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Policy: Acceptable Use & Community Guidelines for Films
Policy: Acceptable Use & Community Guidelines for Films

Your film must meet this criteria to be on Kinema. If it does not, it will not be allowed up or will be taken down if flagged.

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Written by Christie Marchese
Updated over 3 months ago

Policy: Acceptable Use & Community Guidelines

We are committed to providing a safe and respectful community where filmmakers and film enthusiasts can come together to enjoy and share their work. To ensure that everyone has a positive experience at Kinema, we have established the following Acceptable Use & Community Guidelines. By uploading your films to Kinema, you agree to abide by these guidelines and to use our platform responsibly and lawfully.

Copyright Provisions

Kinema respects intellectual property rights and expects our users to do the same. Please ensure that you have the necessary rights and permissions to upload and share your films on Kinema. By uploading your films, you affirm that you have the right to share the content and that you will not infringe on any copyright or other intellectual property rights. If we receive a valid copyright infringement notice, we reserve the right to remove the content and suspend or terminate your account.

Offensive Content

Kinema is committed to providing a safe and respectful community for all users. We do not tolerate any form of hate speech, harassment, or offensive content. Offensive content includes, but is not limited to any content that:

  • Is racist, sexist, homophobic, or discriminatory in any way

  • Is sexually explicit or pornographic in nature

  • Promotes violence or harm toward others

  • Is harassing, abusive, or defamatory.

  • Contains hateful or discriminatory speech

  • Promotes or supports terror or hate groups

  • That invades others' privacy or violates their right

  • Provides instructions on how to assemble homemade explosive/incendiary devices, weapons or firearms

  • Exploits or endangers minors

  • Depicts or encourages self-harm or suicide

  • Depicts animal cruelty or extreme violence toward animals

  • Promotes fraudulent or dubious money-making schemes

  • Conveys false or misleading claims about vaccination safety or health-related information that has a serious potential to cause individual or public harm

  • Spreads false or misleading information about voting or seeks to obstruct voting

  • Contains denials that a real-world tragedy did not occur

  • Makes use of fake news, deep-fakes, propaganda, or unproven or debunked theories that have the potential to cause serious harm to a person, group, or the general public.

  • Violates any applicable law

If we receive a complaint about offensive content, we reserve the right to remove the content and suspend or terminate your account. We may also report the content to the appropriate authorities if we believe it violates the law.

Booking Films

Anyone can book a film on Kinema to show at their screening event. However, please ensure that you have the necessary rights and permissions to screen the film in public. Kinema is not responsible for any legal issues that may arise from the screening of a film booked on our platform.

Consequences of Violations

If you violate these guidelines, we may take action against your account, including removing your content, suspending your account, or terminating your account. We reserve the right to take legal action if necessary.

Reporting Violations

If you come across any content that you believe violates these guidelines, please report it to us immediately. We will investigate all reports and take appropriate action.

Thank you for being a part of the Kinema community. Let's create and share great films together!

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