Terms of Service

Effective date: 17 May 2026 · Last updated: 17 May 2026

These terms govern your use of Oddflick. By installing or using the app you agree to them.

1. What Oddflick is

Oddflick is a vertical-feed video app that surfaces public-domain classic films from the Internet Archive. Every film in our catalog has been released into the public domain or has a copyright that has expired in the United States.

We are not a movie studio, distributor, or rights holder. We are an indexer and player.

2. Who can use it

You must be at least 13 years old, or the age of digital consent in your country, whichever is higher. If you are under 18, you confirm a parent or guardian has reviewed these terms with you.

3. Your account

The app works without an account. If you choose to Sign in with Apple, you authorise us to receive a stable account identifier from Apple — never your real name or email unless Apple chooses to forward them.

You are responsible for any activity through your installed copy. If your device is lost or stolen, delete the app remotely via Find My iPhone or tap "Delete account" on a new install.

4. Content & copyright

• Every film is sourced from archive.org. If you believe a film is not in the public domain in your jurisdiction and infringes a copyright you own or represent, file a takedown via the in-app Report this film → Copyright concern flow, or email dmca@oddflick.com.
• We respond to verified takedown requests within 48 hours.
• We are not responsible for the content of the films themselves — they predate us by decades.
• Posters, backdrops, and synopses come from TMDB. Ratings come from OMDB. See in-app Settings → About → Open source licenses for attribution.

5. What you may do

• Watch any film in our catalog for personal, non-commercial use.
• Save films to your watchlist.
• Share a film's title and Internet Archive URL via the iOS share sheet.

6. What you may not do

• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract video streams for redistribution.
• Use the app to harass, impersonate, or threaten anyone.
• Scrape our backend above 1 request per second per IP. We rate-limit at 10/s and ban abusive IPs.
• Submit false copyright takedown requests. We escalate fraud to the relevant authorities.

7. The "Report" flow

The app exposes a "Report this film" affordance on every entry (long-press → info modal). Reports go to a moderation queue with a 48-hour review SLO. We may:

• Remove the film from the catalog if the report is verified.
• Add the film to a blocklist that future ingestion pipelines respect.
• Decline the report if it is unfounded — in that case we will reply with our reasoning.

8. Recommendations

The For You feed is generated by an algorithm that learns from what you tap, complete, save, and skip. It is not designed to maximise watch time at the expense of your interests — it includes diversity rules (max 2 of same genre per 10 clips), wildcard exploration, and negative-signal amplification (3× penalty on attributes you've actively rejected).

Reset the algorithm via Settings → Preferences → Reset watch history.

9. Termination

You may stop using the app at any time by deleting it. We may suspend an account that violates these terms, with notice where possible.

10. Disclaimer

The app is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. We do our best to keep the catalog accurate and the service running, but we cannot promise it will always work or be available.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim arising out of the app is limited to the amount you paid us in the preceding 12 months — which, given the app is free, is zero.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States. Disputes will be heard in the courts of San Francisco County, California.

12. Changes

We may update these terms over time. We will surface a banner in the app summarising any material change and bump the "Last updated" date. Continued use after a change indicates acceptance.

13. Contact

hello@oddflick.com — general questions.

dmca@oddflick.com — copyright takedown requests.

privacy@oddflick.com — data deletion requests.