License Terms

for the use of sound projects by Artol s.r.o.

Sound projects are computer files containing sound sequences and configuration information for sound decoders of digital control of model railways. These, as a result of the creative intellectual activity of their co-authors, are subject to copyright, and their use is conditioned upon the granting of a license.

The use of a computer file of a sound project (hereinafter referred to as the sound project) without a granted license in any way is in violation of the provisions of Act No. 618/2003 Coll. Copyright Act as amended and according to the provisions of Act No. 300/2005 Coll. Criminal Code constitutes the factual basis of the crime of copyright infringement.

Artol s.r.o. is the entity authorized to use sound projects in any way, without limitation, and for the entire duration of the property rights of the co-authors, and is also authorized to grant a second party permission to use the computer files of sound projects within the scope of the license granted to them.

The User is entitled to use the computer files of sound projects based on and in accordance with the license granted to them by the Provider with the following content:

Article I. Introductory Provisions

1.1. The User orders the sound project electronically through the order form published on the sounds.artol.sk website or by email. The order is also considered as consent to the price list of sound projects on the date of the User's order.

1.2. The User's order for the installation and use of sound projects according to the previous point of this article of the license terms, along with the price list of sound projects published on the sounds.artol.sk website on the date of the User's order and these license terms, constitute a single whole and together form a License Agreement for the use of computer files of sound projects (hereinafter also referred to as the "license agreement").

Article II. Subject of the License Agreement

2.1. The Provider grants the User a license to use the sound project exclusively for the purpose for which the sound project was created and designated by the co-authors. The use of the sound project for the purposes of this license means its uploading to the sound digital decoder of the Zimo company in the digital control system of model railways DCC and subsequent playback by means of the sound decoder.

Article III. Method of Using the Sound Project, Scope of the License, and Duration

3.1. The license for the sound project is tied to the use of a specific sound decoder with a specific recording code. This code is generated based on the serial number of the sound decoder, and the User receives it after paying the license fee. The method of working with the code is described in a separate section on the sounds.artol.sk website.

3.2. The license is valid for the entire lifespan of the specific sound decoder for which the recording code was generated.

3.3. In the event of the sale of the sound decoder with the recorded sound project by the User to a third party, the rights and obligations of this license agreement pass to the third party.

Article IV: Services Provided with the License

4.1. The service that the Provider commits to provide to the User is a free update of the sound project if it is carried out by a new cut of existing recordings or by editing new recordings.

Article V: Compensation for the License and for Services Provided with the License

5.1. The User agrees to pay the Provider a one-time fee for the license according to Article II of these license terms in the amount according to the price list of sound projects. After receiving the binding order, the Provider will inform the User of the bank details and other payment information (especially the variable payment symbol), whereby the User agrees to pay the Provider the fee for the license no later than 15 days from the date of sending the binding order based on the above-mentioned notification of payment details by the Provider. The Provider, after receiving the fee for the license, commits to issue and send the User an invoice with the necessary elements of a tax document and at the same time send an authorization code.

Article VI: Liability for Damage and Violation of License Terms

6.1. The Provider is not liable for any damage that occurs to the User or a third party as a result of using the software for a purpose other than that for which the software was created and designated by the co-authors.

6.2. The Provider is not liable for any damage that occurs to the User or a third party as a result of materially incorrect, defective, or insufficient instructions or commands given by the User or a third party, nor is the Provider liable for any damage that occurred to the User due to improper use of the sound project by the User or a third party due to a lack of legal or economic knowledge and knowledge in the field of computing technology necessary for the proper use of the sound project.