CINESTAR INC. (CineDance Studios) TERMS OF SERVICE
Please read these Terms & Conditions carefully and in their entirety before using cinedancestudios.com and related sites (hereinafter referred to as the “Site”). The Site and its content are owned by CINESTAR INC. (CineDance Studios)
PURPOSE: These Terms & Conditions are here to clearly explain, outline, and layout the rules, terms, and conditions of using, viewing, and/or browsing the Site and/or purchasing or downloading any course, program, service, or product offered on or by us or the Site.
IMPORTANT NOTES & CONSENT:
By using this Site in any capacity, e.g. Purchasing or Downloading from our Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, you agree that you have read, understood and implicitly and voluntarily agree to act in accordance with, and abide by, these Terms & Conditions, our Privacy Policy, and Disclaimer.
You must be at least 18 years old and be able to consent to these Terms & Conditions. Any use of, or access to, the Site and its Content by anyone under the age of 18 is unauthorized and in direct violation of these Terms & Conditions If you are under the age of 18, or you do not agree with these Terms & Conditions as stated herein, please STOP now and do not use this Site or its content.
By using the Site, you agree to the Terms & Conditions as stated herein, regardless of whether or not you have read these Terms & Conditions and our Privacy Policy.
By proceeding on the Site, you hereby agree to the following:
1. Definitions:
“Company”, “We”, “I”, “Our”, or “Us” means CINESTAR INC. (CineDance Studios) and our website, cinedancestudios.com and associated sites.
“Content” means any and all written, visual, video, or audio information contained on the Site, including, but not limited to, any and all emails received from CINESTAR INC. (CineDance Studios) and any and all written or downloadable material purchased, viewed, or otherwise offered by CINESTAR INC. (CineDance Studios) and/or on cinedancestudios.com including, but not limited to, blog posts, graphics, newsletters, designs, documents, information, templates and materials.
“Personal Information” means information that can be used on its own or in conjunction with other information to identify, contact, or locate a person, or to identify an individual in context. For example, personal information includes, among other things, your name, address, email address, etc.
“Site, Courses, Services, Programs and/or Products” means cinedancestudios.com, Content (as defined herein), email list/newsletters, social media posts, blog posts, courses, coaching services, guides, eBooks, forms, worksheets, webinars, website materials, and/or templates available on the Site.
“Site” means cinedancestudios.com and any and all of its associated pages, tabs, landing pages, forms, or sub-pages.
"Client”, “You” or “Your” means the user, customer, or viewer of the Site.
2. Site Rules:
By using the Site and/or making any Purchase, you hereby agree & consent not to:
-Abuse or harass any person through or on the Site.
-Post or transmit obscene, offensive, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, or abusive content, as well as content that infringes our intellectual property rights or those of another person, website, or company.
-Use the Site in any way or for any purpose which violates any law of the United States and the jurisdiction in which you use the Site.
-Post or transmit any “spam” or unwanted, unsolicited content.
-Post copyrighted materials, photographs, or content which do not belong to you.
-Promote or sell your own content, services, or products through the Site, or the content, services, or products of anyone else other than us.
-Copy, download, share, post, or transmit our intellectual property in any way that infringes on our intellectual property rights.
3. DISCLAIMER:
We are professional Dancers on our journey to become the best Dance Filmmakers. We are not managers, agents, lawyers, doctors, therapists, psychotherapists, registered dieticians, public relations or business managers, financial analysts or accountants,
Our Content is for informational and educational purposes only, and is based on personal experience through the years of practice. The information and education provided in Our content are not intended or implied to replace professional education or advice from agents, of an attorney, accountant, and/or financial advisor. You should consult with a professional in those areas (financial, legal, accounting, etc.) in person with someone where you live or work to discuss issues or questions pertaining to your particular career, legal, financial, or even business situation.
Client understands that neither Maria Kouppari, Ibrahim Perez, nor Company, have not promised, nor shall be obligated to, the following:
(1) A successful career, publicity, social media exposure, client features or interviews, client promotions, booked jobs or access to our network of contacts.
(2) An 1:1 client relationship, mentorship or career consultation as a coach, dance teacher, filmmaker or casting director, unless such service is purchased separately by Client, in which case the terms of such agreement will be indicated during purchase. There’s no professional relationship between the parties outside this course and/or after the conclusion of this course. Access to any membership or feedback will only provided for the time period as indicated during purchase.
4. Assumption of the Risk:
You should use your best judgment in using the information provided in Our Sites, which is done at your own risk. It is your responsibility to discern the risk of using the Site or its content. You assume responsibility for your actions, choices, or lack thereof, related to our Content.
