Welcome to CrownMe Media, a social photo-sharing and live competition community operated by CrownMe Media, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company ("CrownMe Media," "we," "our," or "us"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") form a binding legal agreement between you and CrownMe Media and govern your access to and use of the CrownMe Media website, mobile applications (iOS and Android), Battle Arena live video features, tournaments, and any related services (collectively, the "Service"). By creating an account, accessing, or using the Service you agree to these Terms, our Privacy Policy, our Community Guidelines, our Virtual Goods & No-Gambling Policy, our Subscription Terms, and our EULA. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
1. Eligibility — 18+ Only
CrownMe Media is strictly for adults 18 years of age or older, regardless of the age of majority in your jurisdiction. By using the Service you represent and warrant that (a) you are at least 18 years old, (b) you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract, (c) you have not previously been suspended or removed from the Service, and (d) your use of the Service is not prohibited by applicable law. We reserve the right to require age re-verification at any time (including before granting Battle Arena or live streaming access) and to terminate accounts we believe in good faith belong to minors. See our Child Safety Policy.
2. Your Account
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You must provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and keep it up to date. You may not transfer your account, share access, or impersonate any other person or entity. Notify us immediately at support@crownmemedia.com of any unauthorized use.
3. Your Content & License Grant
You retain ownership of the photos, captions, comments, direct messages, live battle audio and video, emotes, gift transactions, and other materials you submit to the Service ("User Content"). By submitting User Content, you grant CrownMe Media a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to host, store, cache, buffer, reproduce, modify (e.g., format conversion, thumbnails, transcoding, applied filters, redaction of sensitive material for safety), publish, transmit, publicly perform, publicly display, and distribute your User Content solely for the purposes of operating, developing, securing, and promoting the Service.
This license terminates when you delete the User Content or your account, except that (a) residual copies may persist in backups for a commercially reasonable period (up to 90 days), (b) copies shared with, downloaded, or screen-captured by other users may persist independently, and (c) we may retain limited copies as required by law, to enforce our Terms, or to preserve evidence of prohibited conduct (including CSAE, fraud, or harassment). You represent and warrant that you own or have all rights necessary to grant this license and that your User Content does not violate any third-party rights or applicable law.
3A. Live Battles & Broadcast Consent
The Battle Arena and any live video, audio, or presence features (collectively, "Live Sessions") are real-time broadcasts. By joining a Live Session as a battler you consent to your camera, microphone, screen name, and reactions being transmitted to viewers and, at our discretion, being recorded for safety, dispute resolution, moderation, and evidence-preservation purposes. Do not appear in a Live Session if you cannot consent to being recorded, and do not include third parties (including minors) without their prior consent. Viewers may not record, rebroadcast, or scrape Live Sessions except through in-app features we provide.
4. Conduct Rules
You agree to follow our Community Guidelines and Acceptable Use Policy. You may not, among other things:
- Post nudity, sexually explicit content, or content sexualizing minors (zero tolerance — see our CSAE Policy).
- Harass, threaten, dox, stalk, or incite violence against any person or group, in posts, comments, DMs, or Live Sessions.
- Post hate speech or discriminatory content based on protected characteristics.
- Impersonate another person, brand, or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation.
- Engage in spam, fraud, vote manipulation, tournament collusion, battle rigging, automated activity, or scraping without our written consent.
- Upload malware, probe or attempt to breach security, or disrupt the Service (including LiveKit signalling or media servers).
- Record, rebroadcast, mirror, or repost another user's Live Session, DM, or private content without their consent.
- Use the Service for any illegal activity or to violate any applicable law.
4A. Sensitive Content
Posts may be rated safe, suggestive, mature, or explicit, and may be flagged as sensitive by the author, an automated classifier, or a moderator. Sensitive content is hidden from anyone who has not confirmed they are 18+, is governed by the viewer's Content Filter preference, and is never exposed unblurred through share cards, embeds, or previews when the rules require blur or hide. You may not attempt to bypass age gating, lower a moderator-set rating, un-mark sensitivity, or otherwise circumvent the controls described in our Sensitive Content Policy. Removed or banned content will not reappear through sensitive-content logic.
5. Virtual Goods, Crowns, Crown Shields & No Gambling
Shekels, crowns, Crown Shields, royal gifts, the Royal Pass, Founder rewards, boosts, emotes, and any other in-app items ("Virtual Items") are licensed to you for personal entertainment use only. They have no real-world monetary value, cannot be sold, exchanged, redeemed for cash, or transferred outside the Service, and do not constitute gambling. Battle outcomes, tournament results, and crown rankings are determined by user voting and engagement, not by chance for monetary reward. There are no real-money prizes. See our full Virtual Goods & No-Gambling Policy.
