Terms & Conditions for Users Uploading Reports and Images on reportr
Effective Date: 2025-08-09
Last Updated: 2025-08-09
These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern the use of the reportr platform by individual contributors (“User,” “you,” “your”) who upload reports, images, videos, or other materials. By uploading any material to reportr, you agree to these Terms in full.
1. Ownership & License Grant
By uploading material to reportr, you grant reportr an irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable license to store, reproduce, distribute, publicly display, adapt, sell, sublicense, and otherwise use the content, including the right to sell it to editorial/news agencies, companies, and other authorized buyers.
You agree that no copyright or ownership claims may be made against reportr, its clients, or any licensed third party after the content has been uploaded.
2. Content Standards & Restrictions
You agree that all content uploaded must be:
- Genuine, authentic, and factually accurate.
- Captured by you personally and fully owned by you at the time of upload.
- Free from nudity, sexual content, obscene material, or any offensive imagery.
- Free from AI-generated or digitally fabricated content intended to mislead.
- Unmanipulated in any way that changes the factual context of the event depicted.
You must not upload any copyrighted material that you do not own, including images, videos, or text taken from other sources.
3. Prohibited Actions
Uploading any of the following may result in immediate account suspension and possible legal action:
- Unauthentic or staged content.
- Material you do not have the right to distribute.
- AI-generated images, videos, or audio presented as real.
- Nudity or sexually explicit content.
- Manipulated EXIF data, GPS coordinates, timestamps, or metadata.
4. GPS & Metadata Usage
By uploading content, you consent to reportr using GPS coordinates and other EXIF metadata from your files to determine and display the precise location and timing of events.
5. Payments & Payout Delays
You acknowledge that reportr is in an ALPHA/BETA stage and that payouts for unlocked content may be delayed. reportr is not liable for delays caused by technical issues, payment processors, or other factors beyond its control.
6. Taxes & Income Reporting
You are responsible for declaring your income from reportr to your local tax authorities unless the total annual amount received from reportr is below 9,999 SEK. reportr may use some personal and transactional data for tax reporting purposes as required by law.
7. Account Anonymization & Deletion
You may anonymize your account at any time. When you do so, all personal data will be scrubbed, and your account will be deactivated. Some data, including payment and transaction history, may be retained where required for legal or tax purposes.
8. Data Storage & Privacy
All personal data is stored in encrypted form. Your data is handled according to our Privacy Policy. reportr will not sell or share your personal data except where required by law or necessary to process payments, prevent fraud, or enforce these Terms.
9. Liability & Indemnity
You are fully responsible for ensuring that your uploaded material does not infringe any rights of third parties, including copyright, trademark, privacy, or publicity rights. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless reportr, its affiliates, and its clients against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including legal fees) arising from your uploads or any breach of these Terms.
10. Warranties & Disclaimers
By uploading content, you warrant that:
- You are the sole creator and owner of the material.
- The material is accurate and depicts real events without fabrication or manipulation.
- The material complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
reportr provides no guarantee of sales, earnings, or publication of your content. The platform is provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind.
11. Termination
reportr reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account without notice if you violate these Terms, upload prohibited content, or engage in fraudulent or harmful activity.
12. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. Continued use of the platform after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
13. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of [Insert Country/State]. Any disputes shall be resolved in the courts of Sweden.
By uploading content to reportr, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms & Conditions.
Key Upload Rules
- ✅ Only upload authentic material that you created and fully own.
- ❌ No AI-generated or digitally fabricated content.
- ❌ No nudity, sexual, or obscene material.
- ❌ No copyrighted material you do not own (including images, videos, text, or audio).
- ❌ No staged or fake events presented as real.
- ❌ Do not alter or manipulate GPS data, timestamps, or other metadata.
- 📍 GPS/EXIF location data will be used to display event locations.
- 💰 You are responsible for declaring your income from reportr for tax purposes.
