DIRECTORS ASSISTANT – TERMS OF SERVICE (USERS)
Last Updated: August 19, 2026
1. INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Directors Assistant ("Platform", "Service"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Directors Assistant platform, operated by Hive Studios International Pty Ltd and its affiliates ("Company", "we", "us", "our").
By accessing or using the Platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, you must not use the Platform.
2. DEFINITIONS
- User: Any individual or entity using the Platform (excluding actors governed by separate agreements).
- Content: Scripts, images, video, audio, text, data, and any materials uploaded or generated.
- Generated Content: Outputs created by the Platform, including AI-generated materials.
- Services: All tools, features, and functionality provided by Directors Assistant.
3. ELIGIBILITY
You must be at least 18 years old and capable of entering a legally binding agreement. By using the Platform, you represent and warrant that you meet these requirements.
4. ACCOUNT REGISTRATION
You agree to:
- Provide accurate and complete information
- Maintain the security of your account
- Be responsible for all activity under your account
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.
5. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
Directors Assistant provides AI-assisted tools for film and content production, including but not limited to:
- Script analysis and breakdown
- Shot listing and coverage planning
- Storyboard and visual generation
- Production planning tools
- Casting and talent discovery integrations
The Platform may evolve, and features may be added, removed, or modified at any time.
6. USER CONTENT
You retain all ownership rights in your Content.
You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, process, transmit, and display your Content only as reasonably necessary to provide, secure, maintain, and support the Services, comply with your instructions, and meet our legal obligations. This license does not permit us to use your Content to train artificial intelligence or machine-learning models.
You are solely responsible for your Content and must ensure it does not:
- Infringe intellectual property rights
- Contain unlawful, defamatory, or harmful material
7. GENERATED CONTENT & AI USAGE
The Platform uses artificial intelligence systems to generate content. Outputs:
- May not be unique
- May contain inaccuracies
- Should not be relied upon as professional advice
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you own the Generated Content created from your inputs.
You are solely responsible for how you use Generated Content, including:
- Legal compliance
- Copyright clearance
- Production decisions
8. PROHIBITED USES
You agree not to:
- Use the Platform for unlawful purposes
- Reverse engineer or attempt to extract source code
- Use the Platform to create competing services
- Upload malicious code or harmful content
- Misuse AI tools to impersonate or deceive
9. SUBSCRIPTIONS & PAYMENTS
Certain features require paid subscriptions or credits. All fees are:
- Non-refundable unless required by law
- Subject to change with notice
You authorize us to charge your selected payment method.
- Credits may be required for certain AI functions
- Credits are non-transferable and non-refundable
- Expiry terms may apply
10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All rights, title, and interest in and to the Platform (excluding User Content and permitted Generated Content) are owned by the Company, including but not limited to:
- Software, code, and architecture
- AI systems, models, and workflows
- Design, layout, and user interface
- Branding, trademarks, and logos
- Databases and underlying technology
Nothing in these Terms grants you ownership of any part of the Platform or its intellectual property.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms and any applicable Actor Agreements, you own the Generated Content you create using the Platform.
This ownership is limited to the specific outputs generated from your inputs and does not include any rights to:
- The Platform itself
- The underlying AI models or systems
- Any proprietary processes, templates, or structures used to generate outputs
You may not:
- Copy, reproduce, or replicate the Platform or its functionality
- Extract or reverse engineer workflows, prompts, or systems
- Use the Platform or its outputs to build or train competing products
All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by the Company.
All rights in the Platform (excluding User Content) are owned by the Company, including:
- Software
- Design
- Branding
- Underlying technology
You may not use our intellectual property without permission.
11. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
The Platform may integrate third-party services (e.g., AI providers, payment processors). We are not responsible for their performance or terms.
11A. THIRD-PARTY OPEN-SOURCE AND OPEN-WEIGHT MODELS
The Platform may make available, or allow you to download and run on your own hardware, machine-learning models created and licensed by third parties ("Third-Party Models"). Third-Party Models are not our products. They are licensed to you directly by their respective licensors under those licensors' own licence terms, which are presented to you before download and which you must accept.
THIRD-PARTY MODELS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OPERATION. We make no representation that any Third-Party Model is suitable for your purpose, will produce any particular result, is free of defects or bias, or is fit for professional, commercial, or production use.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever for Third-Party Models or for their download, installation, configuration, operation, output, performance, resource consumption, security, or effect on your systems or data. You install and run Third-Party Models entirely at your own risk and on your own equipment.
You take full and sole responsibility for your use of Third-Party Models, including: (a) reading, accepting, and complying with the applicable third-party licence in its entirety; (b) complying with all use-based restrictions and acceptable use policies imposed by the licensor, which are incorporated into these Terms and are binding on you as an enforceable provision of your agreement with us; (c) determining whether your use is permitted for commercial purposes and obtaining any paid or commercial licence the licensor requires, including where a licensor imposes revenue thresholds; (d) any content you generate with a Third-Party Model and any rights, clearances, or consents required for that content; and (e) any breach by you of a third-party licence.
Without limiting the foregoing, you must not use any Third-Party Model for military, warfare, or weapons development purposes, or for any other purpose prohibited by the applicable licence or by applicable law. Certain licensors, including Lightricks Ltd. in respect of the LTX-2.x models, prohibit such uses outright.
