Creator Terms

These Creator Terms govern the relationship between Moonstack SAS and any user who activates creator status on Monsieur Chouchou(the "Service") to publish recipes and content, free or paid.

They supplement the Terms of Service and the Sales Terms, which remain applicable. They are drafted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 (the "Platform-to-Business Regulation"), which protects professional creators using an intermediation platform.

They are accepted when activating creator status, through a dedicated checkbox. This acceptance is timestamped and stored.

Article 1 — Definitions

• Creator: a user who has activated creator status to publish content on the Service, professionally or with a view to a commercial activity.
• Content: any element published by the Creator — recipes, texts, photographs, videos, tips, descriptions, profile elements.
• Offer: paid access to Content — one-off purchase or subscription to the Creator's exclusive content.
• Reader: a user who views, purchases, or subscribes to a Creator's Content.
• Plan: the tier chosen by the Creator (Discovery, Enthusiast, or Pro), which determines available features and the applicable commission.

Article 2 — Becoming a creator

2.1 Activation

Creator status is activated from the user account. The Creator chooses a Plan and accepts these Creator Terms. Activation is free on the Discovery plan.

2.2 Information and identification

The Creator commits to:

• provide accurate and up-to-date information;
• hold the capacity and, where applicable, the status required to carry out a commercial activity;
• before any paid Offer, complete the payment provider's identification process (identity verification and bank details) and provide their tax identification number (SIRET or European equivalent), as required by platform regulations (see Article 8).

2.3 Beta

Some creator features are currently in restricted access (beta) and may evolve. Ambassador program participants additionally benefit from the Ambassador Program Terms.

Article 3 — Your content remains yours

3.1 Principle

The Creator retains full ownershipof their Content. Nothing in these terms transfers any intellectual property rights to Moonstack. Moonstack does not buy, lease, or appropriate Creators' Content.

3.2 Scope of protection

Under French law, the Creator's original texts, photographs, and videos are automatically protected by copyright. However, a recipe as a method (ingredient list, sequence of steps) is know-how and is not, in itself, protectable by copyright under settled French case law. It is the expression of the recipe — your texts, images, and videos — that is protected.

3.3 Protection against copying

The Terms of Service prohibit all users from mass extraction (scraping), reproduction, and republication of Content without the Creator's authorization. Any Creator can report a violation to contact@monsieurchouchou.com: Moonstack processes reports promptly and may remove infringing content and suspend the responsible account.

Article 4 — License granted to Moonstack

To operate the Service, the Creator grants Moonstack a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide (the Service being available online), and limited license covering only the rights enumerated below, in accordance with Article L131-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code:

4.1 Rights granted

• Hosting and storage: keeping digital copies of the Content on the servers of Moonstack and its technical providers (database, video storage and streaming, CDN).
• Technical reproduction: creating the technical copies required for delivery — video transcoding into various formats and resolutions, thumbnail and preview generation, caching — without altering the creative substance.
• Display: showing the Content to Service users (recipe pages, feeds, carousels, search results), respecting the access rules set by the Creator (free, paid, subscriber-exclusive).
• In-Service promotion: using short excerpts, thumbnails, and visuals to recommend and feature the Content within the Service (recommendations, discovery pages, notifications), always attributed to the Creator.
• Display translation: translating the Content into the languages offered by the Service, solely for multilingual display and without altering its substance.
• Statistics: measuring the Content's audience (views, completions, ratings) to power the statistics made available to the Creator and improve the Service.

4.2 Rights explicitly not granted

Without a separate written agreement from the Creator, Moonstack may not:

• modify the Content or create derivative works (editing, remixing) beyond the technical adaptations described above;
• publish the Content outside the Service, in particular on social media or in advertising campaigns (each external marketing use requires dedicated, revocable consent);
• sell, lease, or sublicense the Content to third parties;
• exploit the Content on third-party media or services (VOD, publishing, merchandise).

4.3 Duration and revocation

The license lasts as long as the Content is published on the Service. It ends, for each Content item, when the Creator unpublishes or deletes it, and for all Content upon account closure. Moonstack then stops any public display without delay; residual technical copies (backups) are deleted within a maximum of 90 days. As an exception, Content already acquired by Readers (one-off purchases) may remain accessible to them, as the sale granted them a right of access.

Article 5 — Moral rights

The Creator's moral rights (Articles L121-1 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code) are inalienable, perpetual, and imprescriptible. No clause herein may limit them. Moonstack commits in particular to:

• Attribution: displaying the Creator's name (or pseudonym) visibly on every representation of their Content;
• Integrity: never distorting the Content — technical adaptations (transcoding, thumbnails) never alter the creative substance;
• Disclosure and withdrawal: only the Creator decides on publication. They may unpublish their Content at any time, without justification, from their creator space.

Article 6 — Creator obligations and warranties

The Creator warrants that:

• they authored their Content or hold all necessary rights and authorizations (including for any third-party music, images, or trademarks included);
• their Content does not breach any law or third-party right (copyright, trademarks, image rights, privacy);
• their recipes present no obvious danger (risky preservation techniques, prohibited ingredients) and mention useful precautions;
• they conduct their activity in compliance with their professional, tax, and social obligations (Article 8).

The Creator is solely responsible for their Content and Offers. They indemnify Moonstack against any third-party claim based on their Content.

