Terms of Service.

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Linnet’s website at https://linnet.ink and our subscription service (collectively, the “Service”). Linnet is operated by Johnathan Klein, a sole proprietorship based in Michigan, United States (“Linnet,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service. By creating an account, you represent that you are 18 or older and that you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms. The Service is not directed to or intended for children under 18.

2. Your Account

To use most features of the Service, you must create an account. You agree to:

• Provide accurate and current information
• Maintain the security of your password and account credentials
• Notify us promptly of any unauthorized use of your account
• Take responsibility for all activity that occurs under your account

You may not share your account with others or allow anyone else to use your account. We may suspend or terminate accounts that we reasonably believe to be shared, fraudulent, or used in violation of these Terms.

3. The Service

Linnet is a subscription service that helps you create persistent literary characters and generate short stories using artificial intelligence. The Service includes:

• A character builder for creating and saving character profiles
• AI-powered story generation based on the characters and prompts you provide
• A library where your characters and stories are stored
• Tools for exporting your content in supported formats

Stories are generated through third-party AI services, principally Anthropic’s Claude. We shape the AI’s output through proprietary system prompts and other configurations, but the underlying generation is performed by external infrastructure that we do not control.

4. Subscription Plans and Billing

The Service is offered through tiered subscription plans, including a free tier and paid tiers. Current plans, pricing, and feature limits are described on our pricing page.

Billing. Paid subscriptions are billed monthly in advance through Stripe. By subscribing, you authorize us (through Stripe) to charge your payment method the applicable subscription fee on a recurring monthly basis.

Free tier. The free tier is offered subject to monthly generation limits and feature restrictions described on the pricing page. We may modify the free tier’s limits or features with reasonable notice.

Price changes. We may change subscription prices. We will provide reasonable notice (typically at least 30 days) before a price change takes effect for existing subscribers. If you do not agree to a price change, you may cancel your subscription before the change takes effect.

Cancellation. You may cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings or the Stripe customer portal. Your subscription will remain active until the end of your current billing period, and you will not be charged again after cancellation.

Refunds. Subscription fees are non-refundable except where required by applicable law. We do not provide refunds for partial months, unused features, or for any reason at our sole discretion.

Taxes. You are responsible for any taxes, duties, or government fees applicable to your subscription, unless we are required by law to collect them.

5. Your Content

“User Content” means any content you create, upload, or generate through the Service, including but not limited to character profiles, generated stories, story chapters, notes, prompts, and any text you submit through “spark” or “tell the writer” fields.

Ownership. You retain all intellectual property rights in your User Content. Linnet does not claim ownership of your characters or stories. What you create is yours.

License to Linnet. To provide the Service, you grant Linnet a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, process, transmit, and display your User Content solely as necessary to operate and provide the Service to you. This license terminates when you delete the relevant content or close your account, except where retention is required for legal, accounting, or fraud-prevention purposes.

No AI training. We do not use your User Content to train artificial intelligence models, and we do not permit our service providers to do so. Your stories and characters are not training material.

Export. You may export your characters and stories at any time through the Service. We support data portability as a core product feature.

Your responsibilities. You are solely responsible for the content of any prompts you submit and any User Content associated with your account. You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to submit your inputs and that doing so does not violate any law or any third party’s rights.

6. AI-Generated Content

Stories and other outputs produced through the Service are generated by AI models that we do not own or control. You acknowledge and agree:

• AI-generated content may contain inaccuracies, errors, biases, or content that some users may find objectionable
• The Service does not guarantee that any specific generation will meet your expectations, be unique, or be free of similarities to other works
• You are responsible for reviewing any AI-generated content before using or sharing it
• AI-generated content may be similar to content generated for other users with similar prompts; we cannot guarantee uniqueness

We apply content moderation to detect and prevent certain categories of harmful content (see our Acceptable Use Policy). However, no content moderation system is perfect. We cannot guarantee that all problematic content will be filtered.

7. Acceptable Use

Your use of the Service is governed by our Acceptable Use Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. Without limitation, you may not use the Service to:

• Generate or attempt to generate content involving the sexual exploitation of minors
• Generate or attempt to generate content advocating real-world violence against specific individuals or groups
• Generate or attempt to generate content that doxes or harasses real, identifiable individuals
• Attempt to bypass content moderation, rate limits, or other safeguards
• Mass-generate content for commercial resale or republication as your own AI service
• Use the Service to violate any law or any third party’s rights
• Interfere with the security, stability, or operation of the Service

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these prohibitions, and we may report illegal activity to law enforcement.

8. Intellectual Property in the Service

Excluding User Content, all intellectual property in the Service — including the website, software, design, brand, system prompts, and underlying code — is owned by Linnet or its licensors and protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. You receive no rights in our intellectual property except the limited license to use the Service granted by these Terms.

You may not:

• Copy, modify, or create derivative works of the Service
• Reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of the Service
• Use any automated means to access the Service (including scrapers, bots, or crawlers) without our written permission
• Resell, sublicense, or commercially exploit the Service

9. Third-Party Services

The Service relies on third-party providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI (for content moderation), Stripe, Supabase, Vercel, Resend, and Upstash. Your use of the Service is also subject to the terms of those providers as applicable. We are not responsible for the practices of third-party providers, and outages or changes by these providers may affect the Service.

10. Service Modifications and Availability

We may modify, update, or discontinue features of the Service at any time. We will provide reasonable notice of material changes that adversely affect paid subscribers.

We do not guarantee that the Service will be available at all times, error-free, or uninterrupted. We may schedule or undertake maintenance, and AI generation may be unavailable due to provider outages or rate limits.

11. Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time and delete your account through your account settings.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms, our Acceptable Use Policy, or applicable law, or if your use of the Service poses risk or harm to us, other users, or third parties.

Upon termination:

• Your right to access the Service immediately ends
• We will delete your User Content within a reasonable period, except where retention is required for legal, accounting, or fraud-prevention purposes
• Any provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (including IP, disclaimers, limitation of liability, governing law) will survive

12. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ACCURACY.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT:

• The Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure
• AI-generated content will be accurate, original, useful, or suitable for any purpose
• Any defects in the Service will be corrected

You assume all risk of using the Service and reviewing AI-generated content before relying on it.

13. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LINNET AND ITS OPERATORS, AGENTS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, OR LOST GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

14. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Linnet and its operators from any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use of the Service; (b) your User Content; (c) your violation of these Terms or any third party’s rights; or (d) your violation of applicable law.

15. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles.

Any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Michigan, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

You and Linnet agree that any claim must be brought in your or our individual capacity, not as a class action, consolidated action, or representative action.

16. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top. For material changes, we will provide reasonable notice — typically by email or a prominent notice on the Service — before the changes take effect. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

17. Miscellaneous

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Acceptable Use Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Linnet regarding the Service.

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force.

No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that provision.

Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. We may assign these Terms to a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

Notices. We may provide notices to you by email, through the Service, or by posting to our website. You may provide notices to us at support@linnet.ink.

18. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, please contact:

These Terms of Service are provided to give you transparent information about your rights and obligations. They are not legal advice. We recommend you consult with qualified legal counsel about any legal questions specific to your situation.