Terms of Service

Important notice: These documents are product and legal-position statements, not a substitute for attorney-drafted legal documents. An entertainment and intellectual-property attorney should review the final documents.

1. Agreement

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of GREENLIGHT, the filmmaking software operated by FIZZYCO LLC ("FIZZYCO," "GREENLIGHT," "we," "us," or "our"). GREENLIGHT is filmmaking software operated by FIZZYCO LLC. The Service includes the GREENLIGHT website, applications, features, tools, documentation, and any current or future products or services we make available, including industry discovery and marketplace features (collectively, the "Service").

By creating an account, accessing, or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not create an account and do not use the Service. If you access or use the Service on behalf of a company, organization, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that entity to these Terms, and "you" and "your" refer to that entity.

2. Description of the service

GREENLIGHT provides tools for writers and filmmakers to write screenplays, develop stories, visualize scenes through storyboards, plan productions (including breakdowns, budgets, and schedules), learn the craft of filmmaking, document their work, and, entirely at the creator's choice, make projects discoverable to verified industry professionals. We may add, modify, or discontinue features at any time, as described in Section 32.

3. Accounts and eligibility

To use certain features of the Service, you must create an account and satisfy the eligibility requirements in Section 24. You agree to provide accurate, complete, and current information when registering and to keep that information updated, as further described in Section 25. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account, whether or not you authorized it.

4. Minors

Users under the age of 18 may use GREENLIGHT only with the permission and involvement of a parent or legal guardian where required, as further described in Section 24. GREENLIGHT does not knowingly enter into binding commercial arrangements with minors without appropriate parental or guardian involvement and satisfaction of applicable legal requirements. For any transaction involving a minor, the required legal and parental processes must be followed; GREENLIGHT does not determine what those requirements are.

5. Creator ownership and authorship

Creators remain responsible for their own work and creative decisions. GREENLIGHT does not claim ownership of your screenplay, story, characters, artwork, concepts, or other original creative material (collectively, "Your Content") merely because you upload it or use it on the platform, subject only to the limited license described in Section 6 that is necessary to operate the Service. Nothing in these Terms transfers authorship of Your Content to GREENLIGHT or makes GREENLIGHT a joint author of your work.

You are responsible for ensuring you have all necessary rights to any material you upload, including rights from co-writers, collaborators, and any third parties whose material appears in your work. GREENLIGHT does not determine whether you legally own or control a project, or whether a project is original, properly cleared, copyrightable, or free of third-party claims.

6. Your content license

To operate, maintain, and provide the Service, you grant GREENLIGHT a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, process, transmit, and display Your Content solely as necessary to provide the features you use, including, where you choose to list or share work for industry discovery, displaying that work to the industry audience you selected. This license includes the right to sublicense Your Content to our service providers (such as hosting and infrastructure providers) solely to enable them to provide services to us.

This license ends when you delete Your Content or close your account, except for copies retained as required by law, for backup and archival purposes for a limited period, or as described in our Privacy Policy. Termination of this license does not affect rights already exercised at your direction, such as materials you shared with industry participants through features you used.

7. Copyright and intellectual property

GREENLIGHT recommends that creators consider appropriate copyright and intellectual-property protection and consult a qualified attorney regarding their specific circumstances, particularly before publicly submitting or exposing work to third parties. Copyright protection and copyright registration are not the same thing; registration is one form of protection you may wish to consider, and its availability and effect vary by country.

GREENLIGHT does not provide copyright, intellectual-property, entertainment, or legal advice. Creators should consult a qualified attorney or other appropriate legal professional regarding copyright registration, chain of title, rights clearance, releases, underlying rights, adaptation rights, trademarks, contracts, and other intellectual-property matters. GREENLIGHT does not tell you that your work is legally protected simply because it exists on GREENLIGHT or carries a platform timestamp. See Section 10 for the limits of platform documentation and Section 27 for our copyright complaint procedure.

8. GREENLIGHT does not provide legal services

GREENLIGHT is a technology platform and facilitator. We are not a law firm, and we do not provide legal services, legal advice, legal representation, contract negotiation, or legal counsel. GREENLIGHT does not act as your attorney, agent, manager, representative, or fiduciary, and no fiduciary relationship is created by your use of the Service. We do not provide legal recommendations about whether you should accept, reject, negotiate, counter, or sign an offer, and we do not set legal terms for transactions between creators and industry participants. Obtain independent legal advice before entering into any option, purchase, license, assignment, production, distribution, financing, representation, or other agreement.

