1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using Spike (the “Service”), you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
2. Who we are and how to contact us
Spike is operated by ITALIK STUDIO LTD, company number 16135088, with its registered office at 167-169 Great Portland Street, London W1W5PF, United Kingdom. You can contact us at hello@spike.zip.
3. The Service
The Service lets you upload, store, organise, and share digital files and folders (“Content”). Some features may allow you to sell access to Content through our platform, where enabled.
4. Eligibility and accounts
You must be legally able to form a contract where you live. You are responsible for all activity under your account and for keeping your access method secure.
5. Your Content and responsibility
You keep ownership of your Content. You are solely responsible for your Content and represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights to upload, store, share, and (if applicable) sell it through the Service.
6. Licence you grant to operate the Service
You grant Spike a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, process, transmit, reproduce, and display your Content only as necessary to operate, secure, and provide the Service (including making technical copies and generating previews/thumbnails where applicable).
7. Sharing and links
If you make Content public or share a link (including a password-protected link), you understand recipients may access, copy, download, and redistribute it. You are responsible for how you share links and passwords.
8. Prohibited Content and conduct (Acceptable Use)
You must not use the Service to upload, share, sell, request, or facilitate Content or activity that is illegal or violates these Terms. This includes:
- Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or any sexual content involving minors (zero tolerance).
- Copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property infringement.
- Non-consensual intimate imagery (including deepfakes), sexual exploitation, or extortion.
- Terrorism/extremism content, incitement to violence, or credible threats.
- Harassment, hate, unlawful discrimination, doxxing, or unlawful disclosure of personal data.
- Malware, viruses, phishing, fraud/scams, or attempts to compromise systems or accounts.
- Attempts to bypass security, scrape the Service, or interfere with operation of the Service.
9. Reporting, notice-and-action, and enforcement
If you believe Content violates these Terms or the law, you can report it. We may remove or restrict Content, disable links, suspend accounts, preserve evidence, and cooperate with lawful requests. We prioritise reports involving child safety and other serious illegal harms.
10. Copyright / IP notice-and-takedown
If you believe Content infringes your copyright, email hello@spike.zip with your contact details, identification of the work, the link/code/URL to locate the material, and a good-faith statement that the use is not authorised. We may disable access while we review and may contact the uploader where appropriate.
11. Repeat infringer / repeat offender policy
We may suspend or terminate accounts for repeated intellectual property infringement or repeated violations of these Terms, based on valid notices, reports, or other information available to us.
12. Payments and selling (if enabled)
Where selling is enabled, sellers are responsible for ensuring they have rights to sell their Content and for complying with applicable laws. Payments may be processed by third-party payment processors (such as Stripe) and their terms apply. We may delay, withhold, or reverse payouts for fraud risk, disputes/chargebacks, policy violations, or legal compliance.
13. No general monitoring obligation
We are not obliged to monitor all user Content. We may review, remove, or restrict Content to enforce these Terms, comply with law, or protect users and the Service.
14. Disclaimers
The Service is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we make no warranties and do not guarantee that Content is lawful, non-infringing, accurate, or available at all times.
15. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Spike will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or loss of profits, data, use, or goodwill. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under law (for example, death/personal injury caused by negligence, or fraud).
16. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold Spike harmless from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your Content, your use of the Service, or your breach of these Terms or applicable law.
17. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Courts in England and Wales will have jurisdiction, except where mandatory consumer protection laws provide otherwise.
18. Contact
Questions about these Terms or legal and abuse matters: hello@spike.zip. Registered office: 167-169 Great Portland Street, London W1W5PF, United Kingdom. Operator: ITALIK STUDIO LTD, company number 16135088.