Terms of Service
Last updated: 12 November 2026 · This is a working draft pending formal legal review, published so users have clear terms while that review is completed.
1. Who these terms are for
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of ArtCommunityHub (the "Platform"), an initiative of Mission India Beautification, connecting artists, performers, gurus and academies, organisations, venues, sponsors, CSR teams, and other participants in the arts ecosystem. By creating an account or using the Platform, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Platform.
2. Who can use ArtCommunityHub
You must be at least 18 years old to create an account and enter into agreements through the Platform. Artists under 18 may be represented on the Platform only through a parent or legal guardian's account, with the guardian responsible for all activity, agreements, and payments made on the minor's behalf. We may ask for reasonable proof of guardian consent before allowing a minor's profile to receive bookings.
You must provide accurate information when registering, and you are responsible for keeping your account credentials secure. You are responsible for all activity that happens under your account.
3. What ArtCommunityHub is — and what it is not
ArtCommunityHub is a facilitator. We provide a platform where artists, organisations, venues, sponsors, and academies can find each other, communicate, and record the terms of their own arrangements. We are not a party to any agreement, booking, sponsorship, or teaching relationship formed between users. We are not an employer, agent, or representative of any artist, and we are not an event organiser, venue operator, or sponsor ourselves.
This means: the quality, timing, and delivery of any performance, artwork, teaching, or event is solely the responsibility of the users who agreed to it — not ArtCommunityHub. We are not liable for a missed booking, a cancelled event, unsatisfactory work, or a disagreement over scope, unless we have separately and expressly agreed to take on that responsibility in writing.
4. Verification and Trust Score
Some profiles and organisations carry a "Verified" badge or an Ambassador designation, and every project or programme displays factors contributing to trust or impact scoring. Verification reflects a good-faith review by our team of the information and documents provided to us at the time — it is not a guarantee of an individual's or organisation's conduct, quality of work, or financial reliability, and it does not constitute a background check in the legal sense. Users should exercise their own judgement, including direct communication and reference checks, before entering into any significant arrangement.
5. Payments and commission
ArtCommunityHub charges a platform commission on paid projects completed through the Platform, calculated as a percentage of the agreed project fee and disclosed to both parties before the project begins. Commission rates may be reduced or waived for projects flagged as social-impact or community work, at our discretion.
Important: ArtCommunityHub does not currently operate as a licensed payment processor. Payment for a project is arranged directly between the organisation and the artist (for example, by bank transfer or UPI), and the Platform records the agreed amount, tracks payment status as reported by both parties, and provides a structured process for confirming delivery and release of funds. We do not hold, custody, or guarantee any payment, and we are not responsible if a party fails to pay as agreed. Where a dispute arises over payment, our team will attempt to mediate in good faith, but our decision is not legally binding on either party unless both parties agree in advance to be bound by it.
We intend to integrate a licensed payment gateway in the future; these Terms will be updated accordingly when that happens, and additional payment-specific terms will apply at that time.
6. CSR programmes and sponsorship pledges
Organisations may list cultural programmes seeking sponsorship, and sponsors may pledge funds to a programme through the Platform. A pledge is an agreement between the sponsor and the organiser; ArtCommunityHub records and displays pledge status but is not a party to the sponsorship arrangement and does not guarantee that a pledged amount will be paid, or that a funded programme will be delivered as described. Impact Scores are calculated from factors disclosed by the organiser and are intended as a transparency aid, not an independent audit or certification.
7. Academies, gurus, and student relationships
Academies and the guru-student relationships recorded on the Platform reflect a connection the parties themselves have formed; ArtCommunityHub is not a school, does not set curriculum, and is not responsible for the quality, safety, or outcome of any teaching relationship. Guardians of minors joining an academy are responsible for satisfying themselves of the academy and guru's suitability before agreeing to any arrangement.
8. Venue listings
Venue information (capacity, facilities, rental rates, availability) is provided by the venue's own account holder. ArtCommunityHub does not inspect or certify venues and is not responsible for inaccuracies in a listing or for the outcome of any booking arranged after an enquiry made through the Platform.
9. Your content and the rights you keep
You own your work. Uploading it here does not change that. You retain full copyright and all other rights in the portfolio items, descriptions, images, videos, and other content you upload.
9.1 What you allow us to do
By uploading content, you grant ArtCommunityHub a non-exclusive, worldwide, revocable licence to display, reproduce, and distribute that content on the Platform itself — on your profile, your public portfolio, in search results, and on pages that feature your work.
