Terms of Use Summary

You are free to use the downloaded documents, images, and designs:

• For personal, academic, and commercial projects and to modify it.
• In a website or presentation template or application or as part of your design.

NOTE: Any use for profit must follow secondary element usage rules. Learn more more here: How to Use Simplified Science Publishing Content.

You are not allowed to:

• Sub-license, resell or rent it.
• Include it in any online or offline archive or database.
• Share downloads for collective use.

The full terms of the license are described in sections 6 and 7 of the Simplified Science Publishing, LLC terms of use below. 

Terms of Use

Updated December 1, 2023

The websites are operated by Simplified Science Publishing LLC, registered in Arkansas, United States of America ("Company"). 

These terms of use ("Terms") govern the access, browsing and use by the users ("User" or "Users", as applicable) of https://simplifiedsciencepublishing.thinkific.com/ and https://simplifiedsciencepublishing.com/, including any of its subdomains and/or sections ("Website"); as well as the services rendered through the Website ("Service" or "Services", as applicable) which include the download and use of certain content.

Accessing and using the Website implies that the User has read and accepts to be bound by these Terms without exception. In case the User does not accept the Terms or have any objection to any part of the present Terms, the User must not use the Website.

The Company may modify the Terms at any time and thus we recommend that the Terms are reviewed on a regular basis by the User. The date at the beginning of these Terms refers to the latest update of these Terms, which will be applicable from the date of publication.

Some Services provided through the Website may be subject to specific conditions or instructions that must be accepted by the User prior to the provision of the relevant Service. These specific conditions may be imposed by the Company or by third parties. Such specific conditions shall apply in addition to the Terms and, in case of conflict, shall supersede the Terms. Accordingly, the User must read and accept such specific conditions before the provision of the relevant Service.

1. Services Offered

Through the Website, it is offered to the User visual content, like vectors, illustrations, photos, images, Adobe Illustrator files, vector icons, PDFs, video contents, and recordings (including the corresponding audio) in any format, as well as specific information related to such content.

2. Authorized Use

The User is only authorized to use the Website and the Services in accordance with the Terms and in good faith. In particular and without limitation, Users (irrespective of whether they have purchased a Product or not) undertake that any access or downloads of any content available in the Website or through the Services will always be the result of a genuine legitimate interest of the User and acknowledges that any method which artificially increases the number of downloads, accesses or clicks over such content is strictly prohibited under these Terms (including, without limitation, the generation of downloads, accesses or clicks over such content through any robots, spiders or any other mechanism, mobile application, program or tool) and will result in the cancellation of the User’s account by the Company and the obligation for the User to indemnify the Company for all damages suffered as a result of the User’s breach of this undertaking, without the right of reimbursement of any of the amounts paid.

The User agrees not to use the Services negligently, for fraudulent purposes or in an unlawful manner. Likewise, the User agrees not to partake in any conduct or action that could damage the image, interests or rights of the Website or third parties.

The User will not interfere with the functioning of the Website or in the Services, in particular, he/she/it will not impersonate another user or person. The User agrees not to carry out any action that may damage, make unavailable, overload, deteriorate or impede the normal use of the Website or the Services, which may impact the security of the Website or the Services, or which may in any way interfere with the Services offered by the Company. The use of robots, spiders or any other mechanism, mobile application, program or tool to access, copy or control any part of the Website or the Services in any way which is contrary to the ordinary use of the Website or which infringes the Company’s interests (without its express prior authorization) is strictly prohibited. Likewise, obtaining or attempting to obtain the contents of the Website using any method or system not expressly authorized by the Company or which is not the ordinary method of accessing the Website is also strictly prohibited.

The User shall be responsible for any costs required for the Services’ use and for ensuring, prior to using the Services, that the Services’ features meet the User’s needs and that he/she/it meets all requirements and has all the equipment and software necessary for this purpose.

The rights granted to the User under these Terms are personal and shall not be assigned to any third party (including affiliates or entities part of the same group of companies) totally or partially, by any means, without the prior, express and written consent from the Company.

When providing the Services, the Website can publish advertising either related or not to the contents displayed or the Services, which is expressly accepted by the User.

3. Registration

In order to use certain Services, the User must register, creating a username and password and activating an account. To this end, the User must provide a valid email address where the User will receive notifications related to the Services. If the User is a legal entity or business, its username must be its full name or corporate name and the person registering on behalf of the legal entity or business declares that he/she is duly authorized to bind such legal entity or business and that such legal entity or business shall be bound to these Terms.