5. Links to Third-Party or External Websites:
The Site may contain or include website URL links to third-party or external websites. Typically, these URL links are provided so that you may directly access a site that contains relevant information. Please note we are not liable for any of the information contained on or within the third-party or external websites. We are not responsible for the way they handle your personal information, whether they have a privacy policy, or any information you provide to them by visiting their website. You are responsible for reading and agreeing to, or expressing disagreement with, the external website’s privacy policy or terms & conditions.
6. Intellectual Property Ownership & Copyright:
The Site and its Content, including those with the absence of a registered copyright symbol, are intellectual property solely owned by CINESTAR INC. The Site and its Content are protected by United States copyright and trademark laws, as well as state intellectual property laws. Any violations of this term, and all terms contained herein, will be legally pursued to the fullest extent permitted by law.
7. Our Limited License to You:
If you view, access, or Purchase the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, you are considered our Limited Licensee (“Licensee”). As a Licensee, you agree and understand that the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products have been written, created, drafted, invented, and developed by us after a significant investment of time, money, education, hard work, and brainpower. The Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products are extremely valuable to us, both professionally and personally, and we take the protection of our Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products very seriously.
You may not use the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products in any manner that is unauthorized, improper, against these Terms & Conditions or our Privacy Policy, or which violate U.S. intellectual property laws unless authorized by us in writing beforehand.
8. Your License to Us, Video & Photo Release:
By commenting on the Site, or submitting documents to CINESTAR INC. via contact form, email, or social media, you represent that you are the lawful owner of said documents, statements, and/or the information they contain. You grant us a license to use your comments or submissions in any way we see fit, as it relates to our business purposes.We love to share your wins, reviews and successes. By signing up in our Products, Services and/or Course you grant us the right, title and interest to share any and all communications, recordings, wins, screenshots of communications, or testimonials in connection with Your participation in the Product, Service or Course for the purposes of promoting and marketing the Product, Service or Course across social media, advertisements, our website, any other distribution media and to our future clients.
Client hereby authorizes Us to record and share his/her likeness, performance, dancing and/or voice on a video, audio, photographic, digital, electronic or any other medium as part of his/her participation in the Program..
Client grants permission to CINESTAR INC. and understands that his/her image/voice may be edited, copied, exhibited, published or distributed for promotional, advertising, educational and/or other lawful purposes. Additionally, Client releases and waives any claims, ownership or right to royalties or other compensation arising or related to the use of his/her image or recording and understands that all such recordings shall remain the property of the Company. Client waives any right to inspect or approve the finished product, including written copy or edited video wherein your likeness or your testimonial appears.
9. Purchase & Access Terms. NO Sharing.
You can consider this as Non-disclosure Agreement. During the course of your use, Purchase, and/or Download from the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, you agree and understand that you cannot distribute, copy, forward, and/or share information. Such actions are prohibited by these Terms & Conditions. You also agree and understand that you are to take all necessary steps to make sure that you do not inadvertently share or distribute said materials, including, but not limited to, protecting your password (if any) to the Site to access your Purchase, Product or Download. Any violations of these Terms & Conditions will be legally pursued to the fullest extent permitted by law and your access to our Program will be removed.
10. Permitted Sharing of the Site & Its Content:
You must request and receive written permission by email before sharing our Site and its Content for commercial purposes. You may share the site, such as blogs and social media content, but NOT content from the Course, for personal purposes, but we ask that you link directly to the Site. You are required to give us and the Site credit by linking to the Site and its Content if you share it on social media or your own website, including all photographs and videos. Since the Site and its Content are not yours, you may not in any way imply or represent that the Site or its Content are yours or that you in any way created, caused, or contributed to the Site or its Content. You may not make any claims that you are in any way associated with CINESTAR INC.
11.1 No Claims Made Regarding Results:
Any and all current or past-client testimonials, statements, or examples used by us are simply that: examples. They are not guarantees that you will also experience or receive the same results or book a job. Each stuent/member and his/her circumstances are unique and nothing shall be interpreted as a guarantee that you will experience the same results as another client of ours.
11.2. Client Responsibility: Products and Courses created by CINESTAR INC., are for educational purposes ONLY. Ultimately, it is in your hands to take action, learn and implement the lessons, improve your dance technique and choreographies, videos, dance reels and self-tapes. You are 100% responsible for your own success. Our goal is for you to learn skills that could enhance the way you present yourself through video but you have to put in the work. CINESTAR INC.'s programs and information are intended for a general audience and should not be interpreted as specific advice tailored to any individual.
12. DISCLAIMER - No Warranties, Guarantees, or Representations Are Being Made:
We do not offer any warranties, of any variety, regarding the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, and/or your Purchase or Download, in any way. The Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, and/or your Purchases or Downloads are offered “AS IS” and without warranties of any kind, neither express nor implied, to the extent permitted by law.
