Terms of use

On December 2016 VectorOpenStock has become Vexels. Since then all VectorOpenStock copyrights belong to Vexels. All licenses aquired to VectorOpenStock from 2009 to 2016 are still valid. It is then desirable but not mandatory to change attribution links to 'Vexels.com'. It is just a change of domain, the owners and team behind remind the same. Enjoy our new features!

Content Rights

All text, images, graphics, backgrounds, formatting, articles, copy and other materials on Vexels are subject to the intellectual property rights of Vexels, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective licensors and licensees. These materials may not be copied for commercial use, reverse engineered, decompiled, or disassembled, nor may these materials be modified, reposted to other websites, framed, deep linked to, or otherwise redistributed in any form unless written approval is obtained from the right holders and/or their representatives.

International copyright laws give the Vexels right holders the exclusive right to control the use of the works, content and media posted on our website. All the material published on our website and other digital and wireless platforms is protected by copyright law. Vexels content is also protected as a database by way of database rights. This intellectual property may not be used or reproduced without our express written permission. Use that is made without our consent is a breach of our terms and conditions; is a breach of contract, and violates copyright laws.

It is also strictly forbidden to redistribute any titles, text articles, descriptions or keyword strings created by Vexels by republishing them in any media, including websites and newsletters, unless you have a written license or contract with Vexels that says otherwise.

If Vexels notifies you that it believes you are creating, redistributing or republishing content or data in a manner outside the permitted use, you shall immediately cease doing so and remove all infringing content, unless/until Vexels reaches an agreement with you regarding your use of Vexels content, articles, data or other material published by Vexels. You may not scrape Vexels and republish the content by any means. Linking back or publishing an attribution is not a defense to copyright infringement.

Unauthorized copying or redistributing of content is a way of avoiding paying for the value you are gaining by using the content. Vexels makes a significant investment in creating content to deliver value to visitors and to make a return on that investment. Copying or redistributing content without the permission to do so is a breach of our terms and conditions and makes you legally responsible for your actions and the losses they have caused. If we discover an infringement or misuse of the Vexels copyrights, we will send a cease and desist order and defend our rights through legal action to recover the losses we have suffered. Any unauthorized use of the artworks posted on the Site violates Vexels 's intellectual property rights and will be subject to Vexels's full legal rights, sanctions and remedies.

1.1 These Terms and Conditions (hereinafter, referred to as 'the Terms”) for the website http://vexels.com (hereinafter, referred to as the 'Website”) constitute a legal agreement between the user (hereinafter, referred to as 'you”, 'your”, 'user”) of the Website and Dugson Digital SRL having a principal place of business at Blanca del Tabare 2918, Montevideo, Uruguay (hereinafter, referred to as 'the Company”, 'we”, 'us”, 'our”). The Website is owned and operated by the Company. By using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read the Terms and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree to the Terms, please do not use the Website.

The Company reserves the right to modify or amend these Terms from time to time without notice. If you continue using the Website following the posting of changes to the Terms, you declare that you accept those changes. The Company reserves the right to update and change our pricing structure as needed without notice.

2.1 Your use of the Website and any graphic shall comply with all applicable laws in the country in which you operate.

2.3 You agree to upload only graphics that you have the intellectual property rights to use. If you are found infringing copyright laws, you will solely be responsible for the infringements.

3. Licenses

3.1 These Terms apply equally to personal, corporate, educational and charitable use.

3.2 Please refer to the Creative Commons site to learn more about their license: CreativeCommons.org

3.3 How to credit our graphics on FREE USES:

● Personal use, like wallpapers > You don't have to credit us.

● Social media and websites > Credit us with the suggested code (attribution link) you'll find when downloading.

● Printed media > Credit us stating Designed by Vexels.com below the image

● School projects and presentations > Credit us with a reference: Designed by Vexels.com.

● Commercial uses such as products where the design is the main reason the product will be purchased (templates, t-shirts, mugs, calendars), packaging, labels and so on > A Paid License is Mandatory. No Free uses is allowed.

