ANIMATIONHUB licensing policy
1. Introductory Provisions
About Us
We are CEE Animation, EHZS, Company ID: 08420122, with registered office at Na Doubkové 2040/8, Smíchov, 15000 Praha 5, the Czech Republic, registered in the Commercial Register kept by the Municipal Court in Prague under file number H 2276 (the “Animation HUB” or “we”).
Platform
We operate the platform available at animationhub.eu (the “Platform”), which provides access to a collection of animated works of any format through embedded videos or links from various VOD sites. Through the Platform, users can search for European animated works, supporting information and documents (the “Works” or the “Work”), access the Works or profiles of authors and, if available, review them.
You
You are the author of the Work or an authorized representative entitled to submit the Work on the Platform, either as a business professional or consumer.
Licensing Policy
This licensing policy (“Policy”) applies when you wish to include your Work in our collection on the Platform via submission form or via e-mail. We and you enter into the agreement (“Agreement”) as entrepreneurs and mutually confirm this. The Agreement is based on you submitting information about the Work and granting us a license to the Work and supporting documents — and we, if they meet the conditions, will include them in the collection on the Platform or elsewhere free of charge.
Terms
Our relationship is also governed by the Platform’s Terms available on the Platform (the “Terms”). The Terms set out rights and obligations regarding use of the Platform. Any matters not covered by this Policy are set out in the Terms. In the event of any conflict between the Policy and the Terms, the provisions contained in the Policy shall prevail.
Remuneration
We provide the services under the Agreement free of charge and you provide us with the license free of charge.
Privacy Policy
We process the personal data of authors who submit the Work and also of other people participating in the creation of the Work. More about how we process data is stated in the Privacy Policy.
2. How to Submit the Work and Conditions for Work
2.1 User Profile
As a condition for submitting the Work, you must first create a user account on the Platform. The conditions for creating, maintaining, and using the Platform and the user profile are set out in the Terms.
2.2 Submission
Submission of a single Work is possible on the Platform via a submission form where you fill out the necessary information about the Work (e.g. link to the Work, name of the Work, awards, year of production, etc.). By submitting the form, you accept this Policy.
2.3 E-mail
If you wish to submit more than one Work (e.g. a series of Works), you can get in touch with us through the contact form available on the Platform and we will sort submission through e-mail communication. When submitting the form, you accept the Policy and the Terms.
2.4 Availability of the Work
As a condition for inclusion of the Work on the Platform, the Work must already be publicly available online, either free of charge or behind a paywall on an external video-on-demand or streaming platform.
2.5 Other Forms of Submission
We can enable submission of Works via other forms of communication. You can always find the available means of submission on the Platform.
2.6 Conclusion of the Agreement
The Agreement is concluded when you receive a confirmation e-mail from us at the e-mail address you filled in the form or from which you communicate with us.
2.7 Personal Data
Please do not include personal data that we do not require in the submission process (such as phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and other information about authors).
2.8 General Rules for Works
To be included on the Platform, the Work must meet at least the following conditions:
- Neither the Work nor its intended use may violate any applicable law in any jurisdiction in which the Work is made available to viewers.
- The Work must not infringe any third-party rights (such as intellectual property rights, personality rights, or data protection rights).
- You must be the author of the Work, or must exercise all rights necessary to submit the Work, to provide the Work to third parties, and to enter into the legal relationships necessary to fulfil the Agreement.
2.9 Right of Refusal
We reserve the right to not include the Work on the Platform.
2.10 Deletion of the Work
If we decide that the Work does not meet the conditions set forth in Article 2.8, we shall notify you and give you a reasonable time to remedy the deficiencies. If these deficiencies are not corrected within the provided time period, we are authorized to remove the Work from the Platform.
3. License
3.1 Submission of Work Data
By providing us with the information about the Work and the link to the Work, you agree that we may use the provided information for the purpose of publishing and presenting the Work on the Platform. The information will be used mainly for identification, description, and promotion of the Work.
3.2 Form of Publication
The Works are made available on the Platform through embedded videos or links from third-party platforms. By submitting the Work in this manner, you confirm that such publication does not infringe any third-party rights and that you are authorized to grant the license in accordance with this Policy.
3.3 Warranty
You represent and warrant that the content of the Work is lawful, does not contain any illegal, offensive, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable material, and that making the Work available on the Platform will not infringe any third-party rights.
