Artspira Prohibited Activities Guidelines

Introduction

Thank you for using the Service “Artspira” provided by Brother Industries, Ltd.(“Brother”).
The mission of Artspira is to provide creativity and creative experiences to everyone. We hope that the production activities of our customers (“User” or “you”) will enriched through Artspira.
Brother have devised Guidelines to ensure that User using Artspira can conduct your creative activities and use the craftwork items you create safety and appropriately.
Please read this Guidelines carefully before using Artspira so that more Users can enjoy your production activities using Artspira.

The scope of Guidelines

1. The following functions provided through Artspira are subject to this Guidelines:

◆ Functions

  1. CREATION
    Design Editor, Image to Embroidery, Drawing Tools, Line Art Tracing, Geometric Patterns
  2. COMMUNICATION
    Gallery, Post on outside Social Medias

2. Precautions when using Artspira for creation activities

Brother respects the rights held by any creators and rights holders of artwork and designs (including characters, logos, symbol marks, designs, etc.).
User must be respectful of other users, creators, and rights holders (including without limitation those using Artspira) and respect the rights of others. Any design that User uses in Artspira must be of own creation, expressly licensed by User from the rights holder, or legally authorized by User to use in Artspira.

・Examples of Content User is NOT suitable for use:

  • Photos, designs and illustrations that include the names or logos of famous products, services, companies, organizations, etc.
  • Photos, designs and illustrations downloaded or screenshotted and saved from websites or Social Medias
  • designs and illustrations imitated or traced from magazines, books, video works, and other publications
  • Photos or images that include portraits (including headshots) or artwork of others
  • images that are reproductions or prints of banknotes (including foreign banknotes), coins, securities, bonds, stamps, stamps, etc., or images that may be confused with the real (the conditions under which you cannot use Artspira may vary depending on the region where you use Artspira)
※NOTE: The above examples do not apply if permitted by applicable laws and regulations.

・What User is NOT allowed to do:

  • Create any Content for embroidery, cutting, or printing using designs, images or illustrations that include the rights of third parties for which you have not obtained for use on Artspira.
  • Create any Content for embroidery, cutting, or printing by imitating or tracing famous designs, images or illustrations.
    If User choose to use any facial images for Image to Embroidery or Design Editor for print for creating Content by using CREATIONS Functions, please note the following and only use images for which you have permission to use.

・Examples of Images User is NOT suitable for use:

  • any Photo of others taken of private moments without permission
  • any Photo of others (including celebrities) who have not given their consent to be used on Artspira

3. Precautions when using Brother Content

◆ Type A) Content that notes "This design cannot be used for commercial purpose."

・What User is NOT allowed to do:
  • Edit or modify Brother Content (excluding editable Brother Content)
  • Transfer (not limited to free or paid) or provide craft materials or craftwork items containing embroidered, cut, or printed Brother Content on fabric or paper to a third party
  • Delete Copyright notifications (if any)
  • use Brother Content as Trademark, service mark, logo, or other commercially relevant figure
  • use Brother Content in conjunction with third party Trademarks, service marks, logos or other commercially available figures
  • use Brother Content in combination with or in a manner that may cause confusion with third party rights other than Brother Content (Copyrights, Trademarks, etc.)

◆ Type B) Content that does NOT note "This design cannot be used for commercial purpose."

・What User is NOT allowed to do:
  • use Brother Content as a Trademark, service mark, logo, or other commercially available figures
  • use Brother Content in conjunction with third party Trademarks, service marks, logos, or other commercially available figures
  • use Brother Content in combination with or in a manner that may cause confusion with third party rights other than Brother Content (e.g. Copyrights, Trademarks)

4. Precautions when using Artspira for Gallery or posting SNSs

◆ Functions

  1. Gallery
    1. If User wishes to publish your own works for craft materials or craftwork items, please post photos of your works to public Gallery in Artspira.
    2. If User does not wish to make your own works for craft materials or craftwork items or craft materials or craftwork items public and only wants to enjoy your works as a record of your own creation, User can leave such works record as a private Gallery in Artspira.
    ・Notes when posting your works to Gallery
    Please do NOT post any images that substantially consist of Brother Content itself or edited Brother Content only to Gallery.

  2. Posting to outside Social Medias
    • Except for the original User Content created by you, do NOT post any images that substantially consist of Brother Content itself or edited Brother Content only to outside Social Medias.
      When User post on outside Social Medias, please comply with the terms of use of the applicable Social Media.
      Any photos or comments User posts on outside Social Medias is the reasonability of you.
      Please be careful that posted photos and comments do not infringe on third party rights (copyright, privacy, Trademark, etc.).

5. Prohibited conduct

Do NOT act the following when User uses Gallery in Artspira or posts on other Social Medias.

  1. Spam
    Do NOT artificially collect “likes” or post the same comments or content repeatedly.
    In addition, do NOT direct users to specific sites other than Artspira or offer cash (including cash equivalents) in return for "likes" or "follows."
  2. Self-inflicted injury or harm
    Do NOT post content that justifies or promotes self-harm. Do NOT post anything that could harm other Users.
  3. Acts of invading privacy or exposing personal information
    Do NOT post content containing personal or confidential information.
  4. Acts of deceiving others
    Do NOT impersonate any third party or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or organization.
  5. Acts that violate the law
    Artspira community is not a place to buy or sell goods prohibited by low or to support criminal activities. Please post and do your activities that comply with the law.
  6. Posing images or content that User does not have the right to share.
    Only post image that User took or content you have the right to share.
  7. Posting false, deceptive or misleading content
    Do NOT post anything that would harm the safety or trust of the community.
    Do NOT intentionally spread false information
  8. Posting adult content
    Do NOT post adult or sexually explicit content.
  9. Acts that endanger minors
    Do NOT post content that exploits minors or that puts them at risk.
  10. Posting content intended to be defamatory, threatening, hate speech, or express opinions towards specific political ideologies or religions.
    Do NOT post content that is intended to intimidate, hate, defame, defame or incite fear third parties, including other users.
    Do NOT post content that is biased or discriminatory.
  11. Posting violent content
    Do NOT post anything that encourages or supports violence, not just violence.
  12. Posting dangerous goods or acts
    Do NOT post about regulated products or anything that encourages or supports dangerous or dangerous behavior.
  13. Posting content intended to harass or criticize Artspira or other users
    Do NOT post content that harms the dignity of Artspira, other users, or third parties, or intends to harass, criticize, etc.
    Do NOT post anything that may insult other users or third parties.
  14. Acts of saving and using other User's posts
    Images or photos of other Users posted on Artspira are only entitled to be used by the contributor or the licensor authorizing the contributor to use them.
    Do NOT copy or save other User's posts as images, post them as your own content, or use them to create craft materials or craftwork items.