Terms and Conditions

These Terms are supplemented by, and should be read together with:

• our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, store and share personal data;
• our Cookie Policy (if applicable), which explains how we use cookies and similar technologies; and
• any specific licence terms, product descriptions, rate cards, pricing pages or other terms displayed or made available to you at the point of purchase or when accessing particular features of the Services (including any beta or experimental features).

All such policies and additional terms form part of the contractual framework between you and Veriscope. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and specific licence terms presented at the point of purchase, the specific licence terms will prevail for the relevant transaction.

Account means a user account registered on the Platform, whether as a Contributor, Client or otherwise, including all associated profile information, settings, credentials and permissions.

Applicable Law means all laws, regulations, regulatory requirements and binding codes of practice applicable to Veriscope, the Platform or Users, including the laws of Sweden, the European Union and any other jurisdiction where the Platform is used or where Content is captured, distributed or licensed.

Blockchain means a distributed ledger or similar decentralised database technology used to record, validate or reference information in cryptographically linked blocks, where records are designed to be tamper-resistant and, in many cases, immutable.

Business User means any User (whether a natural or legal person) using the Platform for purposes relating to their trade, business, craft or profession. Business Users include Contributors and Clients.

Client means any User, typically a media organisation or professional buyer, who uses the Platform to discover, preview, license, download or otherwise use Footage or other Content.

Content means any data, information, text, video, audio, images, metadata, descriptions, captions, tags or other materials uploaded, transmitted, stored, displayed or otherwise processed on or through the Platform by Users.

Consumer means a natural person acting wholly or mainly outside their trade, business, craft or profession.

Contributor means any User who captures, uploads, submits or otherwise provides Footage or other Content to the Platform for potential licensing or distribution.

Decentralised Storage means storage or content-addressing technologies (including systems such as the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) or similar networks) where data or references to data may be distributed across multiple independent nodes outside the exclusive technical control of Veriscope.

Footage means video recordings and any associated audio, still images, clips or related materials captured or uploaded by Contributors through the App or other permitted interfaces and made available for licensing or distribution via the Platform.

Heatmap or Marketplace means the web-based discovery and licensing interface operated by Veriscope through which Clients can browse, search, review, license and download Footage.

Intellectual Property Rights means all intellectual property and proprietary rights of any kind, including copyright and related rights, database rights, trade marks, trade names, domain names, design rights, patents, trade secrets and any similar rights recognised under Applicable Law.

Licence means any permission or authorisation granted through the Platform allowing a Client to use specific Footage or Content under defined conditions such as territory, duration, permitted uses, media channels or other restrictions.

Platform means collectively the Veriscope Lens mobile application, the Heatmap or Marketplace, all related websites, services, databases, APIs, dashboards, messaging systems, communication tools and other digital products operated by or on behalf of Veriscope.

Privacy Policy means Veriscope’s privacy policy describing how personal data is collected, processed, stored and protected when Users access or use the Platform.

Provenance Guarantee means Veriscope’s technical assurance regarding the integrity and chain of custody of Footage and associated metadata within Veriscope’s systems, as described in Section 4 of these Terms.

Services means all services provided by Veriscope through the Platform, including the capture, upload, storage, discovery, licensing, distribution, messaging, analytics, provenance tracking, payment processing and related functionalities.

User means any natural person or legal person who accesses or uses the Platform or Services, whether as a Contributor, Client or otherwise, and whether or not they have created an Account.

Veriscope, we, us or our means Veriscope AB, a company incorporated in Sweden, together with its affiliates, successors and permitted assigns.

Veriscope Lens or App means the Veriscope mobile application used by Contributors to capture, upload and manage Footage and related metadata.

Messaging Services means any communication features made available through the Platform that allow Users to exchange messages, including features that may use end-to-end encryption as described in these Terms.

You or your means the User accessing or using the Platform or Services and, where applicable, the organisation that the User represents.

