Komoto Terms of Service

01 Who can use Komoto

• You must be at least 13 to create an account. Children under 13 may not create accounts or give us personal information, but may watch together with a parent or guardian on the parent or guardian's account.
• If you are under 18 (or the age of majority where you live), you need a parent or guardian's permission.
• To apply as a Creator or receive payouts you must be at least 18 and able to enter a binding contract.
• You are responsible for keeping your account secure.

02 Two kinds of users

• Viewers watch series and may pay a subscription or buy access.
• Creators publish series on Komoto and may earn revenue from viewers.

Creators are also bound by the Creator Agreement (Section 11), which controls if it conflicts with these Terms for Creator matters.

03 Your content stays yours

• You own your content. Creators keep all copyright and other rights in their series, characters, scripts, art, music and other materials ("Creator Content"). Komoto does not claim ownership.
• We will not sell, assign, or license your Creator Content to third parties (including for merchandise, film, TV, games, or AI training) without a separate written agreement with you.

04 The license you give Komoto

To run the Service, you give Komoto a limited license to Creator Content:

• Scope: non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, to host, store, encode, stream, display, and distribute your content through the Service and its apps, and to create technical copies (such as different video qualities).
• Promotion: to show clips, thumbnails, your name, and profile in Komoto's own marketing for the Service. Promotional clips are limited to 30 seconds, and Creators can opt out of promotion by emailing us.
• Sublicensing: only to service providers who help us operate the Service (hosting, streaming, payment, analytics), and only for that purpose.
• Duration: the license lasts while your content is on Komoto. When you remove it, access ends within 30 days, except for backup copies kept for a short period and copies viewers have downloaded for permitted offline viewing.
• Exclusivity: Whether a series is exclusive to Komoto is set in your Creator Agreement. Where it is, paid episodes stay exclusive to Komoto while the series is live, and episodes you make free on Komoto may be shared on other platforms if each post credits Komoto, with a link to your series where the platform allows links or the Komoto name where it does not. Unless the Creator Agreement says otherwise, you may publish your series elsewhere, and you may always share trailers and promo clips on other platforms.

05 Your promises (Creators)

You confirm that you:

• own or have the rights to everything you upload, including music, voices, fonts, and any AI-generated or licensed assets;
• do not infringe anyone's copyright, trademark, privacy, or other rights;
• follow the Content Rules (Section 6);
• give accurate information when you apply.

You are responsible for your content. If a third party makes a valid claim about it, you will cooperate with us and indemnify Komoto as described in Section 15.

06 Content rules

Not allowed: sexual content involving minors; content that exploits or endangers children; non-consensual sexual content; real violence for shock value; hate or harassment targeting people for protected traits; scams, malware, or deceptive links; illegal content; infringing content; content that reveals private information. Mature themes must be labeled and age-gated. Komoto may add rules in a Content Guidelines page.

07 Copyright complaints (DMCA)

If you believe your work was posted without permission, send a notice to our designated agent at info@thekomoto.com, including: your contact details; the work you own; where it appears on Komoto; a statement of good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized; and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and you are authorized to act. We may remove the content and notify the poster, who may send a counter-notice. We may terminate repeat infringers.

08 Subscriptions, pricing, and payments

• Creators set their own prices, within the range Komoto allows (currently $2.99–$19.99 per month, or season passes). Komoto may change the allowed range with notice.
• Revenue share: Creators keep a share of net subscription revenue (revenue after taxes, refunds, chargebacks, and payment processing fees). The standard share is 70%. Special programs, such as the Founding Class, may offer a higher share (currently 80%) and any lock-in period, which is stated in the program terms and your Creator Agreement. We will not reduce a share you have already been promised, and any change to the standard share applies only after at least 30 days' notice.
• Payouts: Payouts are made monthly in U.S. dollars once your balance reaches $25, by the payout method set in the Creator Agreement. Creators are responsible for their own taxes. We may require tax forms (e.g., W-9/W-8).
• Refunds and chargebacks: Revenue from refunded or charged-back payments is deducted from future payouts.
• Viewers: subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled You can cancel any time in your account; access continues until the end of the paid period. Fees already paid are not refunded except where the law requires or we decide otherwise. Prices shown include or exclude tax as stated at checkout.
• Payments are processed by third-party payment providers whose terms also apply.

09 Our content and the Service

Komoto owns the Service itself: software, design, logos, and the Komoto name. Do not copy or reverse engineer them. The "Komoto" name and logo are our trademarks.

10 Your use of the Service

Do not: break the law; try to access others' accounts; scrape or download content except as the Service allows; bypass paywalls or DRM; upload malware; overload the Service; or share paid content.

11 Creator Agreement

Creators who are accepted to publish on Komoto sign a separate Creator Agreement covering revenue share, payouts, exclusivity, term and termination, and support. If there is a conflict, the Creator Agreement controls for Creators.

12 Suspension and termination

• You can close your account at any time. Creators can remove their content at any time.
• We may suspend or terminate accounts or remove content that violates these Terms or the law. Where possible we will tell you why and give you a chance to respond, except in urgent cases (e.g., illegal content).
• On termination, Komoto pays Creators any earned, undisputed revenue owed, subject to Section 8.
• Sections that should survive termination (ownership, payments owed, disclaimers, liability, disputes) survive.

13 Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information.

14 Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available". We do not guarantee uninterrupted service, specific earnings, or specific audience size. Earnings estimates on our website are illustrations, not guarantees.

15 Limits on liability; indemnity

• To the extent the law allows, Komoto is not liable for indirect or consequential damages or lost profits. Our total liability to you for any claim is limited to the greater of the amount you paid Komoto, the amounts Komoto owed you as a Creator in the 12 months before the claim, or $100.
• Creators will defend and indemnify Komoto against third-party claims caused by the Creator's breach of Section 5 (their content infringes rights or breaks the law). Komoto will give prompt notice and let the Creator control the defense where permitted.

16 Disputes and governing law

• These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.
• Please contact us first at info@thekomoto.com and give us 30 days to try to resolve a dispute informally.
• Courts in Los Angeles County, California have jurisdiction.
• Nothing limits rights you have under mandatory consumer law where you live.

17 Changes

We may update these Terms. For material changes we will notify you 30 days in advance by email or on the site. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the update. If you do not, you can close your account.

18 Contact

Komoto, Los Angeles, CA · info@thekomoto.com