State Tourist Board Southwest GermanyPress Area

1.) General
All offers, deliveries, electronic transmissions and user rights are subject to the following terms and conditions. Any conflicting terms and conditions of business of the user are hereby rejected.

2.) Intended use
By accepting the terms and conditions you agree to inform the TMBW about the use of the pictures within 90 days. This will be done by sending a copy or a reference link to a website. This license can only be granted for if the pictures are to be used for advertising purposes in connection with the promotion of travel to and within Baden-Württemberg/ SouthWest Germany. The photographs may not be used by picture or book publishers unless by special agreement. The user license will lapse if the actual use of the photograph is inconsistent
with the details and information you have supplied.

A license may be granted for the following forms of use:
A. Print
If you are granted picture rights for print use, you may use the picture for printing purposes, such as articles, travel catalogues, brochures, reports and for educational purposes. In all cases, we would ask you to supply a specimen copy which indicates the TMBW/Photographer or TMBW/Owner (for example: photo (supplied by) State Tourist Board Baden-Württemberg/Mayer). The print license includes multimedia user rights as laid down in Paragraph B below.
B. Multimedia
If a picture is licensed for multimedia use (72 dpi image file), you are only allowed to use the picture in non-print applications, e.g. internet pages, video transmissions, multimedia presentations and CD-ROMs. The pictures must not be edited in any form. The TMBW/Photographer or TMBW/Owner notice must always be included. Please advise us of the website address.
C. Layout
You are only entitled to incorporate the layout picture data file in a comprehensive layout for presentations intended for acceptance/approval or for planning purposes.

3.) Copyright
All pictures are copyrighted. The TMBW and its licensors hold the necessary rights for the pictures. You will only receive the rights which are necessary for you to use the pictures as approved. The TMBW will grant you a simple, non-transferable user right. Non-transferable in this sense means that the picture must be intended for your own use or for use by your immediate employer, client or customer, who is the end-user of the picture. You are not allowed to sell, rent, loan, sub-license or transfer the picture, or the right to use the picture, in any other form to any other person.

4.) Period of use and deletion
The data is made available for a limited period of time. All data must be deleted 12 months after the digital transfer. If the data in question is required for longer than 12 months, it may be digitally archived beyond the specified period, provided that the written consent of the TMBW is obtained. At the end of the archiving period as specified in this agreement or any other written agreement, and after the data has been used, the said data must be destroyed or returned to the TMBW.

5.) Fee
The picture data is provided free of charge. Exceptions see 2.) Intended use.

6.) Ban on the use of pictures in connection with sensitive matters
It is expressly forbidden to use our pictures for the following purposes or in the following contexts:
a) To directly or indirectly promote products and natural or legal persons who or which have not expressly agreed to such use, or to establish a conceptual link with such products or persons.
b) To defame or disparage products or natural or legal persons.
c) In conjunction with matters which could be considered sensitive, including, but not limited to, sex, contraception, abuse, violence in families, physical or intellectual disabilities, illnesses, cancer, aids, drug abuse, alcohol and
cigarettes, etc.
d) For pornographic purposes.
e) In a context that projects a negative image of Baden-Württemberg/ Southwest Germany.
7.) Indemnification against third party claims
The TMBW is to be indemnified against all third party claims arising from or in connection with the use of a picture if such use is inconsistent with the applications expressly permitted by this agreement.

8.) Liability
Our liability is limited to willful intent and gross negligence. The TMBW assumes no liability whatsoever for the usability / suitability / marketability of the pictures for a specific purpose.

9.) Editing
Downloaded or purchased pictures may only be edited or modified way with the written consent of the TMBW and after consultation with the TMBW.

10.) Social Network
Please note that you are not allowed to use or display any images from this online database on any Social Network like Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter etc.

11.) Miscellaneous
If any provision of this agreement is invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the other provisions. The invalid provision shall be replaced by a valid provision which comes closest to the substance and purpose of the invalid provision, to the extent permitted by law.

12.) Contact person
If you are uncertain about your rights within the scope of this agreement, or if you wish to use a picture in a way which is not permitted within the scope of the agreement, please contact:
Tourismus Marketing GmbH Baden-Württemberg (TMBW)
State Tourist Board Baden-Württemberg
Esslinger Str. 8
D-70182 Stuttgart
Telephone: +49 (0)711-238 58-0
E-Mail: info@tourismus-bw.de
Internet: www.visit-bw.com

May 2013