Legal Terms & Conditions

In the course of creating the content for your clients, it is important to respect the rights of others. Be mindful of the ownership of all of the elements of your content, including your photography, videos, the narratives you use in your property descriptions and video as well as the music you use to enliven your content. In delivering any content to us, you have agreed in your franchise agreement to assign to Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC (“us” or “we”) all right title and interest in all copyrights and other rights to all content, including but not limited to video (including music tracks), photography, words and expressions submitted to us for potential display on sothebysrealty.com or any other media we subsequently operate or manage, regardless of the forms in which it was originally or subsequently printed or used. You have also agreed to waive any claims against us for our use, and represented and warranted that none of the above-reference material violates or infringes upon any copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any third party, or breaches any contract. Lastly, you have agreed to indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless from any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses, fees, settlements, penalties and attorneys’ fees arising from any third party’s claims that a violation or infringement has occurred or may occur - so please carefully manage your content and those that produce it by making sure you have secured any necessary rights before you use the content. e type of insights and knowledge that prospective buyers need in order to make one of the biggest financial transactions of their lives. Your focus should be on selecting adjectives and nouns that are meaningful to the prospective buyer and help tell a home’s story.

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