6. Subscriptions (Royal Pass) & Founder Program
The Royal Pass is an optional auto-renewing subscription. Pricing, billing, auto-renewal disclosures, cancellation, and refund rules are described in our Subscription Terms. The Founder Program is a limited-time recognition tier with cosmetic and status benefits only; participation grants no equity, revenue share, security, voting right, or ownership interest in CrownMe Media, and Founder status may be revoked for violations of these Terms or applicable law. Purchases made through the Apple App Store or Google Play are also governed by those platforms' terms and refund policies.
7. Moderation, Suspension & Termination
We may, at our sole discretion and without prior notice, remove content, restrict features (including Battle Arena, tournaments, and DMs), suspend, or terminate any account that we believe violates these Terms or applicable law, or that poses a risk to the Service or its users. Where legally required (e.g., under the EU Digital Services Act), we will provide a statement of reasons and information about the internal complaint and out-of-court dispute resolution mechanisms available to you. You may delete your account at any time from Settings → Privacy & Data. Sections 3 (license), 5 (virtual goods), 9 (disclaimers), 10 (limitation of liability), 11 (indemnity), 12 (governing law/arbitration), and any other provisions that by their nature should survive, will survive termination.
8. DMCA & Copyright
We respect intellectual property. If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, follow the procedure in our DMCA & Copyright Policy. Repeat infringers will be terminated.
9. Disclaimers
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. CROWNME MEDIA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS EXCLUDES OR LIMITS ANY WARRANTY, RIGHT, OR REMEDY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW (INCLUDING NON-WAIVABLE STATUTORY RIGHTS UNDER EU, UK, AND OTHER CONSUMER LAWS).
10. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CROWNME MEDIA, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE. CROWNME MEDIA'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO CROWNME MEDIA IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) USD $100. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION LIMITS LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY OUR NEGLIGENCE, FRAUD, OR ANY OTHER LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
11. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless CrownMe Media and its affiliates from any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to (a) your User Content, (b) your use of the Service, (c) your violation of these Terms, or (d) your violation of any rights of another. This section does not apply where prohibited by mandatory consumer law in your jurisdiction.
12. Governing Law; Arbitration; Class-Action Waiver
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (or remotely at your election). YOU AND CROWNME MEDIA AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. You may opt out of this arbitration provision within 30 days of first accepting these Terms by emailing support@crownmemedia.com with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out."
12A. Regional Carve-Outs
EU / EEA / UK / Switzerland consumers: The arbitration and class-action waiver in this Section 12 does not apply to you to the extent it is unenforceable under mandatory local law. You may bring proceedings in the courts of your country of residence, and the law of your country of residence applies where mandatory. EU consumers may also use the European Commission Online Dispute Resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.
Quebec, Canada residents: You may not be bound by mandatory arbitration or class-action waivers to the extent prohibited by Quebec's Consumer Protection Act.
Australian consumers: Our goods and services come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law.
13. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes we will provide reasonable notice (at least 14 days for material changes via in-app banner or email) before they take effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance. Where required, we will re-collect your consent.
14. International Use, Sanctions & Export
You are responsible for compliance with all local laws. The Service is controlled from the United States and you may not use or export it in violation of U.S. export laws or sanctions administered by OFAC, the U.S. Department of Commerce, or equivalent authorities. You may not access the Service if you are located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country subject to U.S. comprehensive embargo, or if you appear on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
15. Apple, Google & Other Platform Terms
If you obtained the app via the Apple App Store, you acknowledge that these Terms are between you and CrownMe Media, not Apple, and that Apple is a third-party beneficiary with the right to enforce them. Apple is not responsible for the app, any warranty (express or implied), maintenance, support, product-liability claims, or third-party intellectual-property claims relating to the app. If you obtained the app via Google Play, Google's additional terms apply to your download and use. In-app purchases made through Apple or Google are subject to those platforms' payment, refund, and subscription terms in addition to ours.
16. EU Digital Services Act (DSA) Notice
Users in the EU have the right to submit notices about illegal content via our in-app Report tool or by emailing support@crownmemedia.com with subject "DSA Notice." Affected users receive a statement of reasons for moderation decisions and may appeal via the same channel with subject "Appeal." Our single point of contact for EU authorities and users is the same address.
17. Severability & Entire Agreement
If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. These Terms, together with the documents referenced above, constitute the entire agreement between you and CrownMe Media regarding the Service.
18. Contact
CrownMe Media, LLC · Wisconsin, USA · Email: support@crownmemedia.com