Welcome to FictionBuddy! These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the FictionBuddy web application, located at [Your Website URL Here] (the "Service"). The Service is designed to help users conceptualize and outline novels and stories.

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to all these Terms, do not use the Service.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By creating an account or using FictionBuddy, you confirm that you are at least 13 years of age and that you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you are agreeing to these Terms for that organization and representing that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms. In that case, "you" and "your" will refer to that organization.

2. Your Account

• Account Creation: To use certain features of the Service, you may be required to register for an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete.
• Account Security: You are responsible for safeguarding your password and for any activities or actions under your account. FictionBuddy cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to maintain the security of your account and password.
• Prohibited Uses: You agree not to create an account or use the Service if you have been previously removed or banned from FictionBuddy.

3. Your Content

• Ownership: You retain all rights to any content you create, upload, or generate using FictionBuddy ("Your Content"). This includes, but is not limited to, outlines, character descriptions, plot points, and any other textual or creative material.
• License to FictionBuddy: By submitting Your Content to the Service, you grant FictionBuddy a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, store, display, reproduce, modify, and distribute Your Content solely for the purpose of operating, developing, providing, and improving the Service. This license terminates when you delete Your Content from the Service.
• Content Responsibility: You are solely responsible for Your Content. You represent and warrant that you own Your Content or have the necessary rights and permissions to use and authorize FictionBuddy to use Your Content as described in these Terms. You also represent and warrant that Your Content, and your use of FictionBuddy, does not and will not violate any third-party rights, including intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or publicity rights, or violate any applicable law or regulation.
• Prohibited Content: You agree not to use the Service to create, upload, or share any content that:
  • Is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable.
  • Infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party.
  • Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.

4. Use of the Service

• Permitted Use: You may use the Service only for its intended purpose, which is to assist you in conceptualizing and outlining your novels and stories.
• Restrictions: You agree not to:
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code or underlying algorithms of the Service.
  • Modify, adapt, translate, or create derivative works based on the Service.
  • Rent, lease, sell, sublicense, or otherwise transfer your rights to use the Service.
  • Use the Service in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party's use of the Service.
  • Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Service for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Service.
  • Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Service, the server on which the Service is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Service.

5. Intellectual Property

The Service and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by FictionBuddy, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

6. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. FICTIONBUDDY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. FICTIONBUDDY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.

7. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL FICTIONBUDDY, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE SERVICE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

8. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless FictionBuddy, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Service, including, but not limited to, Your Content, any use of the Service's content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms, or your use of any information obtained from the Service.

9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Service and these Terms, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of [Your State Here] without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.

Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or the Service shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of [Your State Here], in each case located in [Your City Here] and [Your County Here], although we retain the right to bring any suit, action, or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

10. Changes to Terms

We may revise and update these Terms from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Service thereafter. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes.

11. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of the Terms. If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the Service.

12. Miscellaneous

• Entire Agreement: These Terms and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and FictionBuddy regarding the Service and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Service.
• Waiver and Severability: No waiver by FictionBuddy of any term or condition set out in these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of FictionBuddy to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue in full force and effect.

13. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at blackjayjay89@gmail.com,

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