each and every page where BBG materials appears. 

...c) Schools (teachers, classes), daycare centers, school librarians etc are considered as personal purpose if to decorate webpages or classrooms, scrapbooks, school materials, printouts etc. If any questions please contact BuzyBee.se for support and agreements.

...d) Customers that wants to use BBG materials for Scrapbooks and personal Photoalbums are considered as personal users.

...e) Customers may print out BBG materials to make cards, stationary (i.e no sharing via internet, email, or any other electronic media  etc.) or scrapbooks for personal use only (NOT business cards or for any other business reason unless you have a Commersial membership). 

...f) As a Commercial customer you must be a BBG Webmaster Member, to use BBG material when building sites for your customers for profit and your customer must also be a owner of a Personal/Commersial Membership (what ever is applicable). Please read the special terms that applies to this, that may follow Your membership license. 

...g) Or if you are the owner of a Commercial business and wants to decorate your business website, you must be the owner of a Commercial Membership. If any other commercial use than to decorate business webpages, please contact BuzyBee.se for making a special agreement.

...h) To make sure that you fully have read and understood the BBG terms, we require for you to while filling out your 'Members Application' also state the hidden password inside the comment-box. You find the secret message/password while reading through the BBG terms. 

...i) If BBG materials are used as stated above in statement 3d and 3e, always add 'Graphics by  ©BuzyBee Graphics, http://www.buzybee.se. All Rights Reserved.' on all printed materials (print-outs, scrapping, cards etc.)
4. ONLINE USAGE

...a) If the images are used online (webpages), there must always be a clickable link to http://www.buzybee.se on all pages where the BBG materials appear. The use of a correct linked logo-image is preferred but a textlink (in a readable size, minimum size 2) will also be appropriate. Please use the following text link code: 
<p align="center"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.buzybee.se" target="_blank">www.buzybee.se</a></font></p>.

...b) Direct linking is prohibited/not allowed as this will be called theft. The BBG images must be uploaded and saved to customers own server and from there decorate the webpage with the material. In all cases proper actions will immediately be taken and also members will loose their  membership rights. 'Artists Rights Is My Concern'.
5. DISTRIBUTION

...a) The images may not be redistributed or resold in any manner, online or offline, neither in digital nor printed formats. Redistributive rights stay with BuzyBee.se only. 

...b) Customer must restrain to not include BBG material/images/graphics in any collection or allow third party to do so (tube-sites, collection-sites, card-sites, stationery-sites, scrapbooking-sites, etc.). The user must actively stop graphic abuse by using a No-Right-Click-script on all pages where BBG material is used. 

...c) It is also required to use the META-tag: <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> 
within the HTML-head section on ALL of your pages, where BBG material is used to prevent the graphics from being stolen.
6. REFUNDS / RECLAIMS

...a) No refunds will be made on payed memberships (or purchased collections) due to the nature of the business (digital files), but in case of closing BBG permanently, some period of time will be allowed for all members to download.

...b) BBG cannot be held responsible for any distractions or downperiods that the webhost might cause BBG.

...c) BBG cannot be held responsible for any material exposed on members webpages, such as hateridge, violence, porno, racism or other non-family friendly material, but BBG will immediately take action to permanently close his or hers membership.
7. RIGHTS RESERVED

...a) BBG reserve the right to require changes to your use of BuzyBee Graphics, including the removal of all BuzyBee Graphics material where it has been deemed the graphics have been altered, copied or used in direct contraction to BBG's Terms of Use.

...b)  BBG reserve the right to, without prior notice, change BBG's Terms of Use, when violations have been discovered, and the adjustments will concern all users of BBG materials.

8. AWARENESS

...a) It is highly recommended that you occasionally refresh your knowledge of BBG's Terms of Use. 

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