You indemnify us in accordance with Section 17 against any claim, demand, loss, or expense arising from your use of a Third-Party Model or your breach of a third-party licence. We may suspend or withdraw access to any Third-Party Model at any time, including where a licensor changes or withdraws its terms. Where a third-party licence conflicts with these Terms in respect of that Third-Party Model, the third-party licence prevails as between you and the licensor.
12. DATA & PRIVACY
This section explains how we handle personal information, User Content, and Generated Content (together, "User Data"). We handle personal information in accordance with applicable privacy laws, including the Australian Privacy Principles where they apply.
We may collect and hold:
- Account and contact information, such as your name and email address
- Subscription, transaction, and billing records
- User Content and Generated Content
- Technical, device, usage, security, and support information
We use User Data only as reasonably necessary to provide and administer the Services, authenticate users, process payments, respond to support requests, maintain security, prevent fraud or misuse, comply with law, and improve the reliability and performance of the Platform.
We do not use User Data or User Content to train, retrain, fine-tune, or otherwise develop our artificial intelligence or machine-learning models, and we do not permit our service providers to use it to train their general-purpose or foundation models.
We may use aggregated or de-identified service metrics that cannot reasonably identify you or reconstruct your Content to understand usage and improve the Platform.
We do not sell, rent, publicly release, or disclose User Data to third parties for their advertising, marketing, or independent commercial purposes. We disclose User Data only:
- To hosting, storage, payment, analytics, security, support, and AI service providers where reasonably necessary to provide the Services
- At your direction or with your consent, including when you share or export Content
- Where reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process, or enforceable government requests, or to protect rights, safety, security, and the integrity of the Services
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganisation, or sale of assets, subject to appropriate confidentiality and privacy protections
Service providers may process User Data only to perform services for us and must handle it under applicable contractual, confidentiality, and data-protection obligations.
User Data may be stored or processed in Australia and other countries where we or our service providers operate. Where required, we take reasonable steps to ensure overseas recipients handle personal information consistently with applicable privacy law.
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect User Data from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. No system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
We retain User Data only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Services and fulfil the purposes described in these Terms, or as required for legal, accounting, security, backup, or dispute-resolution purposes. When personal information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to delete or de-identify it, subject to applicable law and ordinary backup cycles.
You may request access to or correction of personal information we hold about you, request deletion where applicable, or make a privacy inquiry or complaint by contacting us at matt@directorsassistant.app. We will respond within a reasonable period and in accordance with applicable law.
13. AVAILABILITY & MODIFICATIONS
We do not guarantee uninterrupted access.
We may:
- Modify or discontinue features
- Perform maintenance or updates
14. TERMINATION
We may suspend or terminate your access if you:
- Violate these Terms
- Engage in harmful or unlawful conduct
You may stop using the Platform at any time.
15. DISCLAIMERS
The Platform is provided "as is" and "as available".
We disclaim all warranties, including:
- Fitness for a particular purpose
- Accuracy of outputs
- Non-infringement
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the maximum extent permitted by law:
- We are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages
- Our total liability is limited to the amount you paid in the past 12 months
17. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims arising from:
- Your use of the Platform
- Your Content
- Your violation of these Terms
18. GOVERNING LAW
These Terms are governed by the laws of Tasmania, Australia.
Any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Tasmania.
19. CHANGES TO TERMS
We may update these Terms at any time. Continued use constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
20. CONTACT
For questions, contact:
matt@directorsassistant.app
21A. ACTOR LIKENESS, RIGHTS & USAGE RESTRICTIONS
The Platform incorporates actor likeness, performance data, and identity-related materials under separate Actor Agreements. These materials are protected and strictly governed.
Users may only use actor likeness, identity, voice, performance data, or related outputs ("Actor Materials") where:
- The User has obtained the appropriate access or license through the Platform; and
- The use strictly complies with the terms of the applicable Actor Agreement and any specific engagement terms.
Users must not:
- Use any Actor Materials without proper authorization
- Reproduce, modify, generate, or simulate an actor’s likeness outside permitted workflows
- Use Actor Materials for training external AI systems
- Export, redistribute, or commercialize Actor Materials beyond agreed usage rights
- Misrepresent or imply endorsement by the actor
Any rights granted to Users are:
- Limited
- Non-transferable
- Non-exclusive
- Restricted to the specific project, duration, and usage defined in the Actor Agreement
No ownership rights in actor likeness or identity are transferred to the User.
Users are solely responsible for ensuring their use of Actor Materials complies with all applicable agreements and laws.
The User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the relevant actors from any claims arising from misuse of Actor Materials.
We reserve the right to:
- Monitor usage of Actor Materials
- Restrict or revoke access where misuse is suspected
- Suspend or terminate accounts for violations
21. SPECIAL PROVISIONS – CREATIVE USE
The Platform does not guarantee creative success, commercial viability, or production outcomes.
All creative and production decisions remain solely with the User.
You acknowledge the Platform is a tool to assist—not replace—human creative professionals.
22. PLATFORM POSITIONING
Directors Assistant is a professional tool designed to enhance production workflows.
It is not:
- A talent agency
- A casting authority
- A production financier
END OF TERMS