Last updated: 31 May 2026
AnimStream (the "Platform", "we", "us", "our") is an online marketplace operated by SourceArt Ltd, registration number HE456555, Evagora Pallikaridi 38, 8010 Pafos, Cyprus, VAT ID CY60052461U (the "Company"). The Platform lets creators ("Vendors") offer digital content — animations, sound effects and music (each an "Item") — for licensing, and lets users ("Buyers") license and use that content in their livestreams and broadcasts. "User" means any person who accesses the Platform, whether a Vendor, a Buyer or a visitor.
These Terms of Service (the "Terms") govern your access to and use of the Platform. By creating an account or using AnimStream you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Platform. Additional rules referenced here — in particular our Privacy Policy — form part of these Terms.
Point of contact (Art. 11–12 DSA): for communications from authorities and from Users regarding these Terms, content or the Digital Services Act, contact legal@animstream.com (in English or German).
You must be at least 18 years old and have full legal capacity to enter into binding contracts. By using AnimStream you represent that you meet these requirements and that all information you provide is true, accurate and kept up to date.
You are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials and for all activity under your account. Notify us without delay at legal@animstream.com if you suspect unauthorised access. We may suspend or terminate accounts that breach these Terms in accordance with Sections 16 and 18.
AnimStream is a marketplace and technical service provider. For Vendor Items, the licence contract for the content is concluded directly between the Buyer and the relevant Vendor; the Company acts solely as intermediary and as payment facilitator (via Stripe — see Section 8) and is not itself a party to that licence contract. For Platform Items, the Company is the contracting seller and bears the seller's obligations directly.
The identity of the seller (the Vendor, or the Company for Platform Items) is shown on each Item and store page, and for Vendors a link to their legal notice (Impressum) is provided, before purchase. The Company does not pre-screen every Item for legality or ownership and, except as set out in Section 13, is not responsible for Vendor Items; responsibility for each Vendor Item lies with the Vendor that uploaded it.
On a completed purchase, the Buyer receives a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, worldwide licence to display and use the licensed Item in the Buyer's own livestreams and broadcasts, for the duration of the Buyer's account, solely via the AnimStream Embed Link. Unless the Vendor expressly grants broader rights in writing, the Buyer may not:
The licence is personal to the Buyer. For a material or repeated breach of this Section, or any circumvention or sharing of protection measures, the licence and the related Embed Link may be suspended or terminated in accordance with Section 16; for a first, minor and curable breach we will give notice and a reasonable opportunity to remedy it before terminating. Termination of the licence does not affect the Company's or the Vendor's other remedies.
All Items are digital content delivered exclusively through AnimStream Embed Links that stream the Item into broadcasting software such as OBS, Streamlabs or similar. We do not provide downloadable files of any Item. This model protects Vendors against theft and unauthorised redistribution of their work and is a core feature of the Platform, not a defect.
Embed Links are bound to the licensee's account and may be access-controlled, token-signed and time-limited. Sharing an Embed Link with, or enabling access by, any person who has not licensed the Item is a material breach of these Terms. The Company may revoke or rotate Embed Links where it detects abuse, sharing or circumvention.
Before any purchase, every Item provides a concrete preview, including a live preview, so that the Buyer can assess the Item in full prior to licensing it. By purchasing, the Buyer confirms having had the opportunity to review the preview and that it adequately represents the Item.
Vendors set their own prices for Vendor Items; the Company sets prices for Platform Items. Prices shown to consumers are inclusive of any applicable value added tax (VAT). The total payable, including any fees and taxes, is displayed before you confirm a purchase, and you place a binding order with an obligation to pay only by activating the clearly-labelled order button.
Payments are processed by Stripe. By transacting on the Platform you also agree to the applicable Stripe terms. To receive payouts, a Vendor must accept the Stripe Connected Account Agreement and complete Stripe's verification. For Vendor Items the Company retains a platform commission of 15% of the Item price and remits the balance to the Vendor via Stripe Connect, according to the payout schedule shown in the Vendor dashboard. For Platform Items the full amount is the Company's revenue.
VAT on digital services.For sales to EU consumers, VAT on this electronically-supplied content is due in the consumer's country of residence; prices are shown VAT-inclusive for the applicable jurisdiction, and VAT is accounted for via the EU One Stop Shop (OSS) or by the party that is the supplier of record under applicable law. Each party is responsible for its own taxes: Vendors are solely responsible for declaring and paying any taxes (including income tax and, where applicable, VAT) on their payouts and for issuing any invoices required of them by law.