The User agrees to provide the mandatory information required for registration and also acknowledges that such information is true, complete and up to date. The User is solely responsible for keeping such information updated. Should the User provide false, outdated or incomplete information, or should the Company have reasons to suspect it, the Company reserves the right to suspend or cancel the User’s account.

The User must protect and keep the account password confidential and must not disclose it to third parties. The User must neither allow other Users to access the Services through the User’s account nor use the account of another User to access the Services.

The User is responsible for all operations carried out through the User’s account through any device. If the User suspects that another User is using his account, he/she/it should immediately inform the Company.

The Company may suspend or cancel the User’s account if it considers that the User has breached these Terms.

4. Content

The Services allow Users to purchase and download Simplified Science Publishing Content.

If you have any question regarding any content or believe that it infringes any right, that it does not comply with these Terms, or that is inappropriate, you can do so by contacting the Company as indicated in these Terms or following the instructions provided on the Website for a copyright complaint. 

Simplified Science Publishing Contents are offered under the conditions stated from time to time in the Website (including, without limitation, restrictions to the resale or sharing of content to non-paid users) and its use is allowed in the terms set out or referred to in these Terms, as applicable.

5. Liability

The User acknowledges and agrees that he/she/it uses the Website and its Services at the User’s own risk and under the User’s responsibility and, therefore, the Company does not accept any responsibility for misuse or use in breach of these Terms.

The User will be responsible for any damages to the Company resulting from the User’s use of the Website and the Services in breach of the Terms and accepts to indemnify the Company and its directors, employees, agents and representatives from any liability in which they may incur as a result of the User’s breach of these Terms.

The Company does not warrant the availability or continuity of the Website or the Services, nor its reliability, quality, completeness, accuracy or whether they are fit for a specific purpose or activity.

As way of example and without limitation, the Company shall not be liable for any damages that may result from:

• - Technical problems, unavailability, software compatibility, power cuts, failure of the telecommunication networks or the User’s equipment which are not the Company’s responsibility.
• - Delays or unavailability of the Website and the Services due to deficiencies or traffic overload on the Internet, in the communication network or the electricity grid.
• - Third-party actions.
• - Unavailability of the Website and the Services due to maintenance or software updates.
• - Any other event beyond the Company’s direct control.

SAVE FOR THE COMPANY’S WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, AND THOSE CASES IN WHICH DUE TO THE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE USER INVOLVED OR THE NATURE OF THE MATTER, APPLICABLE LAW PROVIDES THAT LIABILITY CANNOT BE LIMITED BY AGREEMENT, USE OF THE WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES IS AT SOLE RISK OF THE USER AND THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OF ANY KIND CAUSED TO THE USER AS A RESULT OF USING THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE SERVICES.

6. Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights over the Website, the Services, and/or the Simplified Science Publishing Content, its design, and source code, and all content included in any of them (including without limitation text, images, animations, databases, graphics, logos, trademarks, icons, buttons, pictures, videos, sound recordings, etc.) belong or are licensed to the Company.

Except as expressly authorized under these Terms, the reproduction or distribution, as well as transformation, producing any derivative works of any kind, public communication, making available, extraction, reuse or any other use of the Website, the Services, the Simplified Science Publishing Content or any of its parts, is strictly forbidden.

7. License Agreement for Simplified Science Publishing Content Purchases

The Company authorizes the User to download and use Simplified Science Publishing Content purchased from https://www.simplifiedsciencepublishing.com and https://simplifiedsciencepublishing.thinkific.com/ under the terms of this Section. The Company and its licensors reserve all rights over the Simplified Science Publishing Content not expressly granted in this license to the User.

Subject to the fulfillment of these Terms, the Company authorizes the User in a non-transferable, revocable, limited, non-exclusive manner and on a worldwide basis for the duration of the relevant rights; to download, use and modify the Simplified Science Publishing Content, in a device the User owns or controls and only for the purposes and uses allowed in these Terms.

