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Terms of Service

This Terms of Service Agreement governs your access to and use of Draftout, the AI essay writing service available on draftout.ai, provided by Akademische Unterstutzung GmbH, Swiss limited company, number CHE-375.454.013.

Introduction

This terms of service agreement, the Agreement, governs your access to and usage of the Draftout service provided by Akademische Unterstutzung GmbH, the Company, Draftout, or We.

Mission

In Draftout we strongly believe in our mission and everything about our Service is made to fit it. We believe AI can become a helpful tool for people who want to gather information from the internet free of fakes and untrustworthy sources for self-education.

Our mission implies an ethical approach. As a binding term of this Agreement, you shall use our Service for self-education, curiosity about the world, and learning to be better. You shall not use our Service to cheat or conduct academic dishonesty, steal, copy, or claim as your own any results provided by the Service.

Agreement to Terms

By using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service. If you are using the Services on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.

Privacy Policy

Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of the Services and explains how we collect, use and share your information.

Subscriptions

  • Draftout requires payment of a fee for use of the Services, or certain portions of them, and you agree to pay those fees.
  • If you purchase a subscription, you authorize us or our third-party payment processor to charge the payment method associated with your Payment Information.
  • By subscribing, you agree to the pricing, payment, and billing policies as posted or communicated to you. All fees and applicable taxes are payable in US dollars.
  • You will be charged the current annual, 3 months, or monthly Subscription Fee at the beginning of your Subscription and each subsequent billing period until you cancel.

Payment Information

We may request additional information such as your credit card number, expiration date, and email and postal addresses for billing and notification purposes. You authorize us to share your Payment Information with third parties to complete the transaction, and we may request further information to verify your identity.

Cancellation

You can cancel your subscription at any time. Cancellation is effective at the end of the current Subscription period.

To cancel, go to your profile in the top right corner of draftout.ai, click on Pro, and you will see the option to cancel your subscription. Alternatively, you can email us at help@draftout.ai.

Tryout Threshold

After subscribing, you may try to use our Service up to ten times by generating texts. Reaching the tryout threshold will be considered acceptance and satisfaction with the Service.

Refunds

  • Non EU residents: You may cancel your Subscription within 7 calendar days of purchase for a full refund if you have not exceeded the 10-times tryout threshold. If you have used fewer than 10 times, we may deduct a prorated fee based on usage. After 7 days or after 10 uses, no refund is available.
  • EU residents: You are entitled to withdraw from the Agreement within 14 days of Subscription start date without providing justification. You agree to waive that right if you go past the Tryout threshold.
  • Except as otherwise provided above, all payments are non-refundable or non-transferable.

Changes to These Terms or the Services

We may update these Terms from time to time at our sole discretion. If we do, we will let you know by posting the updated Terms on the Site. If you continue to use the Services after the updated Terms are posted, you accept and agree to the changes.

Because our Services evolve over time, we may change or discontinue all or any part of the Services at any time and without notice, at our sole discretion.

Who May Use the Services?

You may use the Services only if you are 18 years or older and capable of forming a binding contract with Draftout, and are not otherwise barred from using the Services under applicable law.

Certain features require an account. You must provide accurate, complete and current account information and keep it up to date. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.

Your Content

Sharing Content

Through our Services, you may have the ability to share or store text, images, videos, music, software, files, documents, graphics and similar materials. This is referred to as User Content. You retain all ownership rights to your User Content.

License to Your User Content

When you make User Content available through the Services, you grant Draftout a non-exclusive, fully paid-up, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based on, distribute, publicly display, and publicly perform your User Content for the purpose of operating and providing the Services.

Your Responsibility for User Content

You bear full responsibility for all User Content you provide. You confirm that you have all necessary rights to grant us the license described in these Terms and that your User Content will not infringe third-party rights or violate any applicable law or regulation.

Deleting Your User Content

You may delete your User Content by specifically selecting to delete it. However, copies such as posts or comments may continue to exist on our Services even after deletion. We cannot guarantee complete removal.

Your Use of Generated Content

Provided that you comply with these Terms, Draftout grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual, worldwide license, with no right to sublicense, to use Generated Content for self-educational purposes only.

Intellectual Property Rights of Draftout

The Services may include content, including Generated Content, that is protected by intellectual property rights belonging to Draftout or its partners, and such content remains our or their exclusive property.

Prohibited Jurisdictions

You are strictly prohibited from accessing or using the Website or the Services if you are located, incorporated, established in, a citizen or resident of, or using an internet protocol address or telecommunication provider from:

  • Iran, Syria, North Korea or Sudan.
  • Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  • Any jurisdiction where access or use of the Services would be illegal according to applicable law because of your nationality, domicile, citizenship, residence or otherwise.

