Image Upload Terms

By submitting images to Standard Diesel Direct you agree to the following terms and conditions.

1. You warrant and confirm that the images you submit are your own images and/or you have all necessary rights and consents to transmit them to us for use in accordance with the grant set out below without violating any rights of third parties, privacy laws, copyrights, trademarks, or any other laws or regulations.

2. You hereby grant Standard Diesel Direct the following:

  • Royalty-free, transferable, perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, watermark, print, display, reproduce, modify, publish, sell, transmit and distribute the image and anything included in it with or without attribution. Without limitation, images may be used in lectures, reports advertisements, or other print or electronic media.
  • Right to supply a copy of the image(s) to another person or organization.
  • You warrant and confirm that any identifiable person pictured in any image (or, if a minor, their parent/guardian) supplied by you has given consent for Standard Diesel Direct to use, copy, print, display, reproduce, modify, publish, transmit, use for advertising, sell and distribute their likeness. 
  • You indemnify Standard Diesel Direct and its employees, officers, directors and agents and hold them harmless from any and all claims, losses, damages and expenses, including legal fees, to the extent that these arise out of (a) Standard Diesel Direct’s use of the images in accordance with these Image Upload Terms; (b) a breach or alleged breach of the Image Upload Terms; or (c) failure to obtain appropriate consent from an identified subject in an image.

Upon successful upload, all images will be screened by a moderator. If deemed acceptable, images will be published to the website and other related Standard Diesel Direct information pages including social media. If deemed unacceptable, submitted images will be removed from our system without notice.

Images portraying any of the following will not be accepted:

  • Advertising, marketing or promotional material;
  • Name, telephone numbers, addresses or other personal information;
  • Nudity
  • Illegal activity
  • Potentially offensive gestures or displays
  • Any other displays deemed unacceptable by Standard Diesel Direct

If your submitted image is denied or accepted, you will not necessarily be notified.

Images displayed on Standard Diesel Direct’s website or any other publication will not include the name of the person photographed, however the first and last initials of the person submitting the image, and the city and state of the person submitting the image may be used. The person submitting the photo will be assumed to be the owner of the vehicle in the image. Complete anonymity of the person submitting the photo or any people in the image cannot be guaranteed.

4. Without limitation, you agree that:

  • Images submitted to Standard Diesel Direct may be used by third parties.
  • Standard Diesel Direct may add a watermark to images.