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Terms of Service

Effective date: March 2025  ·  Last updated: March 2025

⚠ Important — Read Before Using

Your use of ClipEngine AI is entirely at your own risk. The service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind. The owner and operator of ClipEngine AI expressly disclaims all liability — including but not limited to liability arising from any legal or illegal outcomes, marketplace decisions, intellectual property disputes, revenue loss, or any other consequence resulting from your use of this service.

By accessing or using ClipEngine AI, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms of Service in their entirety.

01

Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of ClipEngine AI (“the Service”, “we”, “us”, “our”). By creating an account, subscribing, or using any part of the Service, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms in full, you must not use the Service. Continued use of the Service after any revision to these Terms constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

You must be at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement to use the Service. If you are using the Service on behalf of a business or organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.


02

Description of the Service

ClipEngine AI is an AI-powered metadata generation tool designed to assist stock footage contributors with creating titles, descriptions, keywords, and category suggestions for video clips intended for submission to third-party stock footage marketplaces.

Important: Screenshots only — your footage is never uploaded.

To analyse a clip, you upload one or more static screenshots (still images) taken from your video. ClipEngine AI processes these screenshots to generate metadata suggestions. The actual video file is never transmitted to, stored by, or processed by ClipEngine AI or its service providers. You are solely responsible for capturing and selecting appropriate screenshots from your own footage.

The metadata generated by the Service is a suggestion only. It is not a guarantee of marketplace acceptance, approval, quality assessment, or commercial success. You remain fully responsible for reviewing, editing, and verifying all metadata before submission to any platform.

The Service may include additional features such as keyword research tools, audit checks, history logging, and intelligence panels. All such features are provided as-is and are subject to these Terms.


03

Use at Your Own Risk

The Service is provided solely as an assistance tool. All decisions regarding content submission, metadata accuracy, copyright compliance, model release obligations, property release obligations, editorial classification, and platform suitability are your sole responsibility.

At Your Own Risk

You use ClipEngine AI entirely at your own risk. The operator of ClipEngine AI makes no representations or warranties that:

  • AI-generated metadata is accurate, complete, or fit for any particular purpose
  • Generated keywords, titles, or descriptions comply with any platform's submission guidelines
  • Use of the Service will result in marketplace acceptance, increased sales, or any commercial benefit
  • AI audit results are legally authoritative or a substitute for professional legal advice
  • The Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of security vulnerabilities

You acknowledge that AI-generated content can be inaccurate, misleading, or inappropriate for specific contexts. You must independently verify all output before relying on it or submitting it to any platform. ClipEngine AI does not review your footage, does not verify the accuracy of your submissions, and does not provide legal, financial, or professional advice of any kind.


04

No Liability — Legal and Illegal Matters

The owner and operator of ClipEngine AI explicitly disclaim all liability — without limitation — in connection with any legal or illegal matters arising from your use of the Service. This includes, but is not limited to:

No Liability — Legal Matters

The operator of ClipEngine AI shall not be liable, under any legal theory (contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise), for any claim, loss, damage, fine, penalty, or expense arising from or related to:

  • Copyright infringement — including claims that your footage, screenshots, or submitted metadata infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party
  • Trademark violations — including visible brand logos, product names, or trademarks appearing in your screenshots or metadata
  • Privacy violations — including claims arising from identifiable persons, private property, or sensitive locations depicted in your footage or screenshots
  • Defamation or misrepresentation — including any claim that metadata generated by the Service is defamatory or materially misleading
  • Missing or invalid release forms — including model releases, property releases, or any other documentation required by a platform or by law
  • Illegal content — including any content that violates local, national, or international laws in the jurisdiction where you operate or where your content is distributed
  • Platform rejection or account suspension — including any rejection, removal, or suspension by any stock footage marketplace resulting from metadata generated by the Service
  • Revenue loss or missed earnings — including loss of income, contracts, partnerships, or opportunities caused directly or indirectly by use of the Service
  • Any illegal act by you — the operator accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any illegal act you commit using, facilitated by, or in connection with the Service

You are solely responsible for ensuring that every piece of content you submit to any third-party marketplace complies with that platform's terms of service, applicable laws, and all relevant legal obligations in your jurisdiction and the jurisdictions in which your content will be distributed or sold.