Newsworthy Content means Footage or other Content depicting or relating to scenes, events, occurrences or matters of public interest, news or current affairs, the value of which derives principally from its informational, journalistic, documentary or editorial significance rather than from any staging or dramatisation. In assessing whether Content is newsworthy, Veriscope may have regard to recognised public-interest and newsworthiness standards, but Veriscope does not warrant the accuracy, completeness or newsworthiness of any particular Footage, for which Clients remain solely responsible in accordance with Section 5.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise for particular content:

• the Contributor is the licensor of the Footage;
• the Client is the licensee; and
• Veriscope acts as an intermediary and technical facilitator, including:
  • presenting licence options and terms in the Platform;
  • enabling ordering and delivery of files;
  • collecting payments from Clients and arranging payouts to Contributors.

Where the Platform clearly indicates that Veriscope is the licensor for given content, Veriscope grants the licence as principal based on rights it has obtained from Contributors. Veriscope relies on the warranties and information provided by Contributors and does not conduct a full independent legal or chain-of-title review of each piece of Footage.

We may at any time:

• introduce new features, services or functionalities;
• modify, suspend or discontinue existing features or parts of the Services;
• impose or change technical or usage limits; or
• change the way the Services are delivered or integrated with third-party systems,

provided that, where such changes are material and affect your existing rights or obligations, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you in accordance with clause 18.

Such changes will not affect licences already granted to Clients unless required by Applicable Law.

From time to time, we may label certain features, services or interfaces as beta, preview, experimental or similar. Such features may:

• be subject to additional or different terms;
• be made available only to selected Users;
• change, degrade or be discontinued at any time; and
• not be covered by the same availability, support or performance commitments as core Services.

Your use of any beta or experimental feature is at your own risk and subject to the disclaimers and limitations of liability set out in these Terms.

The Platform may not be available in all countries or regions. Certain features, Content, Footage, Licences or payment methods may be restricted or unavailable:

• due to Applicable Law;
• due to sanctions, export controls or other governmental measures;
• because we have chosen not to offer the Services in certain territories; or
• because specific Contributors, Clients or Content are not eligible for certain uses or regions.

We may impose geo-blocking, technical restrictions or eligibility criteria to comply with Applicable Law or our policies.

Veriscope’s core Services include tools for provenance tracking of Footage, such as recording and exposing metadata, timestamps, device identifiers, geolocation and other technical signals associated with the creation or upload of Footage via the App or other permitted interfaces.

Subject to the limitations described in these Terms and in the Privacy Policy, and for Footage captured and uploaded in accordance with Veriscope’s technical requirements, Veriscope guarantees that:

• the file delivered to the Client via the Platform corresponds to the file originally recorded and submitted through the App or other permitted interface, save for transparent and necessary technical processing such as compression or transcoding;
• there is no evidence, within Veriscope’s systems, of undisclosed tampering or alteration of the file after recording; and
• the technical metadata exposed through the Platform (such as timestamps, device identifiers and geolocation where enabled) reflects the data recorded by the relevant device or system at the time of capture or upload.

This Provenance Guarantee relates to the technical chain of custody and integrity of the file and metadata within Veriscope’s environment. It does not guarantee that:

• the events depicted actually occurred as described or perceived; or
• the Footage complies with all legal, regulatory or editorial standards in every jurisdiction.

Veriscope does not independently verify or guarantee that Contributors hold all rights necessary for every possible use of Footage. Clients remain solely responsible for conducting their own editorial, factual and legal verification before relying on any Footage or associated information for:

• publication or broadcast;
• journalistic reporting or documentary production;
• evidentiary or regulatory use; or
• any other professional or commercial purpose.

Without limiting the above, each Client must independently assess, where appropriate:

• the context in which the Footage was captured, including any staging, editing or omissions;
• the accuracy and completeness of descriptions, captions;
• the presence of identifiable individuals, locations, trade marks or other protected content;
• whether additional permissions, releases or clearances are required; and
• compliance with applicable laws, regulations, editorial codes and industry guidelines.

Nothing in these Terms transfers responsibility for editorial judgement, fact-checking, legal clearance or publication decisions from the Client to Veriscope.

Clients are solely responsible for determining whether additional permissions, releases or licences are required for their intended use of the Footage and for obtaining such permissions where necessary, including but not limited to talent releases, location releases, trademark permissions, and music or other underlying rights.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your login credentials (including usernames, passwords, API keys or tokens) and for all activities that occur under your Account. You agree to:

• use strong, unique passwords and appropriate security measures;
• not share your credentials with any other person, except as part of authorised internal use within your Organisation;
• notify us promptly via the contact details provided on our website if you suspect any unauthorised access to or use of your Account; and
• log out and/or close your session when you have finished using the Services on a shared or public device.

