Intellectual Property & Usage Policy

Last updated: April 9, 2025

All works featured on this website and affiliated Marrowdrift Studios platforms—including but not limited to original artworks, photographs of artworks, written descriptions, and any associated material—are the exclusive intellectual property of both the artist, Richardo K. Brown-Whitt, Esq., and of the corporation Marrowdrift Studios, unless otherwise stated.

Ownership and Rights

The artist retains all copyright, moral rights, and intellectual property rights related to the artworks, in accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act, the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (V.A.R.A.), and applicable statutes under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

You may not:

  • Reproduce, copy, scan, or otherwise duplicate any work from this website without express written permission.

  • Use any image or material for commercial purposes, resale, merchandise, advertising, or social media promotion without explicit licensing.

  • Use any artworks for the purpose of AI training, machine learning, image synthesis, data scraping, or any other derivative technological use, including but not limited to third-party platforms or tools.

  • Mint, tokenize, or otherwise convert any artwork into an NFT or similar digital asset.

V.A.R.A. Rights

Under V.A.R.A., the artist asserts their moral rights to attribution and the integrity of the work. These rights include:

  • The right to prevent distortion, mutilation, or modification of the artworks in a manner that would prejudice the artist’s honor or reputation.

  • The right to be acknowledged as the creator of the works.

  • The right to prevent unauthorized attribution or false association.

These rights remain with the artist even after the physical artwork is sold unless explicitly waived in writing.

Enforcement & Jurisdiction

Any unauthorized use of artwork displayed or sold through Marrowdrift Studios will be pursued through legal means, including cease-and-desist actions, takedown requests, and claims under U.S. copyright and intellectual property law.

This policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and any disputes shall be adjudicated in the state or federal courts located within Pennsylvania.

Licensing Inquiries

For inquiries regarding licensing, publishing, reproduction, or exhibitions, please contact the studio directly via [Insert contact method/email].

Privacy Policy

Introduction

Marrowdrift Studios ("we" or "us") values its visitors’ privacy. This privacy policy is effective March 26, 2025; it summarizes what information we might collect from a registered user or other visitor (“you”), and what we will and will not do with it.

Please note that this privacy policy does not govern the collection and use of information by companies that Marrowdrift Studios does not control, nor by individuals not employed or managed by Marrowdrift Studios. If you visit a website that we mention or link to, be sure to review its privacy policy before providing the site with information.

What We Do With Your Personally Identifiable Information

It is always up to you whether to disclose personally identifiable information to us, although if you elect not to do so, we reserve the right not to register you as a user or provide you with any products or services. “Personally identifiable information” means information that can be used to identify you as an individual, such as, for example:

  • your name, email address, phone number, billing address, and shipping address

  • your Marrowdrift Studios user ID and password (if applicable)

  • credit card information (if applicable) [Note: all payment processing is handled securely via third-party platforms such as Stripe or PayPal, and we do not store your credit card information]

  • any account-preference information you provide us

  • your computer’s domain name and IP address

  • session data for your login session

If you do provide personally identifiable information to us, either directly or through a reseller or other business partner, we will:

  • not sell or rent it to a third party without your permission — although unless you opt out (see below), we may use your contact information to provide you with information we believe you need to know or may find useful, such as news about our collections, product launches, and modifications to the Terms of Service;

  • take commercially reasonable precautions to protect the information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction;

  • not use or disclose the information except:

    • as necessary to provide services or products you have ordered, such as by providing it to a carrier to deliver physical artworks or products;

    • in other ways described in this privacy policy or to which you have otherwise consented;

    • in the aggregate with other information in such a way so that your identity cannot reasonably be determined (for example, statistical compilations);

    • as required by law, for example, in response to a subpoena or search warrant;

    • to outside auditors who have agreed to keep the information confidential;

    • to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other sale or disposition of all or a portion of Marrowdrift Studios’s assets. The successor organization’s use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information will continue to be subject to this privacy policy unless (i) a court orders otherwise; or (ii) the successor organization gives you notice that your personally identifiable information will be subject to its own privacy policy, with an opportunity for you to opt out;

    • as necessary to enforce the Terms of Service;

    • as necessary to protect the rights, safety, or property of Marrowdrift Studios, its users, or others.

Other Information We Collect

We may collect other information that cannot be readily used to identify you, such as your computer’s domain name and IP address. We may use this information, individually or in the aggregate, for technical administration of our website, research and development, customer and account administration, and marketing.

Cookies

Marrowdrift Studios uses “cookies” to store personal data on your computer. We may also link information stored in cookies with personal data stored on our servers. If your browser settings do not allow cookies, you may not be able to access certain features of our site.

External Data Storage Sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third-party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

Your Privacy Responsibilities

To help protect your privacy, be sure to:

  • not share your user ID or password with anyone else;

  • log off the Marrowdrift Studios website when you are finished;

  • take customary precautions to guard against malware.

Notice to European Union Users

Marrowdrift Studios’s operations are primarily located in Mexico City (CDMX), Mexico, and the United States (Pittsburgh, Pa). If you provide information to us, it may be transferred out of the European Union (EU). By providing personal information to us, you consent to its storage and use as described herein.

Information Collected From Children

You must be at least 13 years old to use Marrowdrift Studios’s website and services. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy as necessary for legal compliance or to reflect changes in our practices. If you have provided us with an email address, we will endeavor to notify you of any significant changes to how we use personally identifiable information.