Downloading & Offline Viewing Policy
Effective Date: 2026
Last Updated: 2026
This Downloading & Offline Viewing Policy explains the rules for downloading, saving, copying, screen recording, offline viewing, storing, redistributing, extracting, converting, archiving, or otherwise accessing videos, shorts, trailers, livestreams, movies, thumbnails, audio, subtitles, metadata, and other content from Playflick.com, operated by Playflick™ Media .ltd.
This policy should be read together with our Terms of Service, Copyright & Takedown Policy, User Generated Content Policy, Video Upload Policy, Paid Content Terms, Creator Monetisation Terms, Subscriptions Terms, Embed Policy, API & Developer Terms, and Content Policy.
1. Who We Are
Operator: Playflick™ Media .ltd
Website: https://playflick.com
Business Address:
41 Norman Avenue
London
N22 5ES
United Kingdom
Email: hello@playflick.com
Contact Page: https://playflick.com/contact-us
2. Purpose of This Policy
Playflick may allow certain content to be watched online, streamed, embedded, rented, purchased, subscribed to, or downloaded where features are available and where the relevant rights and settings permit it.
This policy helps protect:
- Creators
- Rights holders
- Viewers
- Paid content owners
- Subscription content owners
- Advertisers
- Playflick systems
- Copyright and licensing rights
3. No General Right to Download
Unless Playflick clearly provides a download feature or the creator has enabled lawful downloading, you must not download, copy, save, rip, extract, screen record, archive, redistribute, or store Playflick content.
Viewing content on Playflick does not give you ownership of that content or permission to copy, download, re-upload, sell, share, or redistribute it.
4. Permitted Downloads
Downloads may be permitted only where Playflick provides an official download option and the content settings, creator permissions, rights, and platform rules allow it.
Permitted downloads may be subject to:
- Creator settings
- Paid content terms
- Subscription terms
- Rental windows
- Offline viewing limits
- Device limits
- Expiry periods
- Regional restrictions
- Copyright restrictions
- Security or digital rights controls
5. Offline Viewing
If Playflick offers offline viewing, offline access may be limited to authorised users, approved devices, supported apps, specific content, and limited time periods.
Offline viewing does not mean you own the content.
Offline content may:
- Expire after a period of time
- Require periodic internet connection
- Stop working if your subscription ends
- Stop working if the content is removed
- Stop working if your account is suspended or terminated
- Be unavailable in certain countries or regions
- Be unavailable on certain devices or apps
6. Paid Downloads and Paid Content
Paid videos, rentals, movies, subscription-only content, creator memberships, or premium content may have special download and offline viewing restrictions.
You must not:
- Download paid content unless an official download feature is available
- Share paid content with people who did not pay or subscribe
- Bypass rental limits or expiry periods
- Bypass subscription access controls
- Copy or redistribute paid videos
- Screen record paid content for sharing
- Re-upload paid content to Playflick or another platform
Breaching paid content restrictions may result in loss of access, account restrictions, payment reversal, legal action, or other enforcement.
7. Creator Download Settings
Creators may be able to enable or disable download options for their content where Playflick provides such controls.
Users must respect creator download settings.
You must not use technical tools, scripts, browser extensions, screen recorders, direct file extraction, API misuse, or other methods to bypass creator settings.
8. Prohibited Downloading and Copying
You must not:
- Download videos without permission
- Use video ripping tools
- Use browser extensions to extract media files
- Screen record content for redistribution
- Bypass player restrictions
- Bypass paid access controls
- Bypass subscription or rental limits
- Extract audio from videos without rights
- Mass-download content
- Archive Playflick content without permission
- Re-upload downloaded content to Playflick or other platforms
- Sell, rent, trade, or distribute downloaded content
- Use downloaded content to train AI systems without permission
- Use downloads to create piracy libraries or illegal streaming services
9. Screen Recording
Screen recording Playflick content is not allowed where it is used to copy, redistribute, sell, re-upload, pirate, bypass access controls, or violate rights.
Screen recording may also breach copyright, privacy, paid content, subscription, livestreaming, or creator rights.
Playflick may restrict accounts that screen record or redistribute content without permission.
10. Extracting Audio, Clips, or Thumbnails
You must not extract audio, clips, still images, thumbnails, captions, subtitles, transcripts, metadata, or other parts of Playflick content unless you have permission or a lawful basis.
This includes extracting:
- Music
- Dialogue
- Sound effects
- Frames or screenshots
- Thumbnails
- Captions or subtitles
- Video clips
- Creator images or branding
11. Re-Uploading Downloaded Content
You must not re-upload another person’s content after downloading, copying, screen recording, clipping, or extracting it.
Re-uploading may violate:
- Copyright law
- Creator rights
- Paid content terms
- Subscription terms
- Privacy rights
- Playflick policies
- Third-party platform rules
Re-uploaded content may be removed, and accounts may be restricted, suspended, or terminated.
12. Livestreams and Recordings
Livestreams may not be downloaded, screen recorded, restreamed, clipped, archived, or redistributed unless allowed by Playflick, the creator, and applicable law.
You must not:
- Restream Playflick livestreams without permission
- Record livestreams for redistribution
- Download livestream recordings without permission
- Sell or share private livestream content
- Bypass livestream access controls
13. Downloading for Personal Use
If Playflick provides an official download feature, downloads may be for personal, non-commercial use only, unless Playflick or the rights holder clearly allows otherwise.
Personal use does not allow you to:
- Publish the content elsewhere
- Sell the content
- Share it publicly
- Use it in advertisements
- Use it in paid products or services
- Claim ownership
- Remove attribution or rights notices
14. Educational, Commentary, and Fair Use / Fair Dealing Claims
Some users may believe their downloading, clipping, or copying is allowed for commentary, criticism, education, parody, review, research, fair use, fair dealing, or similar reasons.
Playflick does not provide legal advice and does not guarantee that any use is lawful.
You are responsible for ensuring that your use of content is lawful and that you have the rights or permissions required.
15. Downloads and API Use
Playflick APIs, developer tools, embeds, or technical endpoints must not be used to download, scrape, archive, extract, mass-copy, or redistribute content unless expressly permitted.
Developers must follow our API & Developer Terms and any technical documentation, rate limits, and permissions provided by Playflick.
16. Downloads and AI Training
You must not download, scrape, copy, extract, or archive Playflick content to train, fine-tune, test, evaluate, or build AI systems, machine learning systems, datasets, voice models, image models, video models, recommendation systems, or synthetic media tools without appropriate permission.
This includes using Playflick videos, audio, images, captions, comments, profiles, metadata, or creator information as training data without authorisation.
17. Security and Technical Protection
Playflick may use technical measures to protect content, accounts, payments, subscriptions, offline viewing, downloads, and platform systems.
These measures may include:
- Download controls
- Access tokens
- Playback controls
- Device limits
- Watermarking where available
- Digital rights controls where available
- Rate limits
- API restrictions
- Security monitoring
- File access restrictions
You must not bypass, disable, remove, defeat, or interfere with these measures.
18. Copyright and Rights Complaints
Rights holders may report unauthorised downloads, copies, re-uploads, clips, restreams, or redistribution of their content.
Copyright complaints should follow our Copyright & Takedown Policy and DMCA & Copyright Agent Notice.
Rights-related reports may be sent to:
Email: hello@playflick.com
19. Enforcement
Playflick may take action where users download, copy, extract, screen record, re-upload, sell, distribute, or misuse content in breach of this policy.
Enforcement may include:
- Removing content
- Disabling downloads
- Restricting offline viewing
- Restricting embeds or API access
- Restricting paid content access
- Disabling monetisation
- Withholding or reversing earnings
- Restricting uploads
- Suspending or terminating accounts
- Preserving evidence
- Responding to rights-holder complaints
- Taking legal action where appropriate
20. Appeals
If your account, content, download access, paid content access, or feature access was restricted and you believe Playflick made a mistake, you may request a review under our Appeals Policy.
Contact:
Email: hello@playflick.com
Please include:
- Your account email
- Your username or channel name
- The affected content URL
- The decision you are appealing
- Why you believe the decision was incorrect
- Any supporting permissions, licences, purchase records, or context
21. Privacy and Data Retention
Playflick may keep records of downloads, offline viewing activity, access controls, suspicious copying, rights-holder complaints, enforcement decisions, appeals, payment records, and security signals where needed.
These records may be retained for copyright protection, fraud prevention, security, moderation, legal compliance, payment disputes, creator protection, and platform integrity.
More information is available in our Privacy Policy and Data Retention Policy.
22. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Downloading & Offline Viewing Policy from time to time.
Changes may reflect new download features, offline viewing tools, paid content features, creator controls, copyright requirements, security systems, API rules, legal requirements, or platform updates.
Your continued use of Playflick after changes become effective means you agree to the updated policy.
23. Contact Us
For download questions, offline viewing issues, copyright concerns, paid content access issues, rights complaints, or policy enquiries, contact:
Playflick™ Media .ltd
41 Norman Avenue
London
N22 5ES
United Kingdom
Email: hello@playflick.com
Contact Page: https://playflick.com/contact-us
Website: https://playflick.com
24. Footer Notice
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