Account Requirements

• You must be at least 18 years old to use VidCoin
• Provide accurate and complete registration information
• Maintain the security of your account credentials
• Notify us immediately of any unauthorized account access
• You act as an independent contractor (not an employee)
• You are not located in a sanctioned jurisdiction and are not a restricted party

Role Selection

• Contributor: Upload content for sale to AI companies and earn money from approved submissions
• Business: Purchase specialized training data for AI model development (requires business verification)

Prohibited Content

• Illegal, harmful, or offensive material
• Content that violates third-party rights
• Misleading or deceptive content
• Content that could harm AI model training
• Spam, duplicate, or low-quality submissions
• Follow recording laws (e.g., consent for audio in two-party states; no filming where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy)
• Obtain and retain model/voice/likeness releases for identifiable people; use VidCoin's release flow

Contributor Rights and Obligations

• You either assign copyright to VidCoin or grant a perpetual, worldwide, transferable, sublicensable license (exclusive or non-exclusive per program)
• You grant VidCoin the right to sublicense Data to buyers for AI training/evaluation and to create derivatives (embeddings, model weights, synthetic data)
• You grant a model/voice/likeness release for yourself and warrant you have releases for other identifiable people
• To the extent permitted, you waive moral rights and agree not to assert them against VidCoin or buyers

AI Company Rights and Obligations

• Data Purchase Understanding: You are purchasing user-generated content that may contain personal information, biometric data, and identifiable individuals
• Purchased content may be used for AI training, model development, and research
• Content may be used to train machine learning algorithms and neural networks
• Usage rights are non-exclusive unless specified in the purchase agreement
• Resale or redistribution of purchased content is prohibited
• Compliance with AI ethics guidelines and responsible AI development required
• Content must be used in accordance with applicable AI regulations
• No re-identification of individuals and no biometric identification (e.g., face recognition) unless expressly permitted by the listing and consents
• No use that violates anti-discrimination or surveillance laws

Contributor Payments

• Payments are processed via Stripe Connect to your payout account per listing terms; processing times may vary
• You must provide W-9/W-8 and tax info; we may issue 1099 forms as required
• We may withhold or claw back payouts for fraud, chargebacks, or policy violations

Account Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account for violations of these Terms, fraudulent activity, or other misconduct. You may also terminate your account at any time. We may terminate accounts of repeat infringers consistent with our DMCA Policy.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, VidCoin shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of the platform. Our total liability for all claims arising out of or related to the Service will not exceed the greater of $100 or the amounts you paid to us (or we paid to you) in the 12 months before the claim.