Each Account is personal to you or, where applicable, your Organisation. You may not transfer, assign, sell or otherwise share your Account (or any related rights) to or with any third party without our prior written consent. If you are part of an Organisation, your Organisation may have certain rights to manage, control or reassign your Account internally.

We may, at our reasonable discretion and subject to Applicable Law:

• refuse to register an Account for you;
• place limits on, suspend or restrict your access to the Services or specific features; or
• terminate your Account and/or your access to the Services,

particularly where we reasonably believe that:

• you have breached these Terms or any other applicable policy or any applicable Community Standards (where published);
• you have engaged in or are likely to engage in fraud, abuse, or other unlawful or improper conduct;
• your use of the Services poses a security, technical or operational risk to the Platform, other Users or third parties; or
• this is necessary to comply with Applicable Law, regulatory requirements or requests from competent authorities.

Contributors retain ownership of all Intellectual Property Rights in their Footage, subject to the licences granted under these Terms.

Contributors must ensure that their Footage and related content comply with applicable laws and the content standards set out in these Terms (including clause 9).

By uploading or providing Footage to the Platform, you grant Veriscope a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free licence to:

• host, store, reproduce, adapt (for technical reasons), index, back up and otherwise process the Footage to operate and maintain the Platform;
• create and display previews, thumbnails and watermarked samples;
• display and promote Footage within the Platform and externally to promote Veriscope and Contributors, in line with professional industry standards;
• facilitate, administer and enforce licences to Clients, including by sublicensing where necessary;
• record, reference or link the Footage and related transactions using Blockchain and Decentralised Storage, as described in the Privacy Policy.

This licence continues while the Footage is available on the Platform and for a reasonable period thereafter to allow back-ups, legal compliance and dispute resolution.

Contributors warrant that they:

• own or control sufficient rights in their Footage to grant the above licences;
• have obtained necessary releases and consents (e.g. from individuals, property owners, underlying rights holders) where required;
• have not knowingly misrepresented the circumstances of capture; and
• will promptly notify Veriscope if any of these statements cease to be true.

You must use the Platform and Services only in accordance with these Terms, Applicable Law, and applicable professional or editorial standards. You are responsible for all activities conducted through your Account and for ensuring that your use of the Platform does not harm Veriscope, other Users, or third parties.

You agree that you will not, and will not permit or encourage any third party to:

• use the Platform or Services in any manner that violates Applicable Law or these Terms;
• infringe, misappropriate or violate the intellectual property, privacy, publicity or other rights of Veriscope, other Users or third parties; or
• engage in any activity that may damage, disable, overburden or impair the Platform or interfere with any other User’s ability to access or use the Services.

You must not upload, share, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that:

• is illegal, unlawful or otherwise breaches Applicable Law, including laws relating to terrorism, child protection, hate speech, harassment, discrimination, defamation or incitement to violence;
• infringes or misappropriates intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights of any third party;
• violates privacy or data protection laws, including by unlawfully capturing or sharing personal data or images of individuals where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy;
• contains threats, harassment, intimidation, bullying or abusive behaviour;
• promotes or encourages self-harm, suicide or serious violence;
• contains malware, viruses, ransomware or other malicious code designed to disrupt or damage systems or data;
• is knowingly false, misleading or intentionally deceptive, including fabricated or staged footage presented as genuine news footage without clear disclosure where required.

Veriscope may remove, disable or restrict access to such Content where we reasonably believe it violates these Terms or Applicable Law.

The Platform must not be used in any way that exploits, harms or endangers minors.

Users must not:

• upload, share or distribute child sexual abuse material or any sexualised imagery involving minors;
• solicit or attempt to engage minors in sexual, exploitative or otherwise harmful interactions;
• groom, harass, intimidate or manipulate minors through messaging or other Platform features;
• encourage minors to participate in dangerous or illegal activities.

