Terms and Conditions

Access to and use of this Website and the products and services available through this Website (collectively, the "Services") are subject to the following terms, conditions and notices (the "Terms and Conditions "). By using the Services, you are agreeing to all of the Terms and Conditions, as may be updated by us regularly.

You should check this page regularly to take notice of any changes we may have made to the Terms and Conditions . Access to this Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and DMC reserves the right to remove or amend the Services without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason this Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. Periodically we may restrict access to some parts or the entire Website.

Your use of the DMC website is contingent upon your acceptance of our Privacy Policy and the following Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions of business contained in the following pages, then you may not use the DMC website.

This Website also contains links to other websites, which are not operated by DMC (the "Linked Sites"). DMC has no control over the Linked Sites and accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. Your use of the Linked Sites will be subject to the terms of use and service contained within each Linked Site.

If you have any enquiries, comments or concerns regarding this agreement or any other part of this site or regarding any of our featured products and services or if you have experienced technical problems while using this site, please send an email to [email protected] for assistance from our friendly team.

1. COPYRIGHTS AND OTHER RIGHTS

The website is the exclusive property of DMC which is the only entity to use the relating intellectual property rights and personal right, in particular texts, images, sounds, information documents, services and any other component of this website (excluding messages from message board). This website is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. Use of the website in whole or in part, in particular by means of downloading, reproduction, transmission or representation for other purposes than personal and private non-commercial use is strictly prohibited. Content offered on the website are original creations protected by copyright. Reproduction is strictly prohibited for other purposes than personal and private non-commercial use. DMC Color Cards and other proprietary content are also protected by copyright. Reproduction without prior written consent of DMC is strictly prohibited, in particular in case of conversion cards.

Trademarks and logos appearing on the website are registered and/or copyright creations, and the exclusive property of DMC or its partners. Any unauthorized use of these trademarks, logos is strictly prohibited without prior written consent of DMC.

2. HYPERTEXT LINKS

Hypertext links to the website may only be included with prior written consent from DMC. DMC shall not be held liable or responsible for the contents of any sites which link to its website.

3. LIABILITY

DMC does its best to publish accurate and updated information. However DMC expressly disclaims any warranty on the information published. DMC can not be held liable for any inaccuracy relative to the information provided on the website.

The use of the website is at your own risk. DMC shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of our access to, or use of, the website.

4. COMMUNITY AGREEMENT CONSIDERATIONS

All content must be suitable for a general audience, law-abiding, and free of any inappropriate behavior or obscenities. By submitting content to our site, you declare you are of legal age with full rights regarding the content. You have created this content yourself or possess written permission from the rightful owner granting DMC usage of the content as follows. This content must have permission for use by all parties who appear without violating any rights of third parties and in compliance with applicable laws.  Prior to submitting content, obtain explicit consent when necessary.

5. REGISTRATION, PERMISSIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

DMC reserves the right to close accounts if any user is seen to be using proxy IPs (Internet Protocol addresses) in order to attempt to hide the use of multiple accounts or disrupts any of our services in any way. By submitting any material to us, you automatically grant DMC the royalty-free, perpetual, exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such material (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now know or later developed. DMC will endeavour to acknowledge you as the source of the material when we feature such material. DMC reserves the right to display content with, or without, name or reference when you respond @dmc_embroidery or #yesdmc. DMC is not obliged to publish material submitted by you. When taking part in any DMC community or social media groups you are governed by the terms of usage of the site in which the community/group exists.

DMC remains harmless from any claim or cause of actions related to your violation of any of these terms, including but not limited to any claims or allegations from third parties. Should a third-party declare legal actions related to your community participation, or DMC usage of content, you will notify DMC at once.

If you fail to comply by our community rules, DMC has the right to cancel your account without notice and delete any contributions. If you do not want to grant DMC the permissions set out in these terms then please do not share your contribution on any community DMC or any DMC forums or groups including but not limited to facebook.com/dmcofficial

6. SOCIAL CONTENT SUBMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS

We love celebrating the creativity of the embroidery and craft community by resharing your work across our social media channels. If you would like to have your work featured, here are a few of our content recommendations:

- Please use the hashtags #dmcembroidery, #dmcthreads, and/or #dmcfreepatterns to give our social teams permission to reshare your work.

- Tagging your photo with @dmc_embroidery, @dmc_france and/or @dmc_crafts on Instagram will help to ensure that our social team sees your content.

- We cannot reshare images that feature the contributor’s userhandle superimposed on the image.

- We cannot reshare images that feature names or dates.

- Images should be suitable for a general audience.

- Good lighting and high resolution photos are strongly recommended.

- The work should preferably be the focal point of the photo, ideally with a minimalist background.

- These are general recommendations, and we cannot guarantee that your work will be featured.

We understand the importance of originality and crediting artists. That’s why we endeavour to avoid resharing work that has been closely copied from another designer without due credit or permission. If you feel any content has been miscredited, as user handles change over time and through human error, please reach out to customer service and we will open an investigation.

Throughout the website there are links to allow users to share photos, videos, comments, and other rich media types, which are referred to as "User Generated Content." All photo submitted are curated and published by the DMC team via third-party platform "Pixlee". Submitting User Generated Content does not guarantee an onsite feature. By submitting User Generated Content for an onsite feature you also agree to the listed terms of section 4, Community Agreement Considerations. You also hereby grant DMC a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any of the User Generated Content that you post on or in connection with DMC and our services, including the likeness of any person that appears in the User Generated Content, or any of the concepts or ideas contained in the User Content, for any purpose, including commercial use, which includes the right to translate, display, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, sublicense, distribute and assign these rights. DMC retains the right to remove any User Generated Content at any time for any reason.

As a result of submitting User Generated Content to be featured, you understand the User Generated Content may persist within DMC distributed communications or where published publicly, considering others who have not deleted the User Generated Content.

7. COMPETITION T&C's

Eligibility:

Entrants must be 13+ to enter. Unless otherwise specified, entrants must reside in one of DMC's digital shipping territories: France, Germany, Belgium, French overseas (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Reunion Island and French Guiana), Spain, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Portugal, United Kingdom, or the United States of America. Unfortunately due to logistical constraints, entries from outside these shipping territories cannot be considered.

When a competition specifies a content contribution is necessary: All content must be suitable for a general audience, and free of any inappropriate behavior or offensive material. By submitting content to our site, you declare you are of legal age with full rights regarding the content. You have created this content yourself or possess written permission from the rightful owner granting DMC usage of the content as follows. This content must have permission for use by all parties who appear without violating any rights of third parties and in compliance with applicable laws. Prior to submitting content, obtain explicit consent when necessary. By providing a photo submission you agree to DMC featuring your work on digital channels including but not limited to Instagram (@dmc_embroidery), Facebook (@DMCOfficial), Pinterest, DMC website, DMC paid social advertisements, and (or) DMC email newsletters.

Page updated: 06/01/23