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This is a license agreement between you or the employer or other entity on whose behalf you are entering into this agreement, and Sankalp Sustainable Development Solutions (OPC) Pvt. Ltd hereinafter referred to as “Sankalp” that explains how you can use the content you download and license from Sankalp’s website www.connectingheritage.com. By downloading the content, you accept the terms of this agreement.

General Provisions

1. This agreement is personal to you and is not assignable by you without Sankalp’s prior written consent.
2. Upon reasonable notice, you agree to provide to Sankalp sample copies of the projects where the licensed content has been used.
3. If any provision in this agreement is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions should not be affected. Such provisions should be revised only to the extent necessary to make them enforceable.
4. No action of either party, other than express written waiver, may be construed as a waiver of any provision of this agreement.
5. No terms of conditions of this agreement may be added or deleted unless made in writing and accepted in writing by both parties, or issued electronically by Sankalp and accepted in writing by you. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this agreement and the terms contained on any purchase order sent by you, the terms of this agreement will apply.
6. You agree to pay and be responsible for any and all taxes applicable to your use of the content.
7. Upon notice from Sankalp or if you learn that any content is subject to a threatened or actual claim of infringement, violation of another right, or any other claim for which Sankalp may be liable, or if Sankalp removes any content for any reason and gives you notice of such removal, you will remove the content from your computer systems and storage devices (electronic or physical) and, if possible, cease any future use of the removed content at your own expense. Sankalp shall provide you with comparable content (which comparability will be determined by Sankalp in its reasonable commercial judgment) free of charge, but subject to these terms of agreement.
8. In the event that you breach any of the terms of this or any other agreement with Sankalp shall have the right to terminate your account without further notice.

Use of licensed content

1. You may use content in any way that is not restricted. Subject to those restrictions and the rest of the terms of this agreement, the rights granted to you by Sankalp are:
   • Perpetual:There is no expiration or end date on your rights to use the content. 
   • Non-exclusive: You do not have exclusive rights to use the content. Sankalp can license the same content to other customers.
   • Unlimited: You can use the content in an unlimited number of projects and in any media worldwide.
2. Content downloaded under the Editorial section of our site, can be used within editorial context. The content may be used to illustrate articles or broadcasts appearing in magazines, newspapers or any other editorial context, in either printed or electronic media. Purchasing these images does not transfer the copyright. You may not claim that the image is your own and you may not sell, license for use, or in any way distribute the image.When using content for editorial media, you are solely responsible for any claims related to or arising from any visual adjustments of the media. 
3. All media used within editorial context or related must be accompanied by a visible credit line. You are required to include a copyright notice and author/agency credit next to each image used within editorial purposes.

Restricted Uses

1. You may not use the content for any use that:
   • Infringes any third party's copyrights or other intellectual property rights or any right of publicity or privacy;
   • Contains any sexually explicit acts, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful or immoral content.
   • Exploits minors or depicts children in an obscene and indecent manner or depicts unlawful or violent acts 
   • Encourages criminal conduct
   • Depicts animal cruelty or violence towards animals;
   • Promotes fraudulent schemes or gives rise to a claim of deceptive advertising or unfair competition; or
   • Violates any law, statute, or regulation.
   • Is defamatory, abusive, discriminatory, threatening, harassing, offensive
   • Is a Trademark or service mark
2. You may not falsely represent that you are the original creator of a work.

Rights are non-transferable

1. The rights granted to you are non-transferable and cannot be licensed to anyone else.

• Employer or client: If you are purchasing on behalf of your employer or client, then your employer or client can use the content. In that case, you represent and warrant that you have full legal authority to bind your employer or client to the terms of this agreement. If you do not have that authority, then your employer or client may not use the content.
• Subcontractors: You may allow subcontractors, for example, your printers or distributors to use content in any production or distribution process related to your final project or end use. These subcontractors and distributors may not use the content for any other purpose.

Intellectual property rights

All of the licensed content is owned by either Sankalp or the owners of the product. All rights not expressly granted in this agreement are reserved by Sankalp and the content suppliers.

You do not need to provide photo credit for commercial use, but if you are using content for editorial purposes, you must give credit adjacent to the content or in visual production credits in the following format: “connectingheritage.com /Name of the product owner."

If you use content in connection with a book, e-book, magazine, newspaper, or on the internet, you must give credit and provide a copyright attribution to the copyright holder. 

If you use content in connection with a film, television broadcast, documentary or other video or multimedia presentation, you should give due credit for the footage.