Because some messaging features may use end-to-end encryption, Veriscope cannot proactively monitor message content. We therefore rely on a combination of:

• clear community rules;
• User reports;
• metadata and technical signals; and
• other available evidence

to detect and address misuse.

Veriscope may suspend accounts, remove Content, disable messaging features or report matters to law enforcement authorities where we reasonably believe that conduct involving minors violates these Terms or Applicable Law. As additional risk-mitigation measures, and to support compliance with applicable online-safety and Digital Services Act expectations, Veriscope may display in-app warnings (including to users who indicate or appear to be minors) about sharing precise location data and about communicating with people they do not know, may apply default privacy and contact settings for younger users, and may restrict or disable certain features where this is appropriate to protect minors.

You must not interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the Platform or any related systems.

In particular, you must not:

• hack, attack or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Platform, its servers, databases, infrastructure or associated systems;
• conduct denial-of-service attacks, excessive automated requests or other actions that could disrupt or degrade the performance of the Platform;
• exploit vulnerabilities or attempt to bypass security mechanisms implemented by Veriscope or its infrastructure providers;
• circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with any authentication systems, security protections, usage limits or technical safeguards implemented by or on behalf of Veriscope; or
• interfere with monitoring systems designed to protect the Platform or other Users.

Unless expressly authorised by Veriscope in writing or through an official API or interface documentation, you must not:

• scrape, crawl, harvest, copy or extract data, Content or metadata from the Platform using automated tools;
• use bots, scripts, crawlers, data-mining tools or similar technologies to access the Platform;
• build or compile databases derived from Platform Content or metadata; or
• replicate, mirror or systematically collect data from the Platform.

These restrictions are intended to protect the integrity of the Platform, the rights of Contributors and Clients, and Veriscope’s proprietary systems and analytics.

Except where expressly permitted under Applicable Law, you must not:

• reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the Platform;
• attempt to discover the underlying structure, algorithms or technical architecture of the Platform;
• access or use the Platform for the purpose of developing competing products or services;
• test, probe or scan the Platform for vulnerabilities without Veriscope’s prior written consent.

Without limiting the other provisions of these Terms, Clients and other Users must not:

• use Footage beyond the scope of the applicable Licence;
• remove or obscure watermarks, attribution notices or legal notices required under the applicable Licence;
• re-license, resell or redistribute Footage except as expressly permitted by the Licence;
• use Footage in a manner that is defamatory, misleading or unlawful; or
• present Footage in a way that materially misrepresents the events, individuals or circumstances depicted.

Veriscope may take appropriate action where we reasonably believe that a User has violated this Section or Applicable Law. Such actions may include:

• removing or disabling access to Content;
• restricting or suspending Accounts;
• limiting access to certain Platform features;
• terminating Accounts; and
• reporting suspected illegal activity to competent authorities where required or appropriate.

Veriscope may act with or without prior notice where necessary to protect Users, the Platform or third parties, or to comply with Applicable Law.

The Platform may provide messaging features allowing Contributors and Clients to communicate about Footage, context, licensing, pricing and related matters.

Certain messaging features may use end-to-end encryption. Where this is the case:

• message content is encrypted on the sender’s device and can only be decrypted by the intended recipient(s);
• Veriscope does not possess the cryptographic keys needed to decrypt message content;
• Veriscope cannot ordinarily access or read the content of such messages; and
• message content may not be recoverable by Veriscope if lost or deleted by Users.

Even where message content is end-to-end encrypted, Veriscope may process non-content data, including:

• user identifiers;
• timestamps;
• routing information (e.g. message sent/delivered/failure events);
• device identifiers; and
• other technical metadata necessary to operate, secure and improve the messaging service,

in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

Users remain responsible for their communications and must not use messaging features to:

• engage in unlawful conduct, harassment, bullying or coercion;
• solicit, encourage or share illegal content;
• solicit or encourage any sexual, violent or otherwise harmful conduct, particularly in relation to minors;
• attempt to circumvent the Platform’s licensing or payment systems.

Because of end-to-end encryption, Veriscope cannot proactively monitor message content and relies on User reports and available metadata.

These reporting mechanics apply where messaging features are made available. If you believe a message or conversation violates these Terms or the law, you may submit a report via the Platform or our website. You may also voluntarily provide copies, screenshots or details of messages to assist Veriscope in investigating.