ClipEngine AI does not provide legal advice. Nothing in the Service or its output should be construed as legal counsel. If you have questions about the legality of your content or submissions, you must consult a qualified legal professional.


05

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the operator of ClipEngine AI, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and service providers shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages — including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of data, loss of goodwill, business interruption, or cost of substitute services — arising out of or related to your use of or inability to use the Service.

Aggregate liability cap: In no event shall the total aggregate liability of the operator exceed the greater of: (a) the total amount paid by you to ClipEngine AI in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) fifty US dollars (USD $50). This cap applies regardless of the number of claims or the form of action.

Some jurisdictions do not allow exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or liabilities. In such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law. These limitations apply regardless of whether we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.


06

Your Responsibilities

By using ClipEngine AI, you agree that you are solely and exclusively responsible for:

  • Ensuring you own or have the right to use any footage, images, or other content you process through the Service
  • Obtaining all necessary model releases, property releases, and other legal permissions required by the platforms you submit to and by applicable law
  • Reviewing and verifying all AI-generated metadata for accuracy, appropriateness, and compliance before submission
  • Ensuring that your submissions comply with the terms of service of every third-party platform to which you submit content
  • Ensuring that your submissions comply with all applicable laws and regulations in every jurisdiction in which you operate or distribute content
  • Maintaining the security of your account credentials and notifying us immediately of any unauthorised access
  • All activities conducted under your account, whether or not authorised by you
  • Not uploading, processing, or submitting any content that is illegal, harmful, defamatory, or that infringes any third party's rights

ClipEngine AI is an assistance tool, not a compliance or legal review service. Final responsibility for every submission rests with you.


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Acceptable Use

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You must not:

  • Use the Service to process, generate metadata for, or submit any content that is illegal in any applicable jurisdiction
  • Use the Service to generate metadata designed to deceive, mislead, or defraud buyers, platforms, or any other party
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code, AI prompts, or underlying models used by the Service
  • Systematically scrape, crawl, or harvest data from the Service without express written permission
  • Share, resell, or sublicence access to the Service to any third party without our written consent
  • Attempt to circumvent account limits, rate limits, or any technical measure protecting the Service
  • Use the Service in any way that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service or interfere with other users
  • Introduce malware, viruses, or any other harmful code through the Service

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account immediately and without notice if we reasonably believe you have violated this acceptable use policy.


08

Intellectual Property

Your Content

You retain full ownership of the screenshots you upload and of any metadata output generated by the Service based on your inputs. The operator of ClipEngine AI does not claim ownership over your footage, your screenshots, or the AI-generated metadata produced for your clips.

By uploading screenshots to the Service, you grant ClipEngine AI a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to process those screenshots solely for the purpose of providing the Service to you. Screenshots are processed transiently and are not retained beyond the period necessary to complete your request, as described in our Privacy Policy.

ClipEngine AI Property

The ClipEngine AI name, logo, application design, workflow architecture, AI prompt system, and all associated intellectual property are owned exclusively by the operator and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works of any part of the Service without express written permission.

Third-Party Platforms

When you submit metadata to third-party stock footage marketplaces, you are subject to those platforms' own terms of service and intellectual property policies. ClipEngine AI has no affiliation with, endorsement by, or control over any third-party platform, and bears no responsibility for their decisions.


09

No Marketplace Guarantee

ClipEngine AI does not guarantee marketplace acceptance. The metadata generated by this Service is a starting point — not a guarantee of approval, discoverability, or sales on any stock footage platform. Marketplace acceptance decisions are made solely by the respective platforms based on their own criteria, which are entirely outside our control and may change at any time without notice.

We make no representation or warranty that:

  • Metadata generated by the Service will meet the submission requirements of any particular marketplace
  • Use of the Service will improve your approval rate, keyword ranking, or sales performance
  • AI-generated keywords, titles, or descriptions will comply with any platform's content policies
  • The Service will remain compatible with any marketplace's requirements in the future

It is your responsibility to review each platform's current submission guidelines before submitting, and to verify that all generated metadata meets those guidelines before use.


