Compliance • Studio Governance

Legal & Policy Center

Last Updated: March 2026 • Governing Jurisdiction: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • BelakStudio

1. Developer Gateway Guidelines

BelakStudio provides developer APIs for cataloging entertainment metadata, movie and TV-series details, streaming indices, and custom business data. By requesting an API key and accessing our gateway at /api/v1/, you agree to comply with this Acceptable Use Policy.

2. Permitted & Prohibited Activities

Permitted Usage

Querying entertainment metadata for approved mobile & web apps.
Caching response payloads within reasonable TTL parameters.
Building internal dashboards and consumer discovery frontends.
Testing endpoints within assigned tier rate limits.

Prohibited Activities

Sharing, publishing, or exposing secret API keys in client-side code.
Circumventing rate limits, quotas, or key authentication filters.
Launching denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against our gateway nodes.
Redistributing authorized playback tokens to unverified parties.

3. Rate Limiting & Quota Enforcement

Each API key is assigned an absolute request ceiling (e.g. Free Tier: 1,000 monthly calls at 60 req/min; Pro Tier: 50,000 monthly calls at 300 req/min). Automated rate-limiting algorithms reject calls exceeding these parameters with HTTP status 429 Too Many Requests. Continued abuse may result in immediate key revocation.

4. Streaming Content & Rights Disclaimer

BelakStudio provides metadata indexing and authorized streaming links in collaboration with licensed platform operators. Developers are solely responsible for ensuring that their playback client, client geography, and user distribution adhere to relevant local copyright regulations and platform licensing terms.

Have questions regarding our legal terms or API licensing?

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