13. PAYMENT, PAYMENT PLAN TERMS and FAILED PAYMENTS
13a. General Payment Terms:
We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Google Pay. All transactions are made in USD.
When you pay for a Service, Course or Product by credit card, you authorize and give permission to CINESTAR INC. to charge your credit or debit card for the amount owed for payment of the Service, Course or Product. When you purchase the Service, Course or Product, your information (i.e. credit card and contact info) may be collected by the third-party merchant (payment processor) like Stripe, (depending on the payment method you choose at checkout), who may have privacy policies or security practices that are different than ours. CINESTAR INC. is not responsible for the merchant’s independent policies or practices. You will receive an electronic receipt following your Purchase, which you should retain for your records. Please note, We will not be held accountable for any foreign transaction fees charged by your bank.
13b.Payment Plan Terms:
You have the option to pay in full or go with a payment plan. If you choose the payment plan, you are responsible for paying the remaining invoices before or on the due date of each invoice. You will receive a reminder by email before the due dates (unless it has been paid ahead) in order to be reminded and update any details or credit card information if needed. If you choose the Payment Plan with auto-pay you hereby authorize and give permission to CINESTAR INC. to automatically charge your credit card or debit card without any additional authorization from you or notice to you on the due date for the amount agreed upon, as payment for the Service, Course of Product, for which you will receive an electronic receipt.
By choosing the Payment Plan, you agree and understand that ALL monthly payments are owed in full and that you are required by law to complete your payments. There are no exceptions. No refund requests or stop payments will be granted or accepted. Failure to complete the Payment Plan will result in access to the course being revoked. CINESTAR INC. reserves to the right to make any exceptions by discretion only in serious cases.
13c.Failed Payment Plan Payments:
Please note, in the event your payment method is declined or failed at any time or is not received by the due date, you are still responsible for the full cost of your Purchase.
After 1st failed payment attempt (on due date):
You will have a 5-day grace period. If your Payment Plan payment is not successfully made on your due date or your card was accidentally not updated or available to be processed at the time we attempted the initial charge you will have a 5-day grace period to update your credit card information or communicate with your bank in the case the payment was declined.
1 day past the due date:
The next day, after the due date, we will make a 2nd attempt to charge your card.
4 days past the due date:
This will be the last warning before you are permanently removed from the Service, Course or Product.
5 days past the due date:
If no payment is made you will be permanently removed from the Program/Course/Service and the matter will be forwarded to a collection agency to collect the money from you. You will also be blacklisted from any of our Programs.
Payment processing companies may have different privacy policies and practices than we do. We are not responsible for the policies of the payment processing companies. As with any online purchase, there are circumstances beyond our control which may compromise your credit card or payment method. We are not liable or responsible for any of those circumstances.
You hereby release us from any and all damages related to your payment or use of our payment processing companies in which you incur and further agree not to assert any claims against us or them for any damages which arise from your Purchase or use of our Site and its Content.
14. Course Access & Updates:
We will be making updates to our Programs as we see fit to ensure our students’ success. During the period of course access, students are automatically given access to any updates. However, enrolling in our program does not grant free access to any future bonuses other than what was promised at the time of enrollment. Bonuses are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged for any other bonuses. While the Course has lifetime access, CineDance Studios Clients, may receive access to additional parts/bonuses of our program, such as community membership and/or group coaching calls, for a limited time as agreed upon purchasing.
15. Our Refund Policy:
a. NO REFUNDS:
We DO NOT offer a Refund on our programs.We will do everything within our ability (and within reason) to ensure your satisfaction. Due to the downloadable nature of the Program, refunds will not be issued for the Program once it is purchased. If you have any questions or concerns, or if there is anything we can do to make your experience a more pleasant one, please email us at [email protected]
b. NO CHARGEBACKS:
The Client will not, under any circumstances, issue or threaten to issue any chargebacks to the Company or to the Client’s credit card and/or form of payment (ie, Stripe) for any reason whatsoever related to the Program. In the event of a chargeback, the Company reserves its right to report it to the credit bureaus as a delinquent account. Doing so could have a negative impact on your credit report and/or credit score. Should we need to do so and you would like to have this report removed from your credit report, please contact us to arrange for payment owed. Once payment owed is received, we will make the appropriate reports to the credit agencies.
16. Your Release of Us:
By using the Site or Purchasing, Downloading, or using CINESTAR INC. (CineDance Studios)’s Courses, Services, and Products, you agree to release, forgive, and forever discharge CINESTAR INC., its subsidiaries, employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors, and affiliates from any and all claims, suits, actions, charges, demands, liabilities, damages, judgments, and/or costs, whether known or unknown, both legal and equitable in any manner.
