Terms of Use

Effective 2026-07-13 · version 1.2

OpenEyes is a directory that helps AI agents discover public cameras, operated by 4DHD Inc.(“OpenEyes,” “we,” “us”). By creating an account, minting an API key, calling the API, submitting a camera, or listing a broadcaster stream, you agree to these terms. These terms incorporate our Privacy Policy and the acceptable-use rules in § 7. They are written in plain English because you should actually understand them.

We operate a catalogue + relay. We scrape public feeds (state DOTs, Windy, YouTube Live, user submissions), cache small preview frames briefly, and expose the directory to agents via REST and MCP. We are not the operator of the underlying cameras. We do not guarantee accuracy, availability, or uptime of any stream.

You must be at least 18 and able to form a binding contract. If you use OpenEyes for an organization, you represent that you can bind it. You agree to give accurate account information and keep it current.

You are responsible for everything done with your account, your API keys, and your wallet or payout credentials. Keep your API keys secret — treat them like passwords. Tell us promptly at hello@openeye.camif you suspect a key is compromised; you can also revoke and rotate keys yourself in the console. We may suspend or terminate an account that violates these terms, is used for abuse or fraud, or that we're legally required to act on (see § 9).

By submitting a camera (/submit) you represent, to the best of your knowledge, that:

• The feed is publicly visible or you're authorized to point us at it.
• You own the rights to the feed, or the rights holder permits this kind of redistribution.
• The camera doesn't target a private space, a minor, or a person without their consent.
• The feed isn't illegal to share in your jurisdiction.

We're optimistic — we don't pre-moderate submissions, and we don't demand documentation of rights. We trust the submitter. If it turns out a submission was unauthorized, we rely on the DMCA safe-harbor process: we respond to valid takedown notices promptly and keep records.

Broadcaster streams are paid per-frame or per-second. You warrant you own or license the camera, you can legally commercialize the feed, and no person appearing in the feed is depicted without their consent where consent is legally required. You keep 90% of net revenue after payment-processing fees; OpenEyes takes 10%.

You set your own prices. You may pause or delete your stream at any time. To receive payouts you must complete identity verification (KYC) via Stripe Connect or supply a valid USDC wallet; payouts are sent on our standard schedule and may be delayed or withheld where we reasonably suspect fraud, chargebacks, or sanctions issues. You are solely responsible for the taxes (income, VAT/GST, withholding) owed on your payouts in your jurisdiction, and for any tax forms your situation requires.

Public streams are free to read; high-volume discovery (catalogue search) may require a free API key so we can meter it fairly. Paid streams are gated by a 402 payment handshake (x402 via USDC on Base or Solana, or MPP via Stripe). You may cache responses for your own use but must not republish long-form frames or rehost entire feeds.

Redistribution rights are per-camera, and we tell you them in-band. Every catalogue row carries a redistribution object: preview_embed (whether you may embed the degraded, watermarked preview_url sample we serve — e.g. in an <img> or an unfurl), frame_reuse (personal-cache — paid frames are for your own use and must not be republished or rehosted; or fetch-from-source— we do not deliver the bytes and you must obtain them from the source under the source's own terms), and an attributionobject. Do not embed or redistribute a camera's imagery in a way its redistributionfield does not permit. We grant you only the rights stated there — for many cameras we hold a viewing or preview right, not a right to sublicense full redistribution — and nothing in these terms is a warranty that you may redistribute a source's imagery beyond what the field allows.

Attribution is mandatory.Wherever you display a camera's imagery you must preserve the attribution exactly as provided in the API response and MCP result — the credit text (attribution.name) and link (attribution.url), including any source-mandated wording or mark it carries(for example “Powered by 511NY,” a “Fintraffic / digitraffic.fi” credit, or a required agency logo). If you can't or won't render the required attribution, don't display that camera.

