Version Effective Date: December 19, 2023
Thank You For Using The Gendo Platform (The “Services”). These Terms Of Service (The “Agreement”) Explain What Rights You Have With Respect To Images And Other Assets Which You Might Generate With The Service, Or Prompts You Might Enter Into The Service (The “Assets”), Your Use Of The Services, And Other Important Topics Like Arbitration. Please Read It Carefully. Our Privacy Policy Outlines How We Handle Your Data Here.
This Agreement Is Entered Into By Gendo Technology Ltd And The Entity Or Person Agreeing To These Terms (The “Customer,” “You” Or “Your”) And Govern The Customer's Access To And Use Of The Services.
This Agreement Is Effective When The Customer Is Presented With This Agreement And Procedures To Use The Services (The “Effective Date”) Or To Receive Or Distribute Assets. These Terms May Be Updated And Presented Again To The Customer From Time To Time. Continued Use Of The Services Constitutes Acceptance Of The Updated Terms. If You Do Not Agree To This Agreement, Please Stop Using The Services.
Other Documents Referenced Here May Also Bind Customer's Use Of The Services, Including The Community Guidelines Below.
1. Service Availability And Quality
We Are Constantly Improving The Services To Make Them Better. The Services Are Subject To Modification And Change, Including But Not Limited To The Art Style Of Assets, The Algorithms Used To Generate The Assets, And Features Available To The Customer. No Guarantees Are Made With Respect To The Services' Quality, Stability, Uptime Or Reliability. Please Do Not Create Any Dependencies On Any Attributes Of The Services Or The Assets. We Will Not Be Liable To You Or Your Downstream Customers For Any Harm Caused By Your Dependency On The Service.
Both The Services And The Assets Are Provided To Customer On An “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, Either Express Or Implied, Including, Without Limitation, Any Warranties Or Conditions Of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, Or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You Are Solely Responsible For Determining The Appropriateness Of Using Or Redistributing The Assets And Assume Any Risks Associated With Use Of The Services.
Gendo Reserves The Right To Suspend Or Ban Your Access To The Services At Any Time, And For Any Reason. You May Not Use The Services For Competitive Research. You May Not Reverse Engineer The Services Or The Assets. You May Not Use Automated Tools To Access, Interact With, Or Generate Assets Through The Services. Only One User May Use The Services Per Registered Account. Each User Of The Services May Only Have One Account.
We Reserve The Right To Investigate Complaints Or Reported Violations Of Our Terms Of Service And To Take Any Action We Deem Appropriate Including But Not Limited To Reporting Any Suspected Unlawful Activity To Law Enforcement Officials, Regulators, Or Other Third Parties And Disclosing Any Necessary Information Or Appropriate To Such Persons Or Entities Relating To User Profiles, E-Mail Addresses, Usage History, Posted Materials, IP Addresses And Traffic Information.
2. Age Requirements
By Accessing The Services, You Confirm That You Are At Least 18 Years Old And Meet The Minimum Age Of Digital Consent In Your Country.
Gendo Tries To Make Its Services PG-13 And Family Friendly, But The Assets Are Generated By An Artificial Intelligence System Based On User Queries. This Is New Technology And It Does Not Always Work As Expected. No Guarantees Are Made As To The Suitability Of The Assets For The Customer.
3. Your Information
By Using The Services, You May Provide Gendo With Personal Information Like Your Email Address, User Name, Billing Information, Favorites, Image Outputs, And Text Prompts That You Enter, Or Sample Images That You Upload To The Service. Our Privacy Policy Can Be Found Here.
4. Copyright And Trademark
In This Section, Paid Member Shall Refer To A Customer Who Has Subscribed To A Paying Plan.
Rights You Give To Gendo
By Using The Services, You Grant To Gendo, Its Successors, And Assigns A Perpetual, Worldwide, Non-Exclusive, Sublicensable No-Charge, Royalty-Free, Irrevocable Copyright License To Reproduce, Prepare Derivative Works Of, Publicly Display, Publicly Performance, Sublicense, And Distribute Text, And Image Prompts You Input Into The Services, Or Assets Produced By The Service At Your Direction. This License Survives Termination Of This Agreement By Any Party, For Any Reason.
Your Rights
Subject To The Above License, You Own All Assets You Create With The Services, Provided They Were Created In Accordance With This Agreement. This Excludes Upscaling The Images Of Others, Which Images Remain Owned By The Original Asset Creators. Gendo Makes No Representatives Or Warranties With Respect To The Current Law That Might Apply To You. Please Consult Your Own Lawyer If You Want More Information About The State Of Current Law In Your Jurisdiction. Your Ownership Of The Assets You Created Persists Even If In Subsequent Months You Downgrade Or Cancel Your Membership. However, You Do Not Own The Assets If You Fall Under The Exceptions Below.
If You Are An Employee Or Owner Of A Company With More Than £1,000,000 GBP A Year In Gross Revenue And You Are Using The Services On Behalf Of Your Employer, You Must Purchase A “Enterprise” Membership For Every Individual Accessing The Services On Your Behalf In Order To Own Assets You Create. If You Are Not Sure Whether Your Use Qualifies As On Behalf Of Your Employer, Please Assume It Does.
If You Are Not A Paid Member, You Don't Own The Assets You Create. Instead, Gendo Grants You A License To The Assets Under The Creative Commons Noncommercial 4.0 Attribution International License (The “Asset License”).
