Terms of service

You upload clips. We distribute them to subscribers. Subscribers pay us a monthly fee and download clips royalty-free. We pay you $0.50 per download, the moment a buyer downloads. The rate is locked through October 27, 2027 per the contributor agreement. You keep the copyright in your footage. We never claim ownership.

To upload or download you need an account. One person per account. Keep your credentials to yourself. If someone uploads or downloads using your login, that’s your responsibility until you tell us otherwise.

Every clip you upload must be yours to upload: you either shot it or you have a written license that lets you share it. You are the author, you keep the copyright, and you can delete your clip from your dashboard at any time (subject to already-executed downloads, which stay licensed to the subscriber who downloaded them).

By uploading, you grant BrollCollective and our subscribers a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive license to stream, download, cache, reformat, thumbnail, and embed your clip in the platform, and (for subscribers) to use it in their commercial and personal projects (Instagram Reels, TikTok, listings, ads, etc.). This is the only way a stock-style library can work.

You keep every other right. You can license the same clip anywhere else you want. You can enter it in competitions. You can relicense it exclusively to anyone who isn’t BrollCollective.

Subscribers on any active plan may download your clip as many times as their plan allows and use the footage in their own content. They may not redistribute the raw file, sublicense it to a third-party stock library, or pretend they shot it. Attribution is optional but always welcomed.

No uploads that:

• Include identifiable people without a signed model release.
• Use copyrighted music, logos, or visual IP you don’t own.
• Depict children in any non-incidental way.
• Contain hate, harassment, explicit sexual content, graphic violence, or illegal activity.
• Use drones over restricted airspace or people without consent.

All uploads pass through a review process before publication. We reserve the right to reject content that doesn’t meet our content guidelines or rights requirements. We may also remove published content if we discover guideline violations after publication.

Subscriptions & cancellations. Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually, automatically renewing at the end of each billing period, and cancellable at any time from your account settings. “Cancel anytime” means you may cancel future renewals at any time; cancellation does not entitle you to an immediate refund of the current billing period unless this section provides otherwise.

• Monthly subscriptions. If you cancel mid-cycle, your access continues until the end of the paid period. We do not pro-rate cancellations within an active monthly billing cycle.
• Annual subscriptions. If you cancel mid-year, your access continues until the end of the paid year. You may instead request a pro-rated refund of unused full months by contacting support@brollcollective.com, subject to a one-month service fee deducted from the refund. Partial months and the current month at the time of request are not refundable.

7-day money-back guarantee. New subscribers may request a full refund within 7 days of their first paid charge, whether monthly or annual. Reply to your welcome email or contact support@brollcollective.com within the 7-day window. We refund the full charge, no questions asked. The guarantee applies only to your first paid period; subsequent renewals fall under the standard refund policy below.

Standard refund policy. Outside the 7-day window and the annual pro-ration described above, refunds are issued for accidental double-charges, clearly broken service, or other circumstances at our discretion. We process valid refund requests within 5 business days.

Chargebacks. If you initiate a chargeback through your bank instead of contacting us first, your account access pauses pending review and we may decline service in the future. Please email support@brollcollective.com before disputing any charge. Most issues resolve faster directly.

Creator payouts are detailed in the Contributor Agreement.

If you believe a clip infringes your rights, email dmca@brollcollective.com with the URL, proof of ownership, and your contact info. We process valid takedowns within 72 hours.

You can delete your account and your clips at any time. We can suspend an account that repeatedly violates these terms, with notice where practical. Already-executed downloads remain licensed to the subscriber who downloaded them. That’s how a royalty-free library stays safe for everyone.

We do our best to keep the platform up, secure, and fair. We don’t, and can’t, guarantee specific earnings, specific uptime, or that subscribers will love your particular clip. Use the service “as is.” Our total liability for any issue is capped at the greater of $100 or the last 12 months of fees you paid us.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, USA, without regard to conflict of laws. Disputes go to the courts located in King County, Washington, unless your local consumer protection laws give you stronger rights, in which case those apply.