Stay within posted rate limits and don't attempt to circumvent them. Don't reverse-engineer, probe, or disrupt the service, and don't resell or sublicense access to the directory. Abuse — scraping the catalogue for redistribution without payment, bypassing the payment handshake, or sharing keys to evade metering — terminates your API keys and may terminate your account.

Prices are shown per stream and charged per frame or per second of use. The OpenEyes platform fee is 10% of each paid transaction; payment-processor and network fees may also apply. Amounts are in US dollars (USDC for on-chain settlement) unless stated otherwise.

If you pre-fund a balance, it is a prepaid credit for service usage — not a deposit, and it earns no interest. Charges for metered usage are generally final and non-refundable once the data is served, except where required by law or where we choose to issue a credit. You are responsible for any consumer taxes (VAT/GST/sales tax) on your purchases. If a payment fails, is reversed, or is charged back, we may suspend access and recover the amount owed, including from your balance. On account closure we will refund a remaining prepaid balance where we're able to and not legally prevented from doing so; unrecoverable or de-minimis amounts may be forfeited.

Don't use OpenEyes to stalk, harass, or surveil specific individuals. Don't run biometric identification on people captured in feeds. Don't use it to evade law enforcement operations. Don't submit or redistribute CSAM, explicit content, or content depicting violence against identifiable people. Don't bypass login walls, paywalls, or bot protection on third-party sites to add their content to the directory. Don't use the service to violate anyone's privacy, intellectual-property, or publicity rights, or any applicable law.

If you believe a stream in the directory infringes your rights, captures you without consent, or violates law, contact us at abuse@openeye.cam or use the form at /abuse. We aim to review and respond within 24 hours. For formal DMCA notices see the abuse page for our designated agent.

You can stop using OpenEyes and close your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access — immediately where the situation warrants — if you breach these terms, if your account is implicated in abuse, fraud, or chargebacks, or if we're required to by law. On termination your API keys stop working and your right to use the service ends; the sections that by their nature should survive (payments owed, disclaimers, liability limits, indemnities, dispute resolution) continue to apply. Balance handling on closure is described in § 6.

The service is provided AS IS and AS AVAILABLE, without warranties of any kind, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We make no warranty about the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or safety of any stream or its metadata. Don't use OpenEyes alone for anything life-critical (emergency response, autonomous-vehicle routing, medical decisions) — layer it with ground-truth sources.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, OpenEyes is not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, or for lost profits or data. Our total liability arising from your use of the service is capped at the greater of (a) the amounts you've paid OpenEyes in the 12 months before the claim, or (b) USD $100.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless OpenEyes and its operators from claims, damages, and costs (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your use of the service, your content or submissions, your streams, or your breach of these terms or of anyone's rights. This includes — but isn't limited to — claims arising from a camera submission or broadcaster stream that turned out to be unauthorized.

You may not use OpenEyes if you are located in, or are a national of, a country or region subject to comprehensive sanctions, or if you are on a restricted-party list (e.g. OFAC). You agree to comply with all applicable export-control and sanctions laws and not to use the service for any prohibited end-use.

We'll update these terms as OpenEyes evolves. Material changes will be announced via the console and the API, and we may ask you to re-accept. Your continued use after a change takes effect means you accept the updated terms.

Let's try to fix things first: email hello@openeye.cam and give us 30 days to resolve a dispute informally. If that fails, you and OpenEyes agree to resolve disputes through binding individual arbitration in Delaware, under the laws of Delaware, USA — not in court and notas part of a class or representative action, except that either party may bring qualifying claims in small-claims court. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing us within 30 days of first accepting these terms; opting out doesn't affect the rest of the agreement. Where local law prohibits any of this, that law controls for you.

These terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and OpenEyes about the service. If a provision is unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. Our not enforcing a provision isn't a waiver of it. You may not assign these terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. Neither party is liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond its reasonable control (force majeure).

hello@openeye.cam for business questions.
abuse@openeye.cam for takedowns and urgent safety issues.