Termination/Cancellation

1. This agreement is effective until it is terminated by either party. You can terminate this agreement by ceasing use of the content and deleting or destroying any copies. Sankalp may terminate this agreement at any time if you fail to comply with any of the terms, in which case you must immediately: cease using the content; delete or destroy any copies; and, if requested, confirm to Sankalp in writing that you have complied with these requirements.
2. If you use the content on a social media platform or other third party website and the platform or the website uses or announces that it plans to use the content for its own purpose or in a way that is contrary to this agreement, this agreement shall immediately terminate.

Content Withdrawal

Sankalp may discontinue licensing any item of content at any time at its sole discretion. Upon notice from Sankalp, or upon your knowledge, that any content may be subject to a claim of infringement of a third party's right for which Sankalp may be liable, Sankalp may require you to immediately, and at your own expense: cease using the content, delete or destroy any copies; and ensure that your clients, distributors and/or employer do likewise. Sankalp will provide you with replacement of the content free of charge, subject to the other terms of this agreement.

Representations and Warranties

Sankalp makes the following representations and warranties:

1. Sankalp’s contributors have granted Sankalp all necessary rights to the content
2. Content in its original unaltered form and used in full compliance with these terms, will not: 
   • Infringe any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights
   • Violate any third parties' rights of privacy
   • Violate anylaw, statute, ordinance, or regulation
   • Be defamatory, libellous, pornographic or obscene.
3. You are solely responsible for any edits made to the content.
4. While we make reasonable efforts to provide accurate information, captions andtitle to the content, Sankalp does not warrant the accuracy of such information, or of any metadata provided with the content. We reserve the right to make corrections and changes in the site without any prior notice. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
5. The content is provided by Sankalp on an "as is" basis. Sankalp disclaims all warranties, conditions, representations and endorsements of any kind, either expressed or implied, with regard to the information accessed, including all content and material, functions and services provided on the Site, which are provided without warranty of any kind, including the warranties concerning availability, accuracy, completeness, usefulness of content and information, uninterrupted access, and any warranty of title, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

You represent and warrant that if you are entering into this Agreement on behalf of an employer or other entity, you have the full right and authority to do so. In the event that you do not have such authority, you agree that you will be personally liable to Sankalp for any breach of the terms of this Agreement.

Indemnification/Limitation of Liability

Indemnification of Sankalp by you

Sankalp and its Director, employees shall not be liable for any loss or damages or expenses of any kind direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property or claims by third parties howsoever arising in connection with the copying or use of any information or material contained in or referred to on this website or otherwise from the use of this website.

You agree to indemnify Sankalp, employees, agents, agents third party information providers, and independent contractors against any claims, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including legal fees) arising out of or related to your conduct, your breach of the terms this agreement or of any representation or warranty contained herein, your unauthorised use of the content, or your violation of any rights of a third party.

Indemnification of you by Sankalp

Provided that the content is only used in accordance with this agreement and you are not otherwise in breach of this agreement, and as your sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of the warranties, Sankalp agrees, subject to the terms of this agreement, to defend, indemnify and hold harmless you, your corporate parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of your respective officers, directors and employees from all damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable outside legal fees) arising out of or in connection with any breach or alleged breach by Sankalp of its warranty. This indemnification does not apply to the extent any damages, costs or losses arise out of or are a result of modifications made by you to the content or the context in which the content is used by you. This indemnification also does not apply to your continued use of content following notice from Sankalp, or upon your knowledge, that the content is subject to a claim of infringement of a third party's right. Sankalp shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses arising as a result of modifications made to the Content or due to the context in which you use the Content.

In no event, will Sankalp’s total aggregate liability to you, or any third party claiming through you, arising out of or in connection with your use of or inability to use the Sankalp content contained thereon exceed the monetary amount actually received by Sankalp from you for the applicable content license.

LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF CONTENT

The following agreement is a legally binding, non-exclusive agreement between you and Sankalp Sustainable Development Solutions (OPC) Pvt. Ltd hereinafter referred to as “Sankalp”. The Terms below define your legal relationship with Sankalp, the rights you are granting to Sankalp for any photograph, images, videos, or other media together with any associated keywords, metadata and/or titles submitted by you to Sankalp’s website www.connectingheritage.comand the uses Sankalp may make of thiscontent.                   