9. AI-assisted tools

GREENLIGHT does not and cannot use AI to generate stories. AI may be used to support creator-authored work, including: visual storyboard generation based on creator-provided material; AI-assisted voice table reads; script and project analysis; production breakdowns; organizing production requirements; budgeting assistance; scheduling assistance; and other technical filmmaking functions.

AI outputs may contain errors, omissions, or inaccuracies. AI-generated estimates, images, voices, schedules, budgets, analyses, and other outputs should be reviewed by you or an appropriate production professional and should not automatically be treated as factual, final, or production-ready. You remain the author of your work and are solely responsible for decisions you make based on AI-assisted output.

10. Documentation and timestamps

GREENLIGHT may maintain project records, activity history, timestamps, submissions, revisions, communications, and other platform-generated documentation, and may make such documentation available to you when appropriate and technically feasible. A GREENLIGHT timestamp is not a copyright registration, legal certification of authorship, chain-of-title determination, or substitute for legal protection. GREENLIGHT can document what the platform recorded; we cannot independently certify who legally owns a work.

11. Industry discovery and marketplace

GREENLIGHT may offer industry discovery features, including a future DISCOVER marketplace, through which creators may present projects to authorized industry participants. "Industry participants" may include studios, production companies, producers, distributors, writing agencies, independent film buyers, private film buyers, and other authorized entertainment-industry participants. GREENLIGHT may verify industry participants using commercially reasonable methods, but verification does not guarantee any participant's identity, authority, creditworthiness, or intentions.

Sharing is always your choice: nothing is made visible to industry audiences unless you take action to share or list it. GREENLIGHT provides the venue and tools for discovery and communication. We are not a talent agency, literary agency, producer, financier, distributor, buyer, broker, or guarantor of production or sales, and we are not a party to any option, purchase, license, or other agreement between you and any third party. We do not broker or guarantee any transaction. GREENLIGHT does not take a commission from amounts paid to creators for their work.

If you and an industry participant negotiate or complete a transaction outside GREENLIGHT, GREENLIGHT is not a party to that agreement unless GREENLIGHT explicitly becomes a contracting party in a future service. You and the other party are responsible for your own agreements, negotiations, attorneys, representatives, taxes, payments, rights transfers, and contractual obligations. GREENLIGHT does not provide escrow, payment processing, securities, legal closing, or rights-transfer services unless such services are specifically implemented and legally structured.

12. No guarantees

GREENLIGHT does not guarantee that a script or project will sell or succeed. Industry participants may view, express interest in, request information about, negotiate for, option, acquire, develop, produce, or otherwise pursue a project, but none of these outcomes is guaranteed. GREENLIGHT does not guarantee: an offer; a purchase; an option; financing; production; distribution; representation; employment; revenue; a specific sale price; a specific production budget; or a specific return to the creator.

If you receive an offer, you are responsible for deciding whether to pursue it, and you should obtain independent legal counsel before accepting or signing anything. GREENLIGHT does not set the price of your script, determine what your project is worth, or guarantee that any asking price will be met.

13. Production planning tools

GREENLIGHT may help you organize production information, generate production plans, estimate budgets, create schedules, track project information, and document changes. Budgets, schedules, locations, crew requirements, production estimates, and other planning information are planning tools and estimates, not guarantees. Actual production costs and schedules can change because of locations, labor, equipment, insurance, permits, weather, availability, financing, union requirements, creative decisions, legal requirements, market conditions, or other circumstances. You and your production company remain responsible for independently verifying production information and making your own decisions. GREENLIGHT is not responsible for whether your production gets made.

14. No guarantee of success

GREENLIGHT provides tools and opportunities, not outcomes. We can help you write, develop, plan, document, and present your projects, and provide a pathway for projects to be discovered. We cannot guarantee that a project will be completed, funded, sold, optioned, produced, distributed, represented, or commercially successful.

15. No professional recommendations

GREENLIGHT does not recommend any particular lawyer, agent, manager, producer, distributor, investor, buyer, insurance provider, production company, or service provider. If GREENLIGHT provides directories or educational information about professionals, listing or displaying a person or company does not constitute an endorsement, recommendation, guarantee, or legal or financial determination.

16. Creator responsibility

You are responsible for: the content you submit; the rights to your material; permissions and releases; copyright and trademark matters; third-party material; personal information included in projects; the accuracy of production information; negotiations and contracts; taxes; legal compliance; and decisions about whether and how to produce your work. GREENLIGHT provides the platform and documentation; you remain responsible for your project. You use the Service and make decisions about your work at your own risk.

