Last updated: August 20, 2026
These Terms of Use apply to the Origami.me Educator Library (“Library”), operated by Kuma Lab LLC / Origami.me (“Origami.me”, “we”, “us”).
By purchasing or using access to the Library, you agree to these Terms.
These Terms supplement our general Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Refund Policy, which continue to apply to your use of Origami.me generally, including eligibility and minimum age. Where those documents conflict with these Terms in relation to the Library, these Terms take precedence.
1. What you are purchasing
Your purchase gives you a licence to access and use the Educator Library and its resources according to the licence level you selected at checkout.
The Library currently includes printable origami instructions and related educational resources. New resources may be added over time.
Your purchase does not transfer ownership or copyright in any of the models, diagrams, illustrations, photographs, videos, or other materials.
2. Lifetime access
Unless otherwise stated at the time of purchase, access to the Educator Library is provided on a lifetime-access basis for a one-time payment.
For these Terms, “lifetime access” means access for as long as Origami.me continues to operate and maintain the Educator Library.
There is no recurring subscription fee.
New models and resources added to the standard Educator Library after your purchase are included in your access unless they are clearly offered as a separate product or service.
3. Individual Educator Licence
An Individual Educator Licence is for one person only.
You may:
- access and download the Library resources for your own use;
- print the resources as many times as reasonably needed for the students or groups you personally teach or lead;
- use them in classrooms, libraries, museums, homeschool activities, holiday clubs, nonprofit activities, and similar educational or group settings;
- keep and reuse your downloaded materials for future sessions;
- adapt how you teach or present the activity to suit your group.
You do not need to ask Origami.me for permission each time you use a resource within these terms.
You may not:
- give, email, transfer, or otherwise share the digital PDF files with colleagues or other educators;
- upload the files to a shared drive, learning platform, website, intranet, or other location where other people can download them;
- resell the PDFs or any substantially reproduced version of them;
- make the Library files publicly available;
- remove copyright, designer, diagrammer, or Origami.me attribution;
- claim the models, diagrams, or other Library materials as your own.
Printed copies may, of course, be handed out to the students or participants in the activity you are leading.
4. Institutional Licences
If multiple educators within the same organisation need access to the Library, an institutional licence is required.
Institutional licences may be offered for:
- a single school, library branch, museum, community centre, nonprofit, or other location;
- multiple locations within the same organisation;
- districts, library systems, or larger organisations.
The number of people and locations permitted to use the Library depends on the licence purchased.
An institutional licence allows authorised staff within the covered organisation or location to use the materials with their own groups, including downloading, printing, and reusing them for their own sessions. It does not permit public redistribution, resale, or sharing outside the organisation or locations covered by the licence.
How staff get access
Access to the Library is granted to an email address. Under an institutional licence, the organisation may either share one set of access details among the staff covered by the licence, or ask us to enable access for named staff email addresses instead. To arrange named access, email us the addresses at hello@origami.me.
Sharing access details outside the organisation or locations covered by your licence is not permitted.
If you are unsure which licence you need, contact hello@origami.me.
5. Paid workshops and commercial use
The standard Individual Educator Licence is intended for non-commercial educational and group use.
Covered by your licence: using the materials in a session run by a school, library, museum, nonprofit, community centre, or similar organisation that charges admission, tuition, membership, or a general activity or programme fee, where the origami session is part of what that fee already covers.
Not covered by your licence:
- charging participants specifically for the origami class, workshop, or course;
- using the materials in a product, publication, paid online course, or other commercial service;
- using the materials as part of a commercial service you provide to another organisation.
If you would like to use the materials in a paid or commercial setting, contact hello@origami.me before doing so. We can usually offer a separate licence for the intended use.
6. Copyright and designers
Origami models in the Library may be traditional designs or copyrighted works created by individual origami designers.
Where a model has an identified designer, it is included in the Library with permission from the relevant rights holder.
The diagrams, illustrations, photographs, videos, written instructions, and other materials may also be protected by copyright separately from the underlying origami model.
Designer and diagrammer credits must remain intact.
A portion of revenue generated by the Educator Library is shared with participating artists according to Origami.me’s agreements with them.
7. Online tutorials
Many Library models link to tutorials on Origami.me containing additional step-by-step photographs, videos, explanations, or other supporting material.
These tutorials are provided as supplementary help and may be updated, moved, or changed over time.
Access to a particular supplementary video, webpage, or third-party service is not guaranteed indefinitely.
