Terms of sale
1. Purpose and scope
These Terms of Sale govern the sale of digital blocks on artchive.one, a collaborative AI-art platform. They apply to any order placed by a buyer, whether a consumer or a professional.
Any order implies full acceptance of these terms in the version in force on the order date. The seller may amend them; the applicable version is the one accepted at purchase.
2. Seller identity
The site and the sale of blocks are operated by , with capital of , registered with the trade register (SIREN ), with its registered office at , intra-EU VAT number .
Contact: .
3. Definitions
“Edition”: a collective artwork divided into blocks, open for sale for a set period.
“Block”: a unique slot within an edition, whose image is AI-generated from the prompt or image provided by the buyer, in harmony with its neighbours.
“Digital content”: the generated image and associated items (permanent page, certificate). “Consumer”: a buyer acting outside any professional activity, under French consumer law.
4. Essential characteristics
The product sold is DIGITAL CONTENT not supplied on a material medium: an AI-generated image for the chosen block, its permanent page (permalink), a digital certificate of authenticity and the chosen public attribution.
As the output is produced by an AI model, it involves a degree of randomness: the buyer steers the creation (prompt, image, position) but the exact result cannot be guaranteed identically. Coherence with the collective artwork prevails.
5. Price
Prices are shown in euros (tax included) and rise dynamically with scarcity: the applicable price is the one displayed and recomputed by our servers at the time the block is reserved.
Applicable VAT is computed per the buyer's country. An invoice is issued for each order.
6. Order and formation of the contract
The buyer selects a block, personalises its content, then confirms the order. The confirmation button unambiguously states the payment obligation.
Ordering requires legal capacity to contract: the buyer must be at least 15 years old and, if a minor, have their legal guardian's consent.
The contract is formed upon payment confirmation. A summary is made available to the buyer, who may keep it. These terms are archived and enforceable.
7. Payment
Payment is made online via Stripe (cards and local payment methods), PCI-DSS compliant. The platform stores no card data.
The order is final only after effective payment. If payment is declined, the block reservation is released automatically.
8. Performance and delivery
With the buyer's express consent, generation begins IMMEDIATELY after payment. The generated image is made available within minutes on the block's permanent page.
If the buyer provided an email, they receive a receipt, a certificate of authenticity and the management links for their block.
9. Right of withdrawal
A block is personalised digital content whose execution starts immediately after payment, with the buyer's express consent.
Under article L221-28 of the French Consumer Code, by ticking the dedicated box the consumer REQUESTS immediate execution and expressly WAIVES the right of withdrawal, which can no longer be exercised once generation has begun.
Absent such waiver, the consumer has fourteen (14) days to withdraw, under articles L221-18 et seq.
10. Legal guarantees
The consumer benefits from the legal guarantee of conformity of digital content (articles L224-25-1 et seq. of the Consumer Code) and the guarantee against defects (articles 1641 et seq. of the Civil Code). Accordingly, they may obtain conformity of the digital content or, failing that, a price reduction or rescission of the sale.
These guarantees apply without prejudice to the right of withdrawal. To invoke them, the buyer writes to .
11. What you acquire (right of use)
The buyer acquires a personal, perpetual RIGHT OF USE over their block: personalise the generated content (prompt or image), choose their public attribution, display a dedication and their links and social networks on their block page, and have a permanent page and a digital certificate of authenticity.
This right of use does NOT transfer copyright or exploitation rights: the platform retains exploitation rights over the collective artwork and its fragments (display, promotion, archiving, derivatives).
12. Buyer content
The buyer warrants that their prompt or image infringes no third-party rights (IP, image, privacy) and contains nothing unlawful. They grant the platform the licence needed to display, generate and promote the artwork.
Content contrary to law or to the platform's rules is refused or removed (automated and human moderation). If generation definitively fails, the buyer is fully refunded and the block returns to sale.
13. Intellectual property
The site's structure, design, texts, trademarks and software are protected and remain the seller's exclusive property. Any unauthorised reproduction is prohibited. The collective artwork and its derivatives remain operated by the platform.
14. Liability and force majeure
The seller cannot be held liable for non-compliant use of the service, for the randomness inherent to AI generation, nor for force majeure or unavailability beyond its control.
Where engaged, the seller's liability is limited to the amount of the relevant order, without prejudice to the consumer's mandatory rights.
15. Service availability
The service is available continuously, subject to maintenance and technical contingencies. The seller strives to ensure continuity without being able to guarantee it absolutely.
16. Personal data
Personal data is processed in accordance with the Privacy policy. Public attribution relies exclusively on a chosen display name (name, pseudonym or anonymity); prompts are private by default. These choices can be changed at any time.
17. Complaints and customer service
Any complaint may be sent to . The seller undertakes to respond promptly and to seek an amicable solution.
18. Consumer mediation
Under articles L611-1 et seq. of the Consumer Code, after a written complaint that remained unsuccessful, the consumer may resort free of charge to a consumer mediator: .
The consumer may also use the European online dispute resolution platform: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.
19. Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by French law. Failing amicable or mediated resolution, any dispute falls under the competent courts; the consumer may bring proceedings before the court of their place of residence.
20. Amendment, evidence and entirety
The applicable version of the terms is the one in force on the order date. Computerised records and electronic confirmations constitute evidence of orders and payments.
Should any provision be held void, the others retain full effect.