Nothing in this clause limits Veriscope’s ability to:

• suspend or terminate Accounts;
• restrict messaging features; or
• take other enforcement actions

based on available information, User reports, metadata or other evidence of misuse.

The Platform may use Blockchain and Decentralised Storage technologies to support the operation and integrity of the Services. These technologies may be used to:

• record or timestamp certain events or transactions related to Footage, Content or Licences (for example hashes, identifiers or references to files or metadata);
• store, reference or link to Footage or associated data using decentralised or content-addressed storage systems (including networks such as the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) or similar technologies);
• provide verifiable records or audit trails relating to the provenance, capture, upload, licensing or distribution of Footage; and
• support the integrity, traceability and transparency of transactions and metadata within the Platform.

In most cases, Veriscope aims to record hashes, identifiers or references rather than full files or plain personal data directly on Blockchain networks.

You acknowledge and understand that Blockchain networks and decentralised storage systems have particular technical characteristics, including that:

• data or references stored on such networks may be replicated across many independent nodes operated by third parties outside Veriscope’s direct control;
• records on most Blockchains are designed to be tamper-resistant or immutable, meaning that once data (or a hash or reference to data) is written to the ledger it may not be technically feasible to alter or delete it; and
• decentralised storage systems may distribute data across multiple independent infrastructure providers and nodes.

As a result, removal of Footage or Content from the Platform will not necessarily remove all related records or references from decentralised networks.

The use of Blockchain and decentralised storage technologies may have implications for:

• the confidentiality and availability of data, including the possibility that certain references or metadata remain accessible through decentralised networks even after Content is removed from the Platform; and
• the practical ability to erase or correct certain records, as may otherwise be expected under data protection or privacy laws.

Veriscope seeks to mitigate these issues by:

• avoiding the storage of plain personal data directly on Blockchain where reasonably possible;
• using hashing, pseudonymisation and off-chain storage where appropriate; and
• limiting the data written to Blockchain to technical references or integrity-verification mechanisms where feasible.

Further information about these practices is provided in the Privacy Policy.

You acknowledge and accept that Blockchain networks and decentralised storage systems may be subject to risks and limitations beyond Veriscope’s reasonable control, including:

• disruptions, outages or performance degradation;
• forks, protocol changes or changes to consensus mechanisms;
• governance decisions made by independent network participants;
• attacks, vulnerabilities or exploits affecting underlying protocols; and
• other failures, design limitations or operational issues associated with decentralised infrastructure.

Accordingly, Veriscope cannot guarantee:

• the long-term availability, accessibility or integrity of data stored on decentralised networks;
• that any record or reference written to a Blockchain can be modified, corrected or deleted once recorded; or
• that all third-party node operators or infrastructure providers will comply with deletion or correction requests.

While Veriscope will use reasonable efforts to design and configure its use of such technologies in a privacy- and security-conscious manner, complete erasure of all copies or references from decentralised networks may not be technically possible.

You should not upload, request the uploading of, or otherwise submit Content or information to the Platform that you are not comfortable having:

• referenced or associated, potentially in a long-lasting or immutable manner, with records on Blockchain or decentralised storage networks; or
• processed in a way that may limit the practical ability to fully erase or correct all copies or references.

Your use of the Services is subject to these technological characteristics, and Veriscope’s liability in relation to such technologies is limited as set out in Section 16 (Warranties and limitation of liability).

If you provide Veriscope with any suggestions, comments, ideas, proposals, feature requests or other feedback regarding the Platform or Services (Feedback):

• you grant Veriscope a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sublicensable, transferable, royalty-free licence to use, copy, modify, publish, distribute and otherwise exploit such Feedback for any purpose without compensation to you;
• you acknowledge that Feedback is provided on a non-confidential basis; and
• to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, you waive any moral rights or similar rights in relation to Veriscope’s use of such Feedback.

If you believe that any Content available on the Platform is illegal, infringes your rights or otherwise breaches these Terms, you may submit a notice to Veriscope using the reporting channels made available on the Platform or on our website.

