These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of VodSmith (the “Service”), operated by VODSMITH LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (“VodSmith,” “we,” “us”). By using the Service you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
VodSmith stores media files you upload at your direction, processes them (for example, detecting highlights, transcribing, transcoding, and assembling a reel), and returns the result to you. You choose what to upload and what music, if any, to include. We do not select or supply music for you.
You must be at least 18 years old to create an account or use the Service. The Service is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If we learn that we have collected information from a person under 18, we will delete it and close the account.
“Your Content” means any video, audio, music, image, or other material you upload or provide. You represent and warrant that:
You are solely responsible for Your Content.
You retain all ownership of Your Content. You grant us a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, transcode, encode, mux, and otherwise process Your Content solely as necessary to operate and provide the Service to you and to produce your output. This license exists only to let us render your video for you; we do not use Your Content for any other purpose. It ends when you delete Your Content or your account, except for copies already incorporated into outputs you have generated and for backups retained under the schedule in section 10.
We do not use Your Content to train any machine learning model. Not our own models, and we do not permit our processors to train theirs on it. Your footage is processed to make your video and for nothing else.
We do not use Your Content in marketing. We will never show your footage, your outputs, or your likeness in any promotional material unless you give us explicit, opt-in permission first. That permission is separate from these Terms, is off by default, and can be withdrawn.
You will not use the Service to upload, process, or distribute content that you do not have the rights to use, or that is unlawful or infringing, or that violates any third party’s rights. You will not attempt to interfere with, disrupt, or misuse the Service, circumvent usage limits, or resell access without our written agreement. Our Acceptable Use Policy sets this out in full and forms part of these Terms.
We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. See our DMCA Policy. It is our policy, in appropriate circumstances, to disable or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.
You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access, with notice where practicable, for any of the following:
If we terminate your account for one of these reasons, unused credits are forfeited. If we discontinue the Service generally, we will give reasonable notice and refund the unused portion of any prepaid subscription period.
You are responsible for ensuring you have the rights to any music you upload. Uploading music you do not own or are not licensed to use may result in claims (including automated Content ID claims) against videos you publish. We do not clear, license, or provide music.
The Service uses automated and machine-learning systems to select moments, transcribe speech, and assemble your video. Output is machine-generated and may be imperfect. It may miss moments, include moments you would not have chosen, or contain transcription errors. Output is provided without any warranty of accuracy, completeness, or fitness for a particular purpose. You are responsible for reviewing anything the Service produces before you publish it.
Video is large and storing it indefinitely is not something we can offer at our prices, so we delete it on a fixed schedule. We would rather tell you that plainly than bury it. A project is a 14-day working window. Your finished exports have their own, separate window.
| What | How long we keep it |
|---|---|
| Project media: the original video you submit (an upload or an imported VOD) and every processed copy we make from it (proxy, preview, thumbnails, extracted audio, detection frames, imported music copies) | Available for up to 14 days after the project is created, unless a different period is shown for your plan, then scheduled for deletion. The date is fixed when the project is created; opening, editing, regenerating or exporting does not extend it. |
| Editable project data (your timeline, cut, transcript and settings) | Kept with the project's record so its card, its dates and its export link remain visible; the project can no longer be opened, regenerated or exported once its media is deleted. Deleting the project removes it. |
| Final exports you generate | Retained 30 days, re-downloadable during that window |
| Music tracks you add to your library | Kept while your account is open, so you can reuse them across videos |
| Backups | Purged within 30 days |
What this means in practice: for 14 days after you create a project you can edit, regenerate and export it. After its expiry date the project becomes unavailable and its media is scheduled for deletion; a finished export you already made stays downloadable for its own 30 days. You are responsible for downloading exports you wish to retain. To work on that stream again, submit the video again from Home, which creates a new project. You can also delete a project yourself at any time, which removes it ahead of the schedule above. When you delete a project or your account, it is removed from our active systems immediately; encrypted disaster-recovery backups expire within 30 days and are never used except to recover from a system failure.
Paid features are sold through Stripe, which acts as the merchant of record and is the seller for your purchase. Stripe’s terms apply to the transaction itself in addition to these Terms. Prices are shown before tax; applicable tax is added at checkout.
Our Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, who processes it on our behalf, and how long we keep it. It forms part of these Terms.
You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless VODSMITH LLC and its officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to Your Content, your use of the Service, or your breach of these Terms.
The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, VODSMITH LLC will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, revenue, or profits, arising out of or related to your use of the Service. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim or one hundred U.S. dollars ($100).
VodSmith is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any game publisher, platform, or rights holder. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
We may update these Terms from time to time. Changes are effective when posted. For material changes we will make reasonable efforts to notify account holders in advance. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules.
Questions about these Terms: [email protected].
These Terms have not yet been reviewed by counsel.