Terms of use

By creating an account, accessing the founding cohort or using the service, you agree to these Terms and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use otherthing.

If you download otherthing through Apple’s App Store, your licence to use the app is also subject to Apple’s Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement unless a custom licence is shown in the App Store.

otherthing is an interest-led service launching with Photography. It keeps meaningful Things, photographs, memories and related club activity connected. Access begins with a staged founding cohort.

We may change, test, suspend or remove features as the product develops. We will not represent fixture data or owner-operated editorial accounts as independent adoption.

• Provide accurate account information and keep your credentials secure.
• Use only an account you are authorised to control. Do not share passwords or attempt to access another member’s private record.
• The founding cohort may require evidence that photographs were captured with a supported camera family. This supports capture context; it does not verify ownership or authorship.
• We may limit or refuse cohort access where needed for safety, capacity, testing integrity or compliance.

You retain ownership of content you submit. You must have the rights and permissions needed to publish it, including photographs, text, profile images and Session details.

You give otherthing a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, reproduce, resize, render, distribute and display content only as needed to operate, secure and improve the service and to show it to the audience you selected. This licence ends when the content is deleted, except for short-lived backups, cached copies and records we are legally required to retain.

Do not publish source material that exposes another person’s private information without permission. The app’s derivative controls reduce embedded metadata risk but do not replace your responsibility for what is visible in the image or text.

You must not use otherthing to post or facilitate:

• Unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive or infringing material.
• Harassment, threats, hateful abuse, bullying or targeted humiliation.
• Sexually exploitative content, non-consensual intimate material or content that endangers a child.
• Graphic violence, instructions for serious wrongdoing or credible threats to physical safety.
• Spam, impersonation, malicious automation or attempts to defeat access controls.
• Precise private locations, confidential records, serial numbers or other sensitive data that you are not authorised to disclose.

Members can report content and block accounts. We may review, restrict, remove or preserve content, suspend accounts or contact authorities where reasonably necessary to protect people, enforce these Terms or comply with law.

• A logged Thing is a member declaration that the member owns the object. It is not verified title, a warranty registration or a manufacturer account.
• Content Credentials and metadata provide context only. They do not prove authorship, ownership or manufacturer endorsement.
• A value you enter for a Thing stays private. It is not an appraisal, insured value, sale offer, realised price or live marketplace quote.
• Suggestions may be incomplete or wrong. Review and correct them before relying on them.

Member-organised Sessions are not professional travel, security or event services. Check organiser details, choose a public place where appropriate and exercise normal personal-safety judgement.

An RSVP does not prove attendance. otherthing is not responsible for the independent acts or omissions of a member or venue, except to the extent responsibility cannot be excluded by law.

The otherthing name, interface, software and original materials are owned by or licensed to the operator. These Terms do not transfer that intellectual property to you.

otherthing is independent and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Leica Camera AG, Fujifilm, Ricoh, Hasselblad, Sony or another manufacturer. Third-party names and marks belong to their respective owners and are used only to describe compatible products or photography context.

We use reasonable care in operating the service, but it may contain defects, interruptions or incomplete functionality. Keep your source originals and any records you cannot afford to lose.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, otherthing is not responsible for indirect or consequential loss arising from use of the service. Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies a guarantee, right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded, including applicable rights under the Australian Consumer Law.

You may stop using otherthing, log out or delete your account at any time. We may suspend or end access for a serious or repeated breach of these Terms, a safety risk, unlawful conduct or an attack on the service.

Where reasonably possible, we will consider the seriousness, history and impact of the issue before taking action.

These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia, subject to any mandatory law that applies where you live.

We may update these Terms as the service changes. We will change the effective date and provide additional notice where a material change affects existing members. Continued use after the new Terms take effect means you accept them.

For questions about these Terms, infringement concerns or a safety issue, use the operator contact page and identify the message as relating to otherthing.