5. Takedowns Policy
Notification Procedures
We Respect The Intellectual Property Rights Of Others. If You Believe That Material Located On Or Linked To By The Services Violates Your Copyright Or Trademark, Please Send A Notice Of Claimed Infringement To Hello@Gendo.Ai With The Subject “Takedown Request,” And Include The Following:
Your Physical Or Electronic Signature.
Identification Of The Copyrighted Work (Or Mark) You Believe To Have Been Infrared Or, If The Claim Involves Multiple Works, A Representative List Of Such Works.
Identification Of The Material You Believe To Be Infringing In A Sufficiently Precise And Detailed Manner To Allow Us To Locate That Material.
Adequate Information By Which We Can Contact You (Including Your Name, Postal Address, Telephone Number, And, If Available, Email Address).
A Statement That You Have A Good Faith Belief That Use Of The Copyrighted Material Is Not Authorized By The Copyright Owner, Its Agent, Or The Law.
A Statement That The Information In The Written Notice Is Accurate.
A Statement, Under Penalty Of Perjury, That You Are Authorized To Act On Behalf Of The Copyright Owner.
If The Copyright Owner's Rights Arise Under The Laws Of A Country Other Than The United Kingdom, Please Identify The Country.
Counter-Notification Procedures
If You Believe That Material Was Removed Or Access To It Was Disabled By Mistake Or Misidentification, You May File A Counter-Notification With Us By Submitting A Written Notification To Our Copyright Agent Designated Above. Such Notification Must Include Substantially The Following:
Your Physical Or Electronic Signature.
An Identification Of The Material That Has Been Removed Or To Which Access Has Been Disabled And The Location At Which The Material Appeared Before It Was Removed Or Access Disabled.
Adequate Information By Which We Can Contact You (Including Your Name, Postal Address, Telephone Number, And, If Available, Email Address).
A Statement Under Penalty Of Perjury By You That You Have A Good Faith Belief That The Material Identified Above Was Removed Or Disabled As A Result Of A Mistake Or Misidentification Of The Material To Be Removed Or Disabled.
6. Dispute Resolution And Governing Law
All legal claims arising out of or relating to this agreement (including any dispute regarding the interpretation of performance of the agreement) (“Dispute”) will be governed by the laws of the United Kingdom. This in reference to serious and reasonably meritorious legal claims, not personal disputes that don't cause economic harm.
7. Unlimited Service And Rate Limiting
If You Purchase An Unlimited Plan, We Will Try To Reasonably Offer You Unlimited Access To The Services. However, We Reserve The Right To Rate Limit You To Prevent Quality Decay Or Interruptions To Other Customers.
8. Payment And Billing
We May Invoice You For Your Use Of The Services Through A Third Party Payment Service Provider. The Third Party Service Provider's Terms Of Service Shall Govern And Supersede This Agreement In Case Of Conflict.
You Are Free To Cancel Your Plan At Any Time. We Also Reserve The Right To Terminate Your Access To The Service For Any Reason, Including For Violation Of The Community Guidelines Or Other Inappropriate Use Of The Service. Any Violation Of Community Guidelines Is A Breach Of This Agreement. You Will Not Be Refunded For The Current Subscription Period, But You Will Not Be Charged After The Current Subscription Period Has Ended.
9. Community Guidelines
Be Kind And Respect Each Other And Staff. Do Not Create Images Or Use Text Prompts That Are Inherently Disrespectful, Aggressive, Or Otherwise Abustive. Violence Or Harassment Of Any Kind Will Not Be Tolerated.
No Adult Content Or Gore. Please Avoid Making Visually Shocking Or Disturbing Content. We Will Block Some Text Inputs Automatically.
You May Not Use The Services To Generate Images For Political Campaigns, Or To Try To Influence The Outcome Of An Election.
Banhammer. Any Violations Of These Rules May Lead To Bans From Our Services. We Are Not A Democracy. Behave Respectfully Or Lose Your Rights To Use The Service.
10. Limitation Of Liability And Indemnity
We Provide The Service As Is, And We Make No Promises Or Guarantees About It.
You Understand And Agree That We Will Not Be Liable To You Or Any Third Party For Any Loss Of Profits, Use, Goodwill, Or Data, Or For Any Indirect, Indirect, Special, Consequential Or Exemplary Damages, However They Arise.
You Are Responsible For Your Use Of The Service. If You Harm Someone Else Or Get Into A Dispute With Someone Else, We Will Not Be Involved
If You Knowingly Infringe Someone Else's Intellectual Property, And That Costs Us Money, We're Going To Come Find You And Collect That Money From You. We Might Also Do Other Stuff, Like Try To Get A Court To Make You Pay Our Attorney's Fees. Don't Do It.
11. Miscellaneous
Force Majeure. Neither Party Will Be Liable For Failure Or Delay In Performance To The Extent Caused By Circumstances Beyond Its Reasonable Control, Including Acts Of God, Natural Disasters, Terrorism, Riots, Or War.
No Agency. This Agreement Does Not Create Any Agency, Partnership, Or Joint Venture Between The Parties.
Severability. If Any Part Of This Agreement Is Invalid, Illegal, Or Unenforceable, The Rest Of The Agreement Will Remain In Effect.
No Third-Party Benefits. This Agreement Does Not Confer Any Benefits On Any Third Party Unless It Expressively States That It Does.
Survival. The Sections And Obligations In This Agreement That A Reasonable Person Would Expect To Survive This Agreement, Will. Particularly The IP And Privacy Stuff.