These Instructor Terms were last updated November 2023 .
By signing up as an instructor on Lawra Academy (“Company” or “we”), you (“Instructor” or “you” or “your”) acknowledge and agree to these Instructor Terms (“Terms”), governing your use of the platform (“Platform”). These Terms are to be read alongside the current terms and conditions and the Company’s Privacy Policy, which apply to when you use the services provided on the Platform (“Services”). As an Instructor, you directly contract with the Company or its affiliates and it’s Students (“Students”).
License to Company
You grant the Company the rights to offer, market, and otherwise exploit your Submitted Content. This includes the right to add captions or otherwise modify Submitted Content to ensure accessibility.
Unless it is agreed in writing between the Company and the Instructor the Instructor shall not remove all or any portion of the Submitted Content from the Services. It is agreed and understood that the Services promoted on the platform provide unlimited access to materials and the Company shall be given 60 days’ notice to substitute the Submitted Content with similar relevant content.
The Company may use your Submitted Content, or parts of it, for quality control and to support the delivery, marketing, promotion, demonstration, and operation of our Services. You give us permission to use your name, likeness, voice, and image in connection with the Services, your Submitted Content, or the Company’s content for offering, marketing, promotion, demonstration, and sale. You also waive any privacy or publicity rights to the extent allowed by the law.
Instructor Obligations and Responsibilities
As an Instructor, you are responsible for all content that you post, including lectures, quizzes, notes, videos, education exercises, practice tests, assignments, resources, answers, page content, labs, assessments, and announcements or any other services provided (“Submitted Content“).
As an Instructor of this platform, it is your responsibility to provide accurate and truthful account information and possess all the required licenses, rights, consents, permissions, and the necessary authority to permit the Company to use the Submitted Content. It is imperative that your submitted content does not infringe any third-party intellectual property rights. Additionally, you should have the qualifications, credentials, and the expertise essential for offering your Services through your Submitted Content and maintain a level of service quality that aligns with the recognized standards within your industry.
When using the platform, you are prohibited from posting or sharing content that is inappropriate, offensive, or harmful or sending unsolicited advertisements, spam, or engaging in activities unrelated to providing educational services to the Students. You shall avoid actions that would necessitate the Company acquiring licenses or paying royalties to third parties, as well as any attempts to bypass the platform’s intended functionalities. Impersonation, unauthorized account access, disrupting other Instructors’ services, and misusing the Company resources, including support services, are strictly prohibited.
Instructors should not have a direct contractual relationship with the Students. You may only utilize information provided through the Platform for the provision of services. You agree to refrain from soliciting additional personal data or storing information externally and agree to indemnify the Company against any claims (whether directly or indirectly) arising from your use of Students’ personal data.
The Company shall have the right to use and exploit the Submitted Content, while acknowledging that all intellectual property rights pertaining to the Submitted Content shall be retained and owned by the Instructor. The Company acknowledges that it will not claim ownership of the intellectual property rights related to the Submitted Content. The Company may use the Submitted Content solely for business purposes, subject to the Instructor’s ownership of the intellectual property rights. Additionally, upon request from the Company, the Instructor shall fully cooperate in providing access to the Submitted Content at a later point in time.
Company’s Rights
The Company maintains the right to take actions, including removing content, suspending pay-outs, and banning Instructors in its discretion and without prior notice, if an Instructor’s Submitted Content does not align with the Company policies or legal terms; or if the quality of the content falls below standard, negatively impacting the Student experience. Additionally, the Company may take action if an Instructor’s actions may ruin the reputation of the Company or if the Instructor is deemed in the Companies discretion to be unfairly competing with the Company.
Payments
4.1 Revenue Share
When a Student purchases your Submitted Content, we calculate the gross amount of the sale as the amount actually received by the Company from the Student (“Gross Amount“), from this a 5% (five percent) Value Added Tax (“VAT”) and any other applicable tax that may arise by law in the future shall be deducted to calculate the net amount of the sale (“Net Amount“).
Your revenue share will be 70% (seventy percent) of the Net Amount less any applicable deductions, such as Student refunds. If we change this payment rate, we will provide you 30 (thirty) days’ notice by email.
All instructor payments are conducted exclusively in U.S. dollars (USD), irrespective of the original sale currency. The Company bears no responsibility for any foreign currency conversion fees, wiring fees, or associated processing fees incurred by the instructor. Revenue reports will delineate the sales price in the local currency and the corresponding converted revenue amount in USD.
4.2 Receiving Payments
In order to ensure prompt and orderly payment, Instructors must have a valid banking account or any other alternative account with the method of online financial transaction that the Company uses, including but not limited to, PayPal and others. Instructors shall keep their email, banking information and other financial information updated. Payment, based on revenue share shall be made to the Instructor within the first 2 weeks of the subsequent month of the purchase being made by the Student. Instructors are responsible for their own income taxes and any other fees associated with processing the Payment to be received.
4.3 Anti-Piracy Efforts
The Company, in collaboration with anti-piracy vendors, safeguards your content against unauthorized use. You agree to appoint the Company and designated vendors as agents to enforce copyrights for your Submitted Content, utilizing notice and takedown processes under applicable copyright laws. Primary authority is granted for filing the notices on your behalf. These rights remain vested in the Company unless expressly revoked.
Trademarks
As a published Instructor, authorized use of our trademarks is subject to specified conditions. Permissible usage includes solely employing provided images in accordance with published guidelines for promoting and selling your Submitted Content on the Platform or participating therein.
Immediate cessation of usage is mandatory upon our request. Prohibited actions encompass the following, but are not limited to, employing the trademarks in a misleading or disparaging manner, suggesting endorsement, sponsorship, or approval of your Submitted Content or services, or deploying the trademarks in connection with obscene, indecent, or unlawful content, thereby ensuring compliance with applicable laws.
Account Deletion
To delete your account, you shall notify the Company prior to 30 (thirty) days of termination. We shall make commercially reasonable efforts to fulfil owed payments before deletion. Instructor shall understand that their name and Submitted Content may stay accessible to previously enrolled Students post-deletion until such time that the Submitted Content is replaced. For assistance, contact us through the details on our website.
Miscellaneous
7.1 Modification of the Instructor Terms
We may update these Instructor Terms at our discretion to clarify or reflect new practices from time to time. The Company reserves the right to modify them from time to time, with material changes notified through email. Changes are effective upon posting unless specified otherwise. Continued use of our Services implies acceptance of the revised Instructor Terms, which supersede previous versions.
7.2 Translations
Instructors understand that these Terms are primarily in English; Non-English versions of these Terms are for your convenience only. Instructors acknowledge and agree that in the event of any conflict, the English language version shall prevail.
7.3 No Partnership or Agency Relations
The Company and Instructors form no joint venture, partnership, employment, contractor, or agency relationship through these terms.
7.4 Survival
The following Clauses shall survive the expiration or termination of these Terms: Clauses 1 (License to Company), 2 (Instructor Obligations and Responsibilities), 4.2 (Receiving Payments), 4.3 (Refunds), 6 (Account Deletion), and 7 (Miscellaneous).
Contact Details
For any questions, concerns, and feedback about our Services, our contact details are as follows: lawra.hasayen@outlook.com.
Governing Law Clause
This Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the UAE as applicable in the Emirate of Dubai and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Dubai Courts in Dubai, UAE.
