Welcome to Skribe. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Skribe's website, applications, and services (collectively, the "Service"). Please read these Terms carefully before using our Service.
Summary: By using Skribe, you agree to these terms. You own your content, and we provide tools to help you write. Be respectful, and we'll all get along great.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Service.
If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent and warrant that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years of age to use the Service. If you are under 18, you represent that you have your parent or guardian's permission to use the Service. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you meet these eligibility requirements.
3. Account Registration
To use certain features of the Service, you must create an account. When creating an account, you agree to:
- Provide accurate, current, and complete information
- Maintain and update your information to keep it accurate
- Maintain the security and confidentiality of your login credentials
- Accept responsibility for all activities under your account
- Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account if any information provided is inaccurate, false, or no longer current.
4. Your Content
Ownership — You Own Everything You Create
You retain complete ownership and all intellectual property rights to any content you create, upload, or store using the Service ("Your Content"). This includes your manuscripts, outlines, notes, concordance entries, timelines, character descriptions, and all other creative work. Skribe does not claim any ownership interest in Your Content, and using our Service does not transfer any of your rights to us.
What We Will Never Do
- We will never use Your Content to train AI models. Your writing is not used to train, fine-tune, or improve any artificial intelligence or machine learning systems.
- We will never sell, license, or share Your Content. Your creative work is never provided to third parties for any commercial purpose, research, or other use.
- We will never claim rights to Your Content. Everything you create remains entirely yours, during and after your use of our Service.
Limited License to Operate the Service
By using the Service, you grant Skribe only the limited, non-exclusive license necessary to:
- Store and process Your Content on our servers to provide the Service
- Display Your Content to you within the application
- Create encrypted backups of Your Content for data protection
- Share Your Content with collaborators you explicitly designate
This license exists solely to enable us to provide the Service to you. It ends immediately when you delete Your Content or close your account. We use this license only for technical operation of the Service—never for any other purpose.
Your Responsibilities
You are solely responsible for Your Content and represent that:
- You own or have the necessary rights to Your Content
- Your Content does not infringe any third party's intellectual property or other rights
- Your Content complies with all applicable laws
5. Acceptable Use
You agree not to use the Service to:
- Violate any applicable law or regulation
- Infringe the intellectual property or other rights of any third party
- Transmit any malicious code, viruses, or harmful data
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Service
- Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers
- Harass, abuse, or harm another person
- Create content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable
- Impersonate any person or entity
- Use the Service for any commercial purpose without our consent
- Scrape, data mine, or use automated means to access the Service
6. AI Features
Skribe offers optional AI-powered features designed to assist—not replace—your creative process. These features are entirely optional and can be disabled in your account settings.
How AI Features Work
- AI features are activated only when you explicitly request them
- The AI assistant helps you brainstorm, check consistency, and work through creative problems
- AI features do not write your story for you—they respond to your questions and requests
- When you use AI features, relevant context from your project may be sent to generate helpful responses
Your Content and AI
- Your Content is never used for AI training. Content processed through AI features is used only to generate your immediate response and is not stored, logged, or used to train any AI models.
- AI interactions are not retained after your session
- You can use Skribe without ever activating AI features
AI Limitations
- AI suggestions are provided as creative aids, not authoritative content
- You are responsible for reviewing and accepting any suggestions the AI provides
- We do not guarantee the accuracy, originality, or quality of AI suggestions
- The AI may occasionally produce incorrect or inconsistent information
Any content you create—whether or not you used AI assistance in developing your ideas—belongs entirely to you.
7. Subscription and Payment
Free Trial
We may offer a free trial period. At the end of the trial, you will need to subscribe to a paid plan to continue using premium features.
Billing
By subscribing to a paid plan, you agree to pay the applicable fees. Subscriptions are billed in advance on a monthly or annual basis depending on your selected plan.
Automatic Renewal
Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each billing period unless you cancel before the renewal date. You can cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings.
Refunds
Subscription fees are generally non-refundable, except as required by law or as we may specify in writing. If you believe you are entitled to a refund, please contact us at [email protected].
Price Changes
We reserve the right to change our prices. We will provide you with reasonable notice of any price changes before they take effect. Your continued use of the Service after a price change constitutes your acceptance of the new price.
8. Intellectual Property
The Service and its original content (excluding Your Content), features, and functionality are owned by Skribe and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws.
The Skribe name, logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of Skribe. You may not use such marks without our prior written permission.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, that any defects will be corrected, that the Service or servers are free of viruses or harmful components, or that the results of using the Service will meet your requirements.
10. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SKRIBE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO US, IF ANY, IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE CLAIM.
11. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Skribe and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Service, Your Content, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any third-party rights.
12. Termination
We may terminate or suspend your access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including if you breach these Terms.
Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease, you may request export of Your Content within 30 days, and we may delete Your Content after a reasonable period.
All provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
13. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising from these Terms or your use of the Service shall be resolved in the courts located in the United States.
14. Changes to Terms
We reserve the right to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If we make material changes, we will provide notice through the Service or by other means. Your continued use of the Service after any changes constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.
15. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us:
- By email: [email protected]