The User may use the Simplified Science Publishing Content (including any derivative work), either using the Simplified Science Publishing Content in its entirety or using only some or some of its elements, either using the Simplified Science Publishing Content without modification, combining them with other contents or having previously modified them, being the license granted with respect to the Simplified Science Publishing Content, provided that it:

1. - Does not involve collective use;
2. - The Simplified Science Publishing Content is not used in a manner that suggests an association or endorsement of any kind by the Company or the Website;
3. - The Simplified Science Publishing Content or any derivative work is not used or included (in whole or in part) in a database, archive or in any other media/stock product, collection, set of clips, or library, for distribution or resale or used in any other way that could prevent or limit future visits or downloads from the Website;
4. - Does not resell, assign, transfer or sublicense the Simplified Science Publishing Content or any derived work from the Simplified Science Publishing Content;
5. - Does not use the Simplified Science Publishing Content in printed or electronic items (e.g. t-shirts, cups, postcards, birthday or greeting cards, invitations, calendars, web models or electronic devices, apps, NFTs, video games, advertising spots, audiovisual animations) aimed to be resold, in which the content in the Simplified Science Publishing Content is the main element (because of size, relevance or any other cause, in case of doubt about whether the content is main element, it shall be deemed that the content is main element);
6. - Does not use the Simplified Science Publishing Content (totally or partially) in any trademark, or part of the same, which may be used by any other means to guarantee or to imply a guaranty of any product and/or service, unless the Simplified Science Publishing Content used in such cases is modified in such a way as to be a new and different content not confusingly similar with the original Simplified Science Publishing Content or implies a use of the Simplified Science Publishing Content as a template or test, and not as a final item or material;
7. - Does not use the Simplified Science Publishing Content (including any caption information, title, keywords or other metadata associated with the Simplified Science Publishing Content) for any machine learning and/or artificial intelligence purposes, or for any technologies designed or intended for the identification of natural persons.
8. - Does not make any use of the Simplified Science Publishing Content which might be considered defamatory, libelous, obscene, immoral or illegal, including, without limitation, using it in a way that places any person appearing in the Simplified Science Publishing Content in a negative light or depicts them in a way that they may find offensive such as the use in pornography, advertisements for escort or similar services, political endorsements, birth control products, and;
9. - Does not make any use of the Simplified Science Publishing Content to slander, libel or to vilify a person, race, sex, culture, sexual orientation, religion, country, region, town, village or any other place, or any other human group.

When any Simplified Science Publishing Content is marked or identified as for editorial use, or when within the same there are logos, recognizable products, public buildings, public events or images taken in places where recognizable persons appear in the background, the User shall only be entitled to use it for such editorial use. In such cases, the User undertakes not to use that content in any manner that entails any connection with any business activity, the use in economic traffic or advertising, marketing or commercialization of any product or service. The User shall be directly liable and the Company shall not assume any liability as a result of the use for commercial purposes by the User of any content belonging to the Simplified Science Publishing Content, which according to this paragraph should be for editorial use only.

As a general rule, it is forbidden for a User to authorize any third parties to use the Simplified Science Publishing Content (or any modification of any content in the Simplified Science Publishing Content). As an exception to the prohibition, the User may allow third parties to use the Simplified Science Publishing Content, when each and every of the following conditions are met:

1. - The third party has professionally instructed the User to produce goods or provide services to it/him/her and the User uses a limited number of items within the Simplified Science Publishing Content to produce such goods or provide such services to the instructing third party;
2. - The authorization granted by the User to the third party is in writing and complies with every restriction of the User’s authorization to use the relevant Simplified Science Publishing Content and includes, without limitation, a restriction for the third party to distribute, resell or license the relevant content in the Simplified Science Publishing Content (i.e. the third party is the final user of the relevant content in the Simplified Science Publishing Content);
3. - None of the contents in the Simplified Science Publishing Content which are subject to the authorization are used as the main element (because of size, relevance or any other cause; in case of doubt about whether the content is the main element, it shall be deemed as the main element) in printed or electronic items (e.g. t-shirts, cups, postcards, birthday or greeting cards, invitations, calendars, web models or electronic devices, apps, NFTs, video games, advertising spots, audiovisual animations) aimed to be resold by the third party;
4. - The production of goods or provision of services by the User to the third party is not done by automatic means, it is tailor-made for the third party (and therefore its use is not authorized by the User to any other third party) and requires a specific substantial human intervention from the User in relation to each third party; and
5. - The User - and not the third party - chooses the specific items within the content of the Simplified Science Publishing Content to be used in the production of goods or provision of services for the third party.

