Terms of Service
Last updated: 2026-03-14
Effective date: 14 March 2026
Operator: Zero Ops Oy (Zero Ops Ltd) · Business ID 3606514-8 · Finland
Contact: legal@editorinchief.io
1. Acceptance of Terms
By creating an account, accessing, or using EditorInChief (“the Service”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”), the Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) incorporated herein by reference, and the Privacy Policy. If you are using the Service on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.
If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use the Service.
EditorInChief is operated by Zero Ops Oy and is one of several services covered by the Zero Ops Oy master Terms of Service at microcorp.dev/terms. These Terms constitute the EditorInChief Service Supplement within the meaning of Section 9.7 of those master Terms. In the event of conflict between these Terms and the master Terms for EditorInChief-specific matters, these Terms govern.
2. Definitions
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ”We”, “Us”, “Our” | Zero Ops Oy (Zero Ops Ltd), Business ID 3606514-8, incorporated in Finland, the operator of EditorInChief. |
| ”Service” | The EditorInChief platform, API (api.editorinchief.io), dashboard (dashboard.editorinchief.io), MCP server (mcp.editorinchief.io), and all related software and documentation. |
| ”Operator” / “You” | The individual or legal entity that creates an account and uses the Service to manage publication workflows. |
| ”Consumer” | An Operator who is a natural person acting outside of their trade, business, or profession. |
| ”Persona” | An AI writer identity configured by the Operator within the Service to generate Content. |
| ”Site” | A publication configured within the Service, corresponding to one or more publishing destinations. |
| ”Content” | Any text, data, URLs, feeds, source configurations, generated article drafts, images, and other material processed by, created through, or submitted to the Service. |
| ”AI-Generated Content” | Content produced in full or in part by an artificial intelligence model operated by the Service. |
| ”Subscription” | A recurring paid access plan to the Service, processed by Paddle.com Market Ltd as Merchant of Record. |
| ”Paddle” | Paddle.com Market Ltd, Merchant of Record for all paid Subscriptions. |
3. Eligibility
You must be at least 16 years of age to create an account. By creating an account, you confirm that you meet this requirement. You must have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract in your jurisdiction.
If you are using the Service on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation to these Terms.
You must not be barred from receiving services under applicable laws, including sanctions regulations.
4. Account Registration and Security
You agree to: (a) provide accurate, current, and complete registration information; (b) maintain the accuracy of that information; (c) keep your credentials confidential and not share them with any third party; and (d) notify us immediately at legal@editorinchief.io if you become aware of any unauthorised access to your account.
You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account. We will not be liable for loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these obligations.
5. License Grant and Restrictions
License to You. Subject to your compliance with these Terms and payment of applicable fees, We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to access and use the Service for your internal publishing and editorial purposes.
Restrictions. You must not: (a) resell or sublicense access to the Service as a standalone competing product; (b) access the Service by automated means except through the published API and MCP server within published rate limits; (c) circumvent any access controls, plan limits, or usage restrictions; (d) reverse engineer any proprietary Service component; (e) use the Service to store, process, or publish content that violates the AUP.
6. Publisher Liability and AI Content Obligations
6.1 You Are the Publisher
The Service is a content production pipeline. When you approve AI-Generated Content and it is submitted to a publishing channel, you are the publisher of that content.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. § 230) does not apply to AI-Generated Content approved and published through EditorInChief. By approving content for publication, you assume full publisher liability for that content in all applicable jurisdictions. We are not the publisher, editor-in-chief, or editorial decision-maker in respect of content you approve.
6.2 Mandatory AI Authorship Disclosure
Every piece of Content published through the Service carries an AI authorship disclosure injected at the point of publication. This obligation arises under:
- EU AI Act, Article 50 (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689): requires clear disclosure that AI systems generated content that could be mistaken for human-authored work.
- FTC Section 5 guidelines on AI-generated content and deceptive endorsements.
You may configure the disclosure text per Site in the dashboard. You may not suppress, remove, or render meaningless the AI authorship disclosure. Any configuration designed to circumvent AI authorship disclosure is a material breach of these Terms.
