Terms of Use

This website provides information about Butter Media Company, our portfolio, our services, and ways to contact us about potential projects.

The website is intended for visitors and potential clients in the United States.

Information on this website is provided for general informational and promotional purposes only.

Submitting a contact form, sending an inquiry, viewing our portfolio, or communicating with us through the website does not create a client relationship, service agreement, partnership, joint venture, or other business relationship between you and Butter Media Company.

A client relationship is only formed if we both agree to specific project terms in a separate written agreement.

You may use the website contact form to inquire about services or potential projects. You agree that any information you submit is accurate and that you have the right to provide it.

Please do not submit confidential, proprietary, sensitive, or legally protected information through the contact form. We are not responsible for protecting unsolicited confidential information submitted through the website.

We reserve the right to respond, decline, or not respond to any inquiry at our discretion.

The website, including its text, design, layout, graphics, branding, images, videos, portfolio descriptions, logos, and other content, is owned by Butter Media Company, The Film Jar, Incorporated, our licensors, our clients, or other content owners, and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

You may view the website for personal, informational, and non-commercial purposes. You may not copy, reproduce, modify, distribute, display, perform, publish, sell, license, create derivative works from, or otherwise use website content without prior written permission from the appropriate owner.

Nothing on the website grants you any license or ownership interest in our work, our brand, our portfolio, or any third-party content.

Our portfolio may include videos, images, names, logos, testimonials, project descriptions, or other materials related to past work. Some portfolio content may include materials owned by clients, partners, talent, platforms, licensors, or other third parties.

Portfolio content is shown for informational and promotional purposes only. You may not reuse, download, edit, repost, redistribute, or commercially exploit any portfolio content without permission from the appropriate rights holder.

Some videos on the website may be hosted by third-party platforms, including YouTube and Vimeo, and embedded on the website.

Your use of or interaction with embedded videos may be governed by the terms and privacy policies of those third-party platforms. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party platforms, embedded content, tracking, availability, or changes to those services.

The website may include links to third-party websites, platforms, services, or tools. These links are provided for convenience only. We do not control or endorse third-party websites or services and are not responsible for their content, policies, practices, security, or availability.

Your use of third-party websites and services is at your own risk and may be subject to separate terms and privacy policies.

You agree not to use the website in any way that:

• Violates any applicable law or regulation
• Infringes the rights of Butter Media Company or any third party
• Attempts to gain unauthorized access to the website, servers, systems, or data
• Interferes with or disrupts the operation or security of the website
• Uses bots, scraping, harvesting, or automated tools without permission
• Submits false, misleading, abusive, harmful, or unlawful content
• Attempts to bypass security, anti-spam, or anti-abuse tools, including reCAPTCHA

We may restrict, block, or terminate access to the website if we believe these Terms have been violated.

The website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We make no warranties or representations about the website, including its accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, security, or suitability for any purpose.

We do not guarantee that the website will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free from viruses or other harmful components.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Butter Media Company, The Film Jar, Incorporated, and their owners, officers, employees, contractors, agents, and affiliates will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages arising out of or related to your use of, or inability to use, the website.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim related to the website will not exceed one hundred dollars ($100).

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Butter Media Company, The Film Jar, Incorporated, and their owners, officers, employees, contractors, agents, and affiliates from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to your use of the website, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or third-party right.

We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the website at any time without notice. We are not responsible if any part of the website is unavailable at any time.

We may update these Terms of Use from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date. Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms.

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Any legal action or proceeding related to the website or these Terms will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Illinois, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

If you have questions about these Terms of Use, contact us at: