vAudioLink — Terms of Use

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old (or the age of digital consent in your country) and able to form a binding contract. If you use the Service on behalf of an organisation, you confirm you are authorised to bind it.

2. The Service

vAudioLink lets creators collaborate inside OBS Studio. It includes three products — ASMR Collab (audio), Music Collab / vKaraoke (vocals with a synchronised backing track), and Scene Share (one-way program video). The OBS proprietary OBS plugins and guest client are available at no charge; an active Creator plan unlocks the hosted relay, guest invites, and account features. You may also self-host your own relay, in which case your media does not pass through our servers.

The relay forwards your media; it does not transcode, inspect the content of, or record it.

3. Accounts

• Host accounts require sign-in (via Clerk) and, for hosted relay use, an active subscription.
• Guests can join a session with a key or a Discord handoff without a paid subscription; guest keys expire (e.g. after 24 hours).
• You are responsible for activity under your account and for keeping your credentials secure.

4. Subscriptions, billing & refunds

• The Creator plan is €10/month + applicable VAT, billed through Paddle, our merchant of record, which handles payment and tax. Pricing and inclusions are shown at sign-up and may change with notice.
• Creator includes 20 hosted streaming hours per subscription period. Unused included time expires at the end of that period and does not roll over. The panel and OBS docks show your available hosted time.
• While you have an active paid Paddle Creator subscription, you may purchase a one-time refill of 20 hosted hours for €10 + applicable VAT. Included time is consumed first. Purchased time does not renew and remains stored until used, but it cannot be used and additional refills cannot be purchased while the paid subscription is inactive.
• A new hosted session requires available hosted time. If the available balance reaches zero after a session has already been admitted, that current session may continue until you end it; another hosted session cannot start until time becomes available again.
• Subscriptions renew until cancelled. You may cancel at any time, effective at the end of the current billing period. Statutory withdrawal/refund rights apply per your jurisdiction and Paddle's terms.

5. Acceptable use & your content

You are solely responsible for the content you capture, transmit, stream, or record using the Service, and for having all necessary rights and permissions to do so. You agree not to use the Service to:

• infringe intellectual-property, privacy, or publicity rights;
• transmit unlawful, harassing, hateful, or abusive content, or content involving minors;
• attempt to break, overload, reverse-engineer (except as law allows), or gain unauthorised access to the Service or relays;
• resell or sublicense the hosted relay without permission.

Backing tracks and third-party content (Music Collab): if you provide a URL (e.g. a YouTube link) for a backing track, you are responsible for ensuring you have the rights to use that content. Retrieving audio from third-party services may breach those services' terms; you assume that risk. We are not responsible for muted streams, takedowns, Content ID claims, or any consequences arising from content you choose to use, and you will not hold us liable for them.

We may suspend or remove access for violations of this section.

6. Intellectual property

• The vAudioLink software, brand, and Service are proprietary, all rights are reserved, and they are licensed, not sold. The OBS plugins and guest client are licensed for your use with the Service; no redistribution or commercial-reuse rights are granted unless we agree otherwise in writing.
• Third-party components remain subject to their own licence terms and notices.
• You retain ownership of your content. You grant us only the limited, technical licence needed to transmit/relay your media to your chosen recipients while you use the Service.

7. Third-party services

The Service interoperates with OBS Studio, Discord, Clerk, Paddle, and (optionally) content sources such as YouTube. Your use of those services is governed by their own terms; we are not responsible for them.

8. Beta & evolving features

Parts of the Service (including features marked "beta") are provided as an evolving product and may change, break, or be withdrawn. We may modify or discontinue features at any time.

9. Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation, specific latency or quality, or that the Service will meet your requirements.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, vAudioLink will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to the amount you paid us in the 3 months before the event giving rise to the claim. Nothing limits liability that cannot be limited by law (e.g. for death, personal injury, or intent/gross negligence).

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, damages, and costs arising from your content, your use of the Service, or your breach of these Terms or of any third party's rights (including content-licensing claims).

12. Termination

You may stop using the Service and close your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate access for breach of these Terms, non-payment, or to protect the Service or others. On termination, your right to use the Service ends; sections that by nature survive (e.g. IP, disclaimers, liability, indemnity) continue.

13. Governing law & disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Netherlands, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, and disputes are subject to the competent courts of the Netherlands, except where mandatory consumer-protection law gives you other rights.

14. Changes

We may update these Terms; the new version will be posted here with an updated date. Continued use after changes means you accept them. Material changes will be communicated where appropriate.

15. Contact

Whatever Media · Box C8299, Kwikstaartlaan 42, 3704 GS Zeist, Netherlands · legal@vaudiolink.eu