Studality Artist Upload Agreement

Parties: This Agreement is between Studality ("the Platform") and the individual or entity submitting content ("Artist", "Creator", or "Uploader").

1. DEFINITIONS

Creator / Artist / Uploader — The individual or legal entity who submits artwork, stories, and related materials to Studality.

Products / Kits / Sets — The finished pixel brick art kits or associated merchandise offered for sale by Studality incorporating artist submissions.

Content — All artistic visual images, written works, designs, concepts, titles, stories, or other creative material submitted to Studality.

2. BUSINESS MODEL AND OPERATIONS

Studality operates as a neutral intermediary platform facilitating the retail of pixel brick art kits based on transformed, independent third-party artist submissions. Kits are produced on-demand upon customer order through the Studality website.

·         Artist Promotion: Artists may promote their works via unique affiliate links and earn commission based on sales generated through such links.

·         Charitable Option: Artists may choose to submit artwork as a charitable contribution, with Studality donating proceeds to a designated charity on their behalf.

·         Original Designs: Studality may also sell its own original designs under the same model.

Studality does not claim authorship of uploaded artworks but secures comprehensive usage rights for sales, marketing, and distribution. All intellectual property rights and responsibilities remain with the submitting Artist, subject to the License Grant in Section 6.

 

3. THIRD-PARTY SUBMISSION TERMS & CONDITIONS

3.1 Artistic Visual Image Requirements

·         All submitted images must be original works created, generated, or materially edited by the Artist.

·         AI-generated content is permitted only where the Artist has complied with applicable AI model licenses and law.

·         No direct infringement: Direct reproduction of copyrighted or trademarked content is prohibited unless the use qualifies as transformative under applicable law (e.g., parody, satire, commentary).

·         Submitted images will be processed via Studality’s proprietary conversion software into the pixel brick art format (fixed colour palette, standard dimensions 16×16 to 160×160 pixels).

·         Studality may apply minor or substantial edits for optimization within pixel brick art style and production constraints.

·         Content standards: Submissions must not contain defamatory, obscene, hateful, harassing, or otherwise unlawful content.

·         Moral rights waiver: Where legally permissible, Artist waives all moral rights (e.g., right of attribution, integrity, withdrawal).

·         Modification rights: Studality reserves the unrestricted right to crop, recolor, scale, or otherwise adapt content without further consent.

·         Ownership confirmation: Artist warrants they have full rights to all underlying files and derivative works, including AI-generated components.

3.2 Written Short Story Requirements

·         Must be original to the Artist and subject to the same IP restrictions as artwork.

·         Stories must include Part A (public listing, 100–200 words) and Part B (product packaging insert, 100–200 words).

·         Content restrictions: No hateful, discriminatory, or gratuitously explicit material unless clearly satirical and legally permissible.

·         Artist must warrant stories do not violate privacy, defamation, or make false factual claims.

·         Story must reasonably relate to the artwork’s theme to avoid misleading customers.

4. ARTIST WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS & INDEMNIFICATION

Artist warrants that:

1.      They own or control all rights necessary for the content submission.

2.      Submissions do not infringe any copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other legal right.

3.      All necessary permissions and licenses have been secured.

Indemnification: Artist agrees to fully indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Studality, its affiliates, officers, employees, and partners against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from:

·         IP infringement

·         Defamation, invasion of privacy, or misrepresentation

·         Violation of laws or regulations connected to submissions

Upon receipt of a valid infringement claim (e.g., DMCA), Studality will remove the work promptly and without liability.

5. COMPLIANCE, SCREENING & ENFORCEMENT

·         All submissions are screened for potential IP conflicts.

·         Flagged content is reviewed manually by Studality staff. Approval is based on Studality’s subjective judgment and is not a legal clearance or guarantee of non-infringement.

·         Studality reserves the right to remove or refuse content at any time at its sole discretion without notice.

·         Pre-approval queue: New designs are held in “pending” status until verified for compliance.

·         Parody Certification Label: Satire-based works may be marked accordingly to signal intent.

