Terms & Conditions

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a legal agreement between you and Shibari Study GmbH (“Shibari Study,” “us,” or “we”) regarding your use of services available at www.shibaristudy.com, shop.shibaristudy.com and the Shibari Study iOS and Android apps, including any downloadable software program that you are accessing or installing on your device or personal computer and the services available through that software program (together, the “Service”).

By using any portion of the service, you are agreeing to be bound by and are becoming a party to these terms. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the service. If you are using the Service on behalf of your employer, you represent that you are authorized to accept these Terms on your employer’s behalf.

The Service is an educational social network. Users of the Service may log their usage activities; see, comment and like the activities of other users; and receive analysis and insights from the Service about their progress.

The Service includes:

• Membership: our library of tutorials, courses, live classes and live class replays, and access to our iOS and Android apps (see Section 21);
• free content: our blog and podcast, and the community area on our website, which is open to anyone with a Shibari Study account;
• gift memberships and scholarships (see Section 21);
• our Studio Directory (see Section 11) and Studio Partnership Program (see Section 12);
• our online shop (see Section 13).

Our educational content is consent-driven, designed for adults and does not include explicit or pornographic material.

Rope bondage and shibari carry inherent physical risks, including but not limited to nerve compression, circulation loss, bruising and injury from falls, whether practiced alone, with a partner or in a class setting. Your use of any instructional content, including Training Plans, is at your own discretion and risk. We strongly encourage you to follow the safety guidance in our content and to review our Consent & Negotiation guide before practicing.

You must be 18 years of age or older to use the Service. You represent and warrant that any profile information you submit is true and accurate and that you are 18 years of age or older and are fully able and competent to enter into, and abide by these Terms. The Service is not intended for those under the age of 18.

In order to use certain parts of the Service, including Membership and the community area on our website, you must create an account. When registering for an account, you must provide accurate and complete information and promptly update this information to keep it current. If you provide any information that is inaccurate or incomplete, or we have reason to believe that the information is inaccurate or incomplete, we may suspend or terminate your account and your use of Service.

You are solely responsible for all activities that occur through your account. To protect your account from unauthorized use, do not provide your username or password to anyone else. Please notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security by sending an email to support@shibaristudy.com.

Subject to the terms and conditions of these Terms, Shibari Study grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service, including a reasonable number of copies of any content, material or software made available by Shibari Study, for noncommercial and personal use only.

You must comply with all applicable laws when using the Service. Except as may be expressly permitted by applicable law or expressly enabled by a feature of the Service, you will not, and will not permit anyone else to: (a) store, copy, modify, or distribute any of the content made available on the Service; (b) compile or collect any content available on the Service as part of a database or other work; (c) use any automated tool (e.g., robots, spiders) or manual process to monitor, store, copy, modify, distribute, or resell any content from the Service; (d) frame or otherwise incorporate the Service or any portion of the Service as part of another website or service; (e) reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit for any commercial purposes any portion of the Service (including the display of third party advertising); (f) circumvent or disable any digital rights management, usage rules, or other security features of the Service, or any content available on the Service; (g) use the Service in a manner that threatens the integrity, performance, or availability of the Service; (h) remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notices (including copyright notices) on any portion of the Service or any content available from the Service; or (i) include any personal or identifying information about another person in your User Content (defined below) without that person’s explicit consent.

In connection with registration for a Shibari Study account, users may upload photos or other materials or information to the Service (“User Content”). You agree that you will not upload User Content to the Service unless you have created that content yourself, or you have permission from the copyright owner to do so.

Communications in chat areas, forums, bulletin boards, communities, groups, or other public or common areas of the Service are not private communications. You should use caution when submitting any User Content that contains your personal information to a public or common area of the Service.

For any User Content that you upload to the Service, you grant us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, and successors: (a) a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully-paid, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, prepare derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, and publicly display that User Content throughout the world in any media in connection with the Service and Shibari Study’s business, including without limitation for promoting the Service; and (b) the right to use the name that you submit in connection with your User Content, if we choose. You retain all rights in your User Content, subject to the rights granted to Shibari Study in these Terms. You may modify or remove your User Content via your Shibari Study Account or by terminating your Shibari Study Account, but Shibari Study may, in accordance with Shibari Study’s Privacy Policy, retain in its systems and use non-personally identifiable data that is derived from your User Content.