Chargebacks.If a payment is reversed, charged back or refunded after a payout has been made to a Vendor, the Company may recoup the corresponding amount (including the Vendor's share) from current or future Vendor payouts.
Items are digital content supplied immediately on purchase. Where you purchase as a consumer, you expressly request and consent (by ticking the confirmation at checkout) to immediate provision of the Item before the end of any statutory withdrawal period and you acknowledge that you thereby lose your statutory right of withdrawal once provision has begun, in accordance with EU Directive 2011/83/EU and its national implementations. Provision is deemed to begin when the Embed Link is made available to your account. We confirm this request to you on a durable medium (purchase email).
Because a full preview, including a live preview, is available before every purchase, and because Items are supplied immediately, purchases are generally final and the Company does not itself process refunds. Refund or chargeback requests are handled through Stripe; please contact Stripe directly rather than the Company. Stripe may, at its discretion, contact the relevant Vendor regarding the request. A discretionary refund is not guaranteed and remains subject to the decision of Stripe and/or the Vendor.
Section 9.2 does not affect your mandatory rights as a consumer. If an Item is faulty, not as described, or otherwise does not conform to the contract, you are entitled — under EU Directive 2019/770 on digital content and its national implementations — to have the Item brought into conformity, to a proportionate price reduction, or to terminate the contract for that Item with a refund, in the order and on the conditions provided by law. For continuously-supplied access via Embed Link, the seller is responsible for conformity for as long as access is provided.
For a Platform Item, claim conformity remedies from the Company at legal@animstream.com. For a Vendor Item, claim from the Vendor in the first instance. If the Vendor does not respond within 14 days or the issue is not resolved, you may escalate to the Company, which will use reasonable efforts to assist, including facilitating a Stripe refund where appropriate.
Vendors are fully and solely responsible for every Item they upload, list or sell. By uploading an Item the Vendor represents and warrants that:
Where an Item is created with artificial intelligence tools, the Vendor is responsible for ensuring that the AI models and tools used permit commercial use and resale on online marketplaces of the resulting output. It is at all times the Vendor's responsibility to verify that the models they use license their output for commercial sale.
The Company additionally offers its internal AI Studio. For content generated through the AI Studio, the Company ensures that the underlying models are selected so as to permit commercial use and resale. However, the Vendor remains responsible for the content itself — including the prompts used, the resulting output and its legality, originality and non-infringement — whether the Item is created with the AI Studio or with the Vendor's own tools.
The Company operates a review and moderation process and makes reasonable efforts to detect and prevent unlawful or infringing content. However, the Company cannot and does not guarantee that all such content will be detected or prevented. Review by the Company does not constitute approval of an Item, does not warrant its legality, and does not relieve the Vendor of any responsibility. The Vendor must independently ensure that every Item complies with all applicable laws and these Terms.
The Vendor grants the Company a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, transcode, watermark, stream, display, distribute and promote the Item on and through the Platform (including in previews and marketing) for the purpose of operating the service. The Vendor retains ownership of the Item.
The Vendor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, officers, directors and employees from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to (a) any Item the Vendor uploads or sells, (b) any breach of the Vendor's warranties in this Section, or (c) the Vendor's violation of any law or third-party right. This obligation survives termination.
Items may be created using AI. Vendors must accurately disclose AI involvement where required by applicable law (including Article 50 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU AI Act) and must not misrepresent the origin or nature of an Item. Where the law requires AI-generated or manipulated content to be marked in a machine-readable format, Vendors must ensure such marking is applied.
You must not upload, sell, distribute or use content that:
You must not scrape, reverse-engineer, overload, or attempt to circumvent the security or access controls of the Platform.
All Platform materials other than user-submitted Items — including the website design, brand, logos, text and software — are the property of SourceArt Ltd and are protected by law. You may not copy, modify or distribute any part of the Platform without our written consent.
If you believe an Item infringes your rights or is illegal, send a notice to legal@animstream.com with (a) identification of the protected work or the alleged illegality, (b) the URL of the Item, (c) your contact details, and (d) a statement, made in good faith, that the use is unauthorised or unlawful. We operate a notice-and-action mechanism (Art. 16 DSA): we will review valid notices, may remove or disable the Item, and will provide the affected Vendor with a statement of reasons and an opportunity to appeal (see Section 18). We maintain a repeat-infringer policy: Vendors who repeatedly upload infringing or illegal content will, after warning, be suspended and ultimately terminated.
