Last Updated : August 6th, 2020 12:26 PM

Terms and Conditions

Welcome to Soch App, a free-to-use application that helps you create professional looking news videos using just your smartphone.

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your use of our Website (“Site”) located at Link and/or our mobile application (“App” or “Platform”) Soch App, owned and operated by Kosmos Interactive. They provide information about our services, as outlined below. Kindly read these thoroughly and also refer to our Privacy Policy before agreeing to use our app/website.

The Terms form a legally binding agreement between you (the user) and us Kosmos Interactive

1. Accepting the Terms

By accessing or using our Services, you confirm that you can form a binding contract with company, that you accept these Terms and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use our Services. Your access to and use of our Services is also subject to our Privacy Policy and any other policy documents that we may update and make available to you from time to time (collectively, “Additional Agreements”). If you are accessing and using the Services on behalf of a company (such as your employer) or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms. In that case, “you” and “your” will refer to that company or other legal entity.

2. Changes to Terms and Services

We may amend these Terms from time to time, at our sole discretion. We may temporarily/permanently stop providing Services or any features to you or make changes to the Services provided, without prior notice. We will generally notify all users of any changes to these Terms or our Services by updating the same on our website/platform. Your continued access to or use of the Services after the date of the new Terms would indicate your acceptance of the new Terms. If you do not agree to the changes, you may stop accessing or using the Services.

Please be sure to keep visiting this page from time to time to stay updated on our latest changes and developments.

3. Registering / Creating an account with us

You must create an account with us to access or use some of our Services, and provide accurate information for the same. You must update your details, and any other information you provide, regularly to ensure that they’re current. Registration can be done by entering your phone number and the One-Time-Password sent by us via SMS to your phone number. You can also create an account through certain third-party services such as Facebook and Google. You agree that you won’t disclose your Account password to anyone and you’ll notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your Account. We reserve the right to disable your user account at any time if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms.

4. Who May Use Our Services

Our platform helps you create news videos about important occurrences around the world. To help you with that, our services include providing necessary materials and required information through our video creation tools, video editing tools, newsfeed and library. You may use our Services only if you are capable of forming a binding agreement with us and are legally permitted to use our Services. You must be at least 16 years of age. If you’re considered a person with limited capacity in your jurisdiction, then a representative (parent or guardian) shall agree to Terms (both on your behalf and their own). You agree that you (or your representative in case of the requirement for one) are solely responsible for the activity that occurs under your account. In case of an unauthorized use, you should contact us immediately, otherwise the unauthorized act will be treated as an act of you.

You may not use or access our Services if you are not fully able or legally competent to agree to these Terms.

5. Use of Our Services

  • You are prohibited to make unauthorised copies, modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or create any derivative works of our Services or determine or attempt to determine any source code, algorithms, methods or techniques embodied by the Services or any derivative works thereof.
  • You are prohibited to distribute, license, transfer, or sell, in whole or in part, any of the Services or any derivative works thereof.
  • You are prohibited to use the Services, without our express written consent, for any commercial or unauthorized purpose, including communicating or facilitating any commercial advertisement or solicitation or spamming

6. Content

  • All content (except User Content (as defined below)), software, images, text, graphics, illustrations, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music on and “look and feel” of the Services, and all intellectual property rights related thereto (the “Soch Content”), are either owned or licensed by us. You agree not to remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Services or Content. However, you or your licensors will own any User Content that you upload or transmit through the Services.
  • “User Content” refers to Content that you (Account holders) create through or upload to our platform (except for content uploaded to our library). You are permitted to create/upload User content through the Services and also overlay music, graphics, stickers, Virtual Items and other elements provided by us onto it and transmit this edited User Content through the Services.
  • We do not claim any ownership rights in any User Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to your User Content. The information and materials in the User Content, including User Content that includes elements from our services, have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our Platform do not represent our views or values.
  • If User Content is uploaded to our library (photo library and video library) you hereby give us permission to let other users of the platform download this content and use it to create their own User Content.
  • The company will consider that you are the copyright owner, or have received necessary authorization from the original copyright owner, of your uploaded content (including, but not limited to text, pictures, videos and audios excluding those available through our Services) and are solely responsible for the User content. The accuracy and authenticity of the content is the owner’s responsibility, so please make sure that you fact-check everything before creating your Soch Video.
    By making any User Content available through the Services, including those where you have appeared, you hereby grant us royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon, distribute and publicly display your User Content and use your name, image and likeness in connection with marketing and promotional activities, without payment of compensation to you and without seeking any further approval from you.
  • You warrant that all User Content you create, upload or otherwise make available through Soch App comply with the following standards:
  1. No use of intellectual property owned by another person or organisation, and posting it as your own when creating content.
  2. No removal of attributions, watermarks and original captions before sharing any content created on Soch app.
  3. No sexually explicit, pornographic or nude images/videos should be included in the content (including in News containing sensitive subjects).
  4. No graphical images of violence that may cause anyone discomfort .
  5. In case a footage contains unavoidable explicit or violent content, the user must either hide parts of such content (pixelating or using censor bars) or provide a disclaimer/warning at the beginning of the video.
  6. No fake news, especially of a nature that may endanger, defame or harass another person (satire and parody content are excluded).
  7. No content that produces hatred or has the intention of creating or spreading hatred or hate propaganda along the lines of religion, caste, ethnicity, community, age or gender
  • We accept no liability in respect of any content created/uploaded by users and published by authorised third parties

7. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Soch, company, its parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors from any and all claims, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and expenses, arising out of a breach by you or any user of your account of these Terms or arising out of a breach of your obligations, representation and warranties under these Terms.

8. Feedback/Grievances

You can reach out to us at support@soch.co for any feedback, suggestions, to report any grievances with regards to Soch app or if you have any questions about the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.

We have the right to take action against those who violate these Terms and Guidelines, including the suspension/termination of the user account and blocking the violator from registering with or using the Soch app. We also reserve the right to use legal remedies if required.