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VK Clips Platform User Agreement
1. Subject of the User Agreement
  • 1.1. This User Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) determines the conditions of use of the Platform, its Content, as well as the Users’ and the Administration’s rights and obligations. The Agreement also applies to relations associated with the rights and interests of third parties who are not Users themselves, but whose rights and interests may be affected as a result of the Users’ actions.
  • 1.2. This Agreement is a legally binding agreement between the User and the Administration of the Platform, the subject of which is the provision of access to the Platform and its functionality to the User by the Platform Administration. The User is granted the right to personal non-commercial use of the Platform, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
  • 1.3. The User is required to review the text of this Agreement before using the Platform. The use of the Platform, including the authorization of the User on the Platform using VK Social Network profile, the creation and / or placement of the Clip on the Platform, means in accordance with Art. means, in accordance with Art. 438 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, acceptance by the User of the terms of this Agreement and acceptance of the rights and obligations specified therein related to the use and functionality of the Platform.
  • 1.4. This Agreement may be amended and/or supplemented by the Platform Administration unilaterally without any special notice. This Agreement is an open and public document. The current version of the Agreement is available on the Internet at https://vk.com/terms/clips. The Platform Administration recommends that Users regularly check the terms of this Agreement for amendments and/or additions. Continued use of the Platform by the User after making amendments and/or additions to this Agreement means the User’s acceptance and consent to such amendments and/or additions.
  • 1.5. This Agreement also defines the terms and conditions of use by the Users of the Video Clipping Service (hereinafter - the Service), which is part of the Platform functionality, and the Platform Administration is the copyright holder of the above. The Service allows creating short videos (clips) converted (processed) by the User based on the User's Content and/or the Content of the Communities administered by the User, which are the results of intellectual activity, the rights to which belong to the User (hereinafter referred to as the Converted Content).
2. Status of the Platform
  • 2.1. The VK Clips platform (hereinafter referred to as the Platform) is the functionality of the VK Social Network (in the meaning specified in paragraph 1.1 of the Terms of Use of the VK Website available on https://vk.com/terms), which provides the ability to create, post, and /or watch short vertical videos (hereinafter referred to as Clips), available in the VK Clips mobile application, VK (https://vk.com) and Odnoklassniki (https://ok.ru) social networks, as well as other Internet resources and mobile applications determined by the Platform Administration and supported by the Platform, both currently existing and being launched and put into operation in the future (hereinafter referred to as Resources).
  • 2.2. The platform is an integral part of the VK Social Network. The rights to the Platform as a whole belong to the Platform Administration. The latter provides access to the Platform to all interested parties in accordance with this Agreement and the current legislation of the Russian Federation.
  • 2.3. This Agreement sets forth the terms pursuant to which the rights to use the Content, including information materials as part of certain sections of the Platform, may belong to the Platform Users as well as third parties who have independently created and / or placed above mentioned items on the Platform without the direct participation of the Platform Administration.
3. Platform Administration
  • 3.1. The Platform Administration (hereinafter referred to as the Platform Administration) in this Agreement and other special documents posted on the Platform means Limited Liability Company V Kontakte, a legal entity established under the laws of the Russian Federation and located at: prem. 1-N, bld. 12-14, lit. A, Khersonskaya str., St. Petersburg, 191024
  • 3.2. Appeals, offers and claims from individuals and legal entities to the Platform Administration in connection with this Agreement and all questions regarding the operation of Platform, violations of the rights and interests of third parties when using the VK Ecosystem, as well as requests of persons authorized under legislation of the Russian Federation, can be sent to the mailing address of V Kontakte, LLC specified in paragraph 3.1 of this Agreement.
  • 3.3. With regard to the operation and development of the Platform, the Platform Administration is guided by the legislation of the Russian Federation, this Agreement, the Terms of Use of VK Website and other special documents that are developed or may be developed and adopted by the Platform Administration in order to regulate the Users’ access to certain functionality of the Platform.
  • 3.4. Nothing in this Agreement provides the User with the right to use the Company name, trademarks, domain names and other distinguishing marks of the Platform Administration. The right to use the Company name, trademarks, domain names and other distinguishing marks of the Platform Administration may be granted only on the basis of the written agreement concluded with the Platform Administration.
4. The Use of the Platform
  • 4.1. The use of the Platform is carried out using a VK Social Network profile. The User has the right to use the Platform without registration on VK Social Network or without logging in a VK Social Network profile, however, in this case, the User is provided with limited functionality of the Platform, including, but not limited to, viewing and searching for Clips; in order to access other functionality, such as creating and posting Clips and comments, authorization on the Platform using a VK Social Network profile or, in the absence of a VK Social Network profile, registration on the VK Social Network in accordance with the Terms of use of the VK Website (https://vk.com/terms) may be required. The use of certain functionality of the Platform may also be limited depending on the Resource which is used to access the Platform.
  • 4.2. The User is an individual using the Platform and having accepted the Terms of this Agreement in order established by this Agreement, who has reached the age permissible in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation for the acceptance of this Agreement, and has the relevant authority (previously and hereinafter referred to as the "User").
  • 4.3. The User agrees to receive, through the Platform and/or third-party services via email, SMS and in other ways, service messages, including messages about introduction of new or cancellation of old functions of the Platform, messages on completing a survey, including from the Platform Administration's partners.
    Acceptance by the User of the following in this paragraph means the User's consent to receive advertising messages from V Kontakte LLC (OGRN: 1079847035179), VK Ecosystem Services and other persons acting on their behalf, from which he/she can refuse at any time by using the corresponding functionality of the service within which or in connection with which such messages were received or by managing such settings through the received email messages.
  • 4.4. After the acceptance of the terms of the Agreement by the User in accordance with paragraph 1.3 of this Agreement, the Administration assumes the rights and obligations to the User outlined in this Agreement.
  • 4.5. This Agreement is an integral part of the Terms of Use of the VK Website available at https://vk.com/terms, and the VK Website User Information Protection Rules, available at https://vk.com/privacy and regulating the processing of the Users’ personal data. In matters not regulated by this Agreement, the relationship between the User and the Platform Administration concerning the use of the Platform is regulated by the Terms of use of the VK Website, and the VK Website User Information Protection Rules. The processing of User’ personal data is performed in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. The Platform Administration processes the User's personal data in order to provide the User with access to the Platform's functionality, including targeted advertising; verification, research and analysis of such data, allowing to maintain and improve the functionality and sections of the Platform, as well as developing new functionality and sections of the Platform.
  • 4.6. The User has the right to post Content on the Platform. Except as expressly provided for in this and the current legislation of the Russian Federation, the Platform Administration does not take part in posting the Content by the User. By posting the Content and/or information on the Platform, the User acknowledges and agrees that mentioned Content and/or information, incl. Resources, with the consideration of the architecture and functionality of the Platform, may be available to other Internet users.
  • 4.7. The User is fully responsible for their actions related to the creation and placement of Content on the Platform, in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation and this Agreement.
  • 4.8. In case of detection of violation of the legal rights and interests of third parties, the current legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as the provisions of this Agreement committed by the User, the Platform Administration has the right, at its choice, to take the following measures, either separately or, if necessary, jointly, in accordance with the policy of the Platform Administration and depending on the nature and frequency of the relevant violations:
    • (a) delete Content, its constituent elements and other type of information and/or block access to it;
    • (b) to deny the User's access to the Platform;
    • (c) to prohibit, incl. temporarily, placement of Content;
    • (d) to block or delete the User's VK profile.
5. The User’s Obligations
  • 5.1. When using the Platform, the User is obliged to:
    • comply with the provisions of the current legislation of the Russian Federation, this Agreement and other special documents of the Platform Administration, including the Terms of Use of the VK Website;
    • inform the Platform Administration about unauthorized access to the VK Social Network personal profile and/or about unauthorized access and/or use of the User's password and login;
    • not post Content, information and objects (including links to them) that may violate the rights and interests of others on the Platform;
    • Prior to posting Content, information and objects (including, but not limited to, images of other persons, other people's texts of various content, audio recordings and video recordings), the user shall assess the legality of their posting;
    • back up the Content that was created and/or posted by the User on the Platform;
    • use the Platform exclusively within the framework of the functionality provided by the Platform Administration and technical requirements to the Content;
    • use the Platform solely for personal non-commercial purposes;
    • control the privacy settings of the posted Clips by choosing the options available on the Platform, in particular: available to everyone, friends, to the User only.
  • 5.1.1. When using the Service, in addition to the obligations specified in clause 5.1. of the Agreement, the User is obliged:
    • to post (upload) using the Service only the User's Content or the Content of the Communities administered by the User;
    • not to violate the rights and legitimate interests of third parties when posting (uploading) the Content and in subsequent use of the Converted Content.
  • 5.2. In case of doubts about the legality of any actions, including posting the Content or giving access to it, the Platform Administration recommends to refrain from committing them.
  • 5.3. The User of the Platform is prohibited from:
    • 5.3.1. distorting information about himself, his age, or relationship with other persons or entities;
    • 5.3.2. uploading, storing, publishing, distributing and providing access to or otherwise using any Content or information that:
      • (a) contains threats, calls for violence, including hidden ones, approval and encouragement of violent actions; discredits, insults, damages honour and dignity or business reputation or violates the privacy of other Users or third parties;
      • (b) violates the rights of minors;
      • (c) is vulgar or obscene, contains pornographic images and texts or scenes of a sexual nature involving minors;
      • (d) contains scenes of inhuman treatment of animals;
      • (e) contains a description of the means and methods of suicide, any incitement to commit it;
      • (f) promotes and/or contributes to racial, religious, ethnic hatred or enmity based on gender, orientation, or other individual characteristics and differences (including health issues);
      • (g) contains extremist materials;
      • (h) promotes criminal activity or contains advice, instructions or manuals on the commission of criminal acts;
      • (i) contains confidential information, including, but not limited to, state and trade secrets, information about the private life of third parties;
      • (j) contains advertisements or describes the attractiveness of drug use, including "digital drugs" (sound files that affect the human brain through binaural beats), information about the distribution of drugs, recipes for their manufacture and use instructions;
      • (k) may result in criminal acts by misleading Users or violating their trust;
      • (m) or otherwise violates the rights and interests of citizens and legal entities or the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation.
    • 5.3.3. illegally uploading, storing, publishing, distributing and providing access or otherwise using the Content belonging to the Users and third parties;
    • 5.3.4. using the software and taking actions aimed at disrupting the normal functioning of the Platform;
    • 5.3.5. uploading, storage, publishing, distributing and providing access or otherwise use viruses, trojans and other malicious programs;
    • 5.3.6. using automated scripts (programs, bots, crawlers) to collect information on the Platform and/or interact with the Platform and its functionality without special permission from the Platform Administration;
    • 5.3.7. carrying out illegal processing of the third parties’ personal data, including its collection;
    • 5.3.8. using the Platform in any other way, except via interface provided by the Platform Administration on the relevant Resource, unless it was expressly permitted to the User in accordance with a separate agreement with the Administration;
    • 5.3.9. reproducing, duplicating, copying, selling, trading and reselling access to use the Platform for any purpose;
    • 5.3.10. posting any other information that, at the sole discretion of the Platform Administration, is undesirable, does not correspond to the purposes of the Platform, infringes on the interests of Users or is undesirable for placement on the Platform for other reasons;
    • 5.3.11. carrying out mass repetitive actions aimed at artificially increasing the indicators of the Platform counters ("Like","Share” marks etc.) for themselves or on behalf of other Users using the functionality of their personal profile, including by misleading or by promising encouragement, or using any programs or automated scripts;
    • 5.3.12. using the Platform for purposes other than personal non-commercial use.
    • 5.3.13. posting (uploading) and/or converting the Content belonging to other Users or Communities not administrated by the User, with the use of the Service, when using the latter.
  • 5.4. The User is personally responsible for any information that he posts on the Platform or gives to other Users, as well as for any interactions with other Users carried out at his own risk.
  • 5.5. If the User disagrees with this Agreement or its updates, the User is obliged to stop using the Platform.
6. The conditions for Intellectual Property
  • 6.1. Exclusive rights to the Content posted on the Platform.
    • 6.1.1. Content (hereinafter referred to as Content) means all objects placed on the Platform, including design elements, text materials (including comments), photographs, graphics, illustrations, videos (including Clips), scripts, programs, music, sounds , means of individualization, logos and other objects and their collections, as well as other materials available on the Platform and owned by the User, the Platform Administration or other rightsholders. All rights to the Content are reserved.
    • 6.1.2. Except as provided in this Agreement, as well as the current legislation of the Russian Federation, no Content may be copied (reproduced), processed, distributed, displayed in a frame, published, downloaded, transferred, sold or otherwise used as a whole or partially without prior permission of the copyright holder, apart from the cases when the copyright holder has explicitly expressed his consent to the free use of the Content by any person. Reproduction, copying, collection, systematization, storage, transfer of the Content with a goal of creating a database for commercial and / or non-commercial purposes and / or use of the Content in whole or in any part without the consent of the Administration, regardless of the type of use, is not allowed.
    • 6.1.3. By posting the Content on the Platform, the User grants other Users a non-exclusive right to free access (namely, viewing, listening) to the Content and downloading the Clip to the User's device, using the Clip's audio track by other Users in the Clips created by them and posted on the Platform (applicable to Clips, in the privacy settings of which the “Everyone” option is selected in the “To whom the clip is accessible” field), creation of combined Clips, as a result of which the Clip is merged with the Clip of another User (this applies to Clips with the “Allow duets” option enabled in the privacy settings) solely within the framework of the functionality provided by the Platform, throughout the world and solely for the purposes of personal non-commercial use, except when such access causes or may cause harm to the interests of the right holder protected by the law. The terms of this paragraph also apply to the Content posted by the User on the Platform on VK Social Network before accepting the terms of this Agreement.
    • For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby provided that limiting the Clip availability in its settings, as well as disabling the "Allow Duets" option, does not entail the need to delete or remove other Users' Clips that use the audio track from the User's Clip or combined Clips.
    • 6.1.4. The User’s access (namely, viewing, listening) to the Content, as well as the ability to download the Clip to the User's device, is provided solely for personal non-commercial purposes and is allowed as long as all signs of authorship (copyrights) or other notices of authorship are preserved, the author's name is preserved unchanged, the work is preserved unchanged. At the same time, the User is not entitled to upload, post, publish, communicate to the public and otherwise use the Clip downloaded by him to his device from the Platform on any Internet resource that allows downloading and viewing or listening to video content, with the exception of downloading or posting Clip on services and platforms owned and/or operated by the Platform Administration or its affiliates: VK social network (vk.com), Odnoklassniki social network (ok.ru), My World social network (my.mail.ru), Dzen platform (dzen.ru), including mobile applications of these services and platforms.
    • 6.1.5. By posting Content on the Platform, the User grants the Platform Administration a non-exclusive right to freely use the Content posted on the Platform and legally owned by it, for the purpose of providing the Platform, ensuring that the Platform operates to the extent determined by the functionality and architecture of the Platform, improve existing and introduce new functionality, including reproduction, distribution, processing, including, but not limited to, conversion in accordance with the available functionality of the Service, providing other Users with the functionality of using the Clip's soundtrack in Clips created by them and posted on the Platform, creating combined Clips, as a result of which the Clip is combined with the Clip of another User with the functionality of downloading the Clip to their device with automatic indication by the Platform Administration in the downloaded Clip of the Platform logo, the name of the User who posted the Clip, or the name and short address (subdomain name) of the Community on behalf of which the User posted the Clip, publicizing, displaying the Content in promotional materials of the Platform Administration, particularly as images of the Platform interface, including by bringing these promotional materials to the public. This non-exclusive right is granted with the right to sublicense for the duration of the posting of the Content on the Platform and extends to the territory of countries around the world. The expiration of posting term of the Content on the Platform and/or expiration of the non-exclusive right does not entail the need to remove the Platform Administration’s promotional materials displaying the Content (including their removal from the Internet). The Platform Administration is entitled to transfer the rights specified in this paragraph to third parties. The User agrees that the Administration has the right to use functional and technical capabilities of the Platform that ensure and are intended for displaying the Content posted by the User, including the player, at its own discretion, including for the purposes of displaying advertising. The terms of this paragraph also apply to the Content posted by the User on the Platform on VK Social Network before accepting the terms of this Agreement.
    • 6.1.6. If the User deletes his Content from the Platform, the non-exclusive right mentioned in paragraph 6.1.5. of this Agreement will be automatically revoked, however, if necessary, due to the Platform operation, applicable law, the Administration reserves the right to keep archived copies of User-generated Content for the required term.
    • 6.1.7. Besides his own Content, the User is does not have the right to upload or otherwise make public (publish on the Platform) the Content form other sites, databases and other results of intellectual activity in the absence of the copyright holder’s explicit consent to such actions.
    • 6.1.8. Any use of the Platform or the Content, unless it is permitted in this Agreement or of the copyright holder has given his explicit consent to such use, is strictly prohibited without the prior written permission of the copyright holder.
    • 6.1.9. Unless otherwise expressly provided in these Agreements, nothing in this Agreement shall be considered as a transfer of exclusive rights to the Content.
    • 6.1.10. The Platform Administration grants the User a non-exclusive, limited, non-sublicensable, revocable right to use the Platform in accordance with its intended functionality (including the creation and posting of the Content, limited use as part of the Clip of the soundtrack of a musical work available in the music catalog of the Platform), as well as the access to the Platform Content (including viewing, listening to Content), downloading the Clip to the User's device solely for personal non-commercial purposes in accordance with this Agreement. The Licensed Territory is any territory where the Platform is available to use, however, some functionality of the Platform may not be available in a particular territory. The Platform Administration reserves all rights related to the Platform and Content that are not expressly granted by this Agreement. The Platform Administration may revoke the license and terminate it at any time for any reason or without reason, with or without prior notification. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby provided that the Platform Administration does not grant the User any rights in respect to soundtracks of musical works available in the music catalog of the Platform outside the Platform itself.
  • 6.2. Liability for violation of exclusive rights.
    • 6.2.1. The User is personally responsible for any Content, including but not limited to Converted Content, or other information that he uploads or otherwise makes public (publishes) on the Platform or with its help. The User does not have the right to upload, transfer or publish Content on the Platform if he does not have respective rights to perform such actions that are acquired or transferred to him in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. If a violation of rights is detected the Rules for Examining Complaints Related to User-Generated Content are used to file complaints.
    • 6.2.2. The Platform Administration may, but is not obligated to, view the Platform for the presence of prohibited Content and may remove or replace (without notification) any Content or users at its sole discretion, for any reason or without reason, including moving or deleting any Content that, in personal opinion of the Administration, violates this Agreement, the legislation of the Russian Federation and / or may violate the rights, cause harm or threaten the safety of other Users or third parties.
7. Functioning of the Platform and responsibility for its use
  • 7.1. Users are responsible for their own actions related to creation and posting of Content on the Platform in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation. Violation of this Agreement and the current legislation of the Russian Federation results in civil, administrative and criminal liability.
  • 7.2. The Platform Administration provides the Users with the technical possibility to use the Platform, and does not participate in the creation of User-generated Content, does not control, neither is responsible for the actions or without limitation of any persons in relation to the use of the Platform or the generation and use of User Content on the Platform.
  • 7.3. There are no technical solutions in the information system of the Platform and its software that automatically censor and control the actions of Users of the Platform, including the placement of Content, with the exception of special technical solutions that can be implemented by the Administration of the Platform in order to prevent and suppress violations of the rights of third parties to the results intellectual activity, detecting illegal content.
  • 7.4. The Administration reserves the right to update, change the design of the Platform, its content, functionality, to change or complete its scripts, software and other objects used or stored on the Platform, as well as any server applications, at any time, with or without prior notification.
  • 7.5. The Platform Administration does not pre-moderate or censor User information and only takes actions to protect the rights and interests of individuals and ensure compliance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation after receiving the request from the interested party in the prescribed manner.
  • 7.6. The Platform Administration is not responsible for the violation of this Agreement by the User and reserves the right, at its own discretion, as well as upon receipt of information from other users or third parties about the violation of this Agreement by the User, to change (moderate), ban or delete any information published by the User, that violates the prohibitions established by this Agreement, to suspend, restrict or terminate the User's access to all or any of the sections of the Platform functionality, to exclude User-generated Content from the search engine, and/or remove and/or block it at any time for any reason or without explanation of reasons, with or without prior notification. The Platform Administration reserves the right to delete the User's VK Social Network profile and / or suspend, restrict or terminate the User's access to any part of the Platform's functionality if the Administration, at its sole discretion, finds that the User, or User-generated Content poses a threat to normal functioning of the Platform and/or the rights and legitimate interests of its Users and third parties. The Platform Administration implements the measures described above in accordance with applicable law and is not responsible for the possible negative consequences of this measures for the User or third parties.
  • 7.7. After deleting his VK Social Network profile the User loses access to the full functionality of the Platform. The procedure for deleting the User's VK Social Network profile and the information about the User is regulated by the VK Website User Information Protection Rules, available at https://vk.com/privacy.
  • 7.8. The Platform Administration ensures the functioning and serviceability of the Platform and undertakes to promptly restore its serviceability in event of technical failures and interruptions. The Platform Administration is not responsible for temporary failures and interruptions in the operation of the Platform and the loss of information caused by such events. The Platform Administration is not responsible for any damage to the User’s or the third party’s computer, his/her devices, any other equipment or software caused or associated with the use of the Platform.
  • 7.9. The Platform Administration has the right to manage statistical information related to the operation of the Platform, as well as information from Platform Users in order to provide targeted display of advertising information to various audiences of the Platform. For the purposes of organizing the operation and technical support of the Platform and the performing of this Agreement, the Platform Administration has the technical possibility to access accounts, which it implements only in events specified by this Agreement.
  • 7.10. The Platform Administration has the right to send the User information about the development of the Platform and its functionality, as well as advertise its own activities.
  • 7.11. Limitation of liability of the Platform Administration:
    • 7.11.1. THE PLATFORM AND ITS FUNCTIONALITY, INCLUDING THE SERVICE, ALL SCRIPTS, APPLICATIONS, CONTENT AND DESIGN OF THE PLATFORM ARE PROVIDED "AS IS". THE PLATFORM ADMINISTRATION DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES THAT THE PLATFORM OR ITS FUNCTIONALITY MAY OR MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR A PARTICULAR USE. THE PLATFORM ADMINISTRATION CANNOT GUARANTEE AND DOES NOT PROMISE ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THE PLATFORM AND/OR ITS FUNCTIONALITY;
    • 7.11.2. TO AVOID CONFUSION, THE USER SHOULD OBSERVE PRECAUTIONS WHEN DOWNLOADING DATA FROM THE PLATFORM OR VIA LINKS POSTED ON THE PLATFORM AND WHEN USING ANY FILES INCLUDING THE SOFTWARE. THE PLATFORM ADMINISTRATION STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THE USE OF ONLY LICENSED, INCLUDING ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE;
    • 7.11.3. BY USING THE PLATFORM, THE USER AGREES THAT IF HE DOWNLOADS ANY MATERIALS FROM THE PLATFORM OR WITH ITS HELP HE DOES IT AT HIS OWN RISK AND BEARS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF USING THESE MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE DAMAGE THAT THIS CAN CAUSE THE USER OR THIRD PARTIES, AND FOR LOSS OF DATA OR ANY OTHER HARM;
    • 7.11.4. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLATFORM OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE LIABLE TO THE USER OR TO ANY THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY INDIRECT, ACCIDENTAL, UNINTENTIONAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA, DAMAGE TO HONOUR, DIGNITY OR BUSINESS REPUTATION CAUSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLATFORM, THE CONTENT OF THE PLATFORM OR OTHER MATERIALS TO WHICH YOU OR OTHER PERSONS HAVE GAINED ACCESS TO USING THE PLATFORM, EVEN IF THE PLATFORM ADMINISTRATION HAS WARNED OR INDICATED THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
8. Final Provisions
  • 8.1. This Agreement is an agreement between the User and the Platform Administration on the procedure and terms for using the Platform and its functionality and it replaces all previous agreements between the User and the Administration. In the event that the User, before accepting the terms of this Agreement, was a user of the VK Social Network (website https://vk.com/, mobile version of the site, VK mobile application) and posted Content (Clip) on the Platform, this Agreement applies to relations between the parties arising from the date of posting the Content (Clip) by the User on the Platform ion VK Social Network.
  • 8.2. This Agreement is governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation. Issues not regulated by the Rules shall be resolved in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
  • 8.3. In the event of any disputes or disagreements related to the execution of this Agreement, the User and the Platform Administration will make every effort to resolve them through negotiations between them. If the disputes are not resolved through negotiations, the disputes shall be resolved in the manner prescribed by the current legislation of the Russian Federation.
  • 8.4. This Agreement shall enter into force for the User from the moment of his accession to it and is valid for an indefinite period.
  • 8.5. This Agreement is drawn up in Russian and can be provided to the User for guidance in another language. In case of discrepancy between the Russian version of the Agreement and the version of the Agreement in another language, the provisions of the Russian version of these Rules shall apply.
  • 8.6. If, for one reason or another, one or more provisions of this Agreement are declared invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions shall not be affected and shall remain valid and enforceable.


Revision dated July 10, 2024