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Terms of Use

Effective Date: July 1, 2025

These terms of use apply to your use of the website available at: roc-photo.net, roland-de-courson.net and any other URL linking to this platform. We reserve the right to modify or to update these Terms and our Privacy at any time and at our sole discretion. Please review these Terms of Use and our privacy policy on a regular basis as any modification thereto becomes effective upon publication on the website.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using roc-photo.net (hereinafter referred to as “the website”), you agree to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions of use, in particular as regards applicable law (point 8 below). If you do not accept these conditions, please do not use this website.

2. Disclaimer

  • All photographs and videos on this site are original and have not been altered or modified in any way by the addition or deletion of elements. Artificial intelligence has been used to enhance the sharpness of a limited number of images, mainly those of North Korea shot from a great distance or under unfavorable weather conditions, without altering their nature and for the sole purpose of facilitating better public understanding of the information provided.

  • The texts, photographs and other material on this website have been produced in good faith and in accordance with the basic principles and freedoms of journalism under French laws. Any errors, omissions, approximations or prohibited shootings are unintentional.

  • Please use the contact form to report any issue.

3. Intellectual Property (copyright)

  • Ownership: Except for third-party materials, Roland de Courson (hereinafter “the owner”, “the author” or “the director of publication”) is the sole owner of the website and reserves all rights on all of its contents such as texts, photographs, videos, audio material, maps, graphics and any other content whatever its form displayed or available on the website. The contents of this website are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and treaties and their reproduction is strictly prohibited. Theft of contents will result in legal action without warning.

  • Third Party Content: As an exception to the above clause, some third-party content specifically marked as such is either on the public domain or licensed under a Creative Commons license, guaranteeing freedom of reproduction and use. Click here to read the conditions of use for Creative Commons licensed content.

  • All other third-party content is reproduced on this website with the express authorization of the rights holders and remain subject mutatis mutandis to the conditions set out in these terms of use.

  • Any content on this website that is not specifically marked as being in the public domain or as being licensed under Creative Commons is deemed to be prohibited from reproduction.

4. Use of the Website

  • Permitted Uses: You may only view the website and download short extracts of its content without any alteration, for strictly personal and private purposes, or for the purpose of illustration for teaching or scientific research, to the exclusion in each case of any commercial use, and only to the extent and as permitted by copyright laws of France. Any such reproductions of the content shall maintain all intellectual property notices, including all disclaimers contained therein.

  • Prohibited Uses: Any other use of the website and/or its content, in particular (by way of example and without limitation) any reproduction, communication to the public, distribution, storage, modification, translation, decompilation in whole or in part, for any purpose, without the owner’s prior written consent, is strictly prohibited.

5. Privacy Policy

Your use of the website is also governed by its privacy policy which outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data.

6. Limitation of Liability

  • All the texts, photographs and other contents on this site have been produced on the author’s own initiative without any link to his employer Agence France-Presse (AFP), which is therefore not subject to any liability.

  • You are responsible for making your own verification and assessment of the content and are solely responsible for the consequences of any decision made or transaction carried out on the basis of any content available on this website (or on any other third-party website linking back to this website). Your use of the website and its content is under your sole and full responsibility. We are not liable for any damages arising from the use of the website, including but not limited to indirect, incidental, or consequential damages.

  • The access to or the availability of the website may be totally or partially interrupted or run slowly due to causes beyond the owner’s control, or may be totally or partially modified, suspended, interrupted or restricted by the owner at any time. In no event shall the owner be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or related to your access to or use of, or your impossibility to access or use the website and its content.

7. Indemnification

You hereby undertake to access and use the website, its features and the content in strict compliance with these Terms, the applicable laws, and the terms of use applicable to features integrated into the website but operated by third parties. You hereby undertake to defend, indemnify and hold the owner harmless from and against all expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees and expenses), costs, losses, liabilities, damages, arising out of or in connection with any claim, demand, action, proceeding, directly or indirectly resulting from or based on a breach by you (or your staff) of these Terms.

8. Governing Law

This website is published in English solely for the convenience of users. The website is hosted and edited in France or elsewhere in the European Union. Its term of use, privacy policy and existence in general are governed exclusively and construed in accordance with by the law of the European Union and/or of the French Republic, without regard to conflict of law principles.

The Courts of Paris (France) shall have exclusive jurisdiction notwithstanding any actions in warranty or plurality of defendants.

9. Legal Information

This website is published by an individual and hosted by OVHCloud in the European Union.

Host address: OVHCloud, 2 Rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France.

Publication Director : Roland de Courson

10. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms of Use, use the contact page.

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