You agree not to upload to the Service or otherwise post, transmit, distribute, or disseminate through the Service any material that: (i) is false, misleading, unlawful, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, defamatory, libelous, threatening, harassing, hateful, inflammatory, abusive, inflammatory; (ii) encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence or gives rise to civil liability; (iii) breaches any duty toward or rights of any person or entity, including rights of publicity or privacy; (iv) contains corrupted data or any other harmful, disruptive, or destructive files; (v) advertises products or services competitive with Shibari Study’s or its partners’ products and services, as determined by Shibari Study in its sole discretion; or (vi) in Shibari Study’s sole judgment, is objectionable, restricts or inhibits any person or entity from using or enjoying any portion of the Service, or which may expose Shibari study, its affiliates, or users to harm or liability of any nature; (vii) depicts non-consensual acts or coercion; or (viii) involves anyone who is, or appears to be, under the age of 18.

Although Shibari Study has no obligation to screen, edit, or monitor any User Content, Shibari Study reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen, edit, or disable any User Content at any time and for any reason without notice. You understand that by using the Service, you may be exposed to User Content that is offensive, indecent, objectionable, or inaccurate. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any User Content, including any loss or damage to any of your User Content.

If you believe that content on the Service is illegal, you can report it to support@shibaristudy.com. If we remove or restrict your User Content, or suspend or terminate your account, we will tell you the reason, unless the law prevents us from doing so. To report a listing in our Studio Directory, see the Directory Terms of Use.

Content on the Service, including User Content and Paid Content provided by other users, has been licensed to Shibari Study in accordance with various licensing agreements between Shibari Study and the persons or entities who own the rights to that content (“Licensed Content”). Licensed Content is protected by intellectual property laws.

The Licensed Content is provided for informational purposes only. The Licensed Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional educational, fitness or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health, rope or fitness provider with any questions you may have regarding a physical or psychological regimen or medical condition. Do not disregard professional advice because of something you have read or heard on the Service.

Any opinion, advice, statement, service, offer, or other information that constitutes part of the Licensed Content expressed or made available via the Service are those of the respective authors or producers and not of Shibari Study or its directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, partners, or affiliates. Subject to Section 28 (Limitation of Liability), under no circumstances will Shibari Study or its directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, partners, or affiliates be held liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on any information obtained through the Service.

Shibari Study respects the intellectual property rights of others and asks you to do the same. It is Shibari Study’s policy to terminate the access privileges of those who repeatedly infringe the copyright rights of others. If you believe that your work has been posted on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact Shibari Study’s copyright agent at the address below and provide the following information: (a) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) a description of the copyright-protected work that you claim has been infringed; (c) the location on the Service of the material that you claim is infringing; (d) your address, telephone number, and email address; (e) a statement by you regarding your good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement by you, confirming that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf. By submitting a copyright infringement notice, you acknowledge and agree that Shibari Study or its copyright agent may forward the information you provide in this notice to the person who uploaded the allegedly infringing material.

You can email Shibari Study’s designated agent for notice of copyright infringement at: mail@shibaristudy.com.

If you believe that your removed or disabled User Content is not infringing, or that you have the authorization or right to post and use that User Content from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to law, you may send a counter-notice containing the information required. Shibari Study or its copyright agent will forward your counter-notification to the party who submitted the original copyright infringement claim. If the original claimant does not file an action seeking a court order to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity related to the removed or disabled User Content within 10 business days of receiving the counter-notice from Shibari Study, then we may, in its sole discretion, reinstate the removed or disabled material.

We, our affiliates, and our suppliers and licensors own all right, title, and interest, including all intellectual property rights, in and to the Service. Except for those rights expressly granted in these Terms, no other rights are granted, either express or implied, to you.

Shibari Study is a trademark of Shibari Study GmbH. Other product, brand and company names and logos used on the Service are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any use of any of the marks appearing on the Service without the prior written consent of the owner of the mark, as appropriate, is strictly prohibited.

When you join Shibari Study, you understand and agree that you may receive communications from the other members of the Service. You also understand and agree that individual users are each acting independently and that no user is Shibari Study GmbH’s representative or agent.

The Service may include tools that enable users to arrange in-person meetings. Shibari Study is not involved in arranging or supervising meetings and has no control over who attends meetings or the actions of any individual at any meeting. Please use caution and good judgment when arranging or attending meetings.

You attend any meeting at your own risk. Shibari Study’s liability is governed by Section 28 (Limitation of Liability). For studios, instructors and events listed in our Studio Directory, see Section 11.

Our Studio Directory at shibaristudy.com/studios connects you with independent studios, instructors and organizers (“Listers”). Your use of the Directory is governed by our Directory Terms of Use and Code of Conduct, which take precedence over Section 10 for any listing, event or organizer found through the Directory. Listers are independent third parties and are not our employees, agents or partners.

Certain studios participate in our Studio Partnership Program under a separate written agreement, which is distinct from a standard Directory listing and sets out its own rights and obligations.