General Prohibitions and Draftout Enforcement Rights

You agree not to do any of the following:

  • Post, upload, publish, submit or transmit User Content that infringes third-party rights, violates law, is fraudulent, misleading, defamatory, obscene, offensive, discriminatory, violent, threatening, or promotes illegal or harmful activities.
  • Use, display, mirror or frame the Services, Draftout name, trademarks, logo, proprietary information, or site layout without express written consent.
  • Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, computer systems, or technical delivery systems.
  • Allow other users to access your account or sell your login details.
  • Probe, scan, test vulnerabilities, or breach security or authentication measures.
  • Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent technological protection measures.
  • Access or search the Services or download content using spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or similar mechanisms.
  • Send unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, spam, chain letters or other solicitation.
  • Use meta tags or other hidden text utilizing a Draftout trademark, logo URL or product name without written consent.
  • Use the Services for any commercial purpose or for the benefit of any third party unless expressly permitted.
  • Forge headers or use the Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information.
  • Decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any software used to provide the Services.
  • Interfere with the access of any user, host or network, including by sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing.
  • Collect or store personally identifiable information from other users without express permission.
  • Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation.
  • Violate any applicable law or regulation or encourage others to do so.

Draftout is not required to monitor use of the Services or to edit content, but we reserve the right to do so to operate the Services, ensure compliance with these Terms, and abide by applicable legal requirements.

We may remove or restrict access to any content, investigate any conduct affecting the Services, and cooperate with law enforcement agencies to prosecute users who break the law.

DMCA/Copyright Policy

Draftout respects copyright law and expects its users to do the same. It is our policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, account holders who repeatedly infringe or are believed to be repeatedly infringing copyright.

Links to Third Party Websites or Resources

The Services may allow you to access third-party websites or resources. We provide access only as a convenience and are not responsible for the content, products or services available from those resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any third-party resources.

Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to and use of the Services, including your account, at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice. You may cancel your account at any time by sending an email to help@draftout.com.

Upon termination, discontinuation or cancellation, the sections concerning accrued payments, licenses, limitations, disputes and other surviving obligations will remain in effect to the extent stated in these Terms.

Warranty Disclaimer and Indemnity

The Services are provided on an as is basis without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied. We explicitly disclaim warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, quiet enjoyment, non-infringement, and warranties arising out of course of dealing or usage of trade.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Draftout, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, disputes, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising from your use of the Services, User Content you provide, or violation of these Terms.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither Draftout nor its service providers will be liable for incidental, consequential, exemplary, or special damages, including lost profits, lost revenues, lost savings, lost business opportunities, loss of data or goodwill, service interruption, computer damage, system failure, or the cost of substitute services, arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the use or inability to use the Services.

To the extent allowed by law, Draftout liability for any claims arising from or related to these Terms or the Services shall not exceed the total amount paid or payable by you to Draftout, or ten dollars if you have not made any payment, whichever is applicable.

Governing Law and Forum Choice

These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the Arbitration Act and the laws of Switzerland, without regard to conflict of laws provisions.

Class Action Waiver

Each party waives any right to assert claims against the other as a representative or member in any class or representative action, except where such waiver is prohibited by law or against public policy.

To the extent either party is permitted by law or court to proceed with a class or representative action, the prevailing party shall not be entitled to recover attorneys' fees or costs associated with pursuing that action, and the party who initiates or participates as a member of the class will not submit a claim or otherwise participate in any recovery secured through the class or representative action.

Dispute Resolution

All disputes, claims or controversies arising from or related to these Terms or the use of the Services must be resolved through binding individual arbitration and not through a class, representative, or consolidated action or proceeding.

The arbitration shall be governed by the Arbitration Act, and you and Draftout waive the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action. If a court finds this provision unenforceable, the entire Dispute Resolution section will be null and void.

General Terms

Rights Reserved

Draftout and its licensors own all rights, title, and interest in the Services, including associated intellectual property rights. You agree not to remove, modify, or conceal any copyright, trademark, service mark, or other proprietary rights notices included in or accompanying the Services.

Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between Draftout and you regarding the Services and supersede prior oral or written understandings. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect.

Notices and Waiver

Draftout may provide notices by email or by posting them on the Services. Failure to enforce any right or provision will not be deemed a waiver unless made in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative.

Disclaimer

The Services are provided on an as-is and as-available basis, and your use of the Services is at your sole risk.

We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We make no warranties about the accuracy or completeness of the Services' content or third-party content linked through the Services.

Our Services are designed to generate text that closely resembles human writing. However, because AI detection tools are constantly evolving and may produce false positives, we do not guarantee 100 percent undetectability of generated outcomes for every AI-detection tool.

We advise users to employ reputable AI detection tools and to carefully review and edit generated text to ensure it meets their specific needs and expectations.

The Service is to be used for research, educational and reference purposes only. The essays and texts provided are helping tools for preparation of your own original work. You must not submit our texts as your own work, and you bear sole responsibility for complying with your institution's rules regarding plagiarism, academic fraud, and honor code policies.

You use Draftout at your own risk. We do not force or encourage use of the Services for school or academic writing purposes. If you do so, you bear the risks of being caught cheating or breaking academic rules, and we are not liable for resulting consequences such as scholarship loss, reprimands, or expulsion.