1. Agreement to Terms

By accessing or using Scholarly ("Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you disagree with any part of these terms, you may not access the Service.

These Terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the Service.

2. Description of Service

Scholarly is an AI-powered educational platform that helps students create, organize, and study educational content including flashcards, notes, summaries, and other learning materials. Our Service includes:

• AI-powered content generation and analysis
• Document processing (PDFs, images, text)
• Flashcard creation and study tools
• Note-taking and organization features
• Research and conversation assistants
• Content sharing and collaboration

3. User Accounts

To access certain features, you must create an account. You are responsible for:

• Maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials
• All activities that occur under your account
• Providing accurate and complete information
• Promptly updating account information

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. Users under 18 should have parental consent.

4. Content and Intellectual Property

Your Content

You retain ownership of content you create, upload, or share through the Service, including but not limited to documents, PDFs, images, text, notes, flashcards, and any other materials ("User Content"). By uploading, submitting, or otherwise making User Content available through the Service, you grant Scholarly a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, display, and otherwise exploit your User Content, in whole or in part, in any format or medium now known or later developed, for any purpose, including but not limited to:

• Providing, operating, and maintaining the Service
• Improving, enhancing, and developing new features, products, and services
• Training, testing, benchmarking, and evaluating AI and machine learning models
• Conducting internal research, analysis, and quality assurance
• Generating aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified datasets for analytics and product development
• Ensuring safety, security, and integrity of the Service

This license survives termination of your account or these Terms. You acknowledge that User Content may be used in aggregated or de-identified form and that such aggregated or de-identified data is not subject to any restrictions under these Terms. You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant this license and that your User Content does not infringe any third party's intellectual property or other rights.

Scholarly may retain copies of User Content even after account deletion for the purposes described above, as well as for compliance with legal obligations, dispute resolution, and enforcement of agreements.

AI-Generated Content

Content generated by our AI systems based on your inputs is provided "as-is." While you may use AI-generated content, you understand that:

• AI outputs may contain inaccuracies or be incomplete
• You should verify important information independently
• AI-generated content is not professional advice
• Scholarly retains all rights to AI-generated outputs and may use them for any purpose, including product improvement and model training

Scholarly's Content

Our Service, including software, text, graphics, and other materials, is owned by Scholarly and protected by intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works without permission.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Service to:

• Violate any applicable laws or regulations
• Infringe on intellectual property rights
• Upload malicious code or harmful content
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems
• Use the Service for commercial purposes without permission
• Share or distribute copyrighted material without authorization
• Create fake accounts or impersonate others
• Engage in harassment, abuse, or harmful behavior

6. Payments and Subscriptions

Scholarly offers both free and paid subscription plans. For paid plans:

• Fees are charged in advance on a recurring basis
• No refunds for partial months or unused portions
• You may cancel at any time; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period
• We may change pricing with 30 days advance notice
• Failed payments may result in service suspension

All payments are processed by third-party payment processors and subject to their terms.

7. Privacy and Data Protection

Your privacy is important to us. Our collection and use of personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms.

By using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that:

• All User Content you upload, create, or submit may be processed, analyzed, and used by Scholarly to operate, improve, and develop the Service and related products
• Your content may be used to train, fine-tune, benchmark, and evaluate AI and machine learning models, whether developed by Scholarly or in collaboration with third parties
• Scholarly may create and use aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified data derived from your User Content, and such derived data may be used for any lawful business purpose without restriction
• These data usage rights are in addition to, and do not limit, the license granted in Section 4

You consent to this processing as a condition of using the Service. If you do not agree with these data practices, you should not use the Service.

8. Service Availability

We strive to maintain high availability but cannot guarantee uninterrupted service. We may:

• Perform maintenance that temporarily affects service
• Experience outages due to technical issues
• Modify or discontinue features with reasonable notice
• Suspend accounts that violate these Terms

9. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW:

• We disclaim all warranties, express or implied
• We are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages
• Our total liability is limited to the amount you paid in the past 12 months
• We are not responsible for third-party content or services

This Service is for educational purposes. AI-generated content should not be relied upon for critical decisions without independent verification.

10. Termination

Either party may terminate your account at any time. Upon termination:

• Your access to the Service will cease immediately
• You may download your content for a limited time
• We may delete your account data after a reasonable period
• Provisions that should survive termination will remain in effect

11. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email or through the Service. Continued use after changes indicates acceptance of new Terms.

12. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States. Any disputes will be resolved through binding arbitration rather than in court, except for claims that may be brought in small claims court.

13. Contact Information

If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us at [email protected].

14. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.