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Terms of Service

Last updated: July 16, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the artbase website and related services (collectively, the "Services") provided by artbase ("we", "us", or "our").

By creating an account or using artbase, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Services.

Table of Contents​

  1. The Application
  2. Scope of License
  3. Technical Requirements
  4. No Maintenance and Support
  5. User-Generated Contributions
  6. Contribution License
  7. Liability
  8. Warranty
  9. Product Claims
  10. Legal Compliance
  11. Contact Information
  12. Termination
  13. Third-Party Terms of Agreements and Beneficiary
  14. Intellectual Property Rights
  15. Applicable Law
  16. Miscellaneous

1. The Application​

artbase ("Licensed Application") is a social platform for sharing and discovering art. Artists post their work, follow one another, comment, and organise what they find into collections, galleries, and groups. artbase is not a marketplace, and it does not facilitate the buying or selling of artwork.

2. Scope of License​

artbase grants you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited licence to download, install, and use the Licensed Application strictly in accordance with these Terms.

You may not:

  • Copy or modify the Licensed Application, its parts, or its source code
  • Sell, resell, sublicense, redistribute, or otherwise transfer the Licensed Application
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of the Licensed Application
  • Remove or alter any proprietary notices or labels on the Licensed Application
  • Use the Licensed Application for any unlawful purpose or in any way that could damage, disable, or impair the Services

3. Technical Requirements​

artbase is provided through a web browser. You are responsible for having a compatible, up-to-date browser and a working internet connection. artbase does not warrant that the Licensed Application will be compatible with any particular browser, device, or configuration.

4. No Maintenance and Support​

4.1 artbase is not obligated, expressed or implied, to provide any maintenance, technical, or other support for the Licensed Application.

4.2 artbase and the End-User acknowledge that the relevant app store operator (e.g., Apple App Store or Google Play Store) has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the Licensed Application.

5. User-Generated Contributions​

Our Services offer users the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other material (collectively, "Contributions"). Contributions may be viewable by other users and through third-party websites or applications.

When you create or make available any Contributions, you represent and warrant that:

  1. The creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or performance, and the accessing, downloading, or copying of your Contributions do not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any third party.
  2. You are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licences, rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use and to authorise us and other users to use your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and these Terms.
  3. You have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in your Contributions to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and these Terms.
  4. Your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or misleading.
  5. Your Contributions are not unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailings, or other forms of solicitation.
  6. Your Contributions are not obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing, libellous, slanderous, or otherwise objectionable (as determined by us).
  7. Your Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone.
  8. Your Contributions are not used to harass or threaten (in the legal sense of those terms) any other person or to promote violence against a specific person or class of people.
  9. Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule.
  10. Your Contributions do not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party.
  11. Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law concerning child exploitation or otherwise intended to protect the health or well-being of minors.
  12. Your Contributions do not include any offensive comments connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference, or physical handicap.
  13. Your Contributions do not otherwise violate, or link to material that violates, any provision of these Terms or any applicable law or regulation.

Any use of the Services in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Services.

6. Contribution License​

You agree that we may access, store, process, and use any information and personal data that you provide following the terms of the Privacy Policy and your choices (including settings).

By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding the Licensed Application, you agree that we can use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you.

We do not assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full ownership of all of your Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your Contributions.

No AI Training. artbase does not use your Contributions (including any artwork, images, videos, or other content you upload to the Services) or your personal data to train, fine-tune, or otherwise develop artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning models. We also do not sell, license, or otherwise provide your Contributions or personal data to third parties for the purpose of training AI or machine learning models. Nothing in these Terms grants artbase or any third party any right to use your Contributions for AI training purposes.

We are not liable for any statements or representations in your Contributions. You are solely responsible for your Contributions and you expressly agree to exonerate us from any and all responsibility and to refrain from any legal action against us regarding your Contributions.

7. Liability​

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ARTBASE, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM:

  • YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE) THE SERVICES
  • ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES
  • ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICES
  • UNAUTHORISED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT

WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

8. Warranty​

8.1 artbase warrants that the Licensed Application is free of spyware, trojan horses, viruses, or any other malware at the time of your download. artbase warrants that the Licensed Application works as described in the user documentation.

8.2 No warranty is provided for the Licensed Application that is not executable on the device, that has been unauthorisedly modified, handled inappropriately or culpably, combined or installed with inappropriate hardware or software, used with inappropriate accessories, regardless if by yourself or by third parties, or if there are any other reasons outside of artbase's sphere of influence that affect the executability of the Licensed Application.

8.3 You are required to inspect the Licensed Application immediately after installing it and notify artbase about issues discovered without delay by email at support@artbase.au. The defect report will be taken into consideration and further investigated if it has been emailed within a period of 14 days after discovery.

8.4 If we confirm that the Licensed Application is defective, artbase reserves the right to remedy the situation either by solving the defect or through substitute delivery.

8.5 In the event of any failure of the Licensed Application to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify the relevant app store operator, and your Licensed Application purchase price will be refunded to you. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the app store operator will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the Licensed Application.

8.6 If the user is an entrepreneur, any claim based on faults expires after a statutory period of limitation amounting to twelve (12) months after the Licensed Application was made available to the user. The statutory periods of limitation given by law apply for users who are consumers.

9. Product Claims​

artbase and the End-User acknowledge that artbase, and not the app store operator, is responsible for addressing any claims of the End-User or any third party relating to the Licensed Application or the End-User's possession and/or use of that Licensed Application, including, but not limited to:

  • (i) product liability claims;
  • (ii) any claim that the Licensed Application fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and
  • (iii) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation.

You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country that is subject to a US Government embargo, or that has been designated by the US Government as a "terrorist supporting" country; and that you are not listed on any US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

11. Contact Information​

For general enquiries, complaints, questions, or claims concerning the Licensed Application, please contact:

artbase
support@artbase.au
Australia

12. Termination​

The licence is valid until terminated by artbase or by you. Your rights under this licence will terminate automatically and without notice from artbase if you fail to adhere to any term(s) of these Terms. Upon termination, you shall stop all use of the Licensed Application and destroy all copies, full or partial, of the Licensed Application.

13. Third-Party Terms of Agreements and Beneficiary​

artbase represents and warrants that artbase will comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the Licensed Application.

In accordance with applicable app store terms, subsidiaries shall be third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and (upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of these Terms) will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.

14. Intellectual Property Rights​

artbase and the End-User acknowledge that, in the event of any third-party claim that the Licensed Application or the End-User's possession and use of that Licensed Application infringes on the third party's intellectual property rights, artbase, and not the app store operator, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement, and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claims.

15. Applicable Law​

These Terms are governed by the laws of Australia, excluding its conflicts of law rules.

16. Miscellaneous​

16.1 If any of the terms of this agreement should be or become invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected. Invalid terms will be replaced by valid ones formulated in a way that will achieve the primary purpose.

16.2 Collateral agreements, changes, and amendments are only valid if agreed to in writing. The preceding clause can only be waived in writing.