General Provisions

• By submitting any content to Sankalp for its website www.connectingheritage.com you grant to Sankalp a worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to reproduce, prepare derivative works incorporating, publicly display, sublicense, sell, advertise and market any content uploaded by you and accepted by Sankalp, until this Agreement is terminated as herein provided. You also give permission to Sankalp to add, modify or remove information related to your content in order to manage and license such content.
• You grant Sankalp a worldwide, non-exclusive right to use your name, display name and Content in connection with Sankalp's marketing and promotional activities without the payment of any compensation to you. 
• Sankalp shall have the right, to license all content to its customers for use in accordance with license agreements entered into by Sankalp.
• If any provision in this agreement is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions should not be affected. Such provisions should be revised only to the extent necessary to make them enforceable.
• No action of either party, other than express written waiver, may be construed as a waiver of any provision of this agreement.
• No terms of conditions of this agreement may be added or deleted unless made in writing and accepted in writing by both parties, or issued electronically by Sankalp and accepted in writing by you. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this agreement and the terms contained on any purchase order sent by you, the terms of this agreement will apply.

The copyrights in all Content remain with the copyright owner, and nothing in this agreement shall be construed as a transfer of copyright to Sankalp

Ownership of Content

The copyrights in all Content remain with the copyright owner, and nothing in this agreement shall be construed as a transfer of copyright to Sankalp

Releases

• Content without a release that depicts an identifiable person and/or requires a property release may be accepted for "Editorial Use Only" by Sankalp in its sole discretion.
• You agree that you are solely responsible for retaining all original releases and maintaining complete and accurate release records.
• You agree that Sankalp may furnish copies of releases to customers, as necessary, in order to respond to any potential or actual legal action, to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and/or union reporting requirements, or any other reason Sankalp deems reasonable in its sole discretion.
• You agree that all content submitted by you for "Editorial Use Only" shall faithfully depict the subject and be accompanied by accurate titles and keywords. 
• You agree that Sankalp may permit content designated "Editorial Use Only" to be used in a non-Editorial manner at Sankalp's sole discretion (e.g., Sankalp may permit a customer to use content designated "Editorial Use Only" for commercial purposes where the customer obtains the necessary rights and clearances for such use).

Accounts

• You agree to provide true and accurate and complete information while registering with Sankalpand opening a contributor account. And while uploading content.
• By opening an account with www.connectingheritage.com, you express your consent to the Sankalp Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein. 
• Sankalp has the right to refuse to establish an account or to close any existing account, for fraud, intellectual property infringement, violation of a third party's rights including those of privacy or publicity, artificially inflating downloads, submission of material that is obscene in nature, violent or that might be construed as defamatory, failure to comply with Sankalp's guidelines as may be amended from time to time, for any breach of the terms of this or any other agreement that you have with Sankalp, or for convenience.
• Sankalp will terminate your account on www.connectingheritage.com within one month after receiving a written request from you. Before the account is terminated, your content will remain available for license by Sankalp customers.  e. You may remove content from your account at any time.
• If your account is terminated for any breach of terms of use or the license agreement, you must obtain written authorization from Sankalpbefore registering again. You may not have more than one active contributor account at any time.

Content

• Sankalp has the right to refuse to accept or to remove content from the www.connectingheritage.com websites for any reason. Sankalp shall have the authority to screen, edit, remove any contribution which may be made on the website and mobile app without providing any reasons. 
• Licenses issued by Sankalp for any Content that is later removed from the Sankalp Websites will remain in full force and effect.
• Sankalp may advertise and/or market your Content on social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, and similar sites and the applications related thereto.                        

You may not upload, post, or transmit any content that:

• Infringes any third party's copyrights or other intellectual property rights or any right of publicity or privacy or is subject to third party claims.
• Contains any sexually explicit acts or otherwise unlawful or immoral content.
• Is exploitative of minors or depicts children in an obscene and indecent manner
• Depicts unlawful or violent acts and encourages criminal behaviour
• Depicts animal cruelty or violence towards animals;
• Promotes fraudulent schemes or gives rise to a claim of deceptive advertising or unfair competition; or
• Violates any law, statute, or regulation.
• Is defamatory, abusive, discriminatory, threatening, harassing, offensive

Content Submission Guidelines 

• You agree to follow Sankalp's SELLERGuidelines, which areincorporated herein. The submission of Content that does not adhere to Sankalp's SELLER Guidelines may result in the termination of your Sankalp account.

Compensation

• Sankalp shall pay you a royalty for each unique download of Content for which Sankalp receives payment. If a customer downloads the same item of Content more than once, you will be paid once only. 
• Royalty payments and accompanying statements will be issued monthly, on or about the 15th day of each month, for the previous month's downloads. Payments are automatic and do not need to be requested.
• If your account is terminated for a breach of the material terms of the terms of agreement, in addition to its other rights at law or in equity, Sankalp shall have the right to retain any royalties and/or other compensation otherwise payable to you hereunder as liquidated damages.

