Designer Terms of Service

Thank you for your interest in becoming a Designer on BrickLink.com (the “Site”). As noted in the Terms of Service Agreement for the Site, there are special Designer Terms that apply to Designers and the designs that they submit to the Site.

The following are the Designer Terms as of the date set forth at the top of these Terms.

As noted in the Terms of Service Agreement, we may update and change the Designer Terms from time to time and we will notify you of the updates and changes and you will have an opportunity to accept the revised Designer Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Designer Terms, then BrickLink is entitled to terminate these Designer Terms and disable your account. By using the Site or uploading any designs to the Site following such notice, you agree to the updated Designer Terms.

Repeated violations of these Designer Terms may lead to the suspension or termination of your account.

Designer Terms:

1. Uploading content to the Studio Gallery. The Designer Terms apply if you upload an image of a brick model of a design (with or without uploading or making available Building Instructions (as defined below) for the model, or any parts lists necessary to build that model) for a creation using digital bricks into the Studio Gallery portion of the Site (a “Studio Gallery Design”), or otherwise upload building instructions for a particular brick model (“Building Instructions”, and with the Studio Gallery Designs, “Your Designs” or “Designs”).

   If you upload the Building Instructions for one of Your Designs, then the bricks that are compatible with that Design may be offered for sale and sold by you or by other users that are Sellers of bricks.

   By designing and uploading Your Designs, you agree that you and all aspects of Your Designs comply with these Terms.

   You are solely responsible for Your Designs and related content and the consequences of submitting and publishing Your Designs and related content on the Site. You affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to publish, and display all of Your Designs and related content you submit.

   If bricks for Your Designs receive a valid order in a store on the Site, you are obligated to follow the rules of buying and selling as noted in these Terms, including without limitation the Seller Terms.

   You are solely responsible for Your Designs and related content and the consequences of submitting and publishing Your Designs and related content on the Site. You affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to publish, display, and sell all of Your Designs and related content you submit.

   With respect to Your Designs and related content that you submit, post or upload to the Site, you hereby grant to BrickLink an irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, assignable, and sublicensable license for the duration of applicable legal protection of any intellectual property right attached to Your Designs, to use, modify (except as prohibited by applicable law) and translate as necessary, reproduce, communicate, and display Your Designs and related content (including Building Instructions) on the Site and to promote the Site in any media formats and through any media channels. Where applicable by law, you hereby waive your moral rights in Your Designs, to the extent necessary to give effect to the above license.

2. The rights to your design. BrickLink does not transfer legal ownership of any of Your Designs to any other BrickLink user. As a Designer, you also hereby grant each user of the Site a non-exclusive license to access Your Designs (other than Your Designs posted by you in the private portion of your account, e.g., My Studio) and other content through the Site and to use, copy, or communicate Your Designs and other content as permitted through the functionality and features of the Site and under these Terms. You further agree that the content you submit to the Site, including but not limited to Your Designs, will not contain, use or infringe any third party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to other third party proprietary rights (including trademarks, image or personality rights, or other intellectual property rights), unless you have permission from the rightful owner of the material or you are otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to grant BrickLink all of the license rights granted herein. You warrant the content you submit to the Site will not result in BrickLink’s infringement of any intellectual property right or other right of a third party.

3. Studio Gallery guidelines. All users will be able to browse, rate and review Your Designs (other than Your Designs uploaded by you to the private area of your account, e.g., My Studio). When you upload one of Your Designs onto the Site, you must comply with the following guidelines and comply with these Terms. We reserve the right to delete without any notice any of Your Designs and related content included on the Site that do not comply with any of the following rules, our policies or these Terms.

   No piggybacking on Intellectual Property (IP) that is not your own – This includes using brand names, trademarks, and reference numbers in the title, description, tags, image, or your username in order to draw attention to your design. If IP you do not own is used in this way, your design may be set to Display mode by our moderation team. Copies of existing LEGO® sets are also considered an infraction under this rule.

   No obscene, offensive, or otherwise objectionable material – All submissions must be family friendly and adhere to the general content guidelines found in the BrickLink Terms of Service. Designs which fail to meet this standard will be deleted completely from the site, including private areas of the site, and may lead to the suspension or termination of your account.

   Content related to the topics below do not fit our brand guidelines and will not be approved for publication in the Studio Gallery:

   • Warfare or war vehicles in any modern or present-day situation, or national war memorials
   • Large or human-scale weapons or weapon replicas of any kind, including swords, knives, guns, etc.
   • Religious references including symbols or people
   • Alcohol in any present-day situation
   • Death, killing, blood, terrorism, horror, or torture
   • First-person shooter video games
   • Sex, nudity, drugs, or smoking
   • Racism, bullying, or cruelty to real life animals
   • Politics and political symbols or campaigns
   • Swearing or profanity

   Restrictions on linking to other sites – Linking your design to another site is permissible only to showcase your design. Links that exploit your design submission for any other reason are not permitted and may result in the removal of your design from public view.

   Disputes – We are not obligated to evaluate any Design submission for license conflicts, because there are too many potential issues. However, listings may be removed by us at any time if legal issues arise or a third party makes an allegation regarding Your Design. To avoid this, you should do your own research for potential conflicts before submitting a Design. If Your Design has been infringed upon, please submit a notice of your claim of copyright infringement per Section 25 of the Base Terms of Service.