Terms & Conditions Terms & Conditions relating to web design services offered by 4 Artists On The Web. The following terms and conditions apply to all services offered by 4 Artists On The Web. By ordering services from 4 Artists On The Web you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions. 1. We reserve the right to refuse to construct or host a website which we may judge as unfit due to content or otherwise This includes, but is not limited by, sites containing adult oriented material such as pornography, sites which promote hatred towards persons belonging to any ethnic group, religion or sexual orientation and sites which infringe copyright or are contrary to Dutch & European laws. 2. Responsibility for the adherence to Dutch & European law regarding disabled accessibility rests with the client and not with 4 Artists On The Web. Adhering to accessibility guidelines may involve additional expense depending on a client's requirements. 3. The acceptance of a commission shall be deemed as a contractual agreement between the client & 4 Artists On The Web. 4. 4 Artists On The Web cannot always guarantee to start work immediately on a commission but will arrange a date with the client as to when work can commence. 5. Before work begins on a commission, 4 Artists On The Web requires a deposit from the client. Normally this will amount to 50% of the total cost of the commission. 6. All material, both text and images, supplied by the client and used in the construction of the client's web site, will remain the client's property. All such material will be assumed to be the property of the client and free to use without fear of breach of copyright laws. 7. The copyright for all material provided by 4 Artists On The Web, such as HTML code, graphics, photographs and text, will remain the property of 4 Artists On The Web until such time as payment has been made in full whereupon they will become the property of the client. 8. 4 Artists On The Web makes every effort to design pages which display acceptably in the most popular current browsers, but cannot accept responsibility for pages which do not display acceptably in new versions of browsers released after pages have been designed. 9. 4 Artists On The Web does not undertake to promote a client's website as part of the design commission. If a client wishes 4 Artists On The Web to promote a web site as a separate commission, 4 Artists On The Web will make every reasonable effort to promote the website effectively but cannot guarantee high placings in search engine results. 10. 4 Artists On The Web can accept no responsibility or liability if any search engine, online directory or search site, submitted to as part of a web site promotion commission, chooses not to list a client's web site. 11. 4 Artists On The Web will initially place the client's website on 4 Artists On The Web server during The Website Development Cycle (see below) in order that the client may view and comment upon the website's progress. When both 4 Artists On The Web and the client agree that the website meets the criteria agreed during the commissioning process, 4 Artists On The Web will invoice the client for the full amount due for the commission. On receipt of payment, 4 Artists On The Web will publish the site on the client's server, or provide the source code for the site via a download for the client to upload. 12. If at any point during the Website Development Cycle a client wishes to cancel, they may do so but will be invoiced an amount that 4 Artists On The Web judges to be proportional to the amount of work completed on the commission. 13. If, during the Website Development Cycle, the client does not supply the content required in order to complete the commission within a reasonable amount of time, 4 Artists On The Web will consider that the client wishes to cancel the commission. 14. 4 Artists On The Web expects payment within 5 working days of the date on the invoice. 15. 4 Artists On The Web does not undertake to maintain or update a client's website as part of the design commission. If a client wishes 4 Artists On The Web to maintain or update a web site as a separate commission, 4 Artists On The Web will negotiate with the client a maintenance contract appropriate to the amount of work required. 16. 4 Artists On The Web reserves the right to alter prices at any time without notice. If a client has commissioned any services from 4 Artists On The Web prior to a change in prices, that commission will not be subject to any increase, but any subsequent commission may be subject to an increase. Terms & Conditions relating to hosting services offered by 4 Artists On The Web. The following terms and conditions apply to all services offered by 4 Artists On The Web. By ordering services from 4 Artists On The Web you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions. 1. We reserve the right to refuse to host a web site which we may judge as unfit due to content or otherwise. This includes, but is not limited by, sites containing adult oriented material such as pornography, sites which promote hatred towards persons belonging to any ethnic group, religion or sexual orientation and sites which infringe copyright or are contrary to Dutch & European laws. 4 Artists On The Web takes no responsibility for any information loaded to our customers accounts or servers - nor do we have a policy of policing clients' web content but if something is brought to our attention which contravenes the above, we reserve the right to remove the offending material and terminate our contract with the offending party without recompense. 