Flanders Cultural and Artistic Visual Media Professional
Flanders Cultural and Artistic Visual Media Professional
Terms and Conditions
USAWTV.com Operated by Vartan Vartanyan Current operating location: California, United States Email: usawtv@gmail.com Telephone: +1 818-213-6603 Effective date: June 7, 2026
1. Business Status and Scope
USAWTV.com currently operates from California, United States, providing photography, filmmaking, editing, and visual media. services.
A new one-person self-employed activity is planned in Flanders, Belgium, with a primary focus on Cultural and Artistic Photography and Visual Media.
The planned Belgian services will include:
The Belgian activity is not yet operational. No paid self-employed activity will be performed in Belgium until all required authorizations, registrations, affiliations, and insurance arrangements have been completed.
These Terms apply to the use of the USAWTV.com website. A project-specific quotation, service agreement, letter of intent, release, or other written agreement may contain additional terms. Where a project-specific agreement conflicts with these general Terms, the project-specific agreement will normally control, subject to mandatory applicable law.
2. Current U.S. Services
Services presently performed in the United States are provided by Vartan Vartanyan through USAWTV.com.
The scope, location, deliverables, schedule, fees, deposit, licensing rights, cancellation conditions, and other requirements for each U.S. assignment will be stated in a written quotation or service agreement.
3. Planned Belgian Services
Before the Belgian activity is legally established, USAWTV.com may:
Any proposed Belgian project discussed before authorization will be expressly conditional on the applicant obtaining the required Professional Card and completing the necessary residence, business, tax, social-security, insurance, and administrative registrations.
A discussion, proposal, or letter of intent does not authorize the performance of paid services before those requirements have been completed.
After Belgian registration, the official business name, establishment address, Crossroads Bank for Enterprises number, VAT number, where applicable, and legally required contact information will be published on the website and contractual documents.
4. Project Proposals and Agreements
No project is confirmed solely because an inquiry form has been submitted or an informal conversation has taken place.
A project becomes confirmed only after:
Changes to the agreed scope may require a revised quotation, additional fee, or adjusted delivery schedule.
5. Fees, Deposits, and Payment
Project fees will be stated in the applicable written quotation or agreement.
A deposit or advance may be required to reserve production dates or begin preparatory work. The amount and applicable cancellation conditions will be stated before payment.
Unless otherwise agreed:
For current U.S. services, payment methods may include bank transfer, Zelle, PayPal, or another agreed method.
For future Belgian services, invoices and payments will comply with applicable Belgian tax, invoicing, consumer, and payment rules.
Late-payment interest, collection costs, or compensation will be charged only where permitted by applicable law and after any legally required notice or waiting period.
6. Belgian Consumer Right of Withdrawal
Where a future Belgian or European consumer enters a service contract online, by telephone, or away from the business premises, the consumer may have a statutory 14-day right of withdrawal.
Where a consumer requests that performance begin during the withdrawal period, USAWTV.com may require an express written request.
If the consumer withdraws after performance has begun at the consumer’s express request, the consumer may be required to pay a proportionate amount for services already performed, as permitted by applicable law.
The consumer may lose the right of withdrawal after a service has been fully performed, only where the legally required express request and acknowledgement have been provided.
Nothing in these Terms limits a mandatory consumer right that cannot legally be excluded.
7. Cancellation and Rescheduling
Cancellation and rescheduling conditions will be stated in the project quotation or agreement.
Depending on the timing of cancellation and work already completed, charges may include:
For Belgian consumer projects, cancellation provisions will be applied subject to mandatory consumer rights, including any applicable withdrawal right.
USAWTV.com may reschedule or cancel a project because of illness, unsafe conditions, severe weather, venue restrictions, equipment failure, transportation disruption, government action, or another circumstance reasonably beyond its control.
Where USAWTV.com cancels without providing an acceptable alternative date, refundable amounts will be refunded. turned subject to the project agreement and applicable law.
8. Client and Organization Responsibilities
The client or contracting organization must:
Delays caused by missing permissions, restricted access, incomplete information, or client-requested changes may affect fees and delivery dates.
9. Cultural Events, Performances, and Exhibitions
Photography or filming at exhibitions, performances, festivals, heritage locations, rehearsals, workshops, or community events may be subject to:
USAWTV.com may stop or modify production where continued work would be unsafe, unlawful, seriously disruptive, or contrary to an authorized venue instruction.
10. Deliverables and Production Schedule
Deliverables may include:
The final deliverables, file formats, resolution, duration, number of revisions, delivery method, and estimated completion date will be stated in the quotation or agreement.
Delivery times depend on project size, editing requirements, feedback, subtitles, translations, approvals, and technical complexity.
RAW camera files, unedited photographs, original project files, timelines, and unused footage are not included unless expressly stated in writing.