- ⚠ Uploading prohibited content may result in account suspension or permanent ban.
By uploading, you agree to these rules and our full Terms & Conditions.
Terms & Conditions for Agencies and Companies Using reportr
Effective Date: 2025-08-09
Last Updated: 2025-08-09
These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern the use of the reportr platform by editorial/news agencies, media companies, and other registered organizations (“Agency,” “you,” “your”). By registering or using reportr, you agree to these Terms.
1. Definitions
Platform: The reportr website, services, and related systems.
Reporters/Users: Individual contributors who upload reports, images, and other materials.
Reports: News tips, written stories, data, or other editorial content uploaded by Reporters/Users.
Image Archive: The collection of images designated on reportr as stock/illustrative material.
Unlock: The action by which an Agency obtains a license to use specific content via the Platform.
2. Registration & Permissions
Agencies must register an account with accurate business information. Before unlocking any content, you must (a) set an invoice method and (b) request and receive unlock permissions. reportr may approve or deny unlock permissions at its discretion.
3. License & Permitted Use
Upon unlocking content, reportr grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, worldwide license to use the content strictly as set out below:
3.1 Reports (editorial content):
– May be used only for news reporting on web, print, and TV.
– May not be used as illustrative material outside the original news context, and may not be used for marketing, advertising, promotions, or similar purposes.
3.2 Image Archive (stock photos):
– May be used as illustrative material, including for marketing, advertising, promotional or similar purposes, subject to these Terms and applicable law.
You may not use any content without unlocking it first. Unauthorized use may lead to additional charges, suspension, and/or legal action. No ownership transfers to you; all rights not expressly licensed are reserved.
4. Pricing, Billing & VAT
By unlocking content, you agree to be invoiced the specified amount for each item unlocked. All amounts are specified excluding VAT. Invoices are sent at the end of each calendar month. If no content is unlocked during a billing period, no charges apply.
5. Credit to Reporters/Users
When content is unlocked, contributing Reporters/Users receive platform credits/points according to reportr’s internal reward system. This does not create any payment obligation from you to the Reporter/User outside the Platform.
6. Restrictions
Except as expressly permitted in Section 3, you may not: (a) resell, re-license, or distribute content to third parties; (b) use Reports as stock/illustrative material or in advertising/marketing; (c) use content in a defamatory, misleading, or unlawful manner; (d) remove or obscure any required credit, watermark, or metadata where applicable.
7. Intellectual Property
All content remains the property of the original contributor and/or reportr. Unlocking grants a limited license only. You obtain no copyrights or other ownership rights in any content.
8. Warranties, Disclaimers & Availability
Content is provided “as is.” reportr does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of Reports or other content and disclaims all implied warranties to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Platform may be updated, modified, or suspended at any time.
9. Legal Compliance & Indemnity
You are responsible for ensuring that your use of content complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards (including privacy, publicity, and intellectual property laws). You agree to indemnify and hold harmless reportr and its affiliates from claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from your use of the Platform or content in violation of these Terms or applicable law.
10. Termination & Suspension
reportr may suspend or terminate your account for any breach of these Terms or misuse of the Platform. All accrued payment obligations survive termination.
11. Invoicing Requirements & Non-Payment
You authorize reportr to issue monthly invoices for unlocked content. Payment is due per the terms stated on the invoice. Late or failed payment may result in suspension, interest/late fees where allowed by law, and recovery costs.
12. Privacy & Data
Your use of the Platform is also subject to reportr’s Privacy Policy. You must not misuse personal data contained in content and must comply with applicable data protection laws.
13. Changes to These Terms
reportr may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will take effect when posted on the Platform (or on the stated effective date). Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.
14. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of Sweden, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Courts located in Sweden have exclusive jurisdiction, unless mandatory law provides otherwise.
15. Contact
For questions about these Terms, please contact: qa@pixelgeeks.se.
By registering or unlocking content on reportr, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms & Conditions.