Licensing Agreement

Last updated: May 2026

This is the agreement between you and Best Fight Video ("BFV", "we", "us") about the footage you submit through the website and/or any clip we publish on our social channels. Read it before submitting. By submitting, you agree to it.

1. What you're granting us

When you submit a video to BFV through /submit, you grant Best Fight Video a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to:

• Reproduce, edit, transcode, and re-format the submitted video and any thumbnails or stills derived from it
• Add commentary, voiceover, text overlays, freeze-frame breakdowns, watermarks, music beds, and other creative elements
• Publish the resulting derivative work on our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, and any future platforms) and our website
• Promote, market, and cross-post the resulting derivative work using normal social-platform tooling

The license is non-exclusive — you keep all rights to the original video. You can publish it elsewhere, license it to others, take it down from your own accounts, etc. Nothing changes about your ownership of the source.

2. What you're representing to us

By submitting, you confirm that:

• You are the sole rights holder of the submitted content, or you are the parent or legal guardian of the rights holder if they are under 18, or you have explicit permission from the rights holder to grant this license on their behalf.
• You are at least 18 years old.
• The footage does not feature minors as participants, does not contain nudity or sexual content, does not depict serious injury or death, and was not recorded in a private setting where the participants had a reasonable expectation of privacy.
• The footage is not subject to any third-party rights (broadcaster, league, promoter, music publisher) that would prevent the license you're granting.
• Submitting the content doesn't violate any law or court order applicable to you.

3. Credit

If we feature your clip, we will credit you using the on-screen credit name you provided, unless you specifically asked us not to. Credit appears in the caption, the on-screen overlay, or both, at our discretion.

4. No guarantee of use

Submission does not guarantee that your video will be featured. We review every submission against our internal editorial standards and platform policies. We may decline any submission for any reason and are not obligated to explain.

5. Compensation

Submission is uncompensated. You are not entitled to payment, royalties, or revenue share from posts that feature your clip. If a clip generates significant licensing inquiries from third parties (TV, brand, advertising), we will reach out before referring the inquiry — we have no obligation to monetize on your behalf and you have no obligation to monetize with us.

6. Withdrawing your submission

You can ask us to take down a published clip that features your submitted material at any time by emailing hello@bestfightvideo.com from the address you submitted with. We will:

• Remove the post from channels we directly control (our owned BFV social accounts and this website) within 7 calendar days of receipt.
• Not be responsible for copies, reuploads, screenshots, embeds, or downloads made by third parties before takedown, or for content on platforms whose retention policies are outside our control (e.g. cached versions, third-party reposters, etc.).

7. Editorial transformation

Best Fight Video is a commentary-and-analysis brand. Every clip we publish is substantially transformed prior to publication: we add original technical commentary, AI-assisted breakdown of fight technique, freeze-frame analysis, voiceover narration with our own creative tone, on-screen text overlays, color grading, branded intros and watermarks, and editorial selection from raw footage. The published derivative work is meaningfully different from the source — both in its expressive content and in the purpose for which it's circulated (instructional, analytical, and editorial commentary on combat-sports technique and human behavior under stress).

We believe these transformations qualify as fair use under 17 U.S.C. § 107 for criticism, commentary, and educational analysis of combat-sports footage. We make this disclosure in good faith and do not waive any defense available to us under copyright law. Where source material is licensed by us under a separate agreement (e.g. via the submission license in Section 1), the transformation analysis is a secondary protection, not the primary one.

If you are a rights holder who believes we've used your content without authorization, please contact us at hello@bestfightvideo.com with the URL of the post and proof of ownership. We respond promptly and remove disputed material on request while the matter is reviewed.

8. Submissions involving third parties

If your submission contains identifiable people other than yourself, you confirm that you've notified them, that they are adults, and that they are aware their likeness may appear on a public social channel. We may decline submissions where consent appears unclear.

9. Content we will not publish

Regardless of submission, BFV will not publish footage that depicts: minors in any context; nudity or sexual content; weapons drawn against people; severe bleeding, broken bones, or visible serious injury; apparent fatalities or unresponsive victims; hate symbols, slurs, or targeted harassment; animal cruelty; self-harm; civilians vs. police violence; or anything else that violates the policies of the social platforms we publish to. These guidelines apply even where the submitter has the legal right to publish the material.

10. Disclaimers

The website and our published content are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied. We make no warranty of accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. To the maximum extent permitted by law, BFV is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or relating to your submission or our use of it. Nothing in this agreement limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold BFV harmless from any third-party claim arising from a breach of your representations in Section 2 — i.e., if it turns out you didn't actually have the right to grant us the license you claimed to grant. This does not cover claims that arise from our own editorial choices (commentary, voiceover, etc.) after the submission.

12. Governing law

This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Florida, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. The exclusive venue for any dispute is a state or federal court located in Florida.

13. Changes

We may update this agreement. The "last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision. Changes apply prospectively to submissions made after the update; existing licenses for already-submitted content continue under the version in effect when you submitted.

14. Contact

Licensing questions, takedown requests, business inquiries: hello@bestfightvideo.com