AnimationHUB Terms of Service

Thank you for using Animation HUB, a platform dedicated to showcasing a wide range of European animated works. Through Animation HUB, you can discover, explore, and submit animated shorts, series, and feature films from various sources, including Vimeo, YouTube, and commercial VOD sites (free or paid).

1. Introduction

Here you will find out who operates the Animation HUB platform and who it is intended for. The Terms apply to both consumers and businesses. These summaries are for guidance only and are not binding, unlike the rest of the Terms.

About Us

We are CEE Animation, EHZS, Company ID: 084 20 122, seated at Na Doubkové 2040/8, Smíchov, 150 00 Prague 5, the Czech Republic, registered in the Commercial Register kept by the Municipal Court in Prague under file number H 2276 (“we”). We operate the Animation HUB platform (the “Platform”). In these terms of use for the Platform (the “Terms”), you will find information about how the Platform works and the rules for using it.

Platform

The Platform is available at www.animationhub.eu (the “Website”). Through the Platform, users can search for animated works (the “Works” or the “Work”), access the Works or profiles of authors and, if available, review them. We refer to our services related to this as the “Services”.

Purpose of Terms

The purpose of these Terms is to define our mutual rights and obligations regarding the use of the Platform. These Terms are accessible at any time via a direct link at the bottom of the Website. Please read the Terms carefully — they are binding.

You

Whether you use the Platform:

to gain access and enjoy Works available on the Platform and rate how much you like them (the “Viewer”); and/or
to gain access to the Platform as an author/creator of the Work or as a holder of the right and communicate with Viewers, edit the information about Works and, if available, publish Works and other content on the Platform (the “Author”),

you are a user of the Platform (the “Users” or “you”; we and you also the “Party” or “Parties”).

The Platform is intended both for Viewers using the Platform in their private capacity (consumers) and Authors who are businesses acting within the framework of their business activity or consumers. Please be aware that some parts of the Terms may be only applicable to consumers, not to all Users. We usually label specific terms as such (e.g., Specific Rules for Consumers).

Terms and Licensing Policy

If you want to use the Platform as a Viewer or Author, you have to follow these Terms. However, if you want to submit a Work to the Platform as an Author, our relationship will also be governed by the Animation HUB Licensing Policy — a separate agreement based on you submitting information about the Work and granting us a license to share the Work on the Platform.

Works

For the avoidance of any doubt, we are not the authors of any of the Works on the Platform; we simply operate and maintain the database of Works on the Platform. Viewers may access and use the Platform and watch the Works on third-party websites at their discretion in accordance with these Terms, but do not enter into any contractual relationship with the Author merely by accessing or viewing any Work through third-party websites.

Scope of Services

We offer the Platform and Services to all Users within the scope of available functionalities and do not guarantee that they will always work without errors. There may be planned outages or periods of downtime from time to time. If you encounter any problems with the Platform or its Services, you can contact us at the support contact address mentioned below.

Age

As a User, you can enter into an Agreement with us if you are at least 16 years old. If you want to use the Platform and have not yet reached the required age, you must have the consent of your legal representative.

Privacy Policy

Information about the protection of personal data that we process about you can be found on the Website.

Contact

If you wish to contact us, please use the contact form available on the Website or contact us through the following details:

CEE Animation, EHZS
Na Doubkové 2040/8, Smíchov, 150 00 Prague 5, the Czech Republic
Email: [email protected]

2. Entering into the Agreement

Here you will find more information about how we conclude the Agreement so that you know when it is binding. You especially need to know when the User Account is created.

2.1 User Account and Order

If you want to use our Services on the Website, you have to create an account (the “User Account”) by filling in details such as your first name, last name, and email address in the order form (the “Order”). Before submitting the Order, you have the option to check, change, and correct the details you have entered.

2.2 Conclusion of Agreement

The agreement between you and us (the “Agreement”) is concluded when you receive a confirmation email at the address you mentioned in the Order. You will usually get access to the Platform immediately, but please allow up to 3 business days.

2.3 Priority of Agreement

The provisions of the Terms are an integral part of the Agreement. Any deviating provisions in the Agreement shall prevail over the provisions of the Terms.

2.4 Right of Refusal

We reserve the right to not accept the Order, especially with regard to those who have previously violated the Agreement or these Terms.

2.5 User Account Security

You may only have one User Account, which is secured by the email address and password you provide. This information is confidential.

2.6 User Account Rights

Upon completing registration, you are authorized to use the Platform as a Viewer. If you wish to use the Platform as an Author, you must request an upgrade of your User Account on the Platform and provide additional required information for verification. The upgrade is subject to our approval.