Purchases in our online shop at shop.shibaristudy.com, including physical products and Memberships, are governed by the shop’s terms of sale in addition to these Terms. The shop’s terms of sale cover shipping, returns and your right of withdrawal, both for physical goods and for Memberships bought in the shop. For Memberships bought in the shop, Sections 21 to 25 of these Terms apply. To withdraw from a shop purchase or start a return, email us at shop@shibaristudy.com.

Parts of the Service, such as our blog, podcast and the community area on our website, are provided free of charge, but Shibari Study reserves the right to implement fees for any part of the Service at any time by providing you notice.

Certain content offered through the Service is available to you for a fee (“Paid Content”). Shibari Study uses a third-party payment processor (the “Payment Processor”) to link your payment method to the Service. The processing of payments or credits, as applicable, in connection with your use of the Service will be subject to the terms, conditions and privacy policies of the Payment Processor and your payment method provider in addition to these Terms. Shibari Study is not responsible for any errors by the Payment Processor. In connection with your use of the Service, Shibari Study will obtain certain transaction details, which Shibari Study will use solely in accordance with its Privacy Policy.

Prices are shown on our pricing page and at checkout, in your local currency where available.

If you subscribe through the Shibari Study iOS app, your purchase is processed by Apple and is also subject to Apple’s terms. Cancellations, refunds and withdrawal for these purchases are handled through Apple.

Shibari Study does not provide you with the equipment to use the Service. You are responsible for all fees charged by third parties to access and use the Service (e.g., charges by ISPs or mobile carriers).

Shibari Study reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, all or a part of the Service without notice. Shibari Study will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Service.

Unless otherwise agreed by Shibari Study in writing, Shibari Study is not obligated to provide any support for the Service.

Shibari Study collects registration and other information about you through the Service. Our collection and use of this information is described in the Shibari Study Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms and available at Privacy Policy

If you provide feedback to Shibari Study regarding the Service (“Feedback”), you acknowledge that the Feedback is not confidential and you authorize Shibari Study to use that Feedback without restriction and without payment to you. Accordingly, you hereby grant to Shibari Study a nonexclusive, royalty-free, fully-paid, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, and fully sublicensable right to use the Feedback in any manner and for any purpose.

We reserve the right to modify these Terms from time to time. If we modify these Terms, we will indicate that we have done so on the Shibari Study website at Terms & Conditions or otherwise provide you notice. It is your responsibility to review these Terms regularly. Use of the Service after the effective date of a modification constitutes your acceptance of any modified Terms.

You may terminate your use of the Service at any time by terminating your account and deleting any Shibari Study software from your device or personal computer. Subject to Section 23 (Right of Withdrawal) and your statutory rights, termination of your account is your sole right and remedy with respect to any dispute with Shibari Study regarding the Service or these Terms. Shibari Study may suspend or terminate your access to the Service with immediate effect for good cause, in particular if you breach these Terms. Otherwise, Shibari Study may end a paid Membership with reasonable notice and will refund the unused part of any prepaid period. If Shibari Study suspects that you have violated any provision of these Terms, Shibari Study may also seek any other available legal remedy. Your rights under these Terms will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with any of these Terms. Upon termination, you must destroy or delete any copy of Shibari Study software in your possession.

You remain solely liable for all obligations related to use of the Service, even after you have stopped using the Service. Neither Shibari Study nor any of its licensors, suppliers, or publishers are liable to you or to any third party for any loss caused by any termination of the Service or termination of your access to the Service.

You can become a Shibari Study Member by signing up to pay monthly, quarterly or annual fees for unlimited access to our “Training Plans.” Training plans are online video programming, including tutorials, courses, live classes and live class replays, that we offer as part of Shibari Study Membership. Membership also includes access to our iOS and Android apps.

Free trial. Each Membership plan bought on our website currently starts with a free 7-day trial. Memberships bought in our online shop do not include a free trial. Unless you cancel before the trial ends, your Membership automatically converts into the paid plan you selected and Section 22 (Recurring Billing) applies.

Gift memberships. You can buy a Membership for a set duration as a gift. You receive a redemption link to share with the recipient, who redeems it by creating or signing in to a Shibari Study account. When the gift period ends, access ends unless the recipient adds a payment method to continue as a paying Member.

Scholarships. We may grant scholarships, which are Memberships discounted to zero for a set period. When the scholarship period ends, the scholarship converts into a paid Membership and Section 22 (Recurring Billing) applies, unless you cancel before the scholarship period ends.

The membership fee will be billed at the beginning of the paying portion of your membership and each month or quarter or year thereafter unless and until you cancel your membership. We automatically bill your payment method at the start of each billing period on the calendar day corresponding to the commencement of your paying membership. We reserve the right to change our billing timing, in particular, if your payment method has not successfully been charged.