6.3 Financial Content
If you configure a Site with financial_content_regulated: true, you acknowledge that: (a) AI-Generated Content produced by the Service does not constitute registered investment advice under the US Investment Advisers Act of 1940, MiFID II (Directive 2014/65/EU), or any other financial services regulation; (b) you are solely responsible for determining whether your publication requires registration, licensing, or regulatory approval in your jurisdiction; and (c) activation of this feature is gated behind an explicit operator acknowledgement (financial_ack_at timestamp) — bypassing this gate via direct API calls is a material breach of these Terms.
6.4 Satire Publications
For Sites configured as satire publications, you acknowledge that the Service’s automated named-individual detection and auto-anonymisation tools are editorial assistance features — not legal compliance guarantees. The Telegram approval step is the editorial gate. You are responsible for pre-publication review of flagged content.
7. Acceptable Use
Your use of the Service is governed by the Acceptable Use Policy. The AUP is incorporated into these Terms by reference. Systematic violation of the AUP is grounds for immediate account suspension or termination.
8. Intellectual Property
Your Content. You retain all intellectual property rights in source material you provide and configurations you create. By providing them, you grant Us a limited, non-exclusive licence to process them solely to deliver the Service.
AI-Generated Content — Copyright Uncertainty. The US Copyright Office (2023, guidance reaffirmed 2024) has determined that AI-generated output lacking human authorship is not eligible for copyright registration under US law. EU member states’ positions vary. We make no representation that AI-Generated Content produced by the Service qualifies for copyright protection in any jurisdiction. Where you materially revise AI-Generated Content through the edit request flow — providing substantive creative direction or original expression — the resulting work may have a stronger copyright claim than unmodified output.
Our IP. Zero Ops Oy and its licensors own all rights in the Service software, infrastructure, and documentation. Nothing in these Terms transfers any intellectual property rights to you beyond the limited licence in Section 5.
Feedback. If you submit feedback or suggestions, you grant Us an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use that feedback without restriction or compensation.
9. Fees, Billing, and Auto-Renewal
Merchant of Record. All paid Subscriptions are processed by Paddle.com Market Ltd, acting as Merchant of Record. Your billing relationship for payment purposes is with Paddle. Billing queries and VAT invoices should be directed to Paddle in the first instance.
Pricing. Current pricing is published on the pricing page. Prices are displayed inclusive of VAT where required. We reserve the right to change prices; changes take effect at your next renewal following 30 days’ written notice.
Auto-Renewal Disclosure. Your Subscription renews automatically at the end of each billing period at the then-current renewal price unless you cancel before the renewal date. Before completing your first payment, auto-renewal terms, amount, and renewal date will be presented in a clear and conspicuous disclosure in compliance with the California Auto-Renewal Law (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17600–17606) and the FTC click-to-cancel rule (effective 2025). To cancel: navigate to Account → Billing → Cancel Subscription in the dashboard. Cancellation is effective at the end of the current billing period.
EU/EEA Consumer Right of Withdrawal. If you are a Consumer in the EU or EEA, you have a right to withdraw from a distance contract for a digital service within 14 days of conclusion of the contract without reason (EU Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU; Finnish Consumer Protection Act, Ch. 6). If you expressly request that the Service commence during the withdrawal period and acknowledge that you will thereby lose your right of withdrawal, that right is extinguished upon commencement. At Subscription initiation, you will be presented with this express commencement request and acknowledgement as a separate step. To exercise the withdrawal right where not waived, contact legal@editorinchief.io with subject “Right of Withdrawal” and your account email.
Refunds. Except as required by applicable law (including mandatory consumer rights), Subscription fees are non-refundable.
10. Trial Period
The Service offers a 14-day free trial with full access to all features. No credit card is required during the trial.
After the trial expires, your account enters a read-only state. No new content ingestion, generation, or publication is processed while locked. Your Sites, Beats, Personas, Sources, and generated Content are preserved. No data is deleted. The account unlocks immediately upon selection of a paid plan.
Trial expiry warning notifications are sent at 3 days and 1 day before expiry. A Telegram notification is sent to any configured chat IDs on the day of lock.
11. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT: (a) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; (b) AI-GENERATED CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE, FACTUALLY CORRECT, OR FIT FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE; (c) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EDITORIAL STANDARDS; OR (d) ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED ON ANY PARTICULAR TIMELINE.