8. Downloads and access links
Access to the Library is associated with the email address used for purchase.
We may use passwordless access links or other authentication methods to verify your purchase.
You are responsible for providing a valid email address, and for making sure access intended for you or your organisation is not deliberately shared outside the scope of your licence.
If you lose your access email or link, you can request a new one using your purchase email address, or contact hello@origami.me.
9. Refunds and your right to cancel
The Library is digital content that is made available to you immediately after purchase.
If you are a consumer in the United Kingdom or the European Union, you have a statutory right to cancel within 14 days. For digital content, that right ends once we begin supplying the content, provided you have given your express consent to immediate supply and acknowledged that you lose the right to cancel. Where you have not given that consent, your right to cancel is unaffected.
Where a right to cancel, withdraw, or obtain a refund does apply to you by law, it is unaffected by these Terms.
If a refund is issued, or a payment is reversed or charged back, the licence granted to you ends and your access to the Library is withdrawn. Files you downloaded before that point are no longer covered by a licence, and you must stop using them and delete them.
Our general Refund Policy also applies. Where it conflicts with this section in relation to the Library, this section takes precedence.
10. Changes to the Library
The Library is a growing resource.
We may:
- add new models and resources;
- update or replace existing files;
- correct errors;
- reorganise categories, filters, or features;
- change the design or technical operation of the Library.
Occasionally, a model may need to be removed, for example because a designer withdraws permission or because of a copyright or licensing issue.
Lifetime access does not guarantee that every individual model available on the day of purchase will remain available forever.
Files that you validly downloaded while they were available may continue to be used under the licence granted at the time of download, unless we notify you otherwise because of a legal issue, or your licence ends under section 9 or section 13.
11. Paper, folding times, ages, and difficulty
Age recommendations, difficulty levels, folding times, and similar information are provided as guidance only.
Actual folding time and suitability can vary considerably depending on experience, age, group size, paper, teaching style, and other factors.
Educators remain responsible for deciding whether a particular activity is appropriate for their group.
12. Safety and supervision
Origami activities may involve paper cutters, scissors, craft knives, small objects, or other materials depending on how paper is prepared or how a project is used.
You are responsible for appropriate supervision and for choosing tools and materials suitable for the age and abilities of your participants.
13. Misuse of the Library
We may suspend or terminate access where we reasonably believe that a licence is being deliberately abused, for example through widespread redistribution, resale, unauthorised file sharing, or use substantially outside the licence purchased.
Where practical, we will contact you first and give you an opportunity to resolve the issue.
If we terminate your licence for a serious breach of these Terms, the licence ends in full, including the right to continue using files you downloaded before termination. You must stop using those files and delete them. This is an exception to the continued-use provision in section 10.
Termination for a serious breach does not transfer or remove any copyright or other intellectual-property rights.
14. No guarantee of uninterrupted availability
We aim to keep the Library available and working reliably, but we cannot guarantee uninterrupted access at all times.
Temporary interruptions may occur because of maintenance, technical problems, hosting issues, updates, or circumstances outside our control.
If you experience an access problem, contact hello@origami.me and we will make reasonable efforts to resolve it.
15. Consumer rights
Nothing in these Terms is intended to limit any consumer rights that cannot legally be excluded or restricted under the laws applicable to your purchase.
16. Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Origami.me is not responsible for indirect, incidental, or consequential losses arising from the use of the Library.
The Library is provided as an educational resource. Educators remain responsible for how the materials are used, how activities are conducted, and whether individual models are appropriate for their participants.
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability where doing so would be prohibited by law.
17. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time, for example to reflect changes to the Library, licensing options, or applicable law.
Changes will not retroactively remove the core usage rights that came with a valid lifetime licence you already purchased, unless a change is required by law or necessary to address a third-party rights issue.
The latest version of these Terms will be available on Origami.me.
18. Relationship with other terms
These Terms supplement our general Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Refund Policy. Where those documents conflict with these Terms in relation to the Library, these Terms take precedence.
If your purchase includes a separate written institutional, commercial, or custom licence, the terms of that licence take precedence where they conflict with these Terms.
19. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, United States, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer protections that apply to you based on where you live.
Any disputes will be handled by the courts or other competent authorities specified under applicable law.
20. Contact
If you have a question about your licence, access, or permitted use, contact:
📧 hello@origami.me
📮 Kuma Lab LLC
30 N Gould St Ste R
Sheridan, WY 82801
United States