6. LICENSE GRANT

License Grant
By submitting content to Studality, you grant Studality a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, publish, distribute, transmit, sublicense, and publicly display or perform the submitted content, in any and all media or formats now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to selling, marketing, promoting, and incorporating the content into products or services.

This license includes the unrestricted right for Studality to:

  • Edit, crop, alter, adapt, or combine your content with other works.
  • Use your content in connection with any other intellectual property owned or licensed by Studality.
  • Transfer, assign, or sublicense these rights to third parties without further permission or payment to you.
  • Use the content without any obligation to credit you as the creator, unless Studality chooses to do so at its sole discretion.

You waive any moral rights or similar rights you may have in the content to the maximum extent permitted by law.

No Revocation
Once submitted, you acknowledge and agree that this license is permanent and cannot be withdrawn, revoked, or otherwise terminated, regardless of any future decision to cease working with Studality or remove your content from the platform. Studality retains the rights granted under this license indefinitely.

7. TERMINATION & REMEDIES

Studality may suspend or terminate an Artist account, remove content, or take other action at its sole discretion for violations of this Agreement or applicable law. No compensation shall be due following removal or termination.

8. GOVERNING LAW & DISPUTE RESOLUTION

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.
All disputes shall be resolved exclusively through binding arbitration under LCIA Arbitration Rules, with venue in London, United Kingdom.

9. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, oral or written, relating to the subject matter. No modification shall be binding unless in writing and signed by both parties.

10. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. Prohibited Content Guidelines

Absolutely NO submissions that contain:

  • Direct copies or scans of existing art, photographs, or designs owned by another person or company without permission.
  • Minor alterations of existing works that still make the source recognisable (e.g., recoloured versions of existing character art).
  • Logos, trademarks, or brand names that are unaltered or only slightly altered (e.g., the Spider-Man logo copied directly).
  • Pornographic, obscene, or extreme violent imagery.
  • Content promoting hate speech, discrimination, or harassment.

2. Acceptable vs. Infringing Examples

Type

Infringing Example

Acceptable Parody / Transformative Example

Character Art

Drawing Spider-Man exactly as in an official Marvel comic panel.

Creating a “Spider-Man stuck in a giant Lego brick” scene as social commentary on commercialisation of heroes.

Logos

Copying the Marvel logo unchanged.

Creating a satirical “Marv-Ell” logo in a 1970s retro style as part of a parody comic cover.

Scenes

Repainting an iconic movie poster shot-for-shot.

Reimagining that poster as if the characters were squirrels in a comedy sketch.

Portraits

Tracing an actor’s headshot.

Painting the actor as a surreal hybrid of three unrelated objects as satire.

3. Quick Parody & Transformation Self-Check

✅ Your work adds new meaning or message (satire, humour, commentary, criticism).
✅ You’ve changed the style, composition, and elements significantly from the original.
✅ You are not selling the work as an alternative to the original (it’s not a substitute).
✅ Your audience can clearly tell it’s a parody or new creation, not an official product.
✅ No significant parts of the original remain untouched — everything is reworked or reimagined.

If you cannot tick all five of the above boxes, your submission will be rejected.

4. IP Law Basics for Artists (Plain English)

  • Copyright: Protects original works of art, design, writing, and more. You can’t copy someone’s work without permission unless it’s clearly transformed into something new.
  • Trademark: Protects brand names, logos, slogans. Even altered logos can infringe if they cause confusion.
  • Fair Dealing / Fair Use: Limited exceptions that let you use other people’s works for parody, satire, commentary, education, or criticism — but only if you truly transform them.
  • Derivative Work: Something based on someone else’s work without transformation. Usually illegal without permission.
  • Parody / Satire: Legal in many countries if it adds commentary or humour and transforms the original into a new creation.

 

11. ARTIST PRE-SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

·         I created the work entirely myself.

·         Any references I used are heavily transformed, not copied.

·         The work is obviously a parody or new creation.

·         I did not use any unaltered logos, brand names, or trademarked designs.

·         I can explain in one sentence how my work changes the meaning/message of the original.