Purchase & Copyright Agreement

This is the agreement you accept when you buy an original painting or a print from me. It's short on purpose. The heart of it: the artwork is yours, the image stays mine — that's what keeps originals valuable and editions honest, for you as much as for me.

PURCHASE & COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT

MartinPryceArtist.com, owned and operated by Christopher Pryce (Cuttlefish) ("the Studio"), for artworks by Martin Pryce ("the Artist"). By checking the agreement box at checkout and completing a purchase, you ("the Buyer") accept these terms.

1. What you own. On full payment you own the physical artwork you purchased — an original painting or an authorized print. You may display it privately or publicly, lend it, gift it, and resell the physical piece.

2. What the Artist keeps. Copyright in the artwork — including all reproduction, distribution, adaptation and communication rights — remains with the Artist. Sale of a physical artwork does not transfer copyright. This is the default of Canadian law (Copyright Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-42, s. 13(4): no assignment is valid unless in writing and signed), of United States law (17 U.S.C. § 202: ownership of a copy is distinct from ownership of the copyright), and of the Berne Convention, under which this protection applies automatically in more than 180 countries.

3. What the Buyer must not do. Without the Artist's prior written permission, the Buyer must not: (a) reproduce the artwork in any medium — including scanning, photographing for reproduction, photocopying or reprinting; (b) sell, license or distribute images of the artwork; (c) create derivative works, merchandise, patterns or designs from it; (d) mint or trade the image as an NFT or other digital token; (e) use the image to train, fine-tune or seed any machine-learning or generative-AI system, or submit it to any dataset; (f) use the image for any commercial purpose; or (g) remove, crop out or obscure the Artist's signature.

4. What is always fine. Personal, non-commercial photographs of the artwork displayed in your space — including sharing them on social media with credit to Martin Pryce — plus photography for insurance, appraisal or resale listings of the physical piece.

5. Moral rights. The Artist asserts and does not waive his moral rights, including the right of attribution and the right to the integrity of the work (Copyright Act (Canada) s. 14.1; for original works in the United States, the Visual Artists Rights Act, 17 U.S.C. § 106A). The artwork must not be intentionally distorted, mutilated or modified, and must not be attributed to anyone other than the Artist.

6. Limited editions. Signed and numbered prints are produced in stated, fixed edition sizes. The stated size of an edition will not be exceeded. Reproducing a limited-edition print outside its edition is a breach of this agreement and of the Artist's copyright.

7. Enforcement. Unauthorized reproduction is copyright infringement and may attract statutory damages and other remedies under the Copyright Act (Canada, s. 38.1), U.S. copyright law (17 U.S.C. § 504) and equivalent laws elsewhere. The Studio enforces these rights.

8. Licensing. Reproduction rights can often be licensed — publications, film sets, commercial interiors, products. Write to studio@martinpryceartist.com; reasonable requests are welcomed.

9. General. This agreement is governed by the laws of Alberta and Canada. Checking the agreement box at checkout constitutes valid electronic acceptance (Electronic Transactions Act (Alberta); U.S. E-SIGN Act and UETA). If any clause is unenforceable, the remainder stands. This agreement travels with the artwork's image rights and benefits the Artist and his successors.

Effective date: 20 August 2026 · Version 1.0