Terms of Use: artnet Online Auctions

Welcome to artnet. These Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”) apply to and govern your use of the artnet web site (the “Site”) and any services that may be provided by or registered with artnet through the Site by you (“Services”). In these Terms, the terms “we” or “us” also refer to artnet. By visiting our Site or using Services, you are accepting the practices described in these Terms and our Privacy Policy which is incorporated into and a part of these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms and the Privacy Policy, do not use the Site or request or register for any Services. We reserve the right to modify or amend these Terms from time to time without notice. Your continued use of our Site or Services following the posting of changes to these Terms will mean you accept those changes.

artnet grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display the Site and Services and the materials thereon for your personal informational use only, provided that you comply fully with these Terms. You may not modify, create derivative works from, participate in the transfer or sale of, post on the World Wide Web, or in any way exploit the Site or Services or any portion thereof for any public or commercial use without the express written permission of artnet. You may download one (1) copy of content from the Site and Services for your personal informational use only, provided that you maintain all copyright, attribution and other notices contained in such content, including without limitation trademarks and service marks of artnet and its affiliates or the copyright holder identified in the individual content's copyright notice. You may not distribute, transmit, reproduce, publish, license, rewrite, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any material contained on this Site or Services without the express prior consent of the copyright owner. None of the material contained on the Site or Services may be reverse-engineered, disassembled, decompiled, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language, retransmitted in any form or by any means, including without limitation, electronic, mechanical, photo reproduction, recordation or otherwise, without the prior written consent of artnet. Any images of artworks included in the Site or Services are provided for use only in the context of the Site or Services and subject to all of the limitations set forth herein. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to artnet.

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You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by your permitted use of the Site, its content or any Services. You are responsible for complying with all applicable laws, rules and regulations regarding your use of any content. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of material from the Site and Services, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice shall be made. You may obtain more information on the copyrights, trademarks, and service marks of artnet and its affiliates and content owners by viewing the copyright and trademark notices posted on the Site.

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The Site and some Services contain links and pointers to third party web sites, resources and sponsors. Links to and from the Site or Services to third party sites do not constitute an endorsement by artnet or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates of any third party, its site, resources or contents. artnet cannot guarantee, represent or warrant that the content contained in these sites is true, accurate, lawful and/or inoffensive. artnet has no control over these sites or the content within them. artnet doe not warrant that any third party site will be free of viruses or will not adversely impact your computer. You should direct any concerns regarding any external link to its site administrator or webmaster.

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