Acceptance of these Terms
These Terms and Conditions govern access to the Lazeriq Motion website and any video editing or post-production engagement accepted by Lazeriq Motion. By using the website, approving a proposal, paying an invoice, providing project materials, or otherwise authorizing work to begin, the client agrees to these Terms together with the applicable written scope, estimate, invoice, or project confirmation.
If a signed agreement conflicts with these Terms, the signed agreement controls for that project. A person accepting these Terms for an organization represents that they have authority to bind that organization.
Nature of the services
Lazeriq Motion provides editing and post-production for client-provided media. Services may include event footage editing, multi-camera sequence assembly, highlight reel preparation, transition refinement, baseline visual consistency, and insertion of client-provided titles, captions, opening cards, and closing screens.
Services do not include broadcasting, operation of a streaming platform, media distribution, talent representation, copyright administration, music licensing, rights clearance, or legal review. Any service not expressly identified in the accepted scope is excluded.
Project scope and changes
The project scope may specify source volume, camera count, target duration, deliverable format, review rounds, schedule, price, and other assumptions. Estimates rely on the information available when issued. Unorganized media, corrupted files, additional cameras, replacement footage, new deliverables, major structural changes, or requirements disclosed later may require a revised price and schedule.
Changes outside the confirmed scope will not be performed until the parties agree to the change in writing, which may occur through a revised estimate, invoice, or clear written confirmation.
Client materials and responsibilities
The client must provide usable source files, accurate instructions, approved names and captions, technical requirements, and timely consolidated feedback. The client is responsible for retaining complete backups of all original media and project assets before transfer.
The client represents that it owns, controls, or has sufficient permission to provide and use every supplied video, audio recording, photograph, logo, font, title, graphic, music track, name, likeness, trademark, and other asset for the intended project. Lazeriq Motion is not responsible for obtaining appearance releases, location releases, music rights, trademark permissions, or other third-party clearances unless a separate written service expressly says otherwise.
We may refuse material that appears unlawful, unsafe, deceptive, infringing, technically harmful, or outside the accepted scope.
Estimates, deposits, invoices, and taxes
Prices may be stated as fixed project fees, starting prices, ranges, day rates, or hourly rates. Website prices are general reference points and are not binding estimates for footage that has not been reviewed. A project may require a deposit or advance payment before production time is reserved. Unless otherwise stated, remaining balances are due according to the invoice terms and before release of unwatermarked or final deliverables.
Late payment may pause work and move the project to the next available scheduling window. The client is responsible for applicable sales, use, or similar taxes, excluding taxes based on our net income. Processing fees, bank charges, currency conversion, rush work, physical media, specialist restoration, and third-party costs may be charged when disclosed and approved.
Scheduling and client delays
A projected start or delivery date is an estimate unless expressly guaranteed in a signed agreement. Scheduling depends on receipt of the required payment, complete source materials, technical access, and clear instructions. Delays caused by missing files, slow approvals, changed direction, damaged media, third-party systems, or events outside reasonable control may extend the schedule.
If the client is inactive for 30 consecutive days, we may archive the project, invoice completed work and committed costs, and require a restart fee or new schedule before resuming.
Review rounds and approvals
The number and scope of review rounds are defined in the project confirmation. Feedback should be consolidated, specific, time-coded where practical, and supplied by one authorized client representative. Conflicting or fragmented instructions may require clarification and may affect timing.
A review round covers reasonable adjustments to the approved direction; it does not automatically include a new concept, a complete structural rebuild, replacement of substantial source material, or additional deliverable versions. Silence after a stated review deadline may pause the project. Written approval of a cut authorizes progression to the next stage.
Delivery, corrections, and storage
Deliverables are prepared in the format and resolution stated in the project scope. The client must promptly test downloaded files and report reproducible technical defects. We will use reasonable efforts to correct a verified export error that is reported within seven calendar days after delivery and that differs from the approved edit.
Creative changes, new content, or issues in the source footage are not technical defects. Project files, source copies, proxies, caches, and exports may be removed after the stated retention period. Lazeriq Motion is not an archival storage provider.
Ownership and permitted use
The client retains its rights in client-provided materials. Upon full payment, the client receives the rights in the final commissioned edit described in the project scope, subject to the rights of third parties and any separately identified limitations. Transfer does not include tools, workflows, templates, project organization methods, software, plug-ins, pre-existing materials, unused concepts, working files, or source project files unless expressly included in writing.
No rights are granted to unpaid deliverables. Drafts and watermarked previews may be used only for internal review and may not be publicly distributed or represented as final work.
Portfolio and publicity
Lazeriq Motion will not publicly use confidential, embargoed, or unreleased material without appropriate permission. Any portfolio use, credit, case study, or public reference to the client or project must be authorized in writing or be based on material already lawfully made public by the client and used in a manner consistent with the applicable agreement.
Prohibited website and service use
A user may not interfere with website security, introduce harmful code, attempt unauthorized access, scrape protected content, impersonate another person, submit false project information, or use our services to create unlawful, infringing, defamatory, fraudulent, exploitative, or deliberately deceptive material. We may reject, suspend, or terminate an inquiry or project that presents a reasonable legal, safety, rights, or platform risk.
Warranties and disclaimers
We will perform accepted services with reasonable professional care. Except for that commitment and any express written warranty, the website and services are provided “as is” and “as available” to the maximum extent permitted by law. We do not guarantee a particular audience response, commercial outcome, view count, platform acceptance, broadcast compliance, legal clearance, or compatibility with systems not identified before delivery.
Color, sound, and playback may vary by screen, speaker, codec, platform, compression, connection, and user device. The client is responsible for final suitability testing in its intended environment.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Lazeriq Motion will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages; lost revenue, profits, data, opportunity, goodwill, or audience; or loss caused by source-media defects, client instructions, third-party rights, client delay, platform changes, or third-party services.
Our aggregate liability arising from a project will not exceed the amount actually paid to Lazeriq Motion for the specific service giving rise to the claim during the twelve months preceding the event. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
Client indemnity
The client will defend, indemnify, and hold Lazeriq Motion harmless from third-party claims, losses, liabilities, and reasonable costs arising from client-provided materials, client instructions, the client’s intended use or distribution of the deliverables, a breach of these Terms, or an allegation that supplied material violates another person’s rights, except to the extent caused by our willful misconduct or a separate obligation expressly accepted in writing.
Suspension, termination, and disputes
Either party may terminate according to the applicable project agreement or the Cancellation and Complaints Policy. We may suspend or terminate work for nonpayment, material breach, unlawful material, abusive conduct, security risk, or prolonged client inactivity. Amounts for completed work, reserved production time, non-cancellable commitments, and approved third-party costs remain payable.
Before filing a formal claim, the parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the issue through written notice describing the facts and requested resolution. These Terms are governed by the laws applicable in Montana, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any action that is not resolved informally will be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction serving Gallatin County, Montana, unless applicable law requires otherwise.
General provisions
These Terms, the accepted project documents, and incorporated policies form the entire agreement regarding the relevant subject. A waiver must be clear and does not waive a later breach. If one provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. The client may not transfer its obligations without written consent, except as part of a lawful business transfer that assumes the obligations. We may use qualified service providers to support performance while remaining responsible for our contractual duties.
Notices may be delivered through the contact details ordinarily used for the project. Updated website Terms apply prospectively from the date shown above and do not retroactively change a signed scope without agreement.