When all of the above conditions are met, the User shall be entitled to authorize a third party to use the relevant content in the Simplified Science Publishing Content. This exception refers only to the prohibition for the User to authorize third parties to use the content in the Simplified Science Publishing Content without affecting or limiting in any way the remaining conditions of the User’s right to use the Simplified Science Publishing Content. Whether the above conditions regarding the exception to the prohibition for Users to authorize third parties to use the content in the Simplified Science Publishing Content are met shall be interpreted restrictively so that, in case of doubt, it shall be deemed that the conditions are not met.

The User does not acquire any right as a result of the use of the content in the Simplified Science Publishing Content. In particular, the User is not authorized to distribute, resell or rent any content in the Simplified Science Publishing Content (or any modification of any content in the Simplified Science Publishing Content).

The User’s rights under this Section will end automatically without any notice if the User breaches any of the Terms. In case of termination of the rights hereunder, the User shall cease using content in the Simplified Science Publishing Content and will destroy every copy, whether total or partial, thereof.

8. Conditions for Services

The terms in this Section ("Service Terms") govern any Services provided by courses, design products, or templates in the Website. When concluding the purchase procedure for any Services, it shall be deemed that the User has read and accepted, without exception, the Service Terms. For the avoidance of doubt, the Service Terms are additional to the Terms which will continue to apply to Users who have purchased Services unless it is expressly provided otherwise in relation to specific provisions in the Service Terms.

These Service Terms are available to the User before the purchase of the Service and may be stored or reproduced on a durable medium.

The Service Terms are available in English. In case the User is interested in purchasing any Service Terms, it has to follow the instructions available in the Website from time to time.

The courses and design Services available are offered in the Website where the pertinent information, price and conditions are included (including, without limitation, restrictions to the reuse or resale of the courses or design downloads). The Company can modify the Services offered at any time, offering with new Services (to which, unless otherwise stated, these Service Terms shall apply) or ceasing to offer any of the Services. The Services are personal, shall not be assigned to third parties and no third parties other than the User shall be allowed to use the Simplified Science Publishing Content (including as third parties, for these purposes, affiliates or entities part of the same group of companies).

The price for the Service is stated in the relevant currency in the Website and includes, if applicable, the relevant Value Added Tax. The Company is entitled to modify the price for any Service at any time. The Company shall apply the price stated in the Website at the time of the submission of the Service order by the User.

The User shall pay for the Service in advance through credit/debit card or any other valid payment method offered by the Company, as stated in the Website. To purchase and pay for the Service, the User shall follow the instructions stated in the Website. The processing of the payment information and data through credit/debit card is made within third-party sites. When ordering any Service, the User authorizes the Company to collect the corresponding price through the chosen payment method. The Service shall not be activated until the Company has received the payment or the payment has been authorized by the relevant financing entity. After that, the Service shall be in force for the term purchased by the User.

Once the User purchases the Service, the screen shall confirm the purchase. In addition, within the shortest time reasonably possible and not after twenty-four (24) hours since the acceptance of the order, an email shall be sent to the User with the receipt of the purchase. The receipt may be stored and printed. The User may request and download an invoice as stated within the Website twenty-four (24) hours after making the relevant payment.

The rest of the Conditions, including the conditions established or referred to in Clauses 5 and 6, will continue to apply, such as, without limitation, the prohibited uses for Simplified Science Publishing Content.

As the content in the Website is digital content, no cancellation right shall apply, which is expressly acknowledge and accepted by the Users, without prejudice to the guarantees stated in the consumers’ regulations that may be applicable, unless the Company states otherwise, in which case, will be subject to the conditions set forth by the Company.

9. Changes and Closure of the Website

The Company may, at any moment, and without incurring in any responsibility towards the User, modify the content of the Website or the Services, limit or modify the conditions or cease to provide some or all the Services and features available or deactivate and delete all or some of the User accounts and their corresponding information. However, the Company will comply with its obligations regarding the keeping of records in relation to certain transactions for the relevant period as provided by applicable law or refund the Users of Services in force at that time with the proportional part of the price not accrued before the termination.

10. General and Contact Information

The use of the Website and the Services and the interpretation and application of these Terms shall be governed by the laws of the state of Arkansas in the United States of America. Except for those cases in which the applicable law imposes a specific jurisdiction, any dispute in connection with these Terms shall be resolved by courts in the state of Arkansas in the United States of America, and the parties expressly waive any other applicable jurisdiction.

If any provision in these Terms is declared to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall be substituted or deemed as not included. The remaining provisions in these Terms shall not be affected in any way.

You may contact the Company for any query or claim to info@simplifiedsciencepublishing.com.