Terms of Service

Kino (“we,” “us,” “our”) is an online service operated by an independent sole proprietor based in Brazil. Kino provides two apps under one account: Kino Director, a storyboard-first AI video generator built on the MiniMax H3 model, and Kino Scribe, an automatic video-captioning tool. These Terms govern your use of both apps at getkino.io. By creating an account or using either app, you agree to these Terms.

• You must be able to form a binding contract in your country (generally 18 or older) to use Kino.
• You can create an account with an email and password, or sign in with Google or Discord.
• You're responsible for keeping your login credentials secure and for all activity under your account.
• One person, one account — please don't create multiple accounts to get around limits or free credits.

• Kino runs on prepaid credits, denominated in USD.
• Credits are purchased through Stripe. If you're checking out from Brazil, Stripe charges your card in BRL and credits your balance the equivalent USD amount — we never see or store your card number.
• New accounts receive a one-time $2 credit automatically once you verify your email address — no card required to try the product.
• Credits do not expire.
• The exact price of a render is always shown to you before you start it — you're never charged a surprise amount afterward.

• We only charge for renders that finish successfully. If a render fails on our side, you are not charged for it.
• If you abort a render while it's running, you're charged only for the portion of the run that had already executed at the moment you aborted it — never more than the original quoted price — and the rest of the reserved amount is released back to your balance. The abort confirmation always shows both the executed-portion charge and the full quoted price before you confirm.
• Failed renders are never partially charged; partial charging only ever applies to a render you chose to abort.

Kino generates video using the MiniMax H3 model and is bound by its Community License's usage restrictions. You may not use Kino to generate, upload, or request:

• sexual or sexually explicit content;
• any content involving minors, in any context — this is zero tolerance and may be reported to the relevant authorities;
• non-consensual imagery of real people;
• impersonation of a real person without their consent.

You're responsible for having the rights to any image or video you upload as a reference. We review reported content, and we may restrict, suspend, or terminate accounts that violate this section, with or without notice, depending on severity. You can report a problem with any of your own renders directly in the product — the “Report a problem” action on a finished take — and we review every report.

You own the assets you upload and the videos you generate with Kino, subject to (a) the rights you actually had to what you uploaded, and (b) the terms of the MiniMax H3 Community License that the underlying model is licensed under. We don't claim ownership over your projects, prompts, uploads, or outputs.

Kino generates video using the MiniMax H3 model. The MiniMax H3 Community License requires us to display “Powered by MiniMax H3” in the product interface — you'll see it in the footer of every page. This attribution is a license requirement, not something we can remove on request.

Rendering runs on third-party cloud GPU infrastructure. We do our best to keep the service available and renders running, but we don't guarantee uninterrupted access, and features, pricing, and available render options may change over time.

You can stop using Kino and ask us to delete your account at any time by contacting us. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, particularly Section 5 (Acceptable use).

Kino is provided “as is.” To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the service. Our total liability for any claim relating to the service is limited to the amount of credits you've purchased in the 3 months before the claim.

These Terms are governed by the laws of Brazil. Any dispute will be handled under Brazilian law.

We may update these Terms as the product changes. We'll update the “Last updated” date above when we do; material changes will be reasonably notified in-product.

Questions about these Terms: support@getkino.io.