If you are a consumer, you have the right to withdraw from a Membership, a gift membership or another digital purchase within 14 days, without giving any reason. The withdrawal period starts on the day you sign up or buy your Membership in our online shop, including any free trial.

To withdraw, send us a clear statement by email to support@shibaristudy.com or by post to Shibari Study GmbH, Grunewaldstraße 85, 10823 Berlin, Germany, before the withdrawal period ends. For Memberships bought in our online shop, email shop@shibaristudy.com instead.

If you withdraw, we refund your payment as required by law. Your right of withdrawal can end early once you start watching or downloading content, in the cases provided by law.

Subject to Section 23 (Right of Withdrawal) and except as required by law, payments are non-refundable and there are no credits for partially used periods. Following a cancellation, however, you will continue to have access to your Shibari Study Membership through the end of your current billing period.

You may cancel your Shibari Study Membership at any time for any reason. To cancel your recurring subscription, please visit your membership settings at https://www.shibaristudy.com/account/purchases. If you bought your Membership in our online shop, cancel it through Subi, using the link we send you by email, or by email to shop@shibaristudy.com. Following a cancellation, you will lose access to all Training Plans you enrolled in during your membership at the end of your billing period. If you choose to sign back up as a member, your billing date will update to the day you paid. To avoid being charged after a free trial or scholarship, cancel before it ends.

We may email or provide you coupons, offers, and other specials from third parties (collectively “Promotions”). Shibari Study is not responsible for the redemption, errors, omissions, or expiration of Promotions. All Promotions featured as a part of the Service are subject to change without notice and we have no control over their legality or the ability of any merchant to complete the Promotion (including, the sale in accordance with the offer).

The Service may contain links to Web pages and content of third parties (“Third-Party Content”) as a service to those interested in this information. We do not monitor, endorse, or adopt, or have any control over, any Third-Party Content. We undertake no responsibility to update or review any Third-Party Content and can make no guarantee as to its accuracy or completeness.

Additionally, if you follow a link or otherwise navigate away from the Service, please be aware that these Terms will no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any Third-Party Content provider to which you navigate from the Service. You access and use Third-Party Content at your own risk.

The Service may contain advertisements and promotions from third parties. Your business dealings or correspondence with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers other than us, and any terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third party.

Nothing in these Terms limits any mandatory warranty rights you have under German law for digital products and services, including under §§ 327 ff. BGB. Subject to those mandatory rights, the Service is provided on an “as available” basis, and we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation.

We are liable without limitation for damages resulting from injury to life, body, or health, and for damages caused by our, or our representatives’ or agents’, intentional or grossly negligent breach of duty.

For damages caused by ordinary negligence, we are liable only for breach of a material contractual duty (a duty essential to proper performance of the contract, on which you may reasonably rely), and in that case only for foreseeable, contract-typical damage. Liability under the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz) is unaffected. All other liability is excluded.

You will defend, indemnify and hold Shibari Study, its affiliates, directors, officers, agents, employees, and its licensors, suppliers, and Distributors harmless from any costs, damages, expenses, and liability caused by your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any rights of a third party through the use of the Service.

The Service may not be appropriate or available everywhere. If you access it from outside Germany, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, including any laws relating to content about sexuality and rope bondage education.

These Terms, and any rights or licenses granted under these Terms, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Shibari Study without restriction. Any assignment attempted in violation of these Terms is void

These Terms are governed by German law, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, mandatory consumer protection provisions of your country of habitual residence are unaffected by this clause. Where legally permitted, the courts of Berlin, Germany have jurisdiction.

Statutory limitation periods under German law apply.

The failure of Shibari Study to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms will be effective only if in writing and signed by Shibari Study. If any provision of these Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of these Terms remain in full force and effect.

By using the Service, you consent to receive electronic communications from us. These communications may include notices about your account and information concerning or related to the Service. You agree that any notices, agreements, disclosures, or other communications that we send to you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that such communications be in writing.

You are solely responsible for all fees charged by your telecommunications service provider or any other service provider related to your use of the Service, including without limitation any SMS / text messaging fees, data charges, and other fees.

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, the Directory Terms of Use and Code of Conduct, the shop’s terms of sale and any separate written agreement with Shibari Study, are the entire agreement between you and Shibari Study regarding your use of the Service.

For questions, comments, complaints, or claims related to the Service, please don’t hesitate to contact Shibari Study at:

Shibari Study GmbH

Grunewaldstraße 85

10823 Berlin

Germany

mail@shibaristudy.com

Last Updated: 29.10.2026