11. Review and Revisions
The client must review delivered drafts within the period stated in the agreement.
The quotation will identify the number and type of revisions included. Additional revisions, changes in creative direction, replacement interviews, new subtitles, or work outside the agreed scope may require additional fees.
A revision is not a complete reproduction of the project unless expressly agreed.
12. Copyright and Client License
Unless copyright is expressly assigned in a written agreement, USAWTV.com or the relevant creator retains copyright in original photographs, films, edits, graphics, subtitles, and other creative work to the extent permitted by applicable law.
After full payment, the client receives the usage rights described in the applicable agreement.
The license may identify:
The client may not sell, sublicense, materially alter, misrepresent, or provide the work to an unrelated third party outside the agreed license without written authorization.
Rights in third-party music, artwork, performances, trademarks, locations, or archival materials remain subject to the rights of their respective owners.
13. Portfolio and Promotional Use
USAWTV.com will not assume an unrestricted right to publish identifiable client or participant material.
Portfolio, website, social media, immigration evidence, when any other fund media, immigration media, exhibition, promotional, immigration-evidence, or educational use will occur only where permitted by:
A client requesting complete confidentiality must state this before the project is confirmed.
14. Image Rights, Interviews, and Minors
Clients and organizations must identify individuals who must not be photographed or recorded.
For interviews and prominently featured participants, appropriate consent or authorization may be required.
For minors, the necessary permission of a parent, legal guardian, school, organization, or other responsible authority must be obtained before publication or other use, as applicable.
USAWTV.com may use separate releases or consent forms where appropriate.
15. Archiving and Storage
USAWTV.com will use reasonable care when managing project files, but does not promise permanent storage unless an archival service is included in the written agreement.
The agreement may specify:
Clients should download and securely back up all final deliverables promptly.
16. Drone and Aerial Services
Current U.S. drone activity, when offered, will be performed only when legally permitted and subject to applicable Federal Aviation Administration and local requirements.
Future drone services in Belgium or elsewhere in the European Union will be offered only after all applicable registration, competency, insurance, geographic-zone, venue, privacy, safety, and operational requirements have been satisfied.
Drone work may be cancelled or modified because of weather, airspace restrictions, crowds, location rules, safety concerns, or government instructions.
17. Subcontractors and Project Specialists
USAWTV.com may engage appropriately qualified camera operators, editors, translators, subtitle specialists, sound professionals, assistants, or other project-based collaborators where reasonably necessary.
USAWTV.com will remain responsible for coordinating its contracted services, subject to the applicable agreement.
Confidential information and personal data shared with project specialists will be limited to what is reasonably required for their work.
18. Professional Standard and Liability
USAWTV.com will perform agreed services with reasonable professional care and skill.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where exclusion or limitation is prohibited by applicable law, including liability for fraud, intentional misconduct, or any other liability that cannot legally be excluded.
To the extent legally permitted, USAWTV.com will not be responsible for:
Any project-specific limitation of liability will be stated in the written agreement and applied subject to mandatory consumer and other applicable law.
19. Force Majeure
Neither party will be responsible for failure or delay caused by circumstances beyond reasonable control, including severe weather, fire, flood, illness, accident, strike, transportation disruption, venue closure, equipment theft, public-health restrictions, government action, civil disturbance, power failure, or communication-system failure.
The parties will make reasonable efforts to reschedule, modify, or complete the project when circumstances allow.
20. Complaints
A client should submit any complaint promptly to:
Email: usawtv@gmail.com
The complaint should include:
USAWTV.com will attempt to respond within a reasonable period.
After the Belgian business is legally registered, information about any applicable Belgian consumer-mediation or dispute-resolution process will be added where legally required or appropriate.
21. Governing Law
Current U.S. projects
Unless a written agreement states otherwise, projects performed through the current U.S. operation will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without limiting mandatory rights that may apply in another jurisdiction.
Subject to applicable law, disputes relating exclusively to a U.S. project may be brought before the competent courts of California.
Future Belgian projects
After the Belgian activity has been lawfully established, Belgian projects will be governed by Belgian law unless another applicable rule or written agreement lawfully provides otherwise.
For consumers, nothing in these Terms removes the protection of mandatory consumer law or the right to bring a claim before a court that has jurisdiction under applicable law.
22. Changes to These Terms
These Terms may be updated to reflect changes in services, business registration, legal requirements, or website operation.
The version applicable to a confirmed project will normally be the version accepted with the relevant quotation or service agreement.
23. Contact
USAWTV.com / Vartan Vartanyan Email: usawtv@gmail.com Telephone: +1 818-213-6603 Current operating location: California, United States
Planned future establishment: Flanders, Belgium, subject to authorization and registration.
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