License Agreement

Last updated: September 18, 2025

This License Agreement governs your use of visual content from The Monnaco Collection based on your membership tier.

1. LICENSE TYPES BY MEMBERSHIP TIER
CURATOR LICENSE
  • Content Access: Photography collection only
  • Commercial Use: Permitted for personal business use including marketing materials, websites, social media, and promotional purposes
  • Personal Use: Permitted for personal projects and non-commercial purposes
  • Client Work: NOT permitted – cannot use content in work performed for clients
  • Print Usage: Up to 500,000 print run circulation
 
STUDIO LICENSE
  • Content Access: Photography, illustrations, and video collections
  • Commercial Use: All Curator rights plus use in personal business digital products, online courses, and marketing campaigns
  • Personal Use: Permitted for personal projects and non-commercial purposes
  • Client Work: NOT permitted – cannot use content in work performed for clients
  • Print Usage: Unlimited print run circulation
  • Exclusive Collections: Access to Studio member-only content releases
 
AGENCY LICENSE
  • Content Access: All content including photography, illustrations, videos, templates, fonts, and design resources
  • Commercial Use: All Studio rights plus extended commercial usage
  • Client Work: PERMITTED – may use content in work performed for clients including websites, marketing materials, and design projects
  • Resale Products: May incorporate content into products sold to clients (websites, brochures, etc.)
  • Print Usage: Unlimited print run circulation
  • Territory: Worldwide usage rights
 
2. PERMITTED USES (ALL TIERS)
  • Modify, crop, or edit content to fit your needs
  • Use in digital and print marketing materials
  • Website backgrounds, headers, and design elements
  • Social media posts and campaigns
  • Email marketing and newsletters
  • Presentations and pitch decks
  • Blog posts and articles
 
3. PROHIBITED USES (ALL TIERS)

Content Usage Restrictions:

  • Reselling content as standalone stock photography, illustrations, or videos
  • Distributing content through stock photo websites or platforms
  • Using content as the primary focus of products for sale (t-shirts, mugs, posters, etc.)
  • Claiming ownership or authorship of content
  • Removing or altering copyright notices or watermarks

 

Harmful Usage Restrictions:

  • Content promoting hate speech, discrimination, or harassment
  • Defamatory, libelous, or slanderous materials
  • Adult entertainment or pornographic content
  • Illegal activities or services
  • Misleading or fraudulent purposes

 

Technical Restrictions:

  • Sharing login credentials or account access
  • Reverse engineering or attempting to extract source files
  • Mass downloading for redistribution
  • Using automated tools to scrape content
 
4. COMMERCIAL USAGE CLARIFICATIONS

“Personal Business” Definition: Your own company, brand, or professional services where you are the owner, partner, or authorized representative.

“Client Work” Definition (Agency Only): Projects, designs, or services you create for third parties as part of your professional services.

Examples of Permitted Personal Business Use (Curator & Studio):

  • Your company website and blog
  • Your social media marketing
  • Your email newsletters
  • Your own product packaging
  • Your business presentations

 

Examples Requiring Agency Tier:

  • Web design projects for clients
  • Marketing materials created for client brands
  • Social media content managed for client accounts
  • Print materials designed for client businesses

 
5. ATTRIBUTION

Attribution is appreciated but not required. If you choose to provide credit, use: “Photography/Illustration by The Monnaco Collection”

 
6. MODEL AND PROPERTY RELEASES

Content featuring recognizable people includes appropriate model releases. Content featuring private property includes necessary property releases. However, you are responsible for obtaining additional releases if your specific usage requires them.

 
7. TERRITORY AND DURATION

Territory: Worldwide usage rights (all tiers) Duration: Rights continue as long as your membership is active and for content downloaded during active membership periods Post-Cancellation: You may continue using previously downloaded content according to these license terms.

 
8. WARRANTY AND LIABILITY

Content is provided “as is.” We warrant that we have the right to license this content but make no warranties about its suitability for your specific purposes. Our liability is limited as outlined in our Terms of Service.

 
9. LICENSE TERMINATION

This license terminates if:

  • Your membership is cancelled for Terms of Service violations
  • You breach these license terms
  • You fail to pay membership fees (after grace period)

 

Upon termination for violations, you must cease all use of content immediately.

 
10. LICENSE MODIFICATIONS

We may update these license terms with 30 days’ written notice. Changes will not affect content already downloaded under previous terms.

 
11. CONTACT FOR LICENSE QUESTIONS

For licensing questions or clarification, contact us at: The Monnaco Collection at ana@monnaco.com.