We may moderate, refuse, remove, de-list or restrict an Item, and suspend or terminate an account, only on objective grounds, namely: (a) breach of these Terms; (b) a requirement of applicable law or a valid order of an authority; (c) a substantiated infringement or illegality notice; or (d) a need to protect Users, Vendors or the Platform from imminent harm or security risk. Except where the law or an authority requires immediate action, or in cases of illegality or imminent harm, we will give the affected User a statement of reasons and, for Vendors, a prior opportunity to remedy the issue. Affected Users may appeal under Section 18.
Except as required by law, the Platform itself is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation of the Platform.
Service-related claims.To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, data or goodwill, arising out of or related to your use of the Platform service. For such service-related claims the Company's aggregate liability shall not exceed the greater of the amount you paid to the Company in the twelve (12) months before the claim, or EUR 100.
Conformity of Platform Items. The cap above does notapply to, and does not limit, the Company's mandatory obligations as seller of Platform Items under EU Directive 2019/770 (conformity, and the consumer's remedies of bringing into conformity, price reduction, or termination with refund), nor any other liability that cannot be limited by law.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any mandatory statutory rights of consumers. If you deal as a consumer, your mandatory statutory rights are unaffected by these Terms.
These Terms apply for as long as you use the Platform. You may stop using the Platform and close your account at any time.
We may suspend or terminate access on the objective grounds in Section 14. For Business Vendors, except where a different course is required by law, justified by repeated breaches, or necessary to address illegality or imminent harm, we will give at least 30 days' prior notice of a termination of all services, together with a statement of reasons, and you may use the complaint procedure in Section 18 before the decision takes effect (Art. 4 Regulation (EU) 2019/1150). A restriction or suspension will be accompanied by a statement of reasons.
On termination your right to use the Platform ceases and Embed Links tied to your account may stop functioning. Sections that by their nature should survive (including Sections 5, 8–10, 13, 15, 18 and 19) survive termination.
We may update these Terms. We will give notice of changes by email or by a notice on the Platform. For Business Vendors we will give at least 15 days' prior notice of changes (longer where a longer period is needed to make technical or commercial adaptations), and changes will not apply retroactively (Art. 3 Regulation (EU) 2019/1150); a Business Vendor may terminate before the changes take effect. For material changes affecting consumers we will give reasonable prior notice. Continued use after the changes take effect constitutes acceptance.
Internal complaint handling. You may submit complaints about the Platform, a moderation decision, a suspension or termination, or alleged breaches of our obligations, to legal@animstream.com. We will acknowledge a complaint within a few working days and provide a reasoned written decision within a reasonable period, free of charge.
Appeals against moderation (Art. 20 DSA). If we remove or restrict your Item or account, you may appeal within six months of being informed; appeals are reviewed by a person (not solely automated means) and you will receive a reasoned decision. You may also refer the matter to a certified out-of-court dispute-settlement body and to the competent Digital Services Coordinator.
Mediation (Business Vendors, Art. 12 Regulation (EU) 2019/1150). Where this obligation applies to the Company, Business Vendors may seek mediation of disputes that the internal complaint process did not resolve. We will identify qualifying, independent mediators and bear a reasonable proportion of the costs of mediation; nothing here prevents either party from bringing court proceedings. (The Company will state whether it relies on the small-enterprise exemption from this obligation.)
These Terms and any non-contractual obligations arising from them are governed by the laws of the Republic of Cyprus. The courts of Pafos, Cyprus have jurisdiction. If you deal as a consumer, you also benefit from the mandatory consumer-protection provisions of the country in which you are habitually resident, and you may bring proceedings in the courts of that country.
If any provision is held invalid, the remaining provisions remain in effect. We may assign these Terms to an affiliate or successor; you may not assign your rights without our consent. We are not liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control (including war, government action, cyber-attack, or processor/hosting failure), though this does not affect mandatory consumer rights or payment obligations. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the Platform. The English version of these Terms is the authoritative version.
SourceArt Ltd
Evagora Pallikaridi 38
8010 Pafos, Cyprus
E-mail: legal@animstream.com