Sankalp Trademarks

• Nothing contained herein grants or shall be construed to grant you any rights to use any Sankalp Trademarks.
• You agree that you will not use Sankalp's Trademarks in any manner that might tarnish, disparage, or reflect adversely on such Trademarks or Sankalp. Nor will you contest or otherwise challenge (e.g., in any legal action or otherwise), or assist or encourage any other person or entity to contest or challenge, the validity of any of Sankalp Trademarks or the Trademark rights claimed by Sankalp.
• You agree that you will not use any Sankalp Trademarks or any variant thereof including misspellings) as a domain name or as part of a domain name regardless of the top-level domain, as part of a blog name or social media handle or channel, or as a metatag, keyword, or any other type of programming code or data.
• You may not at any time, adopt or use, without Sankalp's prior written consent any word or mark which is similar to or likely to be confused with Sankalp's Trademarks.  
• The look and feel of the Sankalp Websites, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts, is the trade dress and/or trademark or service mark of Sankalp and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Sankalp.
• All rights in and to Sankalp's Trademarks not expressly granted to you hereunder are reserved by Sankalp.            

Copyright Infringement Claims

• You hereby grant Sankalp the right and authority to take such steps as Sankalp deems commercially reasonable to protect Sankalp's rights in the Content.
• In the event that you believe Content has been misused, you shall take no action without providing notice of such misuse to Sankalp and receiving Sankalp's prior written consent to such action.  
• While Sankalp takes commercially reasonable steps to ensure that the rights of its Contributors are not violated by customers or other parties, Sankalp has no obligation to pursue legal action against any alleged infringer of any of your rights in and to any Content.                    

Representations and Warranties

For any text, images, audio, video or other content that you upload or post to the Site, you guarantee that: 

• You have all the necessary rights to submit your content to the Site and grant the licenses
• Sankalp will not need to obtain licenses from any third party or pay royalties to any third party with respect to your content
• Your content does not infringe any third party's rights, including intellectual property rights and privacy rights
• Your content complies with these Terms of Agreement and all applicable laws.
• You are under no legal disability or contractual restriction that prevents you from entering into this agreement.
• You are at least 18 years of age.
• Contains website advertisements or solicits customers or for any other commercial purposes
• Authorises, enables or encourages the dissemination of any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation; or which contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or which might interfere with the normal operation of this website or servers or networks connected to this website. 
• There is no suit action or claim or other legal or administrative proceeding pending or threatened which might directly or indirectly impair the rights granted by you

Sankalp represents and warrants that:

It has the power and authority to enter into this agreement and to fully perform all of its obligations hereunder; andupon making or learning of any claim that is inconsistent with any of the warranties or representations made by you, Sankalp may send you written notice of such claim, using the email address provided by you to Sankalp, specifying the details of the claim as then known to Sankalp.

Pending the determination of such claim, Sankalp may withhold from royalties and/or other compensation due to you hereunder, such sums as are reasonably related to the probable value of the claim as determined by Sankalp. You will cooperate fully with Sankalp in the defense of any such claims.

Confidentiality

By submitting any content to Sankalp, you acknowledge that you will acquire certain confidential and proprietary information, including but not limited to royalty rates, royalty payments and earnings data. You agree to keep confidential Information confidential and to not disclose confidential Information to any third party other than representatives, agents, attorneys, accountants, auditors and advisors with a bona fide need to know, who shall first agree to keep the terms confidential.
                              
Indemnification

• You agree to indemnify Sankalp, employees, agents, agents third party information providers, and independent contractors against any claims, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses arising out of or related to your conduct, content you upload on the website, your breach of the terms of agreement or of any representation or warranty contained herein, your unauthorised use of the content, or your violation of any rights of a third party.
• Sankalp shall indemnify and hold you harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements) arising out of any breach or claimed breach of any of Sankalp's representations or warranties or any of Sankalp's obligations pursuant to these terms of agreement. Sankalp will only be liable for incidental, consequential, or special damages in the case of third party claims.
• If Sankalp is the indemnifying party, it shall defend such claims, control litigation, and settle claims in its sole discretion. If a settlement creates a financial obligation for you, it shall require your written consent, which you will not unreasonably withhold or delay. 

Miscellaneous

• Sankalp will not be liable for any damages, including actual, indirect, special, or consequential damages arising from the submission or use of your content or the termination of your account.
• Sankalp reserves the right to modify these terms at any time by an announcement on your login page. You agree to be bound by all such changes.
• Sankalp shall have the right to terminate your account without further notice In the event that you breach any of the terms of this or any other agreement with Sankalp.

By submitting any content to Sankalp and/or by participating in the forums, you agree to be bound by these terms of agreement, and Sankalp's Terms of Use and Sankalp's Privacy Policy.

