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To be clear, if Your Work includes, incorporates, is based upon, is modeled after, or is otherwise derived from or contains, material created or owned by someone other than You (e.g. an image, photograph, trademark, picture, painting, video, sculpture, music, logo, etc.) then in submitting Your Work, You hereby represent and warrant that you have obtained the permission of the creator(s) of that material to so use it in Your Work and to grant to Corel the licenses set out at Section 4c, 4d and 4e of these Terms and you must provide Us with evidence of the permission granted upon request, in a form satisfactory to Us.
To be clear, if Your Work includes, incorporates, is based upon, modeled after, or is otherwise derived from or contains, the image or likeness of a recognizable person or a recognizable place, building, or other property, then in submitting Your Work, You hereby represent and warrant to Us that you have obtained the permission of the recognizable person(s) or the owner(s) of the property to so use it in Your Work and to grant to Corel the licenses set out at Section 4c, 4d and 4e of these Terms and you must provide Us with evidence of the permission granted upon request, in a form satisfactory to Us.
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Content Restrictions. Your Work must not include, and You hereby represent and warrant to Us that Your Work does not include, material that:
- violates or infringes any rights of any other party, including, but not limited to copyright, trademark, privacy, portrait rights, rights of publicity, moral rights, or any other intellectual property rights or civil rights;
- can be considered offensive, abusive, illegal, pornographic, threatening, or obscene;
- can be considered misleading, slanderous, libelous, illegal, or defamatory;
- promotes or commits an illegal act of any kind, includes the personal data of Users or other third parties, solicits personal data of Users or other third parties, or is fraudulent or deceptive; or
- infringes or violates any applicable laws, rules, or regulations.
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Your Moral Rights as an Author with a habitual residence in the European Economic Area. If You accept these Terms as a consumer with Your habitual residence in the European Economic Area, You remain, within the territory of the European Economic Area, the sole owner of all moral rights to the Work including Your right to determine the time of initial publication of the Work, being mentioned as the author of the Work and your right to prevent gross misrepresentations and deformations of the Work. However, You agree to allow Corel to determine, in Corel’s reasonable discretion, whether Your Work will be used anonymously or with indication of Your name or pseudonym and agree that You will not consider any use of Your Work by Corel or its respective licensees, successors, and assigns, including absence of any such use, as damaging Your reputation or any changes that may be made to Your Work as detrimentally deforming the Work where any such use occurs in accordance with the requirements of these Terms and do not violate Your legitimate interests. Finally, any metadata associated with the Work may be altered, removed or added to without any liability to Us or the Authorized Third Parties. However, nothing in this section or the contractual authorizations granted to Corel under these Terms shall entail a final waiver of Your moral rights as the Author of the Work.
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