Terms of Service

Introduction

Please read these Terms of Service ("Terms") carefully. They contain the legal terms and conditions that govern your use of services provided to you by World Anvil, including information, text, images, graphics, data or other materials ("Content") and products and services provided through World Anvil (the "Service"). This Service is operated by Dimitrios Chavlidis. World Anvil is also referred to in these Terms as "we", "our", and "us".

By using our Service, you agree to be bound by Section I of these Terms ("General Terms"), which contains provisions applicable to all users of our Service, including visitors to the World Anvil website (the "Site"). If you choose to register as a member of our Service or purchase products from the World Anvil Shop, you will be asked to check a box indicating that you have read, and agree to be bound by, the additional terms set forth in Section II of these Terms ("Additional Terms").

Section I: General Terms

1. Availability

This Service is provided by World Anvil on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis and World Anvil reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Service, in its sole discretion, at any time and without notice. You agree that World Anvil is and will not be liable to you for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

2. Privacy

World Anvil has a firm commitment to safeguarding your privacy. Please review World Anvil's Privacy Policy. The terms of World Anvil's privacy policy are incorporated into, and form a part of, these Terms.

3. Trademarks

All brand, product and service names used in this Service which identify World Anvil or third parties and their products and services are proprietary marks of World Anvil and/or the relevant third parties. Nothing in this Service shall be deemed to confer on any person any license or right on the part of World Anvil or any third party with respect to any such image, logo or name.

4. Copyright

World Anvil is, unless otherwise stated, the owner of all copyright and data rights in the Service and its contents. Individuals who have posted works to World Anvil are either the copyright owners of the component parts of that work or are posting the work under license from a copyright owner or his or her agent or otherwise as permitted by law. You may not reproduce, distribute, publicly display or perform, or prepare derivative works based on any of the Content including any such works without the express, written consent of World Anvil or the appropriate owner of copyright in such works. World Anvil does not claim ownership rights in your works or other materials posted by you to World Anvil (Your Content). You agree not to distribute any part of the Service other than Your Content in any medium other than as permitted in these Terms of Service or by use of functions on the Service provided by us. You agree not to alter or modify any part of the Service unless expressly permitted to do so by us or by use of functions on the Service provided by us.

4a. Your Content's Copyright

World Anvil makes no claim to any of your content and will never use it for anything without your permissions apart from displaying it in the pages of the service or any other third party that you have chosen to make the content available to (Read section 4). World Anvil will, at the best of its abilities, provide you with the means to prove any copyright infringment claim you wish to make against any other part. World Anvil strongly believes that the creators should be the sole owners of the content created and should always receive credit when due.

5. Reporting Copyright Violations

World Anvil respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the Service to do the same. At World Anvil's discretion and in appropriate circumstances, World Anvil may remove Your Content submitted to the Site, terminate the accounts of users or prevent access to the Site by users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe the copyright in your work or in the work for which you act as an agent has been infringed through this Service, please contact World Anvil's agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement, Daniel Sowers who can be reached through [email protected]. You must provide our agent with substantially the following information, which World Anvil may then forward to the alleged infringer for further details):

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material.
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner.
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please see World Anvil's Copyright Policy for further information and details.

6. External Links

World Anvil may provide links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that World Anvil is not responsible or liable for: the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or the Content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by World Anvil of such websites or resources or the Content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources.

7. Third Party Software

As a convenience, we may make third-party software available through the Service. To use the third-party software, you must agree to the terms and conditions imposed by the third party provider and the agreement to use such software will be solely between you and the third party provider. By downloading third party software, you acknowledge and agree that the software is provided on an "AS IS" basis without warranty of any kind. In no event shall World Anvil be liable for claims or damages of any nature, whether direct or indirect, arising from or related to any third-party software downloaded through the Service.

8. Conduct

You agree that you shall not interfere with or disrupt (or attempt to interfere with or disrupt) this Service or servers or networks connected to this Service, or to disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to this Service; or provide any information to World Anvil that is false or misleading, that attempts to hide your identity or that you do not have the right to disclose. World Anvil does not endorse any content placed on the Service by third parties or any opinions or advice contained in such content. You agree and understand that use of multiple accounts is prohibited if those accounts share any content in between them at any time. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless World Anvil, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and expert fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Services, or your violation of these Terms.

9. Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability

World Anvil MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT OR PRODUCTS, PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. World Anvil DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. World Anvil MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS SERVICE. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT World Anvil IS NOT LIABLE FOR YOUR DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT, OR SUCH CONDUCT BY THIRD PARTIES, AND YOU EXPRESSLY ASSUME ALL RISKS AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGES AND LOSSES ARISING FROM SUCH CONDUCT. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS, LIMITED REMEDIES PROVIDED HEREIN, AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, World Anvil SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, EVEN IF World Anvil HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS, WAIVERS AND LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF OR LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR DAMAGES. THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL World Anvil'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO World Anvil PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.

10. Amendment of the Terms

We reserve the right to amend these Terms from time to time in our sole discretion. If you have registered as a member, we shall notify you of any material changes to these Terms (and the effective date of such changes) by sending an email to the address you have provided to World Anvil for your account. For all other users, we will post the revised terms on the Site. If you continue to use the Service after the effective date of the revised Terms, you will be deemed to have accepted those changes. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, your sole remedy shall be to discontinue using the Service.

11. General

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between World Anvil and you with respect to your use of the Service. World Anvil's failure to enforce any right or provision in these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If a court should find that one or more provisions contained in these Terms is invalid, you agree that the remainder of the Terms shall be enforceable. World Anvil shall have the right to assign its rights and/or delegate its obligations under these Terms, in whole or in part, to any person or business entity. You may not assign your rights or delegate your obligations under these Terms without the prior written consent of World Anvil. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. Any disputes arising under or in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of the State of California.

Section II: Additional Terms

12. Registration

To register as a member of the Service or purchase products, you must be 13 years or lawfully permitted to enter into and form contracts under applicable law. In no event may minors submit Content to the Service. You agree that the information that you provide to us upon registration, at the time of purchase, and at all other times will be true, accurate, current and complete. You also agree that you will ensure that this information is kept accurate and up to date at all times. This is especially important with respect to your email address, since that is the primary way in which we will communicate with you about your account and your orders. You agree that your account is personal and will only be used by you and only you.

13. Password

When you register as a member you will be asked to provide a password. You are responsible for safeguarding the password and you agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You agree that you shall be solely responsible for any activities or actions under your password, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You shall immediately notify World Anvil of any unauthorized use of your password.

14. Submitting Content

Chat Rooms and Forums - As a registered member of the Service, you will be granted the privilege of participating in chat rooms and forums on the World Anvil website as part of the Service, which means you may post Your Content in the form of text for display in these areas of the World Anvil website, subject to your compliance with the Terms.

15. Copyright in Your Content

World Anvil does not claim ownership rights in Your Content. For the sole purpose of enabling us to make your Content available through the Service, you grant to World Anvil a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, re-format, store, prepare derivative works based on, and publicly display and perform Your Content. Please note that when you upload Content, third parties will be able to copy, distribute and display your Content using readily available tools on their computers for this purpose although other than by linking to your Content on World Anvil any use by a third party of your Content could violate paragraph 4 of these Terms and Conditions unless the third party receives permission from you by license.

16. Monitoring Content

World Anvil has no ability to control the Content you may upload, post or otherwise transmit using the Service and does not have any obligation to monitor such Content for any purpose. You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for all Content and material you upload, post or otherwise transmit using the Service.

17. Storage Policy

At this time, World Anvil provides limited online storage of Your Content to registered members of the Service. However, you acknowledge and agree that World Anvil may, at its option, establish limits concerning your use of the Service, including without limitation the maximum number of days that Your Content will be retained by the Service, the maximum size of any Content files that may be stored on the Service, the maximum disk space that will be allotted to you for the storage of Content on World Anvil's servers. Furthermore, you acknowledge that World Anvil reserves the right to terminate or suspend accounts that are inactive, in World Anvil's sole discretion, for an extended period of time (thus deleting or suspending access to your Content). Without limiting the generality of Section 9, World Anvil shall have no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any Content maintained on the Service and you are solely responsible for creating back-ups of Your Content. You further acknowledge that World Anvil reserves the right to modify its storage policies from time to time, with or without notice to you.

18. Conduct

You agree to be subject to and to conduct yourself in accordance with the World Anvil Etiquette Policy.You are responsible for all of Your Content you upload, download, and otherwise copy, distribute and display using the Service. You must have the legal right to copy, distribute and display all parts of any content that you upload, download and otherwise copy, distribute and display. Content provided to you by others, or made available through websites, magazines, books and other sources, are protected by copyright and should not be uploaded, downloaded, or otherwise copied, distributed or displayed without the consent of the copyright owner or as otherwise permitted by law. Please refer to World Anvil's Copyright Policy for further details.

