The essentials
Accessing any page of our website other than our home page and this "Terms" page constitutes
your consent to these terms of use and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not
consent, do not use our website.
Your use of our website to do anything beyond simply accessing/viewing it (that is, uploading,
downloading, commenting, etc.), constitutes not merely your consent, but also your electronic
signature, meaning that you are contractually bound by these terms and by our Privacy Policy.
Stuff not to do
If someone else might own the copyright to it, don't upload it. Don't upload gore, obscenity,
advertising, solicitations, "hate speech" (i.e. demeaning race, gender, age, religious or sexual
orientation, etc.), or material that is threatening, harassing, defamatory, or that encourages
illegality. Don't hotlink to adult content, or to file-sharing or torrent sites, and don't use Imgur
as a content delivery network. Don't be a troll or a jerk. Don't impersonate someone else. If you do
(and we will be the judge), or if you do anything illegal, in addition to any other legal rights we may
have, we will ban you along with the site you're hotlinking from, delete all your images, report you to
the authorities if necessary, and prevent you from viewing any images hosted on Imgur.com. We mean it.
Stuff to do, please
If you see anything on our site that shouldn't be there because it violates our policies or for any
other reason, please let us know by emailing us at
abuse@imgur.com.
Avoid foul language for anything you make publicly available. Use asterisks *** to self-bleep if
you must. But come on, most of the time there are plenty of better, more descriptive words!
About images you upload
You can upload images anonymously and share them online with only the people you choose to
share them with. If you make them publicly available, they may be featured in the gallery. This
means that if you upload an image to share with your friend, only your friend will be able to
access it online. However, if you share an image with Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Reddit, etc, then
it may end up in the gallery.
The Details
Version 3.14/21/2014
Intellectual Property
By uploading a file or other content or by making a comment, you represent and warrant to us
that (1) doing so does not violate or infringe anyone else's rights; and (2) you created the file
or other content you are uploading, or otherwise have sufficient intellectual property rights
to upload the material consistent with these terms. With regard to any file or content you upload
to the public portions of our site, you grant Imgur a non-exclusive, royalty- free, perpetual,
irrevocable worldwide license (with sublicense and assignment rights) to use, to display online
and in any present or future media, to create derivative works of, to allow downloads of, and/or
distribute any such file or content. To the extent that you delete any such file or content from
the public portions of our site, the license you grant to Imgur pursuant to the preceding sentence
will automatically terminate, but will not be revoked with respect to any file or content Imgur
has already copied and sublicensed or designated for sublicense. Also, of course, anything you
post to a public portion of our site may be used by the public pursuant to the following paragraph
even after you delete it.
By downloading a file or other content from the Imgur site, you agree that you will not use such
file or other content except for personal, non-commercial purposes, and you may not claim
any rights to such file or other content, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in
writing.
NOTICES OF CLAIMED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
If you see anything on our site that you believe infringes your copyright rights, you may notify
our Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") agent by sending the following
information:
- Identification of the copyrighted work or works claimed to have been infringed.
- Identification of the material on our servers that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be
removed, including the URL or other information to enable us to locate the material.
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner
complained of is not authorized by you as copyright owner, or by your agent, or by law.
- A statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that
you are the owner (or authorized to act on behalf of the owner) of the exclusive copyright
right that is allegedly being infringed.
- Your physical or electronic signature, or of someone authorized to act on your behalf.
- Instructions on how we may contact you: preferably email, but also address and phone.
Our agent to receive such notifications of claimed infringement is Alan Schaaf.
Email: |
abuse@imgur.com |
Mailing Address: |
Imgur Inc.
929 Market Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94103 |
Use the same procedure for any claimed trademark violations or
other infringements. If we receive a DMCA notice and remove
something you posted anonymously, we will have no way of
notifying you, so you will have to contact us if you think that
may have happened. If we identify you as a “repeat infringer,”
we will block or remove your images and terminate any accounts
you have with us. Keep in mind that we reserve the right to
remove any content at any time whether or not it infringes or
violates any of our policies.
Subscription and Payments
Imgur Pro subscriptions are available and payments are handled by
PayPal, pursuant to PayPal's policies.
Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitations of Remedies, Indemnity
Although of course we strive to make Imgur as dependable as possible, Imgur's services are
provided on an AS IS – WITH ALL FAULTS basis. Your use of our service is entirely at your own
risk. We do not guarantee the availability of our service at any given time, or the reliability
of our service when it is running. We do not guarantee the integrity of, or the continued
availability of, files on our servers. Whether we make backups, and if so, whether restoration
of those backups will be available to you, is at our discretion. IMGUR DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF FITNESS AND MERCHANTABILITY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE STATED IN THESE
TERMS, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER IMGUR TAKES OR DOES NOT TAKE MEASURES TO
REMOVE INAPPROPRIATE OR HARMFUL CONTENT FROM ITS SITE, IMGUR HAS NO DUTY
TO MONITOR ANY CONTENT ON ITS SITE. IMGUR DOES NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE ACCURACY, APPROPRIATENESS, OR HARMLESSNESS OF ANY CONTENT APPEARING ON
IMGUR.COM THAT IS NOT PRODUCED BY IMGUR, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO USER
CONTENT, ADVERTISING CONTENT, OR OTHERWISE.
IMGUR'S liability for the loss of any services and/or of any images or other data you may have
stored on Imgur's service is limited to a refund of the cost, pro-rated if applicable, of the most
recent month of service (if you have paid for an Imgur Pro subscription). Otherwise, your sole
remedy is to discontinue the use of our service. IMGUR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF
YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, IMGUR'S SERVICES, EVEN IF IMGUR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
OR REASONABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NO CAUSE
OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF IMGUR'S SERVICES MAY BE BROUGHT MORE THAN
ONE YEAR AFTER IT OCCURS.
YOU WILL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD IMGUR AND ALL OF ITS PERSONNEL HARMLESS FROM ALL
LOSS, LIABILITY, CLAIMS, DAMAGES AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES,
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS, YOUR INFRINGEMENT OF
ANY THIRD PARTY'S RIGHTS, AND ANY HARM CAUSED TO ANY THIRD PARTY AS A RESULT OF
YOUR UPLOADING OF FILES, COMMENTS, OR ANYTHING ELSE TO OUR SERVERS.
Miscellaneous
"Imgur" or "we" refers to Imgur, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors
and assigns. "You" refers to any person who has consented to these terms or has become
contractually bound to them, whether such person is identified or not at the time. These terms
are governed by California law, excluding its conflicts of law principles, and if there is a lawsuit
between you and Imgur, jurisdiction and venue will lie exclusively in the State where the
defendant is located, if within the United States, or in Santa Clara County, California otherwise.
If any part of these terms is invalid, the remaining provisions will be unaffected. These Terms
of Use constitute the entire agreement among the parties relating to this subject matter, and
they will continue to govern any issues that arise out of your use of Imgur's services even after
you discontinue using them. We may revise these terms from time to time without notice.
Whenever we do so, we will so indicate by changing the version date at the top. Any changes
apply as of the time they are posted. Imgur is not meant for use by children under age 13; if
your child is younger than 13 please allow him or her to use it only under your supervision.