2.7 Changes to Personal Data

Any changes to your personal data must be made by you in your User Account. We are not liable for any damage incurred in connection with your failure to do so.

2.8 Preventing Access to User Account

You acknowledge that we may delete your User Account or prevent you from accessing it if you seriously violate these Terms or legal regulations.

2.9 Inactivity

We are entitled to delete User Accounts that have been inactive for a continuous period of 5 years. We will notify you in advance of the deletion of your User Account.

2.10 Legal Entity

If you enter into the Agreement on behalf of a company, organization, or another legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the legal authority to bind that entity by the Agreement and that you are lawfully entitled to enter into contracts. In such a case, the term “User” applies to the company, organization, or another legal entity.

3. Use of the Platform

You need to follow some basic rules when using the Platform so that we or other users are not negatively affected.

3.1 Purpose of Platform

The Platform may only be used for purposes that are clearly evident from the Platform itself and its functions, or for purposes permitted by these Terms and applicable law. The main purpose for Viewers is accessing information about the Works and accessing the Works through embedded videos or links from various VOD sites. The main purpose for Authors is presentation of Works, works in progress, administration of Author and Work profiles, interaction with other Authors and professionals, etc. The Platform may also offer additional functions at our sole discretion, and any such functions may be subject to additional conditions communicated on the Platform.

3.2 Copyright

The materials and other content of the Platform may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights of us or third parties. You may use them in accordance with these Terms, in particular in accordance with Article 6 (Our Intellectual Property Rights).

3.3 Prohibited Uses

You are welcome to use the Platform to enjoy most of the content included on it. However, the following are not permitted:

User Account. You cannot share your User Account with someone else or sell, rent, or otherwise provide access to it to a third party.
Interference. You cannot attempt to decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to obtain the source code of the Platform, or scrape or data-mine the Platform, our database of Works, or the Website.
Security Features. You cannot attempt to circumvent, deactivate, or otherwise interfere with the security features of the Platform.
Overload. You cannot overload the Platform or otherwise unnaturally interfere with it using robots or other automatic systems. You must use the Platform and its functions manually within the extent a reasonable human being would (fair usage policy).
Other Violations. You cannot otherwise violate these Terms or applicable law, or harass other Users or interfere with their use of the Platform.

3.4 Prohibited User Content

On the Platform, you can upload content such as reviews, text, photographs, images, and hyperlinks (the “User Content”). You cannot upload any malware or illegal content. User Content must not:

violate any legal regulations;
infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties;
be in conflict with criminal law, in particular if it incites or condones criminal activity, terrorism, violence, or substance abuse; spreads hatred or discrimination based on race, nationality, religion, gender, orientation, age, health status, or other similar characteristics; promotes extremist or hateful movements; contains pornography (especially child pornography or pornography depicting violence); or threatens, defames, or otherwise harms other persons or groups;
contain false or misleading information about another person that is likely to significantly undermine their reputation or cause them serious harm;
be contrary to good morals in any other respect.

3.5 Necessary Rights

By uploading User Content, you declare that you have the appropriate rights to the content — that you are the author or have secured the appropriate license — and that you do not violate any personality rights or rights to elements contained in the User Content.

3.6 License

In order to share User Content (except for Works governed by the Licensing Policy) on the Platform, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license for the duration of your proprietary rights for all types of use. This license includes the right to sublicense and assign. We are not required to use the license. We may continue to work with User Content — publishing, editing, translating, or otherwise processing it.

3.7 Personality Rights

If the User Content contains an image of you or a third party, you grant us permission to use it to the same extent as the license in Article 3.6. If the User Content contains an image of a third party, you undertake to obtain consent from that third party, and in the event of a breach of this obligation, you are liable for any damage incurred.

3.8 Monitoring and Restrictions

We have the right to monitor the Platform to detect prohibited behavior, though this is not our obligation. If we discover prohibited behavior, we may restrict or disable the User Account, delete it, or terminate the Agreement. See Article 7 for more details on content monitoring.

3.9 Minimum Requirements

A specific version of an internet browser may be necessary to use the Platform. We recommend that you regularly update your browser and always use the latest version. We are not responsible for functionality in older versions.

3.10 Potential Mobile App

If we make the Platform available as a mobile application, you may need to adhere to the terms of the relevant marketplace providers. Your agreement with those providers is independent of our Agreement.

4. Availability

The Platform may not be available at all times, as certain outages are needed for its upkeep or can happen for reasons outside of our control.