17. Acceptable use

You agree not to use GREENLIGHT to: violate any applicable law or regulation; infringe the intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of any person; upload or transmit malicious code, or attempt to disrupt, damage, probe, or gain unauthorized access to the Service or its infrastructure; harass, abuse, threaten, or harm others, or impersonate any person or entity; send spam or unsolicited communications through the Service; interfere with or disrupt the Service or other users' use of the Service; scrape, crawl, or systematically collect content from the Service except through our published interfaces; or misrepresent the nature of your project or your rights in it when listing work for discovery.

18. Third-party services

GREENLIGHT may integrate with or link to third-party products and services. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party services, which are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. Your use of third-party services is at your own risk.

19. Our intellectual property

The GREENLIGHT software, visual design, trademarks, logos, and other brand elements are and remain the property of FIZZYCO LLC or its licensors. These Terms do not transfer any ownership to you. You may not copy, modify, distribute, publicly display, or reverse engineer the Service except as permitted by applicable law or with our prior written permission.

20. Disclaimers

GREENLIGHT is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or completely secure, or that defects will be corrected.

21. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will GREENLIGHT, its officers, directors, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenues, goodwill, content, or data, arising from or related to your use of or inability to use the Service, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, our total liability for any claim arising from or related to these Terms or the Service will not exceed the amounts you paid to GREENLIGHT in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, or one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100) if you have paid nothing. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

22. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless GREENLIGHT and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, and licensors from and against any third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from: Your Content; your use of the Service; your violation of these Terms; or your violation of any rights of another person or entity.

23. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to GREENLIGHT if you violate these Terms, if your account remains inactive for an extended period, or if necessary to protect the Service, our users, or others. You may stop using GREENLIGHT and delete your account at any time. Sections 6 (with respect to copies retained as required by law), 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31, and 33 survive termination.

24. Eligibility and age requirements

You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction if higher, to create a GREENLIGHT account and use the Service on your own behalf.

Users who are at least 13 years old but under 18 (or under the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction) may use the Service only with the permission and ongoing involvement of a parent or legal guardian. The parent or legal guardian must review and agree to these Terms on the minor's behalf, is responsible for the minor's use of the Service, and must be involved in any commercial activity, including any listing of work for industry discovery or any transaction. GREENLIGHT does not knowingly enter into binding commercial arrangements with minors without appropriate parental or guardian involvement and satisfaction of applicable legal requirements.

The Service is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete it, as described in our Privacy Policy.

We may require age verification or parental consent documentation at any time and may suspend or terminate accounts that do not satisfy these requirements.

25. Account registration and security

When you register, you agree to provide accurate, complete, and current information and to update it promptly if it changes. You may not create an account using false information, impersonate another person or entity, or create an account on behalf of someone else without their authorization.

You are responsible for safeguarding your password and any other credentials, for restricting access to your devices, and for all activity that occurs under your account, whether or not you authorized it. You agree to notify us promptly at legal@greenlightwriting.com if you suspect unauthorized access to your account. GREENLIGHT is not liable for losses caused by your failure to safeguard your credentials.

We may suspend or terminate accounts with inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading registration information, or accounts we reasonably believe are being used in violation of these Terms.

26. Unsolicited submissions policy

Please do not send us unsolicited ideas, scripts, concepts, treatments, or other creative materials outside of the submission features we designate for that purpose. Any unsolicited materials you submit are deemed non-confidential and non-proprietary. We have no obligation to review, return, acknowledge, or compensate you for unsolicited submissions, and no confidential, fiduciary, agency, or other special relationship is created by your submission.

Because many creators work in similar genres and themes, we may already be developing, or may in the future develop, materials similar to your unsolicited submission. This policy protects both you and us by making clear that similarity alone does not give rise to any claim against GREENLIGHT. If you wish to protect an idea, consult a qualified attorney before disclosing it to anyone, including GREENLIGHT. This section does not limit your rights in Your Content that you upload through the Service's designated features, which remain governed by Sections 5 and 6.

27. Copyright complaints and DMCA procedure

GREENLIGHT respects the intellectual property rights of others and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. 512. It is our policy to respond to valid notices of alleged infringement and to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of repeat infringers, as required by 17 U.S.C. 512(i)(1)(A).

If you believe that content on the Service infringes your copyright, you may send a written notice to our designated copyright agent at legal@greenlightwriting.com. Under 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3), a valid notice must include: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (d) your contact information, including address, telephone number, and email address; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed.

