PLATFORM RULES

Terms of Service

Last updated: 10 November 2026

These Terms govern your use of STORYFLICKS, an online platform for discovering and reading episodic stories and, for approved creators, publishing and managing story content. By creating an account or using account-only features, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not create an account or use those features.

1. Operator and contact

STORYFLICKS is operated by Francis Koine, Schleusenstr 50, 15569 Woltersdorf, Germany. Contact: exec@frankkoine.com. Further provider information is available on the Impressum.

2. Accounts

You must provide an email address that you control and keep your sign-in credentials secure. You are responsible for activity carried out through your account, except where applicable law provides otherwise. You must not impersonate another person, misuse another user's account or attempt to bypass access controls. Some creator features are available only to accounts that have been granted creator access.

3. Reading and platform availability

Reading published stories is currently offered without a subscription fee. We may add, change, suspend or discontinue features as the platform develops. We aim to keep the service available and content accessible, but do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation. We may carry out maintenance, security updates and emergency interventions.

4. Creator content and intellectual property

You retain ownership of the stories, manuscripts, episodes, artwork and other material that you create or upload. You are responsible for ensuring that you own or have permission to use everything you submit, including text, images, covers and third-party material.

When you submit content, you grant STORYFLICKS a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence, for as long as the content is hosted, to store, reproduce, technically process, display and make that content available through the platform in accordance with the visibility settings and publishing actions you choose. This includes the right to use hosting and infrastructure providers to perform those operations. This licence is limited to operating, maintaining, securing and presenting STORYFLICKS; it does not transfer ownership of your work to the operator.

You decide whether to publish or keep creator material in draft, subject to platform controls and applicable law. Do not submit confidential material to a feature or storage area that is intended for public display. If you use an AI-assisted manuscript feature, the relevant text and instructions may be sent to the external AI provider to perform the requested operation.

5. Reviews, feedback and community conduct

You may submit reviews, reactions, reports and other reader contributions where those features are available. Public reviews may be displayed to other users with your platform profile name. Private feedback is not intended to appear as a public review. You must not submit unlawful, defamatory, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, deceptive, spam or infringing material, or disclose another person's private information without a lawful basis.

6. Moderation and content removal

We may review reports and take proportionate action where we reasonably believe content or account activity breaches these Terms, infringes rights, creates a security risk or is unlawful. Actions may include restricting visibility, removing content, suspending features or disabling an account. Where appropriate, we will provide an explanation and an opportunity to contact us about the decision. Nothing in these Terms limits rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded.

7. Reader support and payments

The platform code currently provides a reader-support checkout configured for Stripe test mode. It is not currently intended to accept real customer payments. Do not treat a test checkout as a real purchase or payment. If real payments, paid features or subscriptions are introduced, the applicable prices, payment conditions, consumer information and any withdrawal rights will be presented before those transactions are enabled, and these Terms will be updated.

8. Account closure

You may stop using STORYFLICKS at any time. To request account deletion, email exec@frankkoine.com. There is currently no automatic in-app account-deletion control. We will assess the request and delete or anonymise personal data where required, subject to legal retention duties, the rights of other people and other lawful grounds for retaining particular records. Creator works, public reviews and payment records may need separate treatment; we will not promise that every item is erased where the law requires or permits retention.

9. Third-party services and links

STORYFLICKS relies on third-party infrastructure and may link to external websites or services. Their terms and privacy notices apply to their own services. We are not responsible for third-party services that we do not operate, subject to applicable law.

10. Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, and where liability is mandatory under applicable law, including applicable product-liability rules. In cases of slight negligence, liability for breach of an essential contractual obligation is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract. Any further limitation applies only to the extent permitted by mandatory law. These Terms do not restrict statutory consumer rights.

11. Changes to the Terms

We may update these Terms where the platform or legal requirements change. Material changes will be communicated by an appropriate notice. The current version and its update date will be available on this page. If you do not agree to a change, you may stop using the affected account features and contact us about closing your account.

12. Applicable law

German law applies, subject to any mandatory consumer-protection provisions that apply in your country of residence. Nothing in these Terms removes rights that consumers cannot waive under applicable law.