4.1 Outages

The Platform and Services may not be available at all times, primarily due to necessary maintenance, updates, force majeure, third-party interference, or power or connectivity outages. Where possible, we will notify you of Platform downtime directly through the Platform or at the email address in your User Account.

4.2 Platform Versions

Because we provide the Platform in the regime of Software as a Service (SaaS), we perform updates by deploying them directly to our servers. You are not entitled to use a specific version of the Platform.

4.3 Updates

Although we strive to continuously improve the Platform, we are not required to provide any updates, except for security updates necessary for the Platform to function.

4.4 Reporting Errors

If the Platform is not working, you can report the error by email to: [email protected]. We may provide customer support free of charge in English, Slovak, and Czech.

4.5 Availability in Other Countries

We do not guarantee that the Platform will be suitable or available for all countries. If you use the Platform from a country where use of the Services is contrary to local laws, you are fully responsible for any violations.

4.6 Use of Third Parties

We reserve the right to use third parties for certain performances under this Agreement — for example, providers of hosting, information and communication services, analytical services, advertising services, and platforms. The terms and conditions of those third parties may apply to you.

4.7 Changes to Platform

We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove any content within the Platform or the Platform itself, as well as to suspend or discontinue it temporarily or permanently, at any time and for any or no reason. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any such modification, suspension, or discontinuation.

4.8 Notification of Changes

If you are a consumer and would be negatively affected by a change to the Platform, we will notify you at least 30 days in advance. You may stop using the Platform and terminate the Agreement within 30 days of the notification or the date the change took effect, whichever is later.

4.9 Scope of Support

Except as stated in these Terms or agreed individually in any binding written agreement, we have no obligation to provide, continue providing, update, or correct any defects or errors in the Platform, to the fullest extent permitted by law. This does not exclude any claims you may have because of defective performance.

5. Digital Content and Your Claims

We provide the Platform free of charge. If the Platform does not work well, you can notify us, but we are not obliged to repair any defects.

5.1 Warranty Exclusion

You acknowledge that the Platform, the Services, and any related documentation are provided “as is” to the fullest extent permitted by law. We disclaim all other conditions, indemnities, guarantees, representations, and warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, satisfactory quality, and non-infringement of any law or regulation.

5.2 Platform Defects

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we provide no warranty that the Platform or the Service will meet your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, applications, systems or services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards, or be error free.

6. Our Intellectual Property Rights

We remain the owner of the Platform and the Website. You may use the Platform, but you may not distribute, modify, or misuse it.

6.1 SaaS

We operate the Platform in the regime of Software as a Service (SaaS). This means we host it on our servers and you only access it via the Website (or via a mobile app, if we make one available in the future). You do not install a copy of the Platform as an application. Access is provided exclusively through your User Account on our servers.

6.2 Platform Ownership

For the avoidance of any doubt, the Platform is our intellectual property. We retain all rights, title, and interest in and to the Platform, including all intellectual property rights such as databases, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, and copyright.

6.3 Right of Authors

Works are not our intellectual property. We have a right to share them on the Platform from the Author or holder of the Work’s rights.

6.4 Limited License

In the event that a license is required by applicable law to provide the Platform, we grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, territorially unlimited, and time-limited license to use the Platform solely for its intended purpose and only as permitted under these Terms. This license does not permit the redistribution, reproduction, or public communication of the Platform or its content, programming, code, or associated databases. You are not permitted to transfer or sub-license the license.

6.5 Website

We are the owner of the Website and exercise all property and personal rights to it to the fullest extent possible. You agree not to copy or replicate the Website, hack, modify, or influence its appearance or functionality, overload or disrupt its stability or security, or attempt to obtain its source code.

6.6 Rights to Suggestions

Any inquiries, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other information regarding the Platform (the “Suggestions”) provided to us are non-confidential and become our exclusive property. We own all exclusive rights, including unlimited intellectual property rights, and are entitled to use and distribute these Suggestions without restriction for any lawful purpose, without acknowledgment or compensation to you.

6.7 Business Reference

If you are an Author, you agree that we may use the basic information of the relationship with you as a business reference. For this purpose, you grant us a license to use your company/business name, logo, and trademarks solely for placing such reference on the Website and in marketing materials. This license is royalty-free, territorially unlimited, and granted for the duration of the author’s proprietary rights and/or the duration of the registration of the relevant trademark.

7. Unlawful Content on the Platform

This section explains our obligations under EU regulations, how we manage User Content, the procedure for reporting illegal content, and how users can contact us regarding content issues.

