Terms of service

Draft - to be reviewed before launch.

What we provide

ShorTales turns a topic or script you give us into a narrated, illustrated vertical video using AI services. Each video uses one credit. New accounts receive a small number of free credits; more can be bought.

Your content and your videos

You keep the rights to scripts you write. You may use the videos you make, including commercially, subject to these terms and the terms of the platforms you post to. Because the narration and pictures are AI-generated, you agree to label them as AI-generated or synthetic where a platform asks (for example YouTube's "altered or synthetic content" setting), and to check facts before publishing. AI can make mistakes.

What you can't make

You may not use the service to create: sexual content; content involving minors in any harmful way; hate or harassment; content about real private individuals; false or defamatory claims about real people or businesses; impersonation; graphic violence or extremism; self-harm encouragement; instructions for dangerous or illegal acts; medical, financial or legal advice presented as fact; or content that infringes someone else's copyright or trademark. Requests are checked automatically and may be refused; a refused request's credit is returned.

Uploaded audio

If you upload a background track, you confirm you own it or have a licence to use it in your videos. We use it only to make your videos.

Credits and payments

Payments are processed by Stripe. Credits don't expire and aren't redeemable for cash. If a video fails to render, its credit is returned automatically. For billing problems, contact us.

Storage

Finished videos and their working files are deleted 30 days after they're made. Download anything you want to keep.

Changes and termination

We may update these terms, change prices for future purchases, or suspend accounts that break them. The service is provided "as is" without warranties, and our liability is limited to the amount you paid in the last 12 months.