This is a license agreement between you or the employer or other entity on whose behalf you are entering into this agreement, and Sankalp Sustainable Development Solutions (OPC) Pvt. Ltd hereinafter referred to as “Sankalp” that explains how you can use the content you download and license from Sankalp’s website www.connectingheritage.com. By downloading the content, you accept the terms of this agreement.

General Provisions

1. This agreement is personal to you and is not assignable by you without Sankalp’s prior written consent.
2. Upon reasonable notice, you agree to provide to Sankalp sample copies of the projects where the licensed content has been used.
3. If any provision in this agreement is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions should not be affected. Such provisions should be revised only to the extent necessary to make them enforceable.
4. No action of either party, other than express written waiver, may be construed as a waiver of any provision of this agreement.
5. No terms of conditions of this agreement may be added or deleted unless made in writing and accepted in writing by both parties, or issued electronically by Sankalp and accepted in writing by you. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this agreement and the terms contained on any purchase order sent by you, the terms of this agreement will apply.
6. You agree to pay and be responsible for any and all taxes applicable to your use of the content.
7. Upon notice from Sankalp or if you learn that any content is subject to a threatened or actual claim of infringement, violation of another right, or any other claim for which Sankalp may be liable, or if Sankalp removes any content for any reason and gives you notice of such removal, you will remove the content from your computer systems and storage devices (electronic or physical) and, if possible, cease any future use of the removed content at your own expense. Sankalp shall provide you with comparable content (which comparability will be determined by Sankalp in its reasonable commercial judgment) free of charge, but subject to these terms of agreement.
8. In the event that you breach any of the terms of this or any other agreement with Sankalp shall have the right to terminate your account without further notice.

Use of licensed content

1. You may use content in any way that is not restricted. Subject to those restrictions and the rest of the terms of this agreement, the rights granted to you by Sankalp are:
   • Perpetual:There is no expiration or end date on your rights to use the content. 
   • Non-exclusive: You do not have exclusive rights to use the content. Sankalp can license the same content to other customers.
   • Unlimited: You can use the content in an unlimited number of projects and in any media worldwide.
2. Content downloaded under the Editorial section of our site, can be used within editorial context. The content may be used to illustrate articles or broadcasts appearing in magazines, newspapers or any other editorial context, in either printed or electronic media. Purchasing these images does not transfer the copyright. You may not claim that the image is your own and you may not sell, license for use, or in any way distribute the image.When using content for editorial media, you are solely responsible for any claims related to or arising from any visual adjustments of the media. 
3. All media used within editorial context or related must be accompanied by a visible credit line. You are required to include a copyright notice and author/agency credit next to each image used within editorial purposes.

Restricted Uses

1. You may not use the content for any use that:
   • Infringes any third party's copyrights or other intellectual property rights or any right of publicity or privacy;
   • Contains any sexually explicit acts, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful or immoral content.
   • Exploits minors or depicts children in an obscene and indecent manner or depicts unlawful or violent acts 
   • Encourages criminal conduct
   • Depicts animal cruelty or violence towards animals;
   • Promotes fraudulent schemes or gives rise to a claim of deceptive advertising or unfair competition; or
   • Violates any law, statute, or regulation.
   • Is defamatory, abusive, discriminatory, threatening, harassing, offensive
   • Is a Trademark or service mark
2. You may not falsely represent that you are the original creator of a work.

Rights are non-transferable

1. The rights granted to you are non-transferable and cannot be licensed to anyone else.

• Employer or client: If you are purchasing on behalf of your employer or client, then your employer or client can use the content. In that case, you represent and warrant that you have full legal authority to bind your employer or client to the terms of this agreement. If you do not have that authority, then your employer or client may not use the content.
• Subcontractors: You may allow subcontractors, for example, your printers or distributors to use content in any production or distribution process related to your final project or end use. These subcontractors and distributors may not use the content for any other purpose.

Intellectual property rights

All of the licensed content is owned by either Sankalp or the owners of the product. All rights not expressly granted in this agreement are reserved by Sankalp and the content suppliers.

You do not need to provide photo credit for commercial use, but if you are using content for editorial purposes, you must give credit adjacent to the content or in visual production credits in the following format: “connectingheritage.com /Name of the product owner."

If you use content in connection with a book, e-book, magazine, newspaper, or on the internet, you must give credit and provide a copyright attribution to the copyright holder. 

If you use content in connection with a film, television broadcast, documentary or other video or multimedia presentation, you should give due credit for the footage.

Termination/Cancellation

1. This agreement is effective until it is terminated by either party. You can terminate this agreement by ceasing use of the content and deleting or destroying any copies. Sankalp may terminate this agreement at any time if you fail to comply with any of the terms, in which case you must immediately: cease using the content; delete or destroy any copies; and, if requested, confirm to Sankalp in writing that you have complied with these requirements.
2. If you use the content on a social media platform or other third party website and the platform or the website uses or announces that it plans to use the content for its own purpose or in a way that is contrary to this agreement, this agreement shall immediately terminate.

Content Withdrawal

Sankalp may discontinue licensing any item of content at any time at its sole discretion. Upon notice from Sankalp, or upon your knowledge, that any content may be subject to a claim of infringement of a third party's right for which Sankalp may be liable, Sankalp may require you to immediately, and at your own expense: cease using the content, delete or destroy any copies; and ensure that your clients, distributors and/or employer do likewise. Sankalp will provide you with replacement of the content free of charge, subject to the other terms of this agreement.

Representations and Warranties

Sankalp makes the following representations and warranties:

1. Sankalp’s contributors have granted Sankalp all necessary rights to the content
2. Content in its original unaltered form and used in full compliance with these terms, will not: 
   • Infringe any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights
   • Violate any third parties' rights of privacy
   • Violate anylaw, statute, ordinance, or regulation
   • Be defamatory, libellous, pornographic or obscene.
3. You are solely responsible for any edits made to the content.
4. While we make reasonable efforts to provide accurate information, captions andtitle to the content, Sankalp does not warrant the accuracy of such information, or of any metadata provided with the content. We reserve the right to make corrections and changes in the site without any prior notice. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
5. The content is provided by Sankalp on an "as is" basis. Sankalp disclaims all warranties, conditions, representations and endorsements of any kind, either expressed or implied, with regard to the information accessed, including all content and material, functions and services provided on the Site, which are provided without warranty of any kind, including the warranties concerning availability, accuracy, completeness, usefulness of content and information, uninterrupted access, and any warranty of title, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

You represent and warrant that if you are entering into this Agreement on behalf of an employer or other entity, you have the full right and authority to do so. In the event that you do not have such authority, you agree that you will be personally liable to Sankalp for any breach of the terms of this Agreement.

Indemnification/Limitation of Liability

Indemnification of Sankalp by you

Sankalp and its Director, employees shall not be liable for any loss or damages or expenses of any kind direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property or claims by third parties howsoever arising in connection with the copying or use of any information or material contained in or referred to on this website or otherwise from the use of this website.

You agree to indemnify Sankalp, employees, agents, agents third party information providers, and independent contractors against any claims, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including legal fees) arising out of or related to your conduct, your breach of the terms this agreement or of any representation or warranty contained herein, your unauthorised use of the content, or your violation of any rights of a third party.

Indemnification of you by Sankalp

Provided that the content is only used in accordance with this agreement and you are not otherwise in breach of this agreement, and as your sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of the warranties, Sankalp agrees, subject to the terms of this agreement, to defend, indemnify and hold harmless you, your corporate parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of your respective officers, directors and employees from all damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable outside legal fees) arising out of or in connection with any breach or alleged breach by Sankalp of its warranty. This indemnification does not apply to the extent any damages, costs or losses arise out of or are a result of modifications made by you to the content or the context in which the content is used by you. This indemnification also does not apply to your continued use of content following notice from Sankalp, or upon your knowledge, that the content is subject to a claim of infringement of a third party's right. Sankalp shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses arising as a result of modifications made to the Content or due to the context in which you use the Content.

In no event, will Sankalp’s total aggregate liability to you, or any third party claiming through you, arising out of or in connection with your use of or inability to use the Sankalp content contained thereon exceed the monetary amount actually received by Sankalp from you for the applicable content license.

LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF CONTENT

The following agreement is a legally binding, non-exclusive agreement between you and Sankalp Sustainable Development Solutions (OPC) Pvt. Ltd hereinafter referred to as “Sankalp”. The Terms below define your legal relationship with Sankalp, the rights you are granting to Sankalp for any photograph, images, videos, or other media together with any associated keywords, metadata and/or titles submitted by you to Sankalp’s website www.connectingheritage.comand the uses Sankalp may make of thiscontent.                   

General Provisions

• By submitting any content to Sankalp for its website www.connectingheritage.com you grant to Sankalp a worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to reproduce, prepare derivative works incorporating, publicly display, sublicense, sell, advertise and market any content uploaded by you and accepted by Sankalp, until this Agreement is terminated as herein provided. You also give permission to Sankalp to add, modify or remove information related to your content in order to manage and license such content.
• You grant Sankalp a worldwide, non-exclusive right to use your name, display name and Content in connection with Sankalp's marketing and promotional activities without the payment of any compensation to you. 
• Sankalp shall have the right, to license all content to its customers for use in accordance with license agreements entered into by Sankalp.
• If any provision in this agreement is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions should not be affected. Such provisions should be revised only to the extent necessary to make them enforceable.
• No action of either party, other than express written waiver, may be construed as a waiver of any provision of this agreement.
• No terms of conditions of this agreement may be added or deleted unless made in writing and accepted in writing by both parties, or issued electronically by Sankalp and accepted in writing by you. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this agreement and the terms contained on any purchase order sent by you, the terms of this agreement will apply.

The copyrights in all Content remain with the copyright owner, and nothing in this agreement shall be construed as a transfer of copyright to Sankalp

Ownership of Content

The copyrights in all Content remain with the copyright owner, and nothing in this agreement shall be construed as a transfer of copyright to Sankalp

Releases

• Content without a release that depicts an identifiable person and/or requires a property release may be accepted for "Editorial Use Only" by Sankalp in its sole discretion.
• You agree that you are solely responsible for retaining all original releases and maintaining complete and accurate release records.
• You agree that Sankalp may furnish copies of releases to customers, as necessary, in order to respond to any potential or actual legal action, to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and/or union reporting requirements, or any other reason Sankalp deems reasonable in its sole discretion.
• You agree that all content submitted by you for "Editorial Use Only" shall faithfully depict the subject and be accompanied by accurate titles and keywords. 
• You agree that Sankalp may permit content designated "Editorial Use Only" to be used in a non-Editorial manner at Sankalp's sole discretion (e.g., Sankalp may permit a customer to use content designated "Editorial Use Only" for commercial purposes where the customer obtains the necessary rights and clearances for such use).

Accounts

• You agree to provide true and accurate and complete information while registering with Sankalpand opening a contributor account. And while uploading content.
• By opening an account with www.connectingheritage.com, you express your consent to the Sankalp Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein. 
• Sankalp has the right to refuse to establish an account or to close any existing account, for fraud, intellectual property infringement, violation of a third party's rights including those of privacy or publicity, artificially inflating downloads, submission of material that is obscene in nature, violent or that might be construed as defamatory, failure to comply with Sankalp's guidelines as may be amended from time to time, for any breach of the terms of this or any other agreement that you have with Sankalp, or for convenience.
• Sankalp will terminate your account on www.connectingheritage.com within one month after receiving a written request from you. Before the account is terminated, your content will remain available for license by Sankalp customers.  e. You may remove content from your account at any time.
• If your account is terminated for any breach of terms of use or the license agreement, you must obtain written authorization from Sankalpbefore registering again. You may not have more than one active contributor account at any time.

Content

• Sankalp has the right to refuse to accept or to remove content from the www.connectingheritage.com websites for any reason. Sankalp shall have the authority to screen, edit, remove any contribution which may be made on the website and mobile app without providing any reasons. 
• Licenses issued by Sankalp for any Content that is later removed from the Sankalp Websites will remain in full force and effect.
• Sankalp may advertise and/or market your Content on social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, and similar sites and the applications related thereto.                        

You may not upload, post, or transmit any content that:

• Infringes any third party's copyrights or other intellectual property rights or any right of publicity or privacy or is subject to third party claims.
• Contains any sexually explicit acts or otherwise unlawful or immoral content.
• Is exploitative of minors or depicts children in an obscene and indecent manner
• Depicts unlawful or violent acts and encourages criminal behaviour
• Depicts animal cruelty or violence towards animals;
• Promotes fraudulent schemes or gives rise to a claim of deceptive advertising or unfair competition; or
• Violates any law, statute, or regulation.
• Is defamatory, abusive, discriminatory, threatening, harassing, offensive

Content Submission Guidelines 

• You agree to follow Sankalp's SELLERGuidelines, which areincorporated herein. The submission of Content that does not adhere to Sankalp's SELLER Guidelines may result in the termination of your Sankalp account.

Compensation

• Sankalp shall pay you a royalty for each unique download of Content for which Sankalp receives payment. If a customer downloads the same item of Content more than once, you will be paid once only. 
• Royalty payments and accompanying statements will be issued monthly, on or about the 15th day of each month, for the previous month's downloads. Payments are automatic and do not need to be requested.
• If your account is terminated for a breach of the material terms of the terms of agreement, in addition to its other rights at law or in equity, Sankalp shall have the right to retain any royalties and/or other compensation otherwise payable to you hereunder as liquidated damages.

Sankalp Trademarks

• Nothing contained herein grants or shall be construed to grant you any rights to use any Sankalp Trademarks.
• You agree that you will not use Sankalp's Trademarks in any manner that might tarnish, disparage, or reflect adversely on such Trademarks or Sankalp. Nor will you contest or otherwise challenge (e.g., in any legal action or otherwise), or assist or encourage any other person or entity to contest or challenge, the validity of any of Sankalp Trademarks or the Trademark rights claimed by Sankalp.
• You agree that you will not use any Sankalp Trademarks or any variant thereof including misspellings) as a domain name or as part of a domain name regardless of the top-level domain, as part of a blog name or social media handle or channel, or as a metatag, keyword, or any other type of programming code or data.
• You may not at any time, adopt or use, without Sankalp's prior written consent any word or mark which is similar to or likely to be confused with Sankalp's Trademarks.  
• The look and feel of the Sankalp Websites, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts, is the trade dress and/or trademark or service mark of Sankalp and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Sankalp.
• All rights in and to Sankalp's Trademarks not expressly granted to you hereunder are reserved by Sankalp.            

Copyright Infringement Claims

• You hereby grant Sankalp the right and authority to take such steps as Sankalp deems commercially reasonable to protect Sankalp's rights in the Content.
• In the event that you believe Content has been misused, you shall take no action without providing notice of such misuse to Sankalp and receiving Sankalp's prior written consent to such action.  
• While Sankalp takes commercially reasonable steps to ensure that the rights of its Contributors are not violated by customers or other parties, Sankalp has no obligation to pursue legal action against any alleged infringer of any of your rights in and to any Content.                    

Representations and Warranties

For any text, images, audio, video or other content that you upload or post to the Site, you guarantee that: 

• You have all the necessary rights to submit your content to the Site and grant the licenses
• Sankalp will not need to obtain licenses from any third party or pay royalties to any third party with respect to your content
• Your content does not infringe any third party's rights, including intellectual property rights and privacy rights
• Your content complies with these Terms of Agreement and all applicable laws.
• You are under no legal disability or contractual restriction that prevents you from entering into this agreement.
• You are at least 18 years of age.
• Contains website advertisements or solicits customers or for any other commercial purposes
• Authorises, enables or encourages the dissemination of any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation; or which contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or which might interfere with the normal operation of this website or servers or networks connected to this website. 
• There is no suit action or claim or other legal or administrative proceeding pending or threatened which might directly or indirectly impair the rights granted by you

Sankalp represents and warrants that:

It has the power and authority to enter into this agreement and to fully perform all of its obligations hereunder; andupon making or learning of any claim that is inconsistent with any of the warranties or representations made by you, Sankalp may send you written notice of such claim, using the email address provided by you to Sankalp, specifying the details of the claim as then known to Sankalp.

Pending the determination of such claim, Sankalp may withhold from royalties and/or other compensation due to you hereunder, such sums as are reasonably related to the probable value of the claim as determined by Sankalp. You will cooperate fully with Sankalp in the defense of any such claims.

Confidentiality

By submitting any content to Sankalp, you acknowledge that you will acquire certain confidential and proprietary information, including but not limited to royalty rates, royalty payments and earnings data. You agree to keep confidential Information confidential and to not disclose confidential Information to any third party other than representatives, agents, attorneys, accountants, auditors and advisors with a bona fide need to know, who shall first agree to keep the terms confidential.
                              
Indemnification

• You agree to indemnify Sankalp, employees, agents, agents third party information providers, and independent contractors against any claims, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses arising out of or related to your conduct, content you upload on the website, your breach of the terms of agreement or of any representation or warranty contained herein, your unauthorised use of the content, or your violation of any rights of a third party.
• Sankalp shall indemnify and hold you harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements) arising out of any breach or claimed breach of any of Sankalp's representations or warranties or any of Sankalp's obligations pursuant to these terms of agreement. Sankalp will only be liable for incidental, consequential, or special damages in the case of third party claims.
• If Sankalp is the indemnifying party, it shall defend such claims, control litigation, and settle claims in its sole discretion. If a settlement creates a financial obligation for you, it shall require your written consent, which you will not unreasonably withhold or delay. 

Miscellaneous

• Sankalp will not be liable for any damages, including actual, indirect, special, or consequential damages arising from the submission or use of your content or the termination of your account.
• Sankalp reserves the right to modify these terms at any time by an announcement on your login page. You agree to be bound by all such changes.
• Sankalp shall have the right to terminate your account without further notice In the event that you breach any of the terms of this or any other agreement with Sankalp.

By submitting any content to Sankalp and/or by participating in the forums, you agree to be bound by these terms of agreement, and Sankalp's Terms of Use and Sankalp's Privacy Policy.