3.4 License
You grant us a non-exclusive license for the Work with the following conditions:
| Specifics of the use | The license is granted for: the display of the Work on the Platform through embedding or linking from third-party sites;use, publication, making available and promotion of the Work on the Platform and by all forms of online use and communication to the public (e.g. our social media, video sharing and other online services);editing, adaptation and other processing (including translation) of the related materials and accompanying information for presentation and promotional purposes;the combination of the Work and related materials with other works and the incorporation of the Work and related materials into a collective work or compilation; |
| Non-exclusive | The license is granted as non-exclusive, which means that you can continue to provide the Works to any third party without any limitations. |
| Duration | The license is granted for the duration of the authors’ proprietary rights to the Works. This period is the maximum period allowed by law. |
| Territory | The license is granted without territorial limitation. |
| Quantitative restrictions | We may use the Works without any quantitative restrictions (unlimited number of copies / instances). |
| Use of the License | We are not obliged to use the license. |
| References | We are entitled to reference our mutual cooperation. We may use the name, logo and basic information about you and the film on our social media. |
| Sublicense | We are entitled to sublicense and assign the license to the extent of the rights you have granted. |
3.5 Moment of Provision
The license is provided at the moment of submission by the means mentioned in Article 2.2 of this Policy.
3.6 Ownership of the Platform
For the avoidance of all doubt, the Platform is our property and we retain all rights, title, and interest, including any intellectual property rights regarding trademarks, service marks, and trade secrets, as well as any rights in copyrighted or patented materials provided (e.g. the database).
4. How Will the Works Be Sorted on the Platform?
4.1 Presentation of the Works
We operate the Platform to display Works submitted by you or third parties.
4.2 Work Ordering Rules
We will sort Works on the Platform at our discretion, unless the user of the Platform chooses one of the following filtering criteria:
- Alphabetical order
- Country
- Technique
- Whether the Work is a student film
- Number of downloads
- User rating
- Whether access to the Work is paid or free of charge
- Target audience
4.3 Prioritizing Works
In the case of individual agreements, we are entitled to influence the sorting of Works within the Platform by giving preference to certain Works. Works that are prioritized in this way will be marked accordingly.
4.4 User Reviews
It will be possible to add user ratings to the Works. The way we obtain, verify, and display user ratings will be described within the Platform.
5. How Can We Terminate the Agreement?
5.1 Termination of the Agreement
This Agreement will remain in effect until terminated by:
- Notice
- Withdrawal
- Dissolution of the legal entity (you or us) with liquidation
5.2 Notice
Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason by giving notice in writing (including by email) to the other party, with one month’s notice commencing on the first day of the calendar month following the month in which the notice is given.
5.3 Our Breach of this Agreement
You may terminate this Agreement if we are in particularly serious breach of our obligations and you have brought this breach to our attention and we have not remedied it within an additional reasonable period. Your rightful withdrawal shall be effective immediately upon our receipt of written notice (including email) stating the withdrawal and clearly specifying the reasons.
5.4 Suspension of the Agreement
We may suspend or terminate the Agreement if you:
- Repeatedly violate the Agreement, the Policy, or the Terms.
- Provide inaccurate or false information about the Work or Works.
- Violate generally binding legal regulations or provide us with illegal content.
In the event of a restriction or suspension, we shall provide you with a justification by e-mail no later than the moment the restriction or suspension takes effect. In the event of a full termination, we shall provide justification at least 30 days before the planned termination.
5.5 Immediate Termination
In some cases, we may terminate without the 30-day notice period. These situations are:
- We are subject to a legal or regulatory obligation requiring termination without being able to meet that deadline.
- We exercise the right to terminate the Agreement for reasons under Czech law.
- We are able to prove that you have repeatedly breached the Agreement (including the Policy and the Terms).
5.6 Effect of Termination
Termination of the Agreement shall be deemed a withdrawal from the Agreement with effects from the moment of withdrawal.
5.7 Consequences of Termination
Termination of the Agreement shall not affect those provisions which by their nature are intended to survive termination. After termination, we will remove the Work from the Platform and from any other online channels under our effective control within a reasonable period of time. Where the Work remains available on third-party services or through further sharing beyond our control, such content may remain accessible. However, from the effective date of termination we will not newly publish, re-publish, or actively promote the Work.
6. Final Provisions
6.1 Governing Law
The Agreement is governed by Czech law. This does not deprive you of the protection afforded by the laws of your country of residence if you are a consumer and if the laws of the Czech Republic are less favorable to you.
6.2 Disputes
Any disputes related to the Agreement will be resolved by the competent courts of the Czech Republic according to our registered office. If you are a consumer, you may file a lawsuit with the courts of your country of residence or the courts of the Czech Republic, and we may file a lawsuit only in your country of residence, unless we agree otherwise.
6.3 Amendments
We may unilaterally change or amend the Policy at any time. The updated Policy will always be published on the Platform. If you do not agree to the change, you may terminate the Agreement on the effective date of the new version of the Policy.
6.4 Severability
If any provision of the Policy is declared invalid or ineffective, the remaining provisions of the Agreement and Policy will continue to be valid and effective, provided they can be separated. Instead of the invalid or ineffective provision, a provision that most closely reflects its meaning will apply.
6.5 Transfer of Rights and Obligations
We are authorized to transfer our rights and obligations under the Agreement to a third party, and you consent to this transfer.
6.6 Written Form
For the purposes of the Policy and the Agreement, the exchange of emails or other electronic communications will be considered as written form, unless otherwise stated in the Agreement.