You agree not to use the Service:

1. for any unlawful purposes;
2. to upload, post, or otherwise transmit any material that is obscene, offensive, blasphemous, pornographic, unlawful, threatening, menacing, abusive, harmful, an invasion of privacy or publicity rights, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, illegal or otherwise objectionable;
3. to upload, post, or otherwise transmit any material that infringes any copyright, trade mark, patent or other intellectual property right or any moral right or artist's right of any third party including, but not limited to, World Anvil or to facilitate the unlawful distribution of copyrighted content or illegal content;
4. to harm minors in any way, including, but not limited to, uploading, posting, or otherwise transmitting content that violates child pornography laws, child sexual exploitation laws or laws prohibiting the depiction of minors engaged in sexual conduct, or submitting any personally identifiable information about any child under the age of 13;
5. to forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
6. to upload, post, or otherwise transmit any material which is likely to cause harm to World Anvil or anyone else's computer systems, including but not limited to that which contains any virus, code, worm, data or other files or programs designed to damage or allow unauthorized access to the Service which may cause any defect, error, malfunction or corruption to the Service;
7. for any commercial purpose, except as expressly permitted under these Terms;
8. to sell access to the Service on any other website or to use the Service on another website for the primary purpose of gaining advertising or subscription revenue other than a personal blog or social network where the primary purpose is to display content from World Anvil by hyperlink and not to compete with World Anvil.

19. Suspension and Termination of Access and Membership

You agree that World Anvil may at any time, and without notice, suspend or terminate any part of the Service, or refuse to fulfill any order, or any part of any order or terminate your membership and delete any Content stored on the World Anvil Site, in World Anvil's sole discretion, if you fail to comply with the Terms or applicable law.

21. Subscription

1. Unless otherwise stated, all World Anvil subscriptions are reoccurring. That means that subscriptions renew at the end of their period automatically.
2. World Anvil subscriptions are non-refundable. They are considered "used at point of purchase".
   That said, we are a small team and we care deeply about our community. If there are genuine extenuating circumstances in your case, please contact us, and we will do our best to help you out.
   Why do we do that
   Due to the fact that we never delete ANY of your content once uploaded (unless you delete it or ask us to), it is therefore our inherent duty to pay for storage for that content. Our refunds policy protects us from a user who could purchase a membership, upload GBs worth of data, and then request a refund, leaving us with all the costs of storing that content in perpetuity*.
   Refunds also incur significant charges to us in transaction fees and handling
   charges from our subscription service. *To this date, no content has been deleted since Nov 2017. If we ever were to delete content, due to account inactivity, you will be contacted via the email you have connected to your account.
3. We try our best to conduct our business as fairly as possible. Our Subscriptions model follows the guidelines set by the CMA (Competition & Markets Authority, UK). You can find more about the guidelines here.
4. World Anvil is obliged by law and in accordance to the Consumer Rights Act to provide refunds for purchases only if said purchase has been done illegally.
1. As a digital product a subscription is considered used at the point of activation and you waive your rights to any refund that would have been otherwise related to a physical product.
2. If a subscription has been purchased without your prior knowledge and it is reported within the first 14 days of the purchase World Anvil will refund the purchase.
5. In order to allow the user to test the product, World Anvil provides a free membership and monthly reoccuring subscriptions.
6. A subscription can be cancelled at any time and it will not expire until the end of its term. There are no fees or costs associated with cancelling your subscription.

22. Owned Assets & Website Integrity

Any change done using web or other technologies to the core structure of the website will be frowned upon. Users with access to CSS editing of the website are not permitted to alter the content and/or the design of the header and the footer of World Anvil. Any change will be penalised and be dealt in person by person case. This might lead to denial of use of CSS features, deletion of CSS code and/or permanent ban from the website.

23. Lifetime membership

A lifetime membership is defined as a membership that lasts for the lifetime of this product or 30 years, whichever is less. Lifetime members are not excluded from World Anvil's terms or service or website etiquette rules - they are still subject to all #rules, terms and obligations of World Anvil as well as repercussions for breaking said terms.

• Lifetime Membership upgrades from Lifetime Grandmaster to Lifetime Sage are prorated. This is the only upgrade that can be performed on a Lifetime Membership.
• Lifetime Membership downgrades are not possible at any point after purchase.
• Lifetime Memberships cannot be transferred or sold to another user once purchased. An account with a Lifetime Membership attached to it cannot be transferred or sold to another user.
• As with all World Anvil memberships, Lifetime Memberships are considered used at the point of activation, and you, the customer, waive your rights to any refund that would have been otherwise related to a physical product.