Article 7 — Paid offers, commission, and payouts

7.1 The Creator is the seller

For their Offers, the Creator is the seller within the meaning of the Sales Terms. Moonstack acts as a technical intermediary and collection agent: Reader payments are collected by the payment provider (Stripe) in the name and on behalf of the Creator, on their connected payment account.

7.2 Single, all-inclusive commission

Moonstack deducts a single, all-inclusive commission on each sale: it includes payment provider fees and all taxes. The Reader pays the displayed price; the Creator receives the price minus their Plan's commission. No other fee is charged. As of the last update of these terms, the rates are:

On low-priced sales (outside the Pro plan), a minimum applies to cover fixed payment costs: the price simulator in the creator space then shows the exact net amount beforethe Offer is published. The breakdown of each sale (price, payment fees, platform share, net amount) is visible in the Creator's dashboard.

Any change to the rate schedule is notified at least 30 days before taking effect and never applies retroactively to completed sales.

7.3 Payouts

Amounts due to the Creator are paid to their bank account according to the payment provider's payout schedule. They remain vested in the Creator, including upon termination of these terms: no amount due is withheld beyond the payment provider's technical timelines and any pending payment disputes (chargebacks).

7.4 Refunds

Reader refunds are governed by the Sales Terms. When a sale is refunded, the corresponding share is recovered from the Creator's connected account according to the payment provider's rules.

Article 8 — Tax obligations and DAC7 reporting

The Creator is solely responsible for declaring their income and paying their taxes and social contributions.

As a platform operator, Moonstack is legally required (EU "DAC7" directive and Article 242 bis of the French Tax Code) to:

• collect the Creator's tax identification (SIRET or equivalent);
• report annually to the tax authority the income earned by the Creator through the Service;
• send the Creator, in January, an annual summary of the reported amounts.

Without a valid tax identification, Moonstack may be required to suspend the Creator's paid Offers until the situation is resolved.

Article 9 — Content ranking and visibility

In accordance with Article 5 of the P2B Regulation, the main parameters determining the display order of content on the Service are, in decreasing order of importance:

• relevance to the search or browsed category (title, ingredients, technique);
• Reader engagement (ratings, completions, favorites);
• publication recency;
• possible thematic editorial selection (e.g., seasonal features).

No paid placement is offered: visibility cannot be bought. Moonstack applies the same ranking rules to content it publishes itself, where applicable, as to Creators' content.

Article 10 — Suspension, restriction, and termination

10.1 By the Creator

The Creator may stop using the Service and close their account at any time, without notice, fees, or justification. Amounts due to them remain vested (Article 7.3) and they may export their data beforehand (Article 12).

10.2 By Moonstack — reasoned notice principle

In accordance with Article 9 of the P2B Regulation, if Moonstack intends to terminate the relationship with a Creator, it notifies them of its decision and reasons at least 30 days before it takes effect. During this period, the Creator may respond, contest through the complaint mechanism (Article 11), and export their data.

Restriction or suspension of a specific content item is also notified to the Creator with a statement of reasons.

10.3 Exceptions — immediate effect

Moonstack may suspend an account or remove content without notice, with a reasoned notification, only in case of:

• manifestly illegal or dangerous content;
• fraud or threats to the Service's security;
• serious or repeated breach of these terms;
• legal obligation or decision of an authority.

In any event, termination does not deprive the Creator of the amounts due to them or of their right to export their Content and data.

Article 11 — Complaints and mediation

11.1 Internal complaint mechanism

In accordance with Article 11 of the P2B Regulation, any Creator may submit a free complaint (moderation decision, ranking, commission, Service operation) to: contact@monsieurchouchou.com, subject "Creator complaint". Moonstack acknowledges receipt within 48 business hours and provides a reasoned response within a maximum of 30 days.

11.2 Mediation

Failing an amicable resolution, and in accordance with Articles 12 and 13 of the P2B Regulation, Moonstack commits to examining in good faith any mediation request from the Creator before an independent mediator chosen by mutual agreement, with Moonstack bearing a reasonable share of the costs. Mediation does not deprive either party of the right to take legal action.

Article 12 — Data, export, and portability

The Creator may request at any time, including after account closure (within legal retention periods), the export of:

• their Content (texts and media in original quality);
• their audience statistics;
• their sales and payout history (also available from the payment provider).

The export is provided in a standard reusable format within a maximum of 14 days. Personal data processing (for Creators and Readers alike) is governed by the Privacy Policy.

Article 13 — Non-exclusivity

The Article 4 license is non-exclusive: the Creator remains free to publish, distribute, and sell their Content on any other channel (social media, personal website, other platforms), during and after the relationship with Moonstack. No exclusivity or non-compete clause is imposed.

Article 14 — Changes to these terms

Any change to these terms is notified to Creators on a durable medium (email) at least 15 days before taking effect — extended to 30 days when the change requires significant adaptations (including any change to the commission schedule, Article 7.2). A Creator who refuses a change may terminate the relationship free of charge before it takes effect.

Article 15 — Liability and availability

The Service is provided "as is". Moonstack uses reasonable means to ensure availability and regular data backups, without guaranteeing uninterrupted operation — particularly during the beta phase. To the extent permitted by law, Moonstack's liability is limited to direct and foreseeable damages.

Article 16 — Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by French law. In case of dispute, the parties first seek an amicable solution (Article 11). Failing that, the courts of Paris have jurisdiction for Creators acting professionally, without prejudice to applicable mandatory rules.

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