Terms of service

Mikian.Photos is operated by Mikian Musser (“Mikian,” “we,” “us”). By using mikian.photos you agree to these terms. They’re short on purpose — read them.

What we sell

We sell digital photographs taken at running events. After an event, you can search the event’s photos by face scan or bib number and buy the full set for a single flat price displayed on the purchase page. There are no subscriptions, no recurring charges, and no hidden fees beyond payment processing.

What you get

When your payment settles, we deliver the full-resolution photos that match your search to you for download. You receive a personal-use license for those photos: you can keep them, print them, post them on personal social media, send them to friends and family, and use them for personal milestones.

You may not resell the photos, license them to third parties, use them in advertising or paid promotions, train machine-learning models on them, or remove photographer attribution that we include with the file.

Photographer rights

Every photo carries an attribution to its photographer. Photographers retain copyright in their work; Mikian.Photos licenses the photos to you under the personal-use terms above. If you’re a photographer and want a photo of yours removed, email us at hello@mikian.photos.

Payment

Payments are processed by our payment provider (currently Stripe or PayPal — whichever is shown at checkout). We don’t store your card details. The amount you see on the checkout page is the amount charged, including any payment-processor fee disclosed on that page.

Refunds

Because photos are delivered digitally and immediately, sales are generally final. If something went wrong — wrong photos delivered, a download that won’t complete, a photo of someone who isn’t you — email hello@mikian.photos within 14 days of purchase and we’ll refund you in full, no questions asked.

If your photos shouldn’t be public

If you appear in a photo we’ve published and you want it taken down, email us at hello@mikian.photos with a description of the photo (and your bib number if you have one). We’ll remove it from public view within a few business days.

Account & downloads

We may ask you to sign in (e.g. with Google) to access photos you’ve already bought, view receipts, or re-download. We keep your purchase history so the photos you’ve paid for stay available to you.

Acceptable use

Don’t try to break into the site, scrape the catalog, share your downloads publicly in a way that lets others avoid paying, or use the site to harass anyone. We may suspend access if you do.

No warranty

The service is provided “as is.” We do our best to keep it working and to match the right photos to the right people, but we don’t guarantee perfect results. If face-matching misses you or a bib is mis-OCR’d, contact us and we’ll make it right.

Limitation of liability

Our maximum liability for any claim relating to the service is the amount you paid us in the 90 days before the claim arose.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, USA. Disputes are resolved in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County.

Changes

If we change these terms in a way that affects you materially, we’ll update the effective date at the top and (if you have an account) notify you by email. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the changes.

Contact

Questions, refunds, takedowns, or anything else: hello@mikian.photos.