Your notice should, where reasonably possible, include:

• your name and contact details;
• identification of the Content in question;
• details of the rights allegedly infringed; and
• supporting information or evidence.

Upon receiving a credible notice, Veriscope may:

• review the notice and request additional information where necessary;
• remove or disable access to the Content;
• notify the Contributor who uploaded the Content; or
• take other actions required by Applicable Law.

Where appropriate and as required by Applicable Law (including the EU Digital Services Act and the Platform-to-Business Regulation), Veriscope may provide mechanisms allowing Users to:

• submit counter-notices where they believe Content was wrongly removed or restricted; and
• challenge certain moderation decisions through internal complaint procedures.

Nothing in these Terms requires Veriscope to actively monitor all Content or communications on the Platform.

Veriscope does not undertake a general obligation to monitor Content or User activity, but may investigate and take action where it becomes aware of potential violations of these Terms or Applicable Law.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including:

• death or personal injury caused by negligence;
• intentional misconduct, gross negligence or fraud;
• mandatory consumer rights under EU or national law.

If you are a Consumer:

• we are responsible for foreseeable loss or damage caused by our breach of contract or failure to use reasonable care and skill;
• we are not responsible for loss or damage that is not foreseeable, caused by your own breach of these Terms, or caused by events beyond our reasonable control;
• any exclusions or limitations apply only to the extent permitted by the consumer protection laws of your country of residence.

If you are a Business User, to the maximum extent permitted by law:

• the Platform and Services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis;
• we exclude all implied warranties (merchantability, fitness for purpose, non-infringement), except where such exclusion is prohibited;
• we are not liable for:
  • any indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages;
  • any loss of profits, revenue, business, contracts, goodwill or data;
  • any loss arising from reliance on Footage without independent verification;
• our aggregate liability to you in any 12-month period arising out of or in connection with these Terms, the Platform or any content or services is limited to the greater of:
  • EUR 10,000; and
  • the total fees you paid to Veriscope for Services (excluding pass-through payments for Footage) in that period.

To the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Contributor agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Veriscope, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, contractors and agents (together, the Veriscope Indemnified Parties), and, where applicable, affected Clients, from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with:

• any allegation that the Contributor’s Footage or other Content infringes or misappropriates any intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights or other rights of any third party;
• any allegation that the Contributor’s Footage or Content is unlawful, defamatory, misleading or otherwise violates Applicable Law;
• the Contributor’s failure to obtain necessary permissions, licences, releases or consents required for the capture, upload, licensing or distribution of the Footage;
• any breach of these Terms or any applicable Licence terms by the Contributor; or
• the Contributor’s use of the Platform or Services in violation of Applicable Law.

To the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Client or other Business User agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Veriscope Indemnified Parties and, where appropriate, affected Contributors, from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with:

• the Client’s use of Footage or other Content beyond the scope of the Licence granted through the Platform;
• the Client’s failure to obtain any additional permissions, releases or clearances required for the intended use of Footage, including but not limited to talent releases, location permissions, trademark clearances or underlying copyright licences;
• any allegation that the Client’s use, editing, publication, captioning or contextualisation of Footage is unlawful, defamatory, misleading or otherwise violates Applicable Law;
• the Client’s breach of these Terms or any applicable Licence terms; or
• the Client’s use of the Platform or Services in violation of Applicable Law.

The indemnities provided in this Section are subject to the following conditions:

• the indemnified party will promptly notify the indemnifying party of any claim for which indemnification is sought, provided that any delay in notification will not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations except to the extent that it is materially prejudiced by such delay;
• the indemnifying party will have the right to assume control of the defence and settlement of the claim, provided that any settlement which imposes obligations on, or admits liability on behalf of, the indemnified party requires the prior written consent of that party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
• the indemnified party may participate in the defence of the claim with its own counsel at its own expense; and
• the indemnified party will provide reasonable cooperation and assistance, at the indemnifying party’s expense, in defending the claim and will take reasonable steps to mitigate its losses.

The indemnities set out in this Section do not apply to the extent that a claim arises primarily from Veriscope’s own breach of these Terms, Applicable Law, or its intentional misconduct or gross negligence.

