Motion Index — Terms of Service

Last updated: 27 August 2026

1. What These Terms Cover

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a legal agreement between you and CINESUIT AS, organisation number 931 200 909, registered at Rådhusgata 5, 0151 Oslo, Norway ("we," "us," "our"). Motion Index is a product operated by CINESUIT AS. They govern your access to and use of the Motion Index platform at motionindex.io, including all features, tools, content, and services (the "Service").

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

You must be at least 16 years old to create an account or use the Service. By agreeing to these Terms, you confirm that you meet this age requirement.

2. What Motion Index Is

Motion Index is a search engine for product films, brand films, and 3D motion design. It is a curated, searchable video reference library and creative workspace built for professionals who create, commission, or direct designed, product-focused video content — including 3D artists, motion designers, filmmakers, creative directors, agencies, studios, and brands.

The Service provides:

• A curated, searchable library of product film references sourced from publicly available content on YouTube and Vimeo
• Reduced-resolution thumbnail images that serve as visual navigation aids for finding and identifying video content within the library
• Embedded video playback via official YouTube and Vimeo iframe embeds
• Visual, semantic, and keyword-based search tools with advanced taxonomy and color filtering — enabling users to find the right reference in seconds rather than hours
• A collaborator network mapping the professional relationships between brands, agencies, studios, and individuals across the indexed library
• A canvas workspace where users can spatially arrange references and their own uploaded content for moodboarding and pre-production
• Collections for organizing and bookmarking reference material
• Collaboration features for working with team members on shared projects

Motion Index is a search and discovery tool. It does not host or stream video content. All video playback occurs through the originating platform's official embed player, and views are attributed to the original creator.

3. Accounts

3.1 — Registration

To create an account, provide a valid email address and a password (at least 8 characters, including an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, and a number), or authenticate through a supported provider (Google or Apple). If you sign up with an email address, you must verify it before the account is created — we send a code to that address and the account exists once you have entered it.

Parts of the Service are available without an account — see section 4.1.

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials. Do not share your login with others. You are responsible for all activity under your account.

3.2 — Accuracy

You agree to provide accurate information when creating your account and to keep it up to date. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that use false or misleading information.

3.3 — Device Sessions

You may access the Service from multiple devices, up to a maximum of 3 concurrent devices. A Pro subscription may add devices; each added device allows one further concurrent device on the same account. You can view and revoke active sessions at any time through your account settings.

3.4 — One Account Per Person

Each account is for a single individual. Sharing account credentials with others is not permitted. To work with other people, invite them to a canvas project as collaborators — each of them signs in with their own account.

4. Access Levels, Subscriptions, and Payments

4.1 — Public Access (No Account)

Part of Motion Index is public. Without an account you can browse the landing page, open individual video pages via direct links (including thumbnails and embeds), read creator pages, and read the blog and other public pages. Public access does not include search, filtering, collections, the canvas workspace, or the collaborator network — those require an account.

4.2 — Plans

There are two plans: Free and Pro.

Free requires only an account, costs nothing, and never asks for a payment method. Every feature works on it — the full library, every filter, and unlimited searching by keyword, image, or meaning. What a free account has instead are ceilings: each search, filter, creator page, or similar-clips view shows a capped number of results, and there are limits on how many frames you can save, how many collections you can make, and how many canvas boards you can create.

Pro removes those ceilings and adds features a free account does not have, including collaborators on canvas projects, file uploads, custom clips, and nested collections.

The current ceilings, the current price, and exactly what Pro adds are listed on the pricing page, which reads them from the live system rather than restating them here. We do this deliberately: a number written into this document would eventually stop matching the product.

We may change the price of Pro. A subscription that is active when a price changes keeps its price for as long as it remains active. Changing your billing cadence (monthly to annual, or back) moves the subscription to the then-current price for that cadence. Changes to plan features take effect with 30 days' notice to existing subscribers, at the start of your next billing cycle.

Some accounts hold permanent Pro access at no cost — people who had an account before Motion Index had paid plans. That access is a grant we honour; it is not a plan you can subscribe to.

4.3 — Payment

All payments are processed by Stripe. We accept credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.

There is no free trial. Subscribing charges your payment method immediately, and the subscription is active from that moment.

Paid subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing cycle (monthly or annually) unless cancelled before the renewal date. You can manage your subscription, switch between monthly and annual billing, update your payment method, and view invoices through your account settings.

All prices are in US dollars unless otherwise stated. You are responsible for any applicable taxes in your jurisdiction.

4.4 — Refunds

Refunds are available within 14 days of being charged. This applies to every subscription, monthly or annual. For customers in the EU/EEA and the UK it reflects your statutory right of withdrawal; we extend the same window to everyone else.

Request a refund by emailing hello@motionindex.io. Cancelling your subscription is self-serve in your account settings and does not require contacting us.

4.5 — Cancellation

You may cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings. Cancelling takes effect at the end of your current billing period — you keep Pro access until then, and you are not charged again.

