Rheumatology Image Bank: Usage Terms

License and Terms of Use

Please read this document carefully before using the ACR’s Rheumatology Image Bank. This is a legal agreement between you, the end user, and the American College of Rheumatology (“ACR”). Your use of the Rheumatology Image Bank signifies your acceptance of the terms of this License. If you do not agree to the terms of the License, you must not proceed into the ACR’s Rheumatology Image Bank and you must return any images from the Image Bank currently in your possession to ACR.

1. License: By this license, you are granted the right to use the Rheumatology Image Bank for noncommercial educational, information and research purposes only. You are not granted a right to use the Rheumatology Image Bank for the purpose of journalism, investigation, or reporting absent a specific license granted by ACR. The images and associated captions of the Rheumatology Image Bank may be copied and used for oral educational presentations delivered by you along with any supporting documents needed for the presentation. ACR requests that you appose to images taken from the Image Bank a notice of Copyright ownership to ACR in the form of “Copyright (year of creation of presentation) ACR.” You may not use or share the Rheumatology Image Bank on a network, internet or intranet without express written permission from the ACR. Images and associated captions may not be incorporated in any work that is published, such as a journal, without express written permission from the ACR. Permission requests can be sent to products@rheumatology.org.
   
   
2. Restrictions: The Rheumatology Image Bank is a proprietary, copyrighted work, derivative work, and compilation of the ACR. You agree that you will not use the Rheumatology Image Bank, or modify, rent, lease, sell, or create derivative works using the Rheumatology Image Bank. You agree that you will not remove any notice of copyrights, trademark or other proprietary right from any place where it is on or embedded in the content. If you have any reason to believe that images from the Image Bank are attributed a wrongful ownership, you must report the discrepancy to ACR.
   
   
3. Terminations: A license is granted each time an image from the Image Bank is downloaded. The license is specific to the Copyrighted work obtained from ACR. A license is effective until terminated or until the natural expiration of the Copyright in the images downloaded from the Image Bank. The ACR may terminate any License at any time in its sole discretion. In the case of termination of any license, all Copyrighted materials or copies associated with this specific grant must be destroyed.
   
   
4. Disclaimer of Warranty on Rheumatology Image Bank and Data: You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of this Rheumatology Image Bank is at your sole risk. THE RHEUMATOLOGY IMAGE BANK IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTION QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, FREEDOM FROM INFRINGEMENT OR ORIGINALITY. No warranties are made that the Rheumatology Image Bank will meet your requirements, or that the operation of this website will be uninterrupted, virus free, or error free. No warranty is given as to the accuracy or reliability of the data on the Rheumatology Image Bank.
   
   
5. Limits of Liability: ACR shall not be liable for any damages, including direct, indirect, digital, incidental, special or consequential damages, or damages for loss of profits or revenues incurred by you or any third party, whether in an action in contract or tort, arising out of the use or application by you of the Rheumatology Image Bank or any component within.
   
   
6. Indemnification: You agree to indemnify and hold ACR harmless from and against any claims, expenses, losses or liabilities (including professional fees and expenses) in connection with any claim by a third party arising out of your use of any component of the Rheumatology Image Bank or the application by you of the medical information contained by the Rheumatology Image Bank.
   
   
7. Transferability: The rights granted to you by ACR under this License of Agreement may not be assigned, transferred, or licensed to any third party. ACR may transfer and/or assign at will this License to any third party including any personal data associated with the ownership of the License.
   
   
8. Governing Law and Jurisdiction: This License will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict of law principles. All suits, proceedings, or claims in connection with this License shall be brought in the courts of the State of Illinois in the County of Cook and you hereby consent to the jurisdiction and venue of those courts. If any provision of this License is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unreasonable, or unenforceable, such provision or requirement will be enforced only to the extent that it is not invalid, unreasonable, or otherwise unenforceable and all other provisions of this License shall remain in full force and effect.
   
   
9. Comments, Suggestions or Questions: If you have comments, suggestions, or questions about the contents of the Rheumatology Image Bank, contact: American College of Rheumatology; 1800 Century Place, Suite 250; Atlanta, GA 30345-4300; Phone: (404) 633-3777; Fax: (404) 633-1870; Email: products@rheumatology.org

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The College disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by the College or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall the College be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.

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Permission Requests
The ACR grants permission to use images on a case-by-case basis. Download and complete the permission request form and return via fax to (404) 633-1870 or e-mail to products@rheumatology.org.