For more specific details about Licenses, Subscriptions and Crediting you can refer to the FAQ section

3.4 Under no License, you can use graphics for: (1) publishing the source file (ai, eps, psd, svg, etc) as they are or with small modifications, this would be considered redistribution and is strictly prohibited and against our terms; (2) pornographic, unlawful or defamatory uses, and (3) infringement of copyright, trade name, trademark or service mark.

3.5 The Company may immediately revoke all licenses granted to you without notice if you fail to comply with any provision of these Terms. If a license is revoked, you agree to immediately stop using the Website and the graphics, delete all graphics and all copies from all media and destroy all other copies.

4.1 By using the Website, you acknowledge and agree with the following statements:

(1) any review of uploaded Vexels that may be performed by the Vexels team before making the graphics available to the public is cursory and only intended to keep the desire quality standard of the graphics and to avoid immediately obvious violations of these Terms. If a graphic has no obvious proprietary marking that indicates an exclusive owner, the Company cannot be deemed to have actual knowledge that the graphic infringes upon any third party's rights. In order to bring to an end infringements of intellectual property rights, the Company relies entirely on properly presented notifications from third parties claiming that their rights have been violated;

(2) downloading a graphic does not transfer the copyright, but merely a license to use the graphic for the purposes stated above. You may not claim that the graphic is your own.

(3) There are graphics in our site which contains well known brands/trandemarks/logos, those are mainly intented to be use for Editorial or Educational purposes. You can also use them in other ways (even commercially) as long as you have the right permission/authorization to do so. You are solely responsible for the use on those cases.

(4) You are solely responsible for the use of any graphic in combination with any other material.

5.1 You are allowed to manipulate and modify graphics published. Also, you are allowed to include graphics published on the Website in composites to achieve a desired effect. The ownership of the copyright of manipulated, deviated and modified a graphic remains with the Author and may not be assumed by any other person if the original graphic is still identifiable in part or in whole.

5.2 You may not sell or redistribute graphics where the original graphic file is provided in the compilation as a primary component unless the use is specifically granted under terms of the Licenses described above.

5.3 Graphics used in manipulated, modified or deviated form in a composition that are so thoroughly incorporated that they are not reasonably identifiable are not subject to these restrictions.

6.1 If you have downloaded a Premium/Pro/Paid graphic that has technical flaws please contact us. At our sole discretion, we will either replace the graphic at no extra cost or refund any fee you have paid for the graphic. 

7.1 If you believe that a graphic published on the Website infringes your intellectual property rights, you can send us a notice containing: (1) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; (2) a description of the graphic that you claim have been infringed and identification of what material in such work(s) is claimed to be infringing; (3) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website; (4) information sufficient to permit the Company to contact you, such as your address, email address, and telephone number; (5) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material you identified is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (6) a statement by you that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. The address of the Company is Blanca del Tabaré 2918, Montevideo, Uruguay.

8.1 In order to sign in the Website, you can use your Google, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo accounts. Without registering an account on the Website, you cannot upload graphics but you still can download graphics.

8.2 By uploading graphics on the Website, you are accepting these terms and conditions.

8.3 After a Contributor uploads a graphic, they will be sent to the administrators of the Website for approval. They will be published as soon as the administrators approve them.

8.4 Contributors are entitled to change the title, tags, category, and the description of a graphic.

8.5 Graphics published on the Website can be seen and downloaded by Users who have account on the Website as well as by Users who do not have an account on the Website.

9.1 You may request termination of your account at any time, for any reason. Graphics that have been downloaded by users prior to their removal from the Website will remain properly licensed. We are unable to revoke licenses which have previously been granted.

10.1 You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its agents, affiliates, consultants, directors, employees, officers, and anyone providing information or software used in the Website from any and all claims arising from your use of the Website.

11.1 The Website is linked to third party websites. The linked websites are outside the control of the Company. The Company is not responsible for the content of any linked website or any link contained in a linked site. The linked websites are not endorsed nor recommended by the Company.

12.1 The Terms shall be governed by the laws of Uruguay. You irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts in Uruguay for all disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms.