Terms of Service

Plain summary: You can use Moonbeem if you are at least 13 years old. To receive creator payouts, you must be at least 18 and complete identity verification through our payments partner.

You may use Moonbeem if you are at least 13 years old. If you are under 18, you may use Moonbeem with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian, who agrees to be bound by these Terms on your behalf.

To receive creator payouts on Moonbeem, you must be at least 18 years old and complete identity verification through Stripe Connect, our payments partner. Creators under 18 may use the platform, build a creator profile, and accumulate earnings — but earnings cannot be withdrawn until you turn 18 and complete the verification process.

You may not use Moonbeem if you have been previously suspended or removed from the service, or if your jurisdiction prohibits use of platforms like Moonbeem.

Plain summary: Keep your account information accurate and your credentials secure. You're responsible for activity on your account.

When you create an account, you agree to provide accurate information and keep it current. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account.

You may have only one personal account at a time. Creating multiple accounts to evade restrictions, manipulate metrics, or circumvent these Terms is prohibited.

You may delete your account at any time through your account settings. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, as described in Section 10.

Plain summary: Moonbeem is an authorized fan distribution platform for media. We provide infrastructure for fans to share, remix, and earn from authorized media content. We are not a content owner.

Moonbeem is a platform that connects fan creators, audiences, and authorized rights holders. We provide tools for fans to create and share content derived from authorized media works, attribution infrastructure that tracks the relationship between fan content and source works, and commerce infrastructure that enables transactions between audiences and rights holders.

Moonbeem does not own the underlying media works distributed through the platform. Rights holders retain ownership of their works and authorize specific uses through our platform. Fan creators retain ownership of their original creative contributions, subject to the license described in Section 4.

We do not guarantee any specific outcomes from using Moonbeem, including views, earnings, audience growth, or partnership opportunities. Performance depends on many factors outside our control.

Plain summary: You own your content. By uploading, you give us permission to display, distribute, and promote it through Moonbeem. You're responsible for ensuring you have the rights to what you upload.

When you upload content to Moonbeem (“Your Content”), you retain ownership of that content. You grant Moonbeem a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to:

• Host, display, and distribute Your Content on the Moonbeem platform
• Make technical modifications necessary for formatting, encoding, and delivery (such as creating thumbnails, generating preview clips, or transcoding video formats)
• Promote Your Content within Moonbeem and in connection with Moonbeem's marketing, including case studies, social media posts, partner showcases, and similar contexts
• Sublicense the above rights to our service providers as needed to operate the platform

This license continues for as long as Your Content is on Moonbeem, plus a reasonable period afterward for backup and archive purposes. If you delete Your Content or your account, we will remove the content from public display within a reasonable timeframe, though some copies may remain in backups or cached versions for a limited time.

You represent and warrant that:

• You own or have all necessary rights to Your Content
• Your Content does not infringe any third-party rights, including copyright, trademark, publicity, or privacy rights
• Your Content complies with these Terms and applicable law
• For fan content derived from authorized media works, you are using the work in a manner consistent with the rights holder's authorization on Moonbeem

Plain summary: Moonbeem operates an authorization protocol that connects fan creators with rights holders. When you upload fan content derived from an authorized work, you agree to attribution and protocol requirements.

Moonbeem's core function is enabling authorized fan distribution. This means:

• Rights holders (“Partners”) authorize specific media works for fan creation and distribution on Moonbeem
• Fan creators may create derivative content from authorized works, subject to the authorization terms set by the Partner
• All authorized fan content carries attribution to both the original work and the fan creator
• Moonbeem tracks attribution through our provenance infrastructure
• Earnings flow according to the protocol rates set by the Partner and Moonbeem

When you create fan content from an authorized work, you agree to:

• Maintain attribution to the underlying work and rights holder
• Comply with any specific terms set by the rights holder (for example, distribution windows, geographic restrictions, or use-case limitations)
• Use the work in ways consistent with the authorization (commercial vs. non-commercial, transformative vs. derivative, etc.)

If a work is not authorized on Moonbeem, you may not create fan content derived from that work on our platform. Unauthorized derivative content will be removed under our DMCA process (Section 9).

Plain summary: Creators earn from authorized fan activity. Payments flow through Stripe Connect. You're responsible for your own taxes.

Creators on Moonbeem may earn payouts based on activity attributed to their content, according to protocol rates set in coordination with rights holders. Current payout rates and qualifying activity are described in your creator dashboard and may be updated from time to time.

Stripe Connect:All creator payouts are processed through Stripe Connect. To receive payouts, you must create a Stripe Connect account and agree to the Stripe Connect Account Agreement and Stripe Services Agreement. Stripe's terms govern the payments relationship; Moonbeem's Terms govern your relationship with our platform.

Identity verification: Stripe requires identity verification before payouts can be issued. We do not control this verification process and are not responsible for delays or denials by Stripe.

Payout timing: Earnings accumulate in your creator account and become available for payout according to the schedule described in your creator dashboard. We may hold or delay payouts in cases of suspected fraud, chargebacks, disputes, or violations of these Terms.

Taxes: You are solely responsible for any taxes owed on your earnings from Moonbeem. We will issue tax forms (such as 1099-NEC for US creators) as required by law.

Disputes: If you believe a payout calculation is incorrect, contact us at hello@moonbeem.xyz within 60 days of the disputed transaction. We will review and respond within a reasonable time.

Refunds and chargebacks: If a transaction that generated your earnings is refunded or charged back, the corresponding earnings will be reversed from your account.

Plain summary: Moonbeem owns its platform and brand. You own your content. Don't infringe third-party rights.

Moonbeem's IP: The Moonbeem platform, including our software, design, brand, trademarks, and protocol architecture, is owned by Moonbeem, Inc. and protected by intellectual property law. These Terms do not grant you any rights to our IP except the limited right to use the platform as intended.

Your IP: You retain ownership of Your Content, subject to the license in Section 4.

Partner IP: Authorized media works distributed through Moonbeem remain the property of their respective rights holders. Your use of these works is limited to the authorization granted by the rights holder on Moonbeem.

Respect for third parties: You may not upload, distribute, or create content on Moonbeem that infringes any third party's intellectual property rights. If you believe content on Moonbeem infringes your rights, see Section 9 for our DMCA process.

Plain summary: Don't do anything illegal, harmful, deceptive, or that interferes with the platform.

You may not, in connection with your use of Moonbeem:

• Upload content that is illegal, harassing, defamatory, fraudulent, threatening, obscene, or otherwise objectionable
• Upload content that sexualizes minors or that any reasonable person would find exploitative of minors
• Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity
• Manipulate platform metrics, including views, earnings, or engagement, through automated means or coordinated schemes
• Circumvent any authentication, authorization, or technical protection measure
• Use the platform to distribute malware, viruses, or other harmful code
• Scrape, crawl, or use automated tools to access Moonbeem except through our public APIs and within published rate limits
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive source code from the platform
• Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the platform
• Use the platform for any commercial purpose not expressly permitted by these Terms

We may investigate and take action against any violation, including content removal, account suspension or termination, and reporting to law enforcement where appropriate.

Plain summary: If you believe content on Moonbeem infringes your copyright, send us a DMCA notice. We have a process to handle this.

Moonbeem respects intellectual property rights. We respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Moonbeem is a registered DMCA service provider (Registration Number: DMCA-1072736).

To submit a DMCA notice, send the following information to our designated agent:

Your notice must include:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed
3. Identification of the material on Moonbeem claimed to be infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it (URL is helpful)
4. Your contact information (address, phone, email)
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorized agent

Counter-notices: If your content was removed and you believe the removal was in error, you may submit a counter-notice including the elements specified in 17 U.S.C. § 512(g).

Repeat infringers: We will terminate accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers under appropriate circumstances.

Misrepresentations: Submitting a false DMCA notice or counter-notice may result in legal liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

Plain summary: Either of us can end your account. If we terminate for cause, you may lose access to earnings still in dispute.

You may terminate your account at any time through your account settings or by contacting hello@moonbeem.xyz. Upon termination, your content will be removed from public display, and any payable earnings will be processed according to Section 6 (subject to Stripe Connect requirements).

We may suspend or terminate your account or access to specific features at any time, with or without notice, if:

• You materially breach these Terms
• Your conduct creates legal exposure for Moonbeem or other users
• You engage in fraud, manipulation, or repeated policy violations
• We are required to do so by law or by a partner agreement
• We discontinue the service or substantially modify it

Effect of termination: Upon termination, your right to use Moonbeem ends. Sections that by their nature should survive (including IP, indemnification, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and dispute resolution) will survive termination.

Earnings on termination: If your account is terminated for cause (fraud, manipulation, breach), we may withhold earnings that we reasonably believe are connected to the violation. Earnings unrelated to the violation will be paid out according to normal payout procedures.

Plain summary: Moonbeem is provided “as is.” We don't promise it will always work perfectly or meet your specific needs.

MOONBEEM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, MOONBEEM AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE PLATFORM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE DO NOT WARRANT ANY SPECIFIC OUTCOMES, INCLUDING EARNINGS, AUDIENCE GROWTH, OR PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU USE MOONBEEM AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Plain summary: Our maximum responsibility to you is capped at $100. We're not responsible for indirect damages.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, MOONBEEM, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF MOONBEEM, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF MOONBEEM WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Plain summary: If your conduct or content gets us sued, you'll cover our costs.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Moonbeem, Inc. and its affiliates, officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from:

• Your use of Moonbeem
• Your violation of these Terms
• Your Content or your conduct on the platform
• Your violation of any third-party rights, including intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights

We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification, in which case you will cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.

Plain summary: These Terms are governed by Delaware law. Most disputes go through arbitration, not court. You waive the right to participate in class actions.

Governing law: These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

Arbitration: Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or your use of Moonbeem will be resolved through binding individual arbitration, except as described below. Arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will take place in Delaware, or by video conference if both parties agree.

Carve-outs: The following disputes are not subject to arbitration:

• Claims for injunctive relief related to intellectual property
• Claims that may be brought in small claims court within that court's jurisdictional limits
• Disputes that local law requires to be heard in a specific court

Class action waiver: You agree that disputes will be resolved on an individual basis. You waive any right to participate in a class action, class arbitration, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate claims or preside over any form of representative proceeding.

Opt out: You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to hello@moonbeem.xyz within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. Opting out does not affect the rest of these Terms.

Plain summary: We may update these Terms. We'll notify you of material changes. Continued use means you accept the updated Terms.

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will:

• Update the “Effective date” at the top of these Terms
• Notify you through the platform, by email, or both, at least 30 days before the changes take effect (for material changes)

Your continued use of Moonbeem after the effective date of updated Terms constitutes your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to updated Terms, you must stop using Moonbeem and may terminate your account.

Entire agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Moonbeem regarding the platform.

Severability: If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force.

No waiver: Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that provision.

Assignment: You may not assign your rights under these Terms without our written consent. We may assign our rights freely, including to a successor entity in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

Notices: We may send notices to you via the email address associated with your account or through the platform. You should send notices to us at hello@moonbeem.xyz, or by mail to Moonbeem, Inc., 255 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238.

Relationship: Nothing in these Terms creates an employment, partnership, joint venture, or agency relationship between you and Moonbeem.

Questions about these Terms should be directed to: