Terms of Service
Effective date: 10 August 2026
These terms govern your use of ShortUs, an automated short-form video service operated by FASTVIEW CO., LTD. (business registration number 619-87-00936, CEO Park Sang-woo) (“we”, “us”).
By using the service or connecting a YouTube channel, you agree to these terms. How we handle personal data is set out separately in our Privacy Policy.
Where we have signed a separate agreement with a partner, that agreement prevails over these terms to the extent they differ.
1. Definitions
Partner: a business that has entered into a service agreement with us and supplies source content.
Source content: any material a partner supplies to the service — articles, scripts, images, video.
Output: the short-form video the service automatically produces from source content, including captions, AI narration, and composed visuals.
Connected channel: the partner's own YouTube channel, connected to the service via OAuth.
2. What the service does
We automatically produce 9:16 short-form videos from the source content a partner supplies, and publish the outputs the partner has approved to the partner's own connected channel.
Production includes script rewriting, AI narration (TTS), caption generation and alignment, visual composition, rendering, and automated quality checks.
We do not operate a partner's channel on their behalf, and we never publish an output without the partner's approval under §10 — per-item approval, or prior consent to automated publishing.
3. Paid plans and billing
We offer partners paid subscription plans — Creator, Pro, and Studio — at the prices shown on our service pages (VAT included).
Paid subscriptions renew automatically on the billing cycle the partner selects (monthly or annual), and are charged automatically to the registered payment method on each billing date unless the partner cancels. Payment is processed by automatic card billing using the card the partner registers.
If we change our prices, we will give notice before the next billing date; continuing to use the service after that date constitutes agreement to the new price.
4. Cancellation and refunds
A partner may schedule a cancellation at any time. Scheduling a cancellation does not end access immediately — the partner may keep using the service until the end of the current billing period. A period that has already been paid for is not, by itself, eligible for a refund.
We refund the payment in full if the request is made within 7 days of payment and no credits from that billing period have been used. If even one credit has been used, or if 7 days have passed, the payment is not refundable (reflecting the limits on withdrawal for digital content whose use has already begun). See our Refund Policy for full eligibility criteria and process.
5. Ownership of source content
All copyright and other rights in source content remain with the partner (or its rightful owner). These terms do not transfer any ownership of source content to us.
6. Scope of the licence you grant us
The partner grants us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to the source content, limited to what is necessary to provide the service. Specifically: to store and copy it; to adapt it (create derivative works) by editing, summarising, or translating it for short-form production; to generate captions and AI voice; to encode; and to publish approved outputs to the connected channel.
The licence lasts only for the term of the agreement and ends when the agreement ends or the partner disconnects the channel (outputs already published are handled under §10).
We do not use source content or outputs for our own marketing, promotion, case studies, or portfolio — anything outside providing the service. If we ever want to, we will obtain the partner's separate written consent first.
7. Ownership of outputs
An output is a derivative work of the source content, and rights in the output belong to the partner.
However, the elements we supply — the software, rendering engine, design templates and presets, fonts and graphic assets — remain owned by us or their rightful owners. The partner receives only the right to use them as embedded in the output, and may not separate and reuse them outside the service.
Third-party licensed material embedded in an output — such as background music — may be used only within the scope that material's own licence permits.
8. Partner warranties and responsibility
The partner warrants that: (i) it has the right to supply the source content and to grant the licence in §6; (ii) the source content does not infringe any third party's copyright, likeness, trademark, or publicity rights; and (iii) it holds the rights needed for any music, footage, images, or fonts contained in the source content.
If a third party asserts rights over source content or an output derived from it, resolving that claim is the partner's responsibility, and the partner will indemnify us and compensate us for losses caused by a breach of the warranties above, including reasonable costs of defence. We will notify the partner as soon as we become aware, and may suspend or retract the affected output.
The same warranties apply where the partner supplies source content by designating a URL on an external platform (such as YouTube) instead of uploading a file: the URL method may only be used for content the partner owns or is licensed to use, and responsibility for the rights involved in fetching and using that content rests with the partner who supplied the URL. The partner may be asked to confirm consent to this inside the service. The URL method is a best-effort feature that may be limited without notice due to the external platform's policies or technical circumstances; uploading the original file is the recommended path for reliable production.
9. Disclosure of AI-generated content
Outputs contain synthetic media — AI narration, captions, and composed visuals. When we publish to YouTube we declare the presence of synthetic media as the platform's policy requires.
We do not fact-check source content. If an output misrepresents the source or is otherwise unsuitable, the partner can request changes before approving, refuse approval, or retract it after publication under §10.
10. Publishing to YouTube, and take-down
An output is published to the connected channel only after the partner approves it. Approval is given either per output, or — where the partner has explicitly opted in when connecting the channel — as standing consent to automated publishing of outputs that pass our automated quality checks; that consent can be withdrawn at any time.
The partner may at any time have a published output set back to private (retracted), and may also delete it directly in YouTube Studio.
As the operator of the connected channel, the partner must comply with the YouTube Terms of Service. We likewise comply with the YouTube API Services Terms and related policies.
If publishing is delayed or becomes impossible for reasons outside our control — YouTube policy changes, API limits, channel enforcement — we will inform the partner.
11. Prohibited use
Partners must not: supply content that infringes another's rights; use the service to spread false or manipulated information; reverse-engineer or copy the service; place abnormal load on it through automated means; or use it in ways that breach the policies of YouTube or any other distribution platform.
12. Changes to the service and these terms; interruptions
We may improve or change the service, and will give notice of material changes in advance.
The service may be interrupted for maintenance, faults, or issues with external services such as YouTube or our cloud providers.
We may amend these terms within the bounds of applicable law. Amendments are announced on the service pages, stating the effective date and the reasons, at least 7 days before they take effect (30 days for material changes or changes unfavourable to partners). A partner who does not agree may stop using the service and terminate before the effective date; continued use after that date constitutes agreement.
13. Termination and deletion
A partner may disconnect a channel or stop using the service at any time.
On disconnection we immediately invalidate that channel's authorisation tokens and delete data obtained from YouTube within 7 days, as set out in our Privacy Policy.
Outputs already published remain on the partner's channel. Publishing records may be retained for dispute handling and audit purposes.
14. Disclaimers and limitation of liability
We provide the service with due care, but we do not guarantee that any output will reach a particular view count, revenue, or result.
We are not responsible for the lawfulness of source content supplied by a partner, or for third-party claims arising from it (§8).
To the extent permitted by law, our liability is limited to the service fees the partner paid us in the three months before the claim arose. This limit does not apply to our wilful misconduct or gross negligence.
For periods in which the service is provided free of charge (such as beta testing), we are not liable except in cases of our wilful misconduct or gross negligence.
15. Governing law, jurisdiction, and general terms
These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea, and the Seoul Central District Court has first-instance jurisdiction over disputes.
Sections 5, 7, 8, 14, and 15 survive termination of the agreement to the extent their nature requires.
These terms are provided in Korean, English, and Japanese; if the translations diverge, the Korean version prevails.
16. Contact
Company: FASTVIEW CO., LTD. (business registration number 619-87-00936, CEO Park Sang-woo). Address: 18F, 396 Seocho-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Questions about the service or these terms: viewussupport@fastviewkorea.com.