COPYRIGHT & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY
Comprehensive legal protections for fashion photography, talent personality rights, brand trademarks, and proprietary database records.
Safeguarding Creative Genius & Talent Assets
AURA Couture enforces rigorous global intellectual property protections across all six represented creative disciplines.
At AURA Couture (operating the Vogue Vibe Models talent house), creative work is our core currency. As an elite global agency representing fashion models, actors, singers, dancers, painters, and musicians across Paris, Milan, London, New York, Mumbai, and Delhi, we curate, produce, and license thousands of high-resolution fashion editorials, runway photographs, commercial video reels, musical compositions, and digital comp cards.
This Copyright & Intellectual Property Policy sets forth the legal terms governing the ownership, licensing, protection, and enforcement of all visual, audio, typographic, and textual content appearing on auracouture.com. We operate in strict accordance with the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, the US Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512 / DMCA), and the Indian Copyright Act 1957 (as amended).
All Rights Reserved
Protected under international copyright treaties.
Image Licensing
Commercial usage requires prior agent licensing.
Anti-AI Scraping
Strict legal prohibition against AI model training.
DMCA Agent
Fast 24-hour response to valid takedown notices.
High Fashion Editorial Campaigns
Digital Polaroids & Comp Cards
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Ownership of Content & Creative Assets
Unless otherwise explicitly indicated, all materials contained on this website—including but not limited to fashion editorial photographs, runway imagery, digital polaroid comp cards, video audition reels, sound recordings, choreography clips, original artwork images, textual descriptions, page layouts, graphic designs, software code, and database compilations—are the exclusive property of AURA Couture Management, its roster of represented talent, or its contributing photographer and brand partners.
All creative works are protected by national copyright legislation in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, European Union member states, and international treaties. All rights are reserved globally.
Fashion Photography
Runway, lookbook, and campaign images licensed exclusively for agency roster presentation. Rights remain held by photographers and AURA Couture.
Digital Comp Cards
Proprietary talent measurement matrices and composite layouts prepared specifically for casting director review. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited.
Video & Audio Masters
Commercial showreels, vocal playback masters, self-tape auditions, and original musical scores scored by roster artists.
Anti-AI Scraping & Machine Learning Prohibition Clause
AURA Couture strictly prohibits the automated crawling, data mining, harvesting, scraping, or extraction of any photographic assets, digital polaroids, comp card layouts, facial geometry, voice recordings, or performer metadata from auracouture.com for the purpose of training, fine-tuning, evaluating, or validating Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), or synthetic imagery models.
Any unauthorized ingestion of talent imagery by AI development entities constitutes intentional copyright infringement, violation of publicity rights, and breach of website terms, entitling AURA Couture and its talent to seek immediate injunctive relief and statutory damages.
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers regarding copyright enforcement, image rights, DMCA takedowns, and brand licensing.
Can I use model portfolio photos or digitals from AURA Couture on social media?+
No. All fashion photography, model digital polaroids, comp cards, and video reels published on auracouture.com are protected by international copyright laws. Reproduction, redistribution, or commercial usage without an executed written license from AURA Couture is strictly prohibited.
How do brand clients obtain commercial image licensing rights for talent?+
Brand clients, advertising agencies, and production houses acquire commercial usage rights (e.g. Print, Out-of-Home, Digital, TVC, Global Territory) through a formal booking agreement negotiated by our dedicated talent agents prior to campaign launch.
What is AURA Couture’s policy on AI and Machine Learning image scraping?+
We strictly prohibit the automated crawling, scraping, downloading, or ingestion of any talent portfolio photos, composite cards, facial likenesses, or voice recordings for the purpose of training Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), or Generative AI models.
How do I submit a DMCA Copyright Infringement Takedown Notice?+
If you believe your copyrighted work has been improperly published on our platform, send a formal written notice containing the required DMCA elements to our Designated Copyright Agent at copyright@auracouture.com or mail our Mumbai / New York offices.
Are minor models’ likenesses protected under special legal protocols?+
Yes. Imagery and digital comp cards of minor models are subject to enhanced legal protection under international child safety laws, chaperoned booking mandates, and strict privacy controls.
Designated Copyright Agent Contact
Please direct all DMCA notices, copyright infringement inquiries, or commercial image licensing requests to our Designated IP Agent:
copyright@auracouture.com
+91-22-6789-9900 (India) / +1-212-555-0199 (USA)
AURA Couture Legal Desk, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai / 5th Ave NYC