2. Certain types of content are not permitted to be hosted on our servers. Content relating to Hacking, Cracking, Warez and IRC is not allowed. Software downloads may only be hosted if you are the writer and copyright owner of the software, all other software including freeware, shareware and trial software is forbidden. Audio and video downloads may only be hosted if you are the creator and copyright owner of the work. 3. The use of our servers to send bulk email whether opt-in or otherwise, and the use of bulk email to promote a site on our network is strictly forbidden. 4. The acceptance of web hosting services shall be deemed as a contractual agreement between the client and 4 Artists On The Web. 5. 4 Artists On The Web is not responsible for any interruption of service, and accepts no liability for any loss of services, sales or any other form of loss due to interruption of service. 6. We reserve the right to refuse to serve the needs of an existing user making inappropriate or unreasonable use of 4 Artists On The Web services. Inappropriate or unreasonable includes, but is not limited to, materials whose nature and/or volume compromises the ability of 4 Artists On The Web servers to serve other users' web presence, unreasonable consumption of disk space, internet link bandwidth, CPU, and memory usage. Examples of inappropriate or unreasonable use include, but are not limited to, Chat/IRC, web proxy and mailing list scripts which are not allowed on our servers under any circumstances. Streaming media can be a drain on web server resources and therefore is not allowed. CGI based message forums which use flat file databases are often found to use excessive system resources, to avoid disappointment please use a PHP/ASP message forum. The use of web cam applications that maintain a constant FTP connection uploading an image at regular intervals is forbidden. If you are unsure about content you intend to place on our servers, please check with us before you do. 4 Artists On The Web reserves the right to determine what constitutes acceptable use. 7. The customer will fully indemnify 4 Artists On The Web against liability which may befall 4 Artists On The Web as a result of the customers legal or illegal use of the services. 8. The customer will fully indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the customer or any other party. 9. Our servers may not be the source, intermediary or destination address involved in the transmission of spam. Spam is considered to be any mass unsolicited message in the mediums of newsgroups and email. 10. We reserve the right to terminate any accounts, at any time, where the user has made inappropriate or unreasonable use of any of 4 Artists On The Web services. 11. 4 Artists On The Web expects payment within 5 working days of the date on the invoice. 12. 4 Artists On The Web reserves the right to alter prices at any time without notice. If a client has commissioned any services from 4 Artists On The Web prior to a change in prices, that commission will not be subject to any increase, but any subsequent commission may be subject to an increase. Terms & Conditions relating to Ecommerce systems offered by 4 Artists On The Web. The following terms and conditions apply to Ecommerce systems offered by 4 Artists On The Web. An Ecommerce system is a website which facilitates financial transactions over the Internet. By ordering services from 4 Artists On The Web you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions. 1. 4 Artists On The Web is not responsible for any interruption of service, and accepts no liability for any loss of services, sales or any other form of loss due to interruption of service. 2. 4 Artists On The Web makes every effort to ensure that Ecommerce systems are error free, however due to the complexity of the software this cannot be guaranteed. Efforts will be made to correct any serious software errors that may be reported to 4 Artists On The Web. 3. 4 Artists On The Web agrees to provide support related specifically to Ecommerce systems via e-mail or telephone within normal office hours. By agreeing to these terms and conditions your statutory rights are not affected. 4 Artists On The Web reserves the right to change or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in the 4 Artists On The Web Terms and Conditions. If you have any complaints about the quality of service you have received from 4 Artists On The Web please e-mail us on: webmaster@4artistsontheweb.com The Website Development Cycle 1. The client makes an enquiry about a website stating the requirements. 2. 4 Artists On The Web confirms that the enquiry has been received and advises on suitable options, cost and when work can begin. 3. The client agrees upon a commission by confirming the requirements, paying 4 Artists On The Web a deposit and supplying 4 Artists On The Web with any content (ie text, images, photos etc) required to carry out the commission. 4. 4 Artists On The Web begins work and within 2-3 days of the agreed start date, uploads a preliminary start page to 4 Artists On The Web server for the client to view and comment upon. 5. Within a 2-4 week period the website is constructed on 4 Artists On The Web server using feedback from the client. 6. When 4 Artists On The Web and the client are satisfied that the website meets the criteria agreed in the commissioning process, 4 Artists On The Web sends an invoice to the client. 7. When payment has been received from the client, the website is published on the client's server. 8. If the client wishes 4 Artists On The Web to undertake maintenance of the web site, an agreement is reached about pricing. A copy of these 4 Artists On The Web Terms and Conditions, can be obtained via e-mail upon request. 4 Artists On The Web Dr. Filipp Grammatikos, Phd, Md. Amsterdam The Netherlands 8th of January, 2007 © 4 Artists On The Web, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Back to the top Home