7.1 DSA

As we are intermediary services (hosting) providers under EU regulations and operate an online platform, we must comply with the Digital Services Act (the “DSA”).

7.2 When It Applies

The procedure set out in this Article applies both to situations where a User reports illegal content (User Content or Works), and where we discover a violation by our own activities or a third party reports illegal content.

7.3 Contact Us

If you wish to contact us in connection with the DSA and exercise your rights listed below, you can use the contact details provided in Article 1.10 of these Terms. You can communicate with us in English, Czech, or Slovak.

7.4 We Do Not Monitor or Edit User Content

We do not monitor or edit User Content or the content of Works. We do not use automated tools for this purpose; all checks are carried out by humans. However, we are entitled to check User Content and Works before publication and subsequently monitor them, as well as request that you, as the User, change content immediately.

7.5 Publication of User Content

We have the option to publish User Content or Works only after checking, to restrict the visibility of illegal content, or to delete illegal content. We may also decide to cancel the User Account, which will terminate the Agreement between us.

7.6 Non-publication of User Content

If we do not publish User Content or a Work, or delete it (or restrict its visibility) after our own review or after notification by a third party, the following rules apply:

We will notify you by email to your contact email address that such action has been taken.
If you disagree with our decision, you may submit an objection within 15 days of receiving the decision. After filing the objection, we will review our decision and inform you of the outcome by email. No further objections or other remedies may be submitted against such a decision.

7.7 Notification Form

In order to prevent the violation or infringement of the rights of third parties, we accept all notifications (the “Notifications”). We recommend that you use the sample form attached as Annex 1 to these Terms and send it to us at the email provided in Article 1.10.

7.8 Notification Without Form

If you do not wish to use the form, we recommend that you send us at least the following information:

Your information as the notifier, including your contact details (in particular your email address and name).
A description of the User Content, Work, or User that infringes or threatens the rights of third parties or legal regulations.
Clear information about the exact electronic location of the content (e.g., the exact URL address).
A description of how the rights of third parties or legal regulations are being infringed.

7.9 Procedure After Receiving Notification

After receiving a notification, we will:

Confirm receipt of the Notification by email without undue delay.
Without undue delay, inform the User whose User Content or Work was the subject of the Notification of the decision made regarding the reported content.
Provide the User with information on how to defend against such a decision.

7.10 Handling of Notifications

We handle all communications containing the necessary information without undue delay, with the utmost care and objectively. If you do not provide us with complete information in accordance with Annex 1 of the Terms, your communication may not be handled due to a lack of information on our part.

8. Termination

Here we explain when and how you can terminate the Agreement, and when we can do so — for example, in the event of a breach of the rules.

8.1 Term

The Agreement is concluded for an infinite period. However, if you do not access your User Account for 5 years, we will delete your User Account.

8.2 Ways of Termination

The Agreement shall remain in effect until terminated by:

A deletion of your User Account.
An agreement of the Parties.
A notice of termination.
A termination of the legal entity (a Party) with liquidation.

8.3 Deletion

If you delete your User Account in the Platform settings, we will view this as a notice of termination. Please be aware that we cannot re-register your User Account after it has been deleted. We may also delete your account if you violate these Terms.

8.4 Notice

Both Parties may terminate the Agreement at any time and for any or no reason by providing written notice or via email. Upon notice, the Agreement will be terminated immediately.

8.5 Handling of User Content After Termination

After termination of the Agreement, you will not be able to upload new data to the Platform. We will refrain from using the User Content you created while using the Platform. The following content is not considered User Content for this purpose:

Content that relates exclusively to your activity while using the Platform (e.g., what you clicked on the Website).
Content that would be unusable without the Platform.
Content mixed with other data that could only be separated with disproportionate effort.
Personal data — we may process some of this data even after the termination of the Agreement.

8.6 Processing of Technical or Statistical Data

We may process technical or statistical data about your use of the Platform. This data will not contain personal data or cookies, and we will use it to modify and develop the Platform and provide support services.

9. Specific Consumer Rules

You have certain rights as a consumer which we adhere to.

9.1 Withdrawal Within 14 Days

Generally, if you are a consumer based in the EU and enter into a contract online or through another remote communication method, you have the right to withdraw from the contract within 14 days from its conclusion.

9.2 Exception

In this case, however, you are not entitled to withdraw from the Agreement because we provide you the Platform free of charge.