This licence exists only so the Platform can function. It lasts as long as your account remains active, and ends when you delete the content or your account.
9.2 Promotion outside the Platform
Separately from the above, we may feature your work in our own promotional material — for example a social media post, a newsletter, a presentation, or press coverage about ArtCommunityHub. Where we do:
- You will always be credited by name.
- We will not present your work as if it were ours, and we will not sell it, license it onward, or use it to advertise a third party's product.
- You can opt out at any time by telling us, and we will stop using it in new material.
Where a project has its own agreement, that agreement governs. If you have completed a project through the Platform and the parties recorded their own permissions in an ArtCommunityHub Project Agreement, those choices take precedence over this clause for that work. This clause is the baseline for content you upload from your own past work, where no such agreement exists.
9.3 Artificial intelligence and machine learning
We do not use your work to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models, and we do not sell, license, or otherwise make your work available to any third party for that purpose.
If that position ever changes, it will only apply to artists who have given separate, explicit, opt-in consent. Silence, continued use of the Platform, or an update to these Terms will never be treated as consent for this. Choosing not to opt in will never disadvantage you on the Platform.
We cannot control what third parties do once work is publicly visible on the internet, and we do not promise that no one else will ever scrape or misuse it. What we are committing to is our own conduct.
9.4 Your responsibilities
You are responsible for ensuring you have the rights to anything you upload, including performance footage, music, or images featuring other people.
Work created for a client. If you upload work you produced for someone else, you confirm that your agreement with them permits you to display it. Where a client has confidentiality requirements, those should be recorded in the Project Agreement. If a client informs us that work displayed on the Platform is subject to a confidentiality restriction they did not waive, we may hide that item while the parties resolve it — we will tell you when we do, and restore it if the restriction does not apply.
9.5 Commissioned work — what a fee does and does not buy
Where an organisation commissions an artist through the Platform, paying a fee does not by itself transfer copyright or reproduction rights. Unless the parties agree otherwise in writing, the artist retains copyright, and the organisation receives only the use that was actually agreed.
Reproducing commissioned work on products, packaging, merchandise, or in advertising is a separate matter from the original commission, and should be agreed and paid for separately. We recommend both parties record what is being bought using the ArtCommunityHub Project Agreement.
ArtCommunityHub is not a party to any agreement between an artist and an organisation and does not arbitrate ownership. These are our recommended defaults, not a determination of your legal rights.
9.6 Our own material
The ArtCommunityHub name, logo, and platform design are the property of Mission India Beautification and may not be used without permission.
10. Acceptable use
You agree not to: provide false information, including about your age or credentials; use the Platform to harass, defraud, or discriminate against another user; attempt to circumvent the Platform to avoid a legitimately owed commission; upload content you do not have the rights to; or attempt to disrupt, scrape, or reverse-engineer the Platform without our written permission.
11. Verification, suspension, and termination
We may suspend or terminate an account, remove content, or revoke a Verified or Ambassador status at our discretion, including where we believe these Terms have been violated, where information provided to us is false, or where conduct on or off the Platform poses a risk to other users. You may close your account at any time; some records (such as completed transaction history) may be retained as required by law or for legitimate dispute-resolution purposes.
12. Disputes between users
If a disagreement arises between an artist and an organisation, a sponsor and an organiser, or any other two users, ArtCommunityHub will make reasonable efforts to help mediate through our admin team, but we are not a court, an arbitrator, or a guarantor of any outcome. Nothing in this section prevents either party from pursuing their own legal remedies.
13. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, ArtCommunityHub and Mission India Beautification are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss arising from your use of the Platform, including loss of income, loss of opportunity, or loss arising from another user's conduct. Our total liability to you for any claim arising from these Terms is limited to the commission fees actually paid by you to us in the twelve months preceding the claim.
14. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify ArtCommunityHub and Mission India Beautification against claims, losses, or damages arising from your breach of these Terms, your content, or your conduct toward another user.
15. Grievance Officer
In accordance with applicable Indian law, complaints regarding content or conduct on the Platform may be directed to our Grievance Officer at grievance@artcommunityhub.com. We aim to acknowledge complaints promptly and resolve them within a reasonable timeframe.
16. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of India, and any dispute arising from them is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Mumbai, Maharashtra.
17. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time as the Platform grows and adds new features, including real payment processing. We will update the "Last updated" date above when we do; continued use of the Platform after a change constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. This does not apply to clause 9.3: consent to use your work for AI or machine-learning training can only ever be given by explicit opt-in, never by a change to these Terms.
18. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to hello@artcommunityhub.com.