If we remove or disable access to material in response to a notice, we will make a good-faith attempt to notify the affected user. That user may send a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. 512(g)(3) including: (a) a physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the removed material and its location before removal; (c) a statement under penalty of perjury that the user has a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification; and (d) the user's name, address, and telephone number, a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the federal court for the user's judicial district (or any United States federal district if the user is outside the United States), and a statement that the user will accept service of process from the complaining party. If we receive a valid counter-notice, we may restore the material within 10 to 14 business days unless the original complainant notifies us that it has filed a court action seeking to restrain the user, as provided in 17 U.S.C. 512(g)(2).

Warning: under 17 U.S.C. 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees.

28. Third-party content; Section 230

The Service may contain content provided by users and other third parties, including project listings, messages, and communications between creators and industry participants. Under 47 U.S.C. 230(c)(1), GREENLIGHT is not the publisher or speaker of content provided by third parties, and we are not responsible for third-party content, even where we provide tools to create, share, or discover it.

Under 47 U.S.C. 230(c)(2), actions we take in good faith to restrict access to material we consider objectionable, or to enforce these Terms, do not make us the publisher of third-party content and do not create liability for content we do not remove. The appearance of third-party content on the Service does not imply our endorsement, verification, or approval of that content. If you encounter content you believe violates these Terms, report it to legal@greenlightwriting.com.

29. Fees, payments, and taxes

GREENLIGHT may in the future offer paid features, subscriptions, or marketplace-related services. Any prices will be presented before purchase. You agree to pay all fees for features you select, and you authorize us and our payment processors to charge your chosen payment method. Fees are non-refundable except as required by applicable law or as expressly stated at the time of purchase.

You are solely responsible for determining, reporting, and paying all taxes arising from your use of the Service and from any amounts you receive through industry transactions, including income, sales, and value-added taxes. We may be required by law to collect tax identification information and to report payments to tax authorities, and you agree to provide accurate information for that purpose. GREENLIGHT does not provide tax advice; consult a qualified tax professional regarding your specific circumstances.

Unless a payment, escrow, or disbursement service is specifically implemented and described in separate terms, GREENLIGHT does not process, hold, or guarantee payments between creators and third parties.

30. Binding arbitration; class action and jury waiver

Please read this section carefully. It affects your rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court and to have a jury trial.

Informal resolution first. Before initiating arbitration, you agree to contact us at legal@greenlightwriting.com to attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days.

Agreement to arbitrate. Except for the carve-outs below, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising from or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved exclusively by binding arbitration on an individual basis, administered under the rules of JAMS or the American Arbitration Association (AAA), at a reasonably convenient location or by remote means. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration agreement.

Class action and jury waiver. You and GREENLIGHT agree that disputes will be resolved only on an individual basis, and each party waives any right to participate in a class, collective, or representative action and waives any right to a jury trial.

Carve-outs. Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court. Either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property rights.

Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to legal@greenlightwriting.com within 30 days after first accepting these Terms, stating your name, account email, and your decision to opt out of arbitration.

Enforceability note: for this arbitration agreement to be enforceable, these Terms must be affirmatively accepted by the user (for example, by clicking an "I agree" button at signup). Mere continued use of the Service may not be sufficient to establish agreement to arbitration in some jurisdictions.

31. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles. Subject to Section 30, any dispute not subject to arbitration, and any action to confirm, enforce, or vacate an arbitration award, will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, and you consent to their jurisdiction and venue.

32. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time, for example to reflect new features, legal requirements, or business practices. If we make material changes, we will provide reasonable advance notice, such as by posting a notice on the Service or sending an email to the address associated with your account, and we will update the "Last updated" date above.

Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of the revised Terms constitutes your acceptance of them. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Service and you may delete your account. We will not apply material changes retroactively to disputes arising before the effective date without your consent.

33. Severability; entire agreement; assignment; force majeure; notices

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, that provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any additional terms for specific features, constitute the entire agreement between you and GREENLIGHT regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements and understandings on that subject.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your account without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, and we will provide notice of any such assignment.

Force majeure. Neither party is liable for failure to perform due to events beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, labor disputes, government actions, pandemics, power or internet failures, or other force majeure events.

Notices. We may provide notices to you by email, by posting on the Service, or by other reasonable electronic means. Notices to us should be sent to legal@greenlightwriting.com or through the contact form on our About page.

34. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Reach us at legal@greenlightwriting.com or through the contact form on our About page.

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