After that, your account returns to the Free plan. Nothing is deleted. Your collections, boards, saved frames, and uploads remain, and the free ceilings apply again from that point: anything you created above a free limit stays and stays usable, but you cannot create new items beyond the limit until you subscribe again.

Deleting your account is a separate action with different consequences — see section 13.

4.6 — Device Limits

Each account may access the Service on up to 3 concurrent devices. A Pro subscription may add devices; each added device allows one further concurrent device on that account. Added devices are charged when added, prorated to the next renewal date, and renew with the subscription. Reducing the device count takes effect at the next renewal; the devices remain usable until then, and no refund or credit is issued for the remainder of the current billing period. Each device is identified by its browser/device combination. If you reach your device limit, you will be prompted to sign out of an existing device before signing in on a new one. You can view and revoke active sessions at any time through your account settings.

5. How We Present Third-Party Content

5.1 — Video Embeds

Motion Index embeds publicly available videos from YouTube and Vimeo using standard iframe embed functionality provided by those platforms. Video playback is served by and subject to the terms of the originating platform. We do not host, store, or re-stream video content.

5.2 — Thumbnail Images

To make the library searchable and useful as a professional reference tool, Motion Index displays reduced-resolution thumbnail images derived from publicly available video content. These thumbnails function as visual navigation aids — comparable to thumbnails in a search engine — that help users identify, find, and reference specific content within the library.

Thumbnails are publicly accessible on individual video pages. Clicking or interacting with a thumbnail leads to playback of the original video through its official embed. Thumbnails exist to point users toward the original work, not to replace or substitute it.

5.3 — Metadata, Taxonomy, and Collaborator Network

Motion Index generates and maintains editorial metadata for indexed content, including shot size, pacing, style, camera movement, color analysis, and creator attribution. Motion Index also maps the professional relationships between brands, agencies, studios, and individuals across the indexed library, creating a collaborator network that reveals working relationships within the motion design industry. This metadata and network data is the intellectual property of Motion Index.

6. Intellectual Property

6.1 — What Motion Index Owns

Motion Index owns or licenses:

• The platform's design, code, user interface, and overall presentation
• All search algorithms, indexing systems, and discovery tools
• All editorial curation, metadata, taxonomy, tagging systems, and organisational structures
• The collaborator network data, including mapped relationships between brands, agencies, studios, and individuals
• The Motion Index name, brand, logo, and associated trademarks

6.2 — What Motion Index Does Not Own

Motion Index does not claim ownership of:

• The underlying video content embedded from third-party platforms
• The creative works, trademarks, or intellectual property of any studio, agency, freelancer, or individual whose work appears in the library

6.3 — Nature of Thumbnails

Thumbnail images displayed within the Service are reduced-resolution reference images that function as navigational aids within a professional search and discovery tool. They are not sold, licensed, or made available as standalone assets. Their purpose is to index and identify the original work, which remains on its originating platform.

6.4 — Your Content

You retain full ownership of any content you upload to the Service, including files added to collections and content created within the canvas workspace. By uploading content, you grant Motion Index a limited, non-exclusive license to host, store, display, and transmit that content as necessary to operate the Service and provide its features (including collaboration and sharing features you choose to use).

This license terminates when you delete your content or your account, except where the content has been shared with other users who have not deleted their copies, or where retention is required by law.

7. Acceptable Use

7.1 — Personal and Professional Reference

The Service is intended for professional reference, study, inspiration, and creative pre-production work. You may browse the library, search for content, save references to collections, and use the canvas workspace for moodboarding and project planning.

7.2 — What You May Not Do

You may not:

• Download, scrape, crawl, or otherwise extract library thumbnail images from the Service for use outside of it
• Use any automated tool, bot, script, or scraper to bulk-access or extract content from the Service
• Redistribute, republish, or share Motion Index library thumbnails outside the platform through any means
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the Service
• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law
• Resell, sublicense, or commercially exploit access to the Service beyond the scope of your subscription
• Share your account credentials with others or allow others to access the Service through your account
• Circumvent any access controls, authentication mechanisms, or usage limits
• Use the Service in any way that interferes with its operation or the experience of other users
• Upload content that is illegal, infringing, defamatory, obscene, or harmful
• Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity

7.3 — Canvas and Export Restrictions

The canvas workspace allows you to arrange both Motion Index library content and your own uploaded content in a spatial layout. Library content (thumbnails and embeds from the Motion Index library) is available for use within the platform only. When you export a project, library imagery is excluded or replaced with reference placeholders. Your own uploaded content is fully exportable.

7.4 — Enforcement

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, with or without notice, depending on the severity of the violation. Where practical, we will attempt to notify you and give you an opportunity to correct the issue before taking action.

8. Rights Holder Takedown Process

Motion Index respects the intellectual property of content creators. If you are a rights holder and believe your work is being referenced in a way you object to, we will respond promptly.

