Terms of use

1. The service

IMPULSE Curator is a free tool provided by Institut für Strategische Ästhetik gGmbH (K8) within the research project IMPULSE. It searches open cultural heritage archives and lets you compile collections that IMPULSE's software can load. It is a research prototype: we do not guarantee that it is available at all times, and we may change or discontinue it.

2. Your collections

• You can create collections without an account. Every collection is public at its own address; anyone with the link can view it.
• The name and description of a collection are yours. Don't write anything unlawful, offensive or that infringes other people's rights, and don't include personal data of others.
• The edit link lets anyone who has it change or delete the collection. Keep it private. If it leaks, create a new one in the editor.
• Collections are meant for IMPULSE and for cultural, educational and research use. Don't use the service to harvest archives or to overload them.

3. The assets and their rights

The images, 3D models and descriptions in a collection come from the archives named with each asset. The rights in these works stay with their holders; each asset shows its licence and a link to its source. The Curator only offers works whose licence IMPULSE accepts, and every collection lists its licences and the credits they require.

You are responsible for complying with those licences wherever you use the works — crediting the creators, and sharing adaptations under the same licence where it says so. The Curator gives you the credits for copying and as a CSV file.

We do not check the works, descriptions or rights statements the archives provide and are not responsible for them. Problems with an asset are best reported to the archive that holds it; its source is linked from the asset's details.

4. Moderation

We may hide a collection from the public list, lock it against changes, or delete it when it breaks these terms or the law, or when an archive asks us to. Where we know the creator's email address, we tell them what we did and why. Collections that IMPULSE no longer needs may be removed after the project ends.

5. Reporting content

If you think a collection is unlawful or breaks these terms, tell us: Report content.

6. Liability

The service is provided free of charge and as it is. We are liable without limit for intent and gross negligence and for injury to life, body or health. For slight negligence we are liable only for the breach of obligations that are essential to the service, and only for the damage that was foreseeable when the service was used. We are not liable for the content and availability of the archives.

7. Changes and applicable law

We may change these terms when the service changes; the date at the top shows the current version. German law applies. Mandatory consumer protections of the country you live in are not affected.

See also the privacy notice and the imprint.