Terms & Conditions

EditCo PTY LTD (referred to as “EditCo”) reserves the right to change or modify this Agreement, and any policy or guideline incorporated by reference at any time at its sole discretion. You (referred to as “Customer”) accept our Terms of Service, detailed herein, upon clicking the checkbox in our checkout process (which is required to complete the form). You agree that you’ve reviewed and understand the content within our knowledge base outlining details on how our service works and our scope https://editco.com/scope Any changes or modification will be posted by EditCo to editco.io terms and become effective upon posting of the revisions on this document. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the Site to obtain timely notice of such changes or modifications. Your continued use of the Services following EditCo posting of any changes or modifications will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF ANY MODIFICATION, DO NOT CONTINUE TO USE THE SERVICES AND IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Use
 – Your subscription and any addons will automatically renew at the end of the applicable subscription period.  EditCo works on one video at a time.  Turnaround times are not guaranteed, but a majority of our customers get a first draft within 1-2 business days.

Service Description
 – Your team will only be assigned once you have submitted your first Video Request and completed a customer onboarding session. Please do this as soon as possible to avoid any delays since your account will remain unassigned but active until your first Video Request is received. We will follow up but the onus is on you to submit the Video Request. A Project Manager and Video Editor will be assigned to your account. They will be the team who will manage and work on your projects. To maximize efficiencies in the workflow and reduce any misunderstanding the team will work on your projects one at a time. Only once the current active project is tagged as “Completed” will the Video Editor start working on the next queued project. EditCo uses Davinci Resolve & Adobe Premiere Pro as our editing software of choice. You will therefore need to provide any assets you wish the Video Editor to use to be compatible with Davinci Resolve and  Adobe Premiere Pro. EditCo's production resources operate in the SAST (GMT+2) time zone with work hours being from 8:00-18:00. Your team will work on your projects during your plan’s allotted work schedule. Your team may not always be available to reply beyond working hours however they will respond as soon as possible.

Hours of Operation – 
Our team operates every Mondays to Fridays 9 pm to 6 pm SAST (GMT+2). During the final week of the year, we take a company-wide break for Christmas and New Year. All clients receive advanced notice of the exact days and dates we take off as the break nears.

 We also observe and don’t work on the following UK Bank Holidays.

  • New Year’s Day
  • Good Friday
  • Easter Monday
  • Spring bank holiday
  • Early May bank holiday
  • Christmas Day
  • Summer bank holiday
  • Boxing Day

Retainer – When signing up to EditCo you are signing up for a retainer package that enables you to retain the same Project Manager and Video Editor resources on the account. The cost of the retainer is the total cost including the technology, tools, systems, and processes required by EditCo to provide the service. The retainer is not based on days or hours and no billing adjustment or refund is due for resource time off.

Cancellation – You may cancel your retainer with EditCo at any time before the end of the then-current subscription period.  To cancel your retainer please send an email to support@brontide.co.za Upon cancellation, you will continue to have access to the EditCo services and your files through the end of your paid billing term. Access to your account files requires an active subscription. Cancelled accounts will not have access to their files once their billing term has ended.

Money Back Guarantee – If the customer is using EditCo for the first time they are entitled to an action-based, 14 day risk free period to evaluate the quality of the service. This period begins on your date of purchase unless stated otherwise.  Provided you submit and approve two video projects, fill out a customer onboarding form, and complete a customer onboarding session, you can either fill out a cancel form or additionally request a refund by emailing support@brontide.co.za.  Charges and refunds are dependent on the exchange rate between the US Dollar and your currency for the day.

Payment and Refunds – Payments are non-refundable and we do not provide refunds or credits for any partial subscription periods except as provided for in the Money Back Guarantee.  You further agree that, upon registering for the services through the Site, you authorize EditCo to charge your method of payment (e.g. credit card) for the fee on each anniversary of your registration date, based upon your billing frequency (e.g. monthly, quarterly, annually). Your account and access to the services provided via the site may be suspended in the event of non-payment of applicable fees. You represent and warrant to EditCo that such payment information is accurate and that you are authorized to use the payment instrument. You will promptly update your account information with any changes (for example, a change in your billing address or credit card expiration date) that may occur.  EditCo may change its fees from time to time by posting the changes on the Site with 10 days prior notice, but with no advance notice required for temporary promotions or reductions in fees.   You, the client are responsible to use EditCo after payment.

Limitations and Abuse of Service
– EditCo is designed for the reasonable use of an creator or company. The Basic and Essentials plans is not meant to replace a full-time, on-staff video editor. If we find that you are not in alignment with our model, sharing accounts/logins, violate our core values, or are abusing our services or team in any way, including using our services for illegal or adult/pornographic materials, we reserve the right to cancel your account. EditCo does not accept requests outside of its scope of services and therefore reserves the right to decline or cancel a project which has a running time longer than what their plan includes and falls under any of the following categories: Projects with VFX, animations, special effects, motion graphics, and the like.

Output files  While we do our best to minimize any mistakes, due to the nature of creative design we can not guarantee all files delivered will be 100% error free. Upon file delivery you agree to review and proof all files for any errors or omissions and notify our team if any changes/corrections are needed. We will do our best to rush any edits to correct the mistakes. EditCo is not responsible or liable for any losses or expenses incurred from errors or omissions.
 
Ownership of Content. Customer maintains the ownership rights in any User Content that such Customer submits to the site and the finished product EditCo produces. Should the client invoke the Money Back Clause the stock assets and any other stock library item remains in the ownership of EditCo.


Grant of Limited Rights to EditCo
. By submitting a Task to EditCo, the Customer gives us the rights to User Content to the extent necessary to complete the Task. Each Customer authorizes us to retain archival copies of all User Content that such Customer has submitted. By default, you agree to provide EditCo with a non-exclusive right and license to publish your work in our portfolio, website logo block, social media, email, or other communication efforts. If you would like to revoke this right, please notify our team in writing to support@brontide.co.za

Work and delivery output – While we can accept unlimited requests and revisions, our output volume depends on many factors, namely depending on the total request volume and complexity. We will do our best to work with you to accommodate any priority items and your timelines but our suggestion is to not use our service for time sensitive requests.  Your right to use the EditCo services shall terminate upon your breach of any term of this Agreement.

Limitation of liability
 – We will not be liable to you or any third party in any event for any loss (financially or otherwise) or any damages arising from or relating to this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that your use of this site is at your own discretion and risk. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES, OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THESE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF EditCo UNDER THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS ($50), REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE.

Definitions
Business day – EditCo operates in the South African time zone. Monday – Friday from 8 am – 6 pm GMT +2.

Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA). 
In the event materials are made available to this Site by third parties not within our control (ie: stock footage, creative commons license), we are under no obligation to, and do not, scan such content for the inclusion of illegal or impermissible content. However, we respect the copyright interests of others. It is our policy not to permit materials known by us to infringe another party’s copyright to remain on the Site. If you believe any materials on the Site infringe a copyright, you should provide us with written notice that at a minimum contains: – A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; -Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site; -Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; -Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted; -A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; – and A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. All DMCA notices should be sent to our designated agent as follows: Ryno Mans 9 Laibach Road. Buh-Rein Blue Lily Lane unit 104 Western Cape, Cape Town South Africa ryno@brontide.co.za  It is our policy to terminate relationships regarding content with third parties who repeatedly infringe the copyrights of others.


Governing law
 Any claim relating to Editco’s web site shall be governed by the laws of the State of Western Cape without regard to its conflict of law provisions.