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I. Type of Users

Chinafotobank.com has 4 types of users according to the agreement and different limits of authority.
      ¡ñ Subscriber: You should sign a relevant agreement with us including prepaying some charges. You may download daily news photos through FTP or on the website and upload your photos.
      ¡ñ Member: You should sign a relevant agreement with us plus prepaying some charges. You may download the appointed maximum amount of news photos in terms of the signed agreement and the charges you have paid every day and upload your photos.
      ¡ñ Camera fancier: You may not download news photos but browse them. You may not upload your photos but select to buy them through the shopping cart. You don¡¯t need to sign any agreement with us or pay any charge for us.
      ¡ñ Retail user: You may not download news photos but browse them. You may not upload your photos but select to buy them through the shopping cart. You don¡¯t need to register.

II. Register and Login

I want to be one subscriber of the website.
1. You may log into http://www.chinafotobank.com and then register.
2. You may select ¡°Subscriber¡± in the type of users.
3. We will contact you in time and offer FTP transmission and Web download permission for you.

      I want to be one member of the website.
1. You may log into http://www.chinafotobank.com and then register.
2. You may select ¡°Member¡± in the type of users.
3. We will contact you in time and offer Web download permission for you at our request.

      I want to be one camera fancier of the website.
1. You may log into http://www.chinafotobank.com and then register.
2. You may select ¡°Camera Fancier¡± in the type of users.
3. We will contact you in time and offer Web download permission for you at our request.

III. Download and Order

1. You have to fill out your name and password on the homepage shortly after you become our subscriber or member. Login our website, and then you can download news photos immediately.
      2. You may select satisfying photos and put them into the ¡°shopping cart¡± if you are a temporary buyer£¬then fill out the order and send them to us. We will contact you in time on the relevant subject.

IV. Contribution Notice

1. How to supply photos for the website
¡ô If you are a registered user, you may upload your photos directly after you login. Our editors will edit and organize your news photos or feature photos in time.
¡ô The photographers who don¡¯t sign the agreement with us temporarily may send us emails at cfb-supply@hotmail.com. Please contact us in time after your sending them for our validation.
¡ô You may send us your photos directly by CD or MO storage of your news photos, documentary photos and data images.
You will get a timely reward once your photos and images are adopted.
      2. Photo Size
All the news photos and images in chinafotobank.com are about 8M in size. All the compressed images are saved and transmitted as .JPG format with a parameter of high precision 6. All the images are scanned in RGB manner instead of CYMK manner.
      3. Caption
Proper illustration is attached to every photo, which includes the depiction of every image and its background information with no more than 100 words.
      4. Photographers¡¯ Profit Model
The website adopts two types of profit models:
£¨1£© The website will be one-off to buy the copyright of the photos from a contract photographer.
£¨2£© The contract photographer has every right to get the 50% of the income of each sold photo but the website doesn¡¯t promise paying him reward in advance. The contract photographer may also negotiate to select one charge model but should remember not to dually adopt the two charge models with the same photo.
When the contract photographer adopts the first model, the website has right to use and sell the photo time after time. The contract photographer should mark our trademark if he contributes his photo to other media hereafter and when his photo is adopted.
      5. Signature
The website has right to use the trademark for the adopted news photos and the photographers have the right of signature for the adopted news photos.
      6. Balance Accounts
Balance accounts once every month and we will offer the photos¡¯ use conditions for the contract photographer.
      7. Other Types of photos
Besides news photos, chinafotobank.com welcomes photographers to provide excellent images on image stories, people, landscape, history, folk custom, metropolitan passion, etc.

V. Copyright

All rights reserved
All copyrights are reserved by the website and its contract photographers.
Images owned by chinafotobank.com may not be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without prior written consent. All use is subject to our Terms and Conditions.

      Use
1. The website only provides news and documentary photos used for the publication of media.
2. It is necessary to sign the agreement again with the website to resell photos and non-news commercial photos used for advertising, sales promotion and packaging.
3. All the images are provided for only one time use after order. If the client uses a photo many times, they should pay more.

      Content
1. Photographers and contract photographers of CFB guarantee the authenticity of every image. The images and captions don¡¯t stand for the viewpoints of the website. CFB uses reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy, correctness and reliability of its images, but we make no representations or warranties as to the images' accuracy, correctness and reliability. CFB will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from its images and uses.
2. It is illegal to make any changes to images of CFB. You, not Chinafotobank.com, assume the entire cost incurred by your unauthorized use of the photos. CFB reserves the right to make correction.

      Trademark
1. News media using the news images or documentary images of CFB has the obligation to expressly indicate the trademark of the photo.
2. Chinese trademark of images from the website is ¡°ÖйúרÌâͼ¿â¡±. English trademark of images from the website is CFB.