17. Errors & Omissions:
Every effort is made to provide up-to-date accurate information both on the Site and through our services. However, CINESTAR INC. (CineDance Studios) does not and cannot warrant, represent, or guarantee that such information is free from errors, accurate, or up-to-date at all times. You should do your due diligence and research to ensure that all information you receive, act upon, or rely on from this Site and/or from our services is accurate and up-to-date.
18. FORCE MAJEURE:
Should any circumstance arise beyond the reasonable control of either Party, including but not limited to acts of God, war, disruption of transportation services, terrorism threats or actions, State Department travel advisories, labor strikes, or civil unrest, rendering it impractical, unlawful, or unfeasible for either Company to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement due to excessive costs or risk of harm, the Company's performance shall be prolonged without liability for the duration of the delay or inability to perform resulting from such event.
19. ARBITRATION CLAUSE:
If you have any complaint or should any issue arise in the use of the Site or CINESTAR INC.’s Courses, Services, and/or Products, please contact us directly first by emailing [email protected]
However, if we are unable to amicably resolve your dispute in that manner, you agree that you and CINESTAR INC. shall submit your dispute to binding arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, before an arbitrator that is mutually agreed upon, in accordance with the American Arbitration Association’s (“AAA”) rules.
By agreeing to this term, you hereby agree and understand that you’re waiving your right to a jury trial in court, which would otherwise be available to you if not for this Arbitration Clause. Should any arbitration hearing need to be held, it shall be held within New York City.
If the arbitrator issues an award and a judgment is made, the judgment will be binding and will be entered in court in the State of New York. The only award that can be issued to you is a refund of any payment made to CINESTAR INC. for the applicable Product or Service. You are not permitted to seek additional damages, including consequential or punitive damages.
20. Consent to Governing Law:
These Terms & Conditions, and any dispute arising out of it, shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
21. Consent to Jurisdiction:You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any Federal Court in the United States District Court for the District of New York or a state court located within the State of New York in connection with any matter arising out of these Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy and/or Disclaimer, or as a result of your use, Download, or Purchase from the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products.
22. Consent to Service:
You hereby irrevocably agree that process may be served on you in any manner authorized by the Laws of the State of New York for such persons, and you waive any objection which you might otherwise have to service of process under the laws of the State of New York.
23. Limitation of Liability:
CINESTAR INC. is not responsible or liable in any way for any and all damages you receive directly or indirectly from your use, Purchase, or Download from our Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products. We do not assume liability for damages, injuries, harm, death, misuse of (or failure to properly use) information or documents, due to any act, or failure to act, by you. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, your sole and exclusive remedy for negligence, failure to perform, or breach by us shall be a refund of the amount paid for such service or product. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
24. Defense & Indemnification:
You shall, at all times, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless CINESTAR INC., Maria Kouppari and Ibrahim Perez, and all of our shareholders, officers, members, affiliates, contractors, subcontractors, directors, assignees, employees, and licensees from and against all losses, damages, injuries, delays, deaths, lost profits, and expenses arising out of any proceeding (a) brought by either a third-party or by CINESTAR INC., Maria Kouppari and Ibrahim Perez (b) arising out of your breach of your obligations, representations, warranties, or covenants under these Terms & Conditions and the Privacy Policy; and (c) arising out of any alleged breach or negligence said to have been committed by us.
25. Non-Disparagement Agreement:
Both parties agree not to make any defamatory statements, whether written or verbal, that could harm the reputation or business interests of the other party or its clients. Any disputes regarding defamatory statements shall be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution provisions outlined in this agreement.
26. Termination of Your Use:
At our sole discretion, we are permitted to terminate your use or access to the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, and Purchases/Downloads if you abuse, violate, or breach any of these Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy and Disclaimer, or any other terms to which you have agreed to.
27. Amendments to these Terms of Service:
We reserve the right to change, amend, or otherwise alter these Terms & Conditions at any time without notice to you. When changes are made to these Terms & Conditions, we will update the “Updated on” date at the bottom of this page and Purchasers will be notified. Your continued use of this Site after any change means you have accepted the changed terms and conditions. If you do not agree with these Terms & Conditions, please do NOT use our Site, read or implement its Content, or Purchase or Download anything from us.
28. Entire Agreement:
These Terms & Conditions, our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer, constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and us with respect to the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products.
29. Severability
The provisions of these Terms & Conditions are severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other provision herein. If any paragraph, section, subsection, sentence, or clause of these Terms & Conditions are rendered illegal, invalid, or unenforceable, such illegality, invalidity, or unenforceability shall have no effect on these Terms & Conditions as a whole or on any other paragraph, section, subsection, sentence, or clause herein.
30. Your Privacy & Security on the Site:
Please read our Privacy Policy for how we handle your personal information.
31. Contact
If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms & Conditions, you may contact us at
Updated on: April 23rd, 2024