The Platform may integrate with, rely on or provide links to third-party services, content, websites or applications, including:

• payment processors and financial service providers;
• identity verification, KYC or AML services;
• communication tools, messaging platforms or email services;
• cloud infrastructure or hosting providers; and
• analytics, advertising or social media services.

Your use of third-party services is subject to the terms, conditions and privacy policies of those third parties. Veriscope is not responsible for:

• the content, accuracy, availability, security or performance of third-party services;
• any acts, omissions, errors or failures by such third parties; or
• any losses or damages arising from your use of third-party services, except to the extent required by Applicable Law.

You are responsible for reviewing and complying with any third-party terms that apply to you.

Veriscope may charge Clients fees for:

• purchasing Licences to use Footage;
• subscription plans or packages;
• premium features, tools or services; and
• any other services expressly described on the Platform.

The applicable fees, currencies, billing arrangements and any applicable taxes will be set out on the Platform at the time of purchase or subscription.

Prices displayed on the Platform:

• are shown in a specified currency (or multiple currencies) as indicated; and
• may be shown inclusive or exclusive of taxes, depending on your location and Applicable Law.

You are responsible for paying any and all applicable taxes (including VAT, sales tax, withholding tax or similar) arising from your purchases or use of the Services, except to the extent that Veriscope is required by Applicable Law to collect such taxes and remit them on your behalf.

Payments for Licences and other Services may be processed via third-party payment providers or financial services partners.

You acknowledge and agree that:

• your use of third-party payment services may be subject to the terms and privacy policies of those third parties;
• Veriscope is not responsible for any errors, delays, failures or security incidents caused by such third parties, except to the extent required by Applicable Law; and
• Veriscope may change payment providers or methods from time to time.

Where the Platform supports monetisation of Content:

• Veriscope will calculate payouts to Contributors based on the applicable commercial model and the terms displayed or made available to Contributors on the Platform (for example, a revenue share, fixed fee or hybrid model);
• Veriscope may deduct a commission or service fee from gross amounts received from Clients, as specified on the Platform or agreed with Contributors;
• payouts may be subject to minimum payout thresholds, payment cycles, transaction fees and other conditions; and
• Veriscope may require completion of identity verification, KYC/AML checks, tax forms or other documentation before making payouts.

Veriscope may set off or withhold amounts from payouts or other sums due to Contributors to the extent:

• required by Applicable Law (including tax or regulatory requirements); or
• reasonably necessary to address chargebacks, refunds, disputes, suspected fraud, or potential indemnity or liability claims relating to the relevant Content or transactions.

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, any Cookie Policy and any specific licence or additional terms accepted by you, constitute the entire agreement between you and Veriscope in relation to the subject matter and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings, communications or agreements, whether written or oral.

No failure or delay by Veriscope in exercising any right or remedy under these Terms will operate as a waiver of that or any other right or remedy. Any waiver must be clearly communicated in writing by Veriscope.

You may not assign, transfer or delegate any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without Veriscope’s prior written consent. Veriscope may assign, transfer or delegate its rights and obligations under these Terms, in whole or in part, to:

• an affiliate;
• a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganisation or sale of assets; or
• any other entity that assumes Veriscope’s obligations under these Terms,

provided that such assignment does not reduce your contractual rights in a manner contrary to applicable law.

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court or other competent authority:

• such provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible;
• the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect; and
• the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision will, where possible, be interpreted or modified in a manner that best reflects the original intent, consistent with applicable law.

Veriscope will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform its obligations under these Terms to the extent such delay or failure is caused by events, circumstances or causes beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to:

• natural disasters, extreme weather or acts of God;
• war, terrorism, civil unrest or acts of public enemies;
• strikes, lockouts or other labour disputes;
• failures or interruptions of telecommunications, internet or power infrastructure;
• failures of third-party hosting, cloud or blockchain infrastructure providers; or
• pandemics, epidemics or governmental restrictions.

Headings in these Terms are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.

These Terms may be made available in multiple languages. In the event of any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and any translated version, the English version will prevail to the extent permitted by applicable law.

If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms or the Services, you may contact Veriscope using the contact details provided on our website or within the Platform.

Your continued use of the Platform signifies your agreement to be bound by these Terms, subject to mandatory provisions of applicable law.