8.1 — How to Request Removal

Contact us at hello@motionindex.io with:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work(s) affected
2. The specific URL(s) or content within Motion Index you want removed
3. Your contact information
4. A statement that you are the rights holder or authorised to act on their behalf

8.2 — Our Response

Upon receiving a valid takedown request, we will:

• Remove or disable access to the identified thumbnails and/or embeds promptly, typically within 2 business days
• Notify you when the removal is complete
• Ensure the content is not re-indexed without the rights holder's consent

8.3 — DMCA Compliance

For users and rights holders in the United States, we comply with the notice-and-takedown procedures of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Send DMCA notices to hello@motionindex.io, with "DMCA" in the subject line. Please include the information required by 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3): the work you say is infringed, the material you want removed and where it is on the Service, your contact details, a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised, and a statement under penalty of perjury that your notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them.

We are a Norwegian company and not a registered US service provider, so we do not maintain a designated agent with the US Copyright Office. We act on valid notices sent to the address above on the same terms as any other takedown request under section 8.2.

8.4 — Counter-Notification

If you believe content was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notification with an explanation. We will review and respond in accordance with applicable law.

8.5 — Repeat Infringement

Consistent with applicable law, we reserve the right to terminate accounts of users who repeatedly violate these Terms or who redistribute content from the Service.

9. Collaboration and Shared Content

9.1 — Projects and Collaboration

Canvas projects are shared by inviting specific people, each of whom needs their own Motion Index account. There are no public or link-based shares: a project is visible only to the people invited to it. When you invite a collaborator you set their access level (owner, editor, or viewer), and you are responsible for managing who has access to your projects.

9.2 — Responsibility for Shared Content

You are responsible for ensuring that content you share (including user-uploaded files in projects) does not infringe on third-party rights. Motion Index is not responsible for user-uploaded content shared through collaboration features.

10. Third-Party Services and Platforms

10.1 — YouTube and Vimeo

Videos embedded in Motion Index are served by YouTube and Vimeo and are subject to those platforms' terms of service. If a video is removed from its originating platform or if the creator changes its embed or privacy settings, the corresponding content will become unavailable within Motion Index.

10.2 — Stripe

Payment processing is handled by Stripe. Your use of Stripe's services is subject to the Stripe Services Agreement. Payment card data is handled entirely by Stripe and is never stored on Motion Index servers.

10.3 — Other Services

The Service uses additional third-party providers for infrastructure, storage, email, and bot protection. Details on data shared with these services are available in our Privacy Policy, and each one is named on our sub-processors page.

11. Service Availability and Limitations

11.1 — Availability

We aim to keep the Service available and reliable, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access. The Service may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, updates, or circumstances beyond our control. We do not offer a service level agreement.

11.2 — Content Availability

The Motion Index library is curated and changes over time. Videos may be added, removed, or become unavailable (for example, if a creator removes their video from YouTube or Vimeo, or if a rights holder requests removal). We do not guarantee that any specific content will remain available in the library.

11.3 — Feature Changes

We may add, modify, or remove features of the Service at any time. We will provide reasonable notice for changes that materially affect paid functionality.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:

• The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.
• Motion Index shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service.
• Our total liability for any claim arising from or related to the Service shall not exceed the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim.
• We are not responsible for the accuracy, legality, or availability of third-party video content accessible through the Service.
• Your use of information or inspiration derived from content viewed through the Service is at your own discretion and risk.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for fraud or gross negligence.

12.1 — Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Motion Index from any claims, damages, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your violation of these Terms, your use of the Service, or your infringement of any third-party rights.

13. Account Termination and Data

13.1 — By You

You may delete your account at any time from your account settings. Deletion is immediate and permanent — we do not hold your data for a grace period, and it cannot be undone. Upon deletion:

• Your personal data is deleted in accordance with our Privacy Policy
• Your collections, projects, saved frames, and uploaded content are permanently removed
• Any active subscription is cancelled (refund eligibility per Section 4.4 applies)

Before deleting, you can download a copy of your data from Settings → Your data.

13.2 — By Us

We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms or if required by law. Where possible, we will provide notice and an opportunity to export your data before termination.

13.3 — After Termination

Upon account termination, your license to use the Service ends immediately. Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (including Intellectual Property, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, and Governing Law) will continue to apply.

14. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will notify you by email or through a notice within the Service at least 14 days before the changes take effect.

Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree with the updated Terms, you may close your account.

15. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Norway. Any disputes arising from or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Norway.

For users located in the European Economic Area, nothing in these Terms affects your rights under mandatory consumer protection laws of your country of residence.

16. Contact

For questions about these Terms, account issues, or takedown requests:

CINESUIT AS (operator of Motion Index) Organisation number 931 200 909 Rådhusgata 5, 0151 Oslo, Norway Email: hello@motionindex.io Website: motionindex.io

These Terms of Service were last updated on 27 August 2026.