These Terms of Use (this "Agreement") are a legally binding contract between you or the entity you represent ("Customer," "you," or "your") and Thorns Tavern LLC ("Provider," "we," or "us"). This Agreement governs your access to and use of the AI-powered model generation, printing, and related services provided by Thorns Tavern (the "Services"). By accessing or using the Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the services.
1. Definitions
- Services: All AI-powered tools, software, platforms, websites, and services provided by Thorns Tavern, including but not limited to 3D model generation, model printing, preview, and related services.
- Customer Data: All data, content, prompts, images, designs, or other materials submitted by you through the Services.
- AI Customer Input: Any information, data, text, prompt, image, design, code, or other content submitted or uploaded by you or on your behalf to the Services.
- AI Customer Output: Any content generated by the Services in response to AI Customer Input, including text, images, 3D models, and other output.
2. License Grant
Subject to the terms of this Agreement:
- Use of Services: You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Services for lawful purposes.
- Content Rights: You retain ownership of your Customer Data. By submitting Customer Data, you grant Thorns Tavern a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, display, and distribute such content solely to provide the Services.
- Output Use: You may use AI Customer Output for personal, commercial, or educational purposes, subject to compliance with this Agreement and applicable law.
3. Acceptable Use
You agree not to use the services to:
Violate any applicable law, regulation, or third-party rights;
Infringe any intellectual property rights of others;
Create, upload, or distribute harmful, offensive, or malicious content;
Engage in any activity that could disrupt or interfere with the Services;
Attempt to reverse engineer, hack, or bypass the Services’ security.
4. Fees and Payment
1. Access to the Services may require payment of fees, which will be displayed on our website or otherwise communicated.
2. All fees are non-refundable unless explicitly stated.
3. You are responsible for any taxes associated with your use of the services.
5. Privacy and Data
- Data Security: We take data security seriously. All assets, including AI Customer Input and AI Customer Output, are stored securely. We do not share your data or use it for training purposes without your explicit consent.
- User Uploads and Model Safety: Any images or 3D models you upload through services such as “Image to 3D” are not used to train our models. All uploads are kept confidential and securely stored.
- Sources of Training Models: Models used for training come from publicly available, freely licensed resources or models obtained through legally authorized channels. We do not use private or proprietary user models for training.
- General Use of Data: Customer Data may still be used for improving the Services, debugging, and research in compliance with applicable law, but only in ways that do not expose, share, or compromise user assets.
6. Intellectual Property and Ownership of Generated Assets
- Service IP: All intellectual property rights in the Services (including software, algorithms, and underlying models) remain the sole property of Thorns Tavern or its licensors.
- Responsibility for Inputs: You are solely responsible for ensuring that your AI Customer Input (including any uploaded reference images) does not infringe third-party rights.
- Ownership for Premium Plan Users (Who owns the generated models?): If you are a Premium Plan user, you retain full private ownership of all assets created using Thorns Tavern, provided that (a) you do not publish these assets publicly to the Thorns Tavern community, and (b) the materials used during creation do not infringe others’ copyrights.
This includes any uploaded images used as a basis for generation. - License for Free Plan Users (CC BY 4.0):
If you are a Free Plan user, your models are licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Please provide attribution in the following format:
“Model created with Thorns Tavern – CC BY 4.0 License”. - Commercial Use (May I use assets in commercial projects?): Yes. You may use assets created via the Services for commercial projects, subject to your compliance with law and third-party rights.
Free Plan users must include the CC BY 4.0 attribution above in the project description. - Selling on Other Platforms (Can I sell models elsewhere?):
Premium Plan: You own the models outright and have full rights to distribute and sell them without attribution.
Free Plan: You may sell models, but must include the following attribution on the product or listing page： “Model created with Thorns Tavern – CC BY 4.0 License”. - Effect of Subscription Cancellation (Do models revert to CC BY 4.0?): No. Models created while you were a Premium Plan member remain your property and remain private. They do not automatically revert to CC BY 4.0 upon cancellation.
7. Third-Party Content
The Services may include third-party content, tools, or integrations. Thorns Tavern does not control these third-party services and is not responsible for their availability, quality, or compliance.
8. Disclaimers
The Services are provided “as-is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind. Thorns Tavern does not guarantee the accuracy, reliability, or suitability of AI Customer Output for any purpose.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Thorns Tavern shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from or related to the Services or this Agreement.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Thorns Tavern, its affiliates, officers, and employees from any claims, damages, losses, or expenses arising out of your use of the Services, violation of this Agreement, or infringement of third-party rights.
11. Termination
Either party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice if the other party breaches any material term and fails to cure such breach within thirty (30) days.
12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California. Disputes shall be resolved through binding arbitration in California unless otherwise required by law.
13. Contact Information
For questions about this Agreement, contact service@thornstavern.com.