10

Subscription and Payment

ClipEngine AI is offered on a subscription basis. By subscribing, you agree to pay the applicable fees as displayed at the time of purchase. All fees are charged in advance for each billing period.

  • Billing: Subscriptions are billed on a recurring basis (monthly or annually, depending on your plan) until cancelled
  • Cancellation: You may cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. No partial refunds are issued for unused time within a billing period
  • Refunds: All sales are final except where required by applicable consumer protection law. We do not provide refunds for reasons including, but not limited to, dissatisfaction with AI output quality, marketplace rejection, or change of mind
  • Price changes: We reserve the right to modify subscription prices at any time. We will provide reasonable advance notice of any price changes. Continued use after a price change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the new pricing
  • Failed payments: If payment fails, we may suspend access to the Service until payment is successfully processed

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Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the operator of ClipEngine AI, and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and licensors from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, judgements, awards, losses, costs, expenses, and fees (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to:

  • Your use or misuse of the Service
  • Your violation of these Terms
  • Your violation of any applicable law or regulation
  • Your violation of any third party's rights, including intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or any rights arising from a failure to obtain required model or property releases
  • Any content you submit to any platform using metadata generated by the Service
  • Any dispute between you and any third-party marketplace or platform
  • Any claim by a third party arising from your use of the Service, including any legal or regulatory investigation or enforcement action

This indemnification obligation survives the termination of these Terms and your use of the Service.


12

Disclaimer of Warranties

Provided “As Is”

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operator of ClipEngine AI expressly disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to:

  • Warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement
  • Any warranty that the Service will be error-free, uninterrupted, or free from harmful components
  • Any warranty regarding the accuracy, reliability, or quality of AI-generated metadata
  • Any warranty that the Service will meet your requirements or expectations
  • Any warranty arising from course of dealing, usage, or trade practice

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from the Service or through communications with us creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms.


13

Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Service, with or without notice, at our sole discretion, for any reason, including but not limited to:

  • Violation of these Terms or any applicable law
  • Conduct that we determine, in our sole discretion, to be harmful to the Service, other users, or third parties
  • Non-payment of applicable fees
  • Extended periods of inactivity
  • Requests by law enforcement or government authorities

You may terminate your account at any time by cancelling your subscription and ceasing use of the Service. Upon termination, your right to access and use the Service ends immediately.

Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination — including ownership, intellectual property, disclaimers, indemnification, limitation of liability, and dispute resolution — shall survive any termination.


14

Privacy

Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. By using the Service, you consent to the collection, processing, and use of your data as described in the Privacy Policy.

In the event of any conflict between these Terms and the Privacy Policy, the Privacy Policy shall govern with respect to data protection matters.


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Third-Party Services

ClipEngine AI uses third-party service providers to deliver the Service, including AI processing, database, hosting, and payment services. These third parties operate under their own terms of service and privacy policies, which we do not control.

The Service may contain links to third-party websites, including stock footage marketplaces. These links are provided for convenience only. We do not endorse, control, or accept responsibility for any third-party content, services, or practices. Your use of any third-party service is governed by that service's own terms.

We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected to any stock footage marketplace referenced in the Service.


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Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws applicable in the jurisdiction in which the operator is based, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Before initiating any formal legal proceedings, you agree to attempt to resolve any dispute informally by contacting us directly. We will make good-faith efforts to resolve disputes within 30 days of receiving written notice of the dispute.

If informal resolution fails, disputes shall be resolved by binding arbitration or in the courts of the operator's jurisdiction, at the operator's election, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. You waive any right to a jury trial and agree not to participate in any class action or class-wide arbitration against ClipEngine AI.

Notwithstanding the above, either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent irreparable harm.


17

Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify registered users by email or through the Service.

Your continued use of the Service after any changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the Service and cancel your subscription.

It is your responsibility to review these Terms periodically. We recommend checking this page before each use if you are concerned about changes.


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Severability and Entire Agreement

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and the operator of ClipEngine AI regarding your use of the Service, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and understandings.

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. No waiver of any term shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term.


Questions About These Terms?

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding these Terms of Service, please contact us directly. We aim to respond to all enquiries within 5 business days.

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