Terms of Service Candidate

This policy candidate describes proposed terms for Aethera.TV and the Aethera VTT. It does not state that use of the service creates acceptance of this unapproved text.

Engineering draft candidate · No effective date · Not approved for production use

Unapproved policy candidate

Owner approval and qualified legal review remain pending. This candidate has no effective date, does not replace any separately applicable terms, does not authorize paid Exchange commerce, and does not establish or modify the separately published Atlas Pro offer. Atlas Pro availability, pricing, trial, and refund terms are described on the current pricing and Refund Policy pages. The exact legal entity and public notice address must be loaded from approved production configuration; placeholder text is not launch-ready legal notice.

Accounts

  • You must be at least 13 to create an account.
  • A buyer under 18 may complete a creator membership only through the proposed verified guardian flow. One-time Exchange purchases are unavailable to buyers under 18 until a separate transaction-specific guardian checkout is activated. For an approved membership, the adult guardian must approve the exact transaction and complete payment.
  • You must provide accurate account information and keep it up to date.
  • You are responsible for activity under your account and for keeping login credentials secure.
  • We may suspend accounts that violate these terms or applicable laws.

User content

You retain ownership of the content you upload. By uploading, you grant us a license to host, transcode, and display that content for the purpose of operating the service.

  • Do not upload content you do not have rights to share.
  • Respect community guidelines and avoid harmful or illegal material.
  • Report copyright violations using the DMCA form.

Virtual tabletop usage

  • Use the VTT for collaborative play and respect GM controls and permissions.
  • Do not attempt to reverse engineer, exploit, or disrupt the realtime service.
  • Modules and scripts run in a sandbox but remain your responsibility to use safely.

Payments and subscriptions

  • Platform subscriptions (including VTT plans and Aethera Premium) are processed through standard checkout providers when enabled.
  • Creator support options may use different supported payment methods depending on feature type and account context.
  • By default, subscription charges are non-refundable except where required by applicable law.
  • This candidate does not approve or change standalone Atlas Pro sales. When checkout is enabled, the pricing page shows current availability and terms; the Refund Policy describes the standalone refund window.
  • One-time Aethera Exchange orders use the implemented platform-created destination-charge model: the candidate Aethera fee is 12.5% of discounted pretax product price, creator proceeds exclude tax, and Aethera pays Stripe processing fees. Other creator products retain their separately recorded models.
  • For Exchange content, the identified creator is the seller and licensor. Aethera operates checkout, delivery, transaction records, and policy enforcement. “Buy” or “owned” means licensed access, not ownership of copyright.
  • Proposed buyer rights are described in the Commercial Content License Candidate. Recurring creator access is described in the Creator Membership Terms Candidate.
  • Taxes or fees may apply based on your location.

Aethera Exchange

  • Paid Exchange commerce is proposed for supported United States buyers only. Unsupported paid regions remain blocked until their legal, tax, consumer, and operational requirements are approved.
  • The Marketplace Policy Center Candidate collects the proposed commercial license, seller, membership, AI disclosure, refund, trust, privacy, and copyright rules.
  • Sellers must have authority to offer their content. Aethera may delist, quarantine, or restrict content for fraud, malware, invalid rights, safety, payment, or legal reasons while preserving lawful prior buyer access where possible.
  • Immediate digital delivery does not waive a right that applicable law makes nonwaivable. Exact policy, license, offer, AI disclosure, and consent versions would be retained with the transaction.

Prohibited behavior

  • No harassment, abuse, or hate speech.
  • No spam, scraping, or automated abuse of APIs.
  • No malware, phishing, or attempts to bypass security controls.

Termination

We may suspend or terminate access if these terms are violated, or if required to comply with legal obligations. You may close your account at any time in Settings.

Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the service and creator content would be provided “as is” and “as available,” without implied warranties. Aethera does not guarantee uninterrupted access or that creator content is suitable for a particular project. Rights and warranties that cannot legally be excluded remain available.

Proposed limits of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither Aethera nor a user would be liable under these candidate terms for indirect, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages or lost profits. Aethera's proposed aggregate liability cap is the greater of $100 or the amount the claimant paid to Aethera during the preceding 12 months. The cap and exclusions would not apply to fraud, willful misconduct, intellectual-property obligations, or liability that cannot legally be limited.

Proposed law and dispute process

Before filing an ordinary lawsuit, the parties would first send enough information to understand the dispute through Support and allow 30 days for informal resolution. That step would not block small claims, urgent injunctive relief, or action needed to preserve an expiring legal deadline.

Indiana law would govern without overriding nonwaivable consumer protections. Eligible disputes could be filed in small-claims court; other court proceedings would be brought in the state or federal courts with jurisdiction over the configured Aethera entity in Indiana. This candidate contains no mandatory arbitration agreement and no class-action waiver.

Changes to proposed terms

If approved, Aethera would identify each version and give reasonable notice before a material change takes effect. A material recurring-price change would require the consent described in the Membership Terms Candidate. A new version would apply prospectively and could not retroactively reduce an acquired content license. If reacceptance is required and declined, future use or renewal may end while surviving rights remain governed by the accepted version.

General terms

  • The approved Terms and incorporated policies would be the complete agreement for their subject matter; order-specific terms and immutable license snapshots control the applicable transaction.
  • If one provision is unenforceable, it would be narrowed or removed only as needed and the rest would continue. A failure to enforce once would not waive later enforcement.
  • A user could not assign an account, buyer license, or these terms without written permission. Aethera could assign the terms with the service to a lawful successor that assumes the obligations.
  • Account and transaction notices could be delivered through the service or the verified account email; formal notices to Aethera would use the configured public notice address above.
  • The creator/licensor may enforce the Commercial Content License granted for that creator's content.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Email Loading support email or visit the Support page.