TERMS OF SERVICE
Terms of Service.
The agreement between you and Mivia Sign for use of the service.
1. Acceptance of these Terms
By creating a Mivia Sign account or using any part of the service, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the service. These Terms form a binding agreement between you and [LEGAL ENTITY NAME], a company registered in [JURISDICTION] with registered office at [REGISTERED ADDRESS] ("Mivia", "we", "us").
2. The service
Mivia Sign is a service that embeds inaudible cryptographic signatures into audio files and allows those signatures to be verified. The service includes the web application at this domain, the Mivia Sign DAW plugin (AU / VST3 / CLAP), and related APIs.
We may add, change, or remove features at any time. We will give reasonable notice of material changes that reduce functionality you are currently paying for.
3. Your account
You must provide accurate information when you register, keep your credentials confidential, and notify us promptly at security@mivia.co if you believe your account has been accessed without your authorisation. You are responsible for activity on your account.
You must be at least the legal age of digital consent in your jurisdiction ([e.g. 16 in the EU, 13 in the US]) to create an account.
4. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Use Mivia Sign to sign audio you do not have the rights to sign, or to falsely claim authorship of work you did not create.
- Upload content that infringes third-party rights, violates applicable law, or is intended to harass, defame, or deceive.
- Attempt to reverse-engineer, disassemble, or bypass our watermarking or verification systems.
- Use the service to distribute malware, conduct automated abuse, or interfere with the operation of the service.
- Resell or sublicense the service without our prior written permission.
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate this section. We reserve the right to cooperate with law enforcement and to disclose account information where required by law.
5. Your content and authorship
You keep all rights to the audio you upload and the identifying metadata you submit ("Your Content"). You grant Mivia a limited, worldwide, royalty-free licence to process Your Content solely to provide the service — to watermark, store, and make it available for verification at your direction.
When you sign a track, Mivia records a manifest (track identifier, watermark, timestamp, and the public half of your signing identity) and anchors it to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps. These records are intentionally permanent; they are how authorship is later proved. You can delete your account (see §8), but the Bitcoin-anchored timestamp record is immutable by design.
6. Mivia's intellectual property
The Mivia Sign service, plugin, website, brand assets, and underlying watermarking technology are the property of Mivia. We grant you a personal, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the service under these Terms. Nothing here transfers ownership of any Mivia IP to you.
7. Fees and subscriptions
The Free plan gives limited access at no charge. The Pro plan is billed at the price shown on the Pricing page, in the currency shown at checkout. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period unless cancelled via Your account.
[BILLING CLAUSE — pre-launch placeholder.] Real billing via [e.g. Stripe] will replace the current stub before public release. Before launch this clause must specify: payment processor, currency, refund policy, VAT / sales tax handling, cancellation terms, trial periods (if any), and the mandatory consumer-rights disclosures for [JURISDICTION].
8. Termination
You can close your account at any time from Your account. We can suspend or terminate your access if you breach these Terms, if we are required to do so by law, or if continuing the service becomes impracticable. Where we can, we will give you reasonable prior notice.
Upon termination we delete your personal data as described in our Privacy Policy. As noted in §5, Bitcoin-anchored manifests remain publicly verifiable — that is the point of the service.
9. Warranty disclaimer
The service is provided "as is" and "as available". To the maximum extent permitted by law, Mivia disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and uninterrupted or error-free operation. You use the service at your own risk.
[CONSUMER-PROTECTION CARVE-OUT — required for EU / UK consumers.] Nothing in this section limits mandatory statutory rights that cannot be disclaimed.
10. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Mivia's total liability to you for any claim arising out of or relating to the service — whether in contract, tort, or otherwise — is capped at the greater of [CAP AMOUNT, e.g. €100] or the fees you paid Mivia in the twelve months before the claim arose. Mivia is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill.
Nothing here excludes liability for fraud, gross negligence, or anything else that cannot be excluded by law in [JURISDICTION].
11. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify Mivia against any third-party claim arising from Your Content or from your breach of these Terms, except to the extent the claim results from Mivia's own wrongdoing.
12. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be announced at least [NOTICE PERIOD, e.g. 30 days] in advance, by email and in-app banner. Continued use of the service after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms; if you disagree, you can close your account.
13. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of [JURISDICTION], without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Disputes will be resolved exclusively by the courts of [COURT / SEAT], unless mandatory consumer law in your country of residence says otherwise.
14. Contact
Legal enquiries: legal@mivia.co. General contact: see the Contact page.