Consumer note (EU/Finland). Nothing in this Section limits any mandatory statutory warranties or guarantees under Finnish law (Kuluttajansuojalaki 38/1978) or the law of your country of habitual residence as a Consumer.
12. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:
- Our total aggregate liability for any claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service will not exceed the greater of: (a) the total fees paid by you to Zero Ops Oy in the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim; or (b) EUR 100.
- In no event will We be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, revenue, data, reputational harm, or business interruption, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
- We will not be liable for any consequences arising from AI-Generated Content that you have reviewed, approved, and published.
Mandatory exceptions (cannot be excluded by contract): The above limitations do not apply to: (a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, including mandatory consumer protection rights under Finnish law.
13. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Zero Ops Oy and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of: (a) Content you have approved and published through the Service; (b) your violation of these Terms or the AUP; (c) your violation of any applicable law; or (d) your infringement of any third-party right.
This obligation does not apply to Consumers to the extent that it would limit mandatory rights under Finnish law.
14. Copyright and DMCA
The Service ingests publicly available web content as source material. We process short excerpts in memory for AI generation and do not reproduce third-party content verbatim for publication. We respect robots.txt Disallow directives before fetching any URL.
DMCA Designated Agent. Zero Ops Oy has designated an agent for receipt of notifications of claimed copyright infringement under DMCA Section 512(c)(2):
Designated Agent: Legal, Zero Ops Oy
Email: legal@editorinchief.io (subject: “DMCA Notice — EditorInChief”)
A valid DMCA notice must include: (a) identification of the copyrighted work; (b) identification of the allegedly infringing material (URL); (c) your contact information; (d) a good-faith statement that use is not authorised; (e) a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate; and (f) your signature. Counter-notices may be submitted to the same address.
15. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
Informal Resolution. Before initiating formal proceedings, you agree to contact legal@editorinchief.io and attempt informal resolution for at least 30 days.
Consumer Out-of-Court Dispute Resolution. If you are a Consumer in the EU/EEA and the dispute is not resolved informally, you may submit a complaint to the Finnish Consumer Disputes Board (Kuluttajariitalautakunta), PO Box 306, 00531 Helsinki, Finland (kuluttajariita.fi), or use the EU Online Dispute Resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. ODR contact: legal@editorinchief.io.
Governing Law. These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Finland, without regard to conflict of law provisions.
Jurisdiction. Any dispute not resolved informally or through consumer dispute procedures will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Helsinki District Court (Helsingin käräjäoikeus), Finland.
Consumer exception: Mandatory consumer protection laws of your country of habitual residence apply. You may bring proceedings in the courts of that country or Finland. We may not bring proceedings against a Consumer in any jurisdiction other than their country of habitual residence.
16. Changes to Terms
We may update these Terms at any time. For material changes — those that materially affect your rights or obligations — we will provide at least 30 days’ written notice via email or a prominent in-dashboard notice before the change takes effect. Continued use after the notice period constitutes acceptance.
17. Termination
By You. You may terminate your account at any time via Account → Settings → Delete Account, or by emailing legal@editorinchief.io. Data deletion is processed within 30 days.
By Us. We may suspend or terminate your account immediately if: (a) you materially breach these Terms or the AUP; (b) we are required to do so by law; or (c) continuing to provide the Service would expose Us to legal or regulatory risk. Where feasible and not precluded by law, we will give prior notice and opportunity to remedy a non-material breach.
Effect of Termination. Upon termination: (a) all licences granted to you cease; (b) access is revoked; (c) your data is deleted per the Privacy Policy retention schedule; (d) Sections 6.1, 8, 11, 12, 13, and 18 survive.
18. General Provisions
Entire agreement. These Terms, the AUP, and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and Zero Ops Oy for the Service.
Severability. If any provision is found invalid or unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary; remaining provisions continue in full force.
Waiver. Failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver. Any waiver must be in writing.
Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets with 30 days’ notice.
Force majeure. Neither party is liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond reasonable control, including cloud provider outages, acts of God, or government action.
Language. These Terms are in English. In the event of conflict with any translation, English governs.
Contact. legal@editorinchief.io · Zero Ops Oy (Zero Ops Ltd) · Business ID 3606514-8 · Finland