Terms of Use
Date: 28 February 2026
Language and translations
These Terms of Use are provided in several languages. Only the German version is authoritative and legally binding. Translations are provided solely for the sake of clarity. Mandatory consumer protection regulations of the country in which the user has their habitual residence remain unaffected.
1. Provider and Platform Operator
Contrima is a registered trademark of Mark Reinhardt.
The operator and provider of the platform is Mark Reinhardt, acting as a sole trader.
Contrima provides a technical platform for the presentation, provision and management of photographic content. Contrima does not act as a contractual partner between photographers and the subjects of the photographs and does not undertake any legal review of individual usage agreements.
2. Scope
These Terms of Use apply to all visitors, registered users and photographers, who use the platform.
3. Registration and user account
Where registration is offered, users are obliged to: provide truthful information and treat access data as confidential.
Contrima is entitled to suspend or delete user accounts in the event of breaches of these terms and conditions or in the event of unlawful content.
4. Uploading of content by photographers
Photographers may only upload content if they are authorised to do so. The photographer guarantees that they hold all necessary rights of use and that no third-party rights (in particular personal rights, copyright, trademark rights) are infringed.
The photographer indemnifies Contrima against all claims by third parties, which are asserted on the basis of unlawfully uploaded content.
5. Platform licence
By uploading content, the photographer grants Contrima: a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to store the content for the purpose of operating the platform, to process it technically and to make it publicly available.
Insofar as content is expressly approved for publication,
- display it in a public gallery,
- display it in the respective photographer’s portfolio,
- use it for presentation and marketing purposes for Contrima (e.g. website, social media, promotional materials).
No further commercial use shall take place without a separate agreement.
6. QR codes and access system
Contrima may provide QR codes or comparable access technologies, which enable access to specific content.
QR codes serve solely to facilitate technical access; and do not confer any independent rights of use. The respective photographer is solely responsible for the legal permissibility of the publication.
7. Payment functions
Contrima may offer paid services or transactions. The exact terms and conditions (prices, commissions, durations) are clearly set out in the relevant offer.
Contrima is entitled to use payment service providers.
8. Liability
Contrima shall be liable without limitation in cases of intent and gross negligence, as well as in the event of injury to life, limb or health.
In the event of a breach of material contractual obligations due to slight negligence, liability is limited to foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract. Otherwise, liability is excluded.
9. Availability
Contrima endeavours to ensure availability with as few interruptions as possible, but does not guarantee access at all times.
10. Changes to the platform
Contrima is entitled to change, further develop or discontinue functions, provided this is reasonable for users.
11. Applicable law
The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. For consumers, this choice of law shall apply only to the extent that it does not deprive them of the protection afforded by mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which the consumer has their habitual residence.
12. Jurisdiction
If the user is a trader or a legal entity under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction shall be the provider’s registered office.