Terms of service

1. What these terms cover

These terms cover the povesta.ink website, the invitation waiting list, and access to the invite-only alpha at app.povesta.ink. The operator is nobrainer.zone s.r.o. (details on the imprint page). By using the site or the alpha you agree to these terms.

2. Who may join

povesta is for adults aged 18 and over. The alpha is available by invitation only. Invitations are personal and cannot be resold or transferred.

3. What “alpha” means

This is an early version of the platform. We run it with care but cannot promise constant availability: features may change, break, or be reset, and access may be paused for maintenance. Paid features are off during the alpha — no purchases, no real money moves through the platform. We will update these terms and give notice before that changes.

4. Your writing stays yours

Nothing in these terms transfers ownership of your writing to us. You grant us only the license needed to run the platform: hosting, displaying, and distributing your work to its readers on povesta. Votes either determine the next direction or advise the author, according to the rule declared for that story. A vote confers no authorship, ownership, or compensation interest in any work. The draft author contract sets out the terms we intend to offer authors, including their rights, our commission, and how they can end the agreement. The five founding promises will be included in the final terms. The privacy notice explains data handling and erasure.

5. House rules

Use the platform lawfully and don’t spoil it for others:

• no manipulating votes;
• no scraping or harvesting other users’ data;
• no impersonation;
• no posting content you have no right to post;
• AI-assisted images carry the provenance label the platform provides.

We may suspend or revoke access to the alpha if you break these rules. Where practical, we will warn you first.

6. Our material

The site’s text, design, and the platform itself are ours or licensed to us. Read, quote, and link freely; don’t pass our material off as yours or rebuild the service from it.

7. Liability

To the extent the law allows: the alpha is provided as-is, without warranties; we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, including lost profits, lost audience, or lost data; and our total liability under these terms is limited to the amounts you have paid us for the service in the year preceding the event giving rise to the claim. We are not responsible for events outside our reasonable control. Nothing in this section limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited, including intent and gross negligence, and the mandatory consumer protections of the country where you live remain untouched.

8. Leaving

You can leave at any time: export your data and ask for erasure per the privacy notice. If we ever discontinue the alpha, we announce it and leave time to export. If we revoke access under the house rules, export and erasure rights still apply.

9. Law and disputes

Czech law governs, without displacing mandatory consumer protections of the country you live in. Consumer disputes can go to out-of-court resolution with the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (ČOI, adr.coi.cz). Czech courts have jurisdiction otherwise — though if you are a consumer in the EU, nothing here deprives you of the courts of the country where you live.

10. Changes

We keep a version history of these terms in each language. We notify alpha users by email of material changes before they take effect.

11. The law we cite

The full terms will include precise legal references after legal review. For out-of-court consumer disputes, see:

• Czech Trade Inspection Authority (ČOI) — out-of-court consumer disputes, the ADR venue from §9.