Terms of Service

1. Who we are

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a contract between you ("you," "Customer," or "Church") and Beam Networks Stream ("Beam Networks," "we," "us," "our"), the operator of the Beam Networks Stream service at beamnetworks.stream (the "Service"). By creating an account, accessing the Service, or using it in any way, you agree to these Terms. If you are agreeing on behalf of an organization (such as a church), you confirm you have authority to bind that organization.

If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service.

2. The Service

Beam Networks Stream provides live-video ingest, transcoding, and multi-destination restreaming tools aimed at churches and similar organizations. The Service accepts a video feed you send us and relays it to destinations you designate (for example, YouTube, Facebook, a website embed). We may also store recorded segments of your stream for a retention period you configure.

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available." We do not offer a service level agreement (SLA) or uptime guarantee at this stage. We will try to keep the Service running, but we make no promise that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available at any particular time. No refunds are issued for downtime.

3. Your account

You must provide accurate registration information and keep your credentials secure. You are responsible for all activity under your account, including activity by your staff, volunteers, or anyone you authorize. Notify us immediately at security@beamnetworks.stream if you suspect unauthorized access.

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter contracts.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Service to stream, upload, store, or transmit content that:

• You do not own or are not licensed to distribute (for example, copyrighted music, films, or sermons not licensed to you).
• Infringes any third party's intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, or other rights.
• Is defamatory, harassing, threatening, or incites violence.
• Is sexually explicit, depicts child sexual abuse material (CSAM), or is otherwise illegal.
• Violates applicable law in your jurisdiction or ours.
• Transmits malware, conducts network attacks, or attempts to breach the Service's security or another user's account.
• Circumvents any limits, throttles, or security measures we apply.

You also agree not to resell, white-label, or sublicense the Service without our written consent.

We may suspend or terminate your account immediately if we have a good-faith belief you are violating this section, if we receive a compliant DMCA notice about your content (see our DMCA Policy), or if continued service creates legal or operational risk for us. We will try to give you notice and an opportunity to cure where reasonable, but we are not required to.

5. Your content; license you grant us

You keep ownership of everything you stream through the Service ("Customer Content"). We do not claim any ownership of your sermons, services, music, or other material.

To actually run the Service, we need a limited license. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, transcode, reformat, cache, transmit, and deliver Customer Content solely as needed to operate and provide the Service to you, including relaying it to destinations you designate. This license lasts for as long as the content is on our systems under your retention settings, plus up to 30 days after deletion or account termination to complete backups, log rotation, and billing reconciliation.

You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant this license for every piece of Customer Content you submit.

6. Our intellectual property

The Service software, our trademarks, our website, and our documentation are owned by us or our licensors. These Terms do not transfer any of that to you. You may use the Service only as the Service's features permit.

7. Fees, billing, and cancellation

Paid plans are billed monthly in advance through our payment processor, Stripe. Fees auto-renew each billing cycle until you cancel. You can cancel at any time in your account settings; cancellation stops the next charge but does not refund the current cycle.

We do not issue prorated refunds. If a payment fails, we will attempt to recharge and notify you; if the payment remains unpaid after 7 days, we may suspend or terminate the account.

We may change pricing or plan features with at least 30 days' notice by email or in-app notice. Continued use after the change takes effect is acceptance.

Taxes (sales, VAT, or similar) are your responsibility unless we are legally required to collect them.

8. Third-party services

The Service depends on third-party providers, including Clerk (authentication), Stripe (payments), and Cloudflare (hosting, storage, and networking). Their availability, terms, and data-handling practices apply to the portions of the Service they power. Our Privacy Policy describes what data flows to each.

You are responsible for complying with the terms of any destination service you restream to (YouTube, Facebook, etc.), including their content and copyright policies.

9. Disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, or uninterrupted operation. We do not warrant that the Service will meet your requirements, that streams will never drop, or that data will never be lost.

Some jurisdictions do not allow disclaimers of implied warranties, so some of this may not apply to you.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability to you for any and all claims arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or (b) one hundred U.S. dollars ($100).

We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages; lost profits; lost donations or tithes; lost goodwill; or lost data, even if we have been advised of the possibility.

This cap does not apply to your indemnification obligations (Section 11) or to liabilities that cannot be limited under applicable law.

11. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Beam Networks, its officers, members, employees, and agents from any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to:

• Customer Content you stream, upload, or transmit through the Service, including claims of copyright infringement, trademark infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy, or violation of publicity rights;
• Your violation of these Terms or our Acceptable Use policy;
• Your violation of any applicable law; or
• Your violation of any third party's rights.

We will promptly notify you of any such claim, let you control the defense (with our reasonable cooperation), and not settle without your consent. We may participate in the defense with our own counsel at our expense.

For claims about our own infrastructure or software (not your content), we will defend and indemnify you on the same terms.

12. Term and termination

These Terms apply as long as you use the Service. You may cancel at any time. We may terminate your account on 30 days' notice for any reason, or immediately for material breach (including any Acceptable Use violation), non-payment beyond the grace period, or legal or operational risk.

On termination, your access ends and we delete Customer Content within 30 days, subject to backup and log rotation schedules. Sections that should by their nature survive termination (IP, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, dispute resolution) do survive.

13. Modifications to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes get at least 30 days' notice by email or a prominent in-app notice. Continued use of the Service after the effective date is acceptance. If you do not agree, your option is to stop using the Service before the effective date.

14. Governing law; venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Indiana, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

Any dispute that is not resolved informally must be brought in the state or federal courts of the State of Indiana, and you and we each consent to personal jurisdiction and venue there.

15. Miscellaneous

• Entire agreement. These Terms, the Privacy Policy, and the DMCA Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about the Service.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.
• Severability. If a provision is unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.
• Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them to a successor (e.g., on formation of the LLC or an acquisition).
• No agency. Nothing here creates a partnership, joint venture, or agency relationship.
• Force majeure. Neither party is liable for failures caused by events beyond reasonable control (natural disaster, war, major internet outage, government action).

16. Contact

• Questions about these Terms: legal@beamnetworks.stream
• Copyright notices: dmca@beamnetworks.stream (see DMCA Policy)
• Privacy questions: privacy@beamnetworks.stream (see Privacy Policy)