Terms of Service

Effective August 2, 2026

Binding agreement. These Terms are a legally binding agreement between you and Friendspace LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company (“Friendspace,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By checking the acceptance box, creating an account, accessing, or using the Service, you confirm that you have read and agree to these Terms and acknowledge our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility and authority

You must be at least 18 years old and legally competent to enter a contract. The Service is not offered to anyone under 18. If you use Friendspace for an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind it. You may not use the Service if previously removed for a material violation unless we give written permission.

2. Accounts and electronic communications

Provide accurate, current information; maintain one authentic account unless a feature permits otherwise; protect your credentials; and promptly report unauthorized access. You are responsible for activity through your account to the extent permitted by law. You consent to transact electronically and to receive account, security, policy, and legal notices electronically. You may retain these Terms by printing or saving this page.

3. Beta Service and changes

Friendspace is a beta social-media, community, music, and media service. Features may change, malfunction, be interrupted, or be discontinued. We may impose reasonable usage limits, perform maintenance, or modify the Service. Friendspace is not an emergency service or guaranteed archival service; keep independent copies of important content.

4. Your content and license

You retain ownership of content you submit (“User Content”). You grant Friendspace a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, cache, store, reproduce, adapt for technical formatting, transmit, display, perform, and distribute User Content solely to operate, secure, improve, and promote the Service consistent with your audience settings. This license ends when content is deleted except where it remains in reasonable backups, was shared with others who retained it, or must be preserved for safety, evidence, or law. You represent that you own or have all rights and permissions necessary for your User Content and our permitted use of it.

5. Prohibited conduct and content

You may not use the Service to violate law or others’ rights; impersonate or deceive; harass, threaten, stalk, exploit, or endanger; promote terrorism or violent crime; distribute malware, spam, or scams; scrape or collect data without written permission; circumvent access or safety controls; reverse engineer except where law prohibits restriction; manipulate engagement; or interfere with the Service. Prohibited content includes child sexual abuse material, sexual exploitation, non-consensual intimate imagery, credible threats, unlawful discrimination, illegal goods or services, and content that infringes intellectual-property, publicity, or privacy rights.

6. Music, media, commerce, and third parties

You are solely responsible for licenses, releases, royalties, payments, taxes, disclosures, and ownership claims connected with uploaded music, video, images, listings, live streams, or promotions. Friendspace does not grant rights to third-party works. Transactions or interactions between users are at their own risk. External services and links are governed by their providers’ terms, and Friendspace does not control or endorse them.

7. Safety, moderation, and investigations

We may, but are not obligated to, review, preserve, restrict, label, remove, or disclose content and accounts when reasonably necessary to enforce these Terms, operate or secure the Service, investigate reports, prevent harm, or comply with lawful process. We may warn, limit reach or features, suspend, or terminate accounts. Automated and human moderation may make errors and cannot identify every harmful item. Nothing in these Terms requires Friendspace to host particular content.

8. Copyright and repeat infringers

Friendspace respects intellectual-property rights and intends to respond to valid notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Notices must include the information required by 17 U.S.C. § 512 and be sent to copyright@friendspace.io. We may remove challenged material and terminate repeat infringers where appropriate. Counter-notices may be submitted as permitted by law. Friendspace LLC must also complete its Copyright Office agent designation before public launch.

9. Reports involving intimate imagery

Friendspace prohibits non-consensual intimate imagery, including real or digitally altered intimate depictions. A depicted person or authorized representative may use our intimate-image removal request. We review valid requests promptly and remove covered content and known identical copies within 48 hours as required by applicable law. You may also contact safety@friendspace.io.

10. Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or terminate access for a material breach, safety risk, legal requirement, fraud, prolonged inactivity, or discontinuation of the Service. Upon termination, your right to use the Service ends. Sections concerning ownership, licenses needed for retained copies, enforcement, disclaimers, liability, indemnity, disputes, and general terms survive.

11. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available.” Friendspace disclaims all express and implied warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, and warranties arising from course of dealing. We do not warrant that the Service or user content will be accurate, safe, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers, so they apply only to the extent lawful.

12. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Friendspace LLC and its members, managers, employees, contractors, and affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages; lost profits, revenue, goodwill, opportunity, or data; or conduct or content of users or third parties. Our aggregate liability arising from the Service or these Terms will not exceed the greater of amounts you paid Friendspace during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim or US $100. These limits do not apply where prohibited by law or to liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

13. Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Friendspace LLC and its members, managers, employees, contractors, and affiliates from third-party claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, and reasonable legal fees arising from your User Content, your violation of these Terms or law, or your infringement of another’s rights. This does not require indemnification for Friendspace’s own unlawful conduct and may not apply where prohibited for consumers.

14. Disputes, governing law, and venue

Before filing a claim, each party agrees to provide written notice describing the dispute and requested relief and allow 30 days for a good-faith informal resolution, except for urgent injunctive relief or claims that legally cannot be delayed. These Terms are governed by North Carolina law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, except where your jurisdiction’s non-waivable consumer law applies. Subject to those rights, disputes will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in North Carolina, and each party consents to personal jurisdiction there. No mandatory arbitration or class-action waiver is imposed by this draft; counsel should decide whether either is appropriate.

15. General terms

These Terms and incorporated policies are the entire agreement concerning the Service. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be narrowed to the minimum extent necessary and the remainder continues. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; Friendspace may assign them in connection with a reorganization, financing, merger, or sale. Headings are for convenience. No agency, partnership, employment, or fiduciary relationship is created.

16. Changes and contact

We may update these Terms. We will post the revised effective date and give additional notice of material changes as required by law. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance where lawful. Legal questions and notices may be emailed to Friendspace LLC at legal@friendspace.io. A public business mailing address must be added before public launch.