Beta Terms of Service

1.1. Limited License. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service solely for your personal or internal business purposes during the beta period. This license does not include the right to sublicense, distribute, or make the Service available to any third party.

1.2. Beta Nature. You acknowledge that the Service is in beta and may contain bugs, errors, or incomplete features. The Service is provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service at any time without notice.

1.3. Termination. We may terminate or suspend your access to the Service at any time, for any reason, without prior notice. Upon termination, all rights granted under these Terms immediately cease, but the obligations in Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 survive termination.

2.2. Non-Disclosure Obligation. You agree to hold all Confidential Information in strict confidence and not to disclose, publish, or disseminate any Confidential Information to any third party. You shall use at least the same degree of care to protect Confidential Information as you use to protect your own confidential information, but in no event less than reasonable care.

2.4. Exceptions. Confidential Information does not include information that: (a) was publicly available at the time of disclosure through no fault of yours; (b) becomes publicly available after disclosure through no fault of yours; (c) was already known to you prior to disclosure, as demonstrated by written records predating your access to the Service; or (d) is independently developed by you without reference to or use of Confidential Information.

2.5. Required Disclosures. If you are compelled by law, regulation, or legal process to disclose Confidential Information, you shall provide us with prompt written notice (to the extent legally permitted) so that we may seek a protective order or other remedy. You shall disclose only the minimum amount of Confidential Information required.

2.6. Duration. Your confidentiality obligations under this Section 2 shall survive for a period of three (3) years following the termination or expiration of your access to the Service, or for as long as the information remains a trade secret under applicable law, whichever is longer.

3.1. Trade Secrets. You acknowledge that the Service contains trade secrets of the Company, including proprietary methods for voice profiling, content generation, story analysis, and AI-assisted creative workflows. You agree that these methods derive independent economic value from not being generally known and that the Company has taken reasonable measures to maintain their secrecy.

3.2. Duty to Protect. You agree to take all reasonable steps to safeguard the Company's trade secrets. Misappropriation of trade secrets may subject you to liability under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. § 1836 et seq.), applicable state trade secret laws, and any other applicable law.

4.1. Company IP. The Service, including all software, algorithms, designs, text, graphics, and other materials, is owned by the Company and protected by intellectual property laws. Nothing in these Terms grants you any right, title, or interest in the Service except the limited license in Section 1.1.

4.2. Your User Content; Sole Ownership; Limited Operational License. You retain all right, title, and interest in any content you upload to or create through the Service (“User Content”), including without limitation transcripts, notes, story materials, writing samples, pitches, loglines, synopses, treatments, outlines, beat sheets, scripts, show bibles, character work, conversation logs, session notes, and your voice profile and process profile (collectively, the “Voice Profile”). The Company claims no ownership interest in your User Content. The Voice Profile is part of your User Content and is owned by you, not by the Company. You grant the Company a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, transmit, process, and display your User Content back to you for the sole purpose of providing the Service to you. This license terminates on your deletion of the relevant content or termination of your account, except to the extent necessary for the Company to comply with the data-retention and deletion provisions of the Privacy Policy.

4.3. No AI Model Training on Your Content. The Company does not train, fine-tune, or otherwise improve any artificial-intelligence model on your User Content. The Company does not maintain a first-party AI model that is trained on user content. The Company's third-party AI providers (currently Anthropic and OpenAI, as disclosed in the Privacy Policy) are configured under their respective commercial API terms which provide for non-training of customer inputs and outputs by default. The Company will not use your User Content to train any AI model now or in the future without your express written consent. See the Privacy Policy Section 4 for the full no-training commitment, including how the Company monitors third-party API terms for changes.

4.5. Feedback. If you provide feedback, suggestions, or ideas about the Service (“Feedback”), you grant the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, and incorporate the Feedback into the Service without obligation to you. Feedback does not include your User Content. The license in this Section 4.5 covers only the Feedback itself (the comments, suggestions, bug reports), not the underlying creative work you put into the Service.

5.1. Injunctive Relief. You acknowledge that any breach of the confidentiality or trade secret provisions of these Terms may cause irreparable harm to the Company for which monetary damages would be inadequate. Accordingly, the Company shall be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity, without the requirement of posting a bond. You are entitled to the same equitable remedies in the event the Company breaches its commitments under Sections 4.2, 4.3, or 4.4.

5.2. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company from any claims, damages, losses, or expenses (including reasonable attorney fees) arising from your breach of these Terms.

6.1. Disclaimer. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE.

6.2. Limitation. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY.

7.1. Governing Law. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

7.2. Entire Agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and (for beta testers who have signed one) the Beta Tester Confidentiality Agreement, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.

7.3. Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

7.4. Modifications. We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you through the Service. Your continued use of the Service after such notice constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. Material changes to Section 4.3 (No AI Model Training on Your Content) or Section 4.4 (How We Treat Your Creative Content) will additionally be communicated through Platform-level notification.

7.5. Electronic Acceptance. You agree that clicking “I Accept,” “I Agree,” or similar affirmation, or by accessing or using the Service after these Terms are presented to you, constitutes your legally binding acceptance of these Terms, equivalent to a handwritten signature.

7.6. Contact. Questions about these Terms should be directed to: logan@storyhack.io