9.3 Alternative Dispute Resolution

As a consumer, you have the right to out-of-court settlement of consumer disputes arising from the Agreement. In such a case, you are entitled to contact the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (Central Inspectorate – ADR Department, Gorazdova 1969/24, 120 00 Prague, email: [email protected], website: www.coi.gov.cz). A request may be submitted no later than 1 year from the date on which you first exercised the right that is the subject of the dispute.

You may also have the right to initiate out-of-court dispute resolution in accordance with the laws of your country. Below are institutions in various EU member states that deal with consumer disputes:

Germany: Außergerichtliche Streitbeilegungsstelle für Verbraucher u. Unternehmer e.V., Gohliser Str. 6, 04105 Leipzig — www.streitbeilegungsstelle.org
Austria: Verein für Konsumenteninformation (VKI), Mariahilfer Straße 81, A-1060 Vienna — also see ombudsstelle.at and verbraucherschlichtung.at
France: DGCCRF — economie.gouv.fr
Poland: Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów, plac Powstańców Warszawy 1, 00-950 Warszawa — uokik.gov.pl
Hungary: Nemzeti Kereskedelmi és Fogyasztóvédelmi Hatóság, H-1122 Budapest, Városmajor utca 35 — nkfh.gov.hu
Slovakia: Slovenská obchodná inšpekcia, Prievozská 32, 827 99 Bratislava — soi.sk
Slovenia: Društvo mediatorjev Slovenije, Poljanski nasip 2, 1000 Ljubljana — slo-med.si
Estonia: Tarbijavaidluste komisjon, Endla 10a, 10122 Tallinn — eesti.ee
Latvia: Patērētāju strīdu risināšanas komisija, Brīvības street 55, Rīga, LV-1010 — ptac.gov.lv
Lithuania: Valstybinė vartotojų teisių apsaugos tarnyba, Vilniaus str. 25, Vilnius — vvtat.lt
Romania: Autoritatea Națională pentru Protecția Consumatorilor, Bulevardul Aviatorilor nr. 72, București — anpc.ro
Bulgaria: General Conciliation Commission, 4A Slaveykov Sqr., BG-1000 Sofia — psc.egov.bg
Croatia: General Conciliation Commission, 4A Slaveykov Sqr., BG-1000 Sofia — psc.egov.bg

9.4 Authorization

We are authorized to conduct business on the basis of a trade license. Trade inspections are carried out by the relevant trade licensing office within its jurisdiction. Supervision of personal data protection is carried out by the Czech Office for Personal Data Protection. The Czech Trade Inspection Authority supervises compliance with Act No. 634/1992 Coll., on consumer protection, within a defined scope.

10. Final Provisions

These final provisions contain information about changes to these Terms, governing law, and our communication.

10.1 Language

These Terms are available in English and may be translated into other languages. However, the English version is binding, unless we only made available the version in your local language when we entered into our Agreement.

10.2 Changes to Terms

We may modify these Terms to the appropriate extent. We will notify you of any changes via email and/or a notification displayed on the Platform at least 30 days prior. You have the right to reject amendments by providing written notice to us (including via email), which will result in the termination of the Agreement on the last day before the updated Terms become effective. Continuing to use the Platform after the revised Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the changes.

10.3 Non-transferability

The Agreement is binding upon both Parties. You are not entitled to assign the Agreement to any other party without our prior express written consent.

10.4 Governing Law

These Terms, the Agreement, and all other relations between the Parties are 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.

10.5 Disputes

In the event of any dispute, the courts of the Czech Republic shall have exclusive jurisdiction. However, the Parties agree that any disputes shall be primarily resolved amicably. 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.

10.6 Communication Through Email

Where these Terms mention an action has to be taken in writing, this condition is fulfilled by sending an email. Such email is deemed to be delivered on the date of transmission, excluding situations where a Party receives a delivery failure notification. You are obliged to keep a current and valid email address in your User Account at all times.

10.7 Unenforceability

Any provision of these Terms which is deemed prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction will, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability and will be severed from these Terms, without affecting the remaining provisions or the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

These Terms are effective as of June 7, 2026. When we change the Terms, we will let you know, and older versions can be found at: www.animationhub.eu/TOS-history.

Annex No. 1 — Illegal Content Notification Form

Please complete the following information and send it to us at the contact address provided in Article 1.10 of these Terms.

Name, registered office and registration number / name and surname:
[Your answer]

Contact details (email):
[Your answer]

Exact electronic location of the illegal content (URL address and, if possible, other identifying information):
[Your answer]

Explanation of why you consider the content to be illegal:
[Your answer]

By submitting this notice, I declare that I have a good faith belief that the information and statements contained in this notice are accurate and complete.