Terms of Use
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1. Scope, Changes to the Terms of Use
1.1. SHOWCAST GmbH & Co. KG, Marspfortengasse 6, 50667 Cologne (hereinafter referred to as SHOWCAST) provides users with the services offered on the online portal www.showcast.de based on these terms of use. By registering on www.showcast.de and/or using the services provided there by SHOWCAST, the user agrees to the validity of these terms of use.
1.2. The terms of use can be printed and/or saved digitally by the user, particularly prior to registration. If necessary, they can be requested by the user at any time in written form (letter, fax, or email) from SHOWCAST GmbH & Co. KG, Marspfortengasse 6, 50667 Cologne, via fax at +49 221 44906709, or by email at
1.3. SHOWCAST reserves the right to change the terms of use with effect for the future. In this case, SHOWCAST will inform the user of the changes to the terms of use at least two weeks in advance and will indicate that the changes will be considered accepted if the user does not object to them within two weeks of notification.
1.4. Deviating provisions in the user's general terms and conditions as well as changes, deletions, and additions to these terms of use by the user are only valid if confirmed by SHOWCAST.
2. Content, Registration, Requirements
2.1. As a casting and model agency, SHOWCAST books and mediates models, actors, presenters, and other artists (hereinafter referred to as talents). SHOWCAST primarily relies on talents who have registered on www.showcast.de and have kept their respective profiles up to date. Registered talents have the opportunity to confirm job offers or similar (so-called "options") submitted by SHOWCAST via the project management component provided on www.showcast.de. The booking or mediation of talents is not governed by these terms of use but by the respective contract terms of SHOWCAST applicable to talents through the project management component provided on www.showcast.de.
2.2. Only talents who are at least 16 years old are eligible to register. Talents who have not yet reached the age of 18 require the consent of their legal representative to register.
2.3. Registration is free of charge. It primarily serves as an application for inclusion in the SHOWCAST directory maintained on www.showcast.de. SHOWCAST provides the user with an online registration form for this purpose. The registration form provided by SHOWCAST does not constitute a binding offer for inclusion in the SHOWCAST directory maintained on www.showcast.de. By submitting the registration form by clicking the registration button, the user only submits a binding offer to SHOWCAST to be included in the SHOWCAST directory maintained on www.showcast.de.
2.4. The talent has no claim to inclusion in the SHOWCAST directory maintained on www.showcast.de. The talent will not be notified of a rejection/non-inclusion. Likewise, after successful inclusion and activation of their profile, the talent has no claim to be booked by SHOWCAST for assignments.
2.5. The talent is obligated to provide truthful, accurate, current, and complete information about themselves during registration according to the specifications of the relevant online form. The talent manages their profile page independently. They must keep their data up to date and accurate at all times. The image material must depict the user and must not be older than two years.
3. Termination, Modification/Deletion/Blocking of the Profile
3.1. The user can delete their profile at any time without giving reasons. The stored data and information will then be automatically deleted by SHOWCAST. To do this, the user sends an email with the address used for registration to
3.2. SHOWCAST is entitled, at its own discretion, at any time and without giving reasons, to delete the user's password, block their profile, or partially or completely delete the content posted there or to publish it elsewhere within the offering or to prevent any other use of the services by the user.
4. User Obligations
4.1. The user is fully responsible for the content of their profile as well as for all activities carried out through it—such as confirming options submitted to them pursuant to 2.1 sentence 3 via the project management component provided on www.showcast.de and any binding contract conclusion that may result from this. This also applies if the user has given a third party access to their profile, for example, by sharing their password, as well as for any misuse by third parties who, for whatever reason, have gained possession of the password.
4.2. The user is obligated to inform SHOWCAST immediately of any misuse of their password.
4.3. The user undertakes to refrain from any actions that could impair the functionality of the services provided by SHOWCAST.
5. Image Rights, Indemnification
5.1. SHOWCAST is entitled to use the image and/or video material uploaded by the user on their profile page free of charge, for example, to promote the respective talent or to promote SHOWCAST's services on blogs, websites, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc., in particular by publishing it. The same applies to image and/or video material that the user has provided to SHOWCAST in any other way.
5.2. The user assures that the image material they have uploaded is free of third-party rights and may be published.
5.3. If SHOWCAST is held liable by third parties due to the use of the image material uploaded by the talent on their profile page, the user shall indemnify SHOWCAST against any liability and thus against all associated financial and other disadvantages. This also includes own and possibly third-party attorney and court costs to be reimbursed.
6. Data Protection
6.1. By registering on www.showcast.de, the talent agrees that SHOWCAST may store and process personal data of the talent that SHOWCAST becomes aware of in the course of the business relationship. Personal data is treated strictly confidentially and is only processed and stored as necessary for the proper execution of the contract. In doing so, SHOWCAST will, as always, comply with all data protection requirements, in particular the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG).
6.2. By registering on www.showcast.de, the talent also expressly agrees that the data provided in their publicly accessible profile may be stored, processed, and in particular published for the purpose of using the website as well as for inquiries by internet users.
6.3. SHOWCAST will provide the talent with information about the data stored about them or their username upon request. The information is provided in written form (e.g., letter, fax, or email). If the user's profile is deleted, regardless of who deletes it, the data posted there will also be deleted by SHOWCAST.
6.4. SHOWCAST has taken a variety of security measures to protect the personal data of the talent that goes beyond the information contained in the publicly accessible profile of the talent. This data will not be passed on to third parties. However, SHOWCAST explicitly points out to the talent that data protection for data transmissions in open networks, such as the internet, cannot be fully guaranteed according to the current state of technology.
6.5. SHOWCAST uses cookies to ensure the smooth and easy use of the portal by the talent. The cookies are used solely for internal purposes: These are so-called session cookies that contain the user ID of the user. This allows SHOWCAST to see if the talent is logged in and thus authorized to access the content posted in their profile.
7. Liability and Limitation of Liability
7.1. SHOWCAST is only liable for intent and gross negligence; otherwise, it is liable under the Product Liability Act, in case of injury to life, body, or health, or due to the culpable breach of essential contractual obligations. The claim for damages for the breach of essential contractual obligations is limited to the typical, foreseeable damage, unless a further case of mandatory liability is given in sentence 1.
7.2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph 1 apply to all claims for damages, regardless of the legal basis. They also apply to the claim for reimbursement of futile expenses.
7.3. The above limitations of liability also apply to the benefit of SHOWCAST's representatives and vicarious agents.
8. Governing Law, Jurisdiction, Severability Clause
8.1. These terms of use are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
8.2. The exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising directly or indirectly from the use of the online offering provided by SHOWCAST is Cologne, provided that the user is a merchant, a legal entity under public law, or a special fund under public law.
8.3. If any provision in these terms of use is or becomes invalid, this shall not affect the validity of all other provisions or agreements. The parties shall replace the invalid provision, insofar as the user is a merchant, a legal entity under public law, or a special fund under public law, with a valid provision that comes closest to the economic intent of the parties.
9. Notice on Online Dispute Resolution (ODR Platform)
The European Commission provides a platform for out-of-court online dispute resolution (ODR platform), which can be accessed at www.ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. The email address of SHOWCAST can be found in the legal notice or provider identification and is