Terms of Use & Civic Portal Conventions

• ARTICLE 1: ACCEPTANCE OF CIVIC TERMS

1. Purpose and Scope of the Portal

The website accessible at this domain is an informational and educational portal created by Association SON SON (RNA W161004829, SIREN 991287475). By navigating this portal or submitting inquiries through its intake forms, visitors acknowledge and accept these Terms of Use without reservation.

The portal is designed solely to facilitate public interest cultural education, inform citizens about artist residency programs, share open-source sound recordings, and coordinate non-commercial civic volunteer engagement in rural Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

• ARTICLE 2: NON-COMMERCIAL CHARACTER

2. Strictly Non-Commercial Operation

This portal does not engage in commercial transactions, mercantile advertising, or e-commerce retailing. No financial payment processing, credit card collection, or subscription billing occurs on this platform. Any attempt by third parties to use our brand, contact forms, or published sound recordings for commercial solicitation or spam marketing is strictly prohibited.

• ARTICLE 3: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & OPEN COMMONS

3. Educational Use of Published Resources

Educational manuals, bioacoustic audio recordings, and research summaries published in our library are dedicated to the public commons under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 licenses. Users are free to download, study, and integrate these assets into non-profit pedagogical curricula, provided that Association SON SON is cited as the originating source.

Photographic assets depicting community volunteers, minors, and visiting artists are protected by privacy laws and image rights. They may not be harvested, republished, or incorporated into artificial intelligence training datasets without explicit prior written authorization from the Executive Bureau.

• ARTICLE 4: USER INTEGRITY IN INTAKE SUBMISSIONS

4. Proper Use of Civic Intake Forms

Users submitting registrations for workshops, volunteering, or civic internships guarantee the accuracy of information provided. Submissions must not contain defamatory, abusive, or malicious code. Association SON SON reserves the right to reject incomplete or inappropriate registrations to preserve the safety and harmony of community assemblies.

• ARTICLE 5: APPLICABLE LAW & JURISDICTION

5. Applicable Law & Territorial Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with French law. Any dispute arising from the interpretation or execution of these terms shall be submitted to the amicable mediation of the Charente associative ombudsman before any legal proceedings. If unresolved, disputes shall fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Angoulême, France.