Terms of Service

Effective date: February 17, 2026

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of Slow Burn Studio (“Slow Burn Studio,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), an AI-assisted creative writing platform operated by Hatcher Labs LLC, an Oregon limited liability company. By creating an account or using the service, you agree to these Terms.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years of age to use Slow Burn Studio. You must confirm that you are at least 18 years old before accessing the platform. By providing this confirmation, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms.

2. Account Responsibilities

  • You must provide accurate and complete information when creating your account.
  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials.
  • You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
  • You may not create multiple accounts, including to circumvent usage limits or platform restrictions.
  • You must notify us immediately at legal@slowburnstudio.com if you believe your account has been compromised.

3. Content Ownership & License

You own your content. All content you create using Slow Burn Studio — including prompts, generated drafts, personas, voices, outlines, and story data — belongs to you. Slow Burn Studio does not claim ownership of your content or of AI-generated output.

License to operate. By using the service, you grant Slow Burn Studio a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to host, store, process, and transmit your content solely for the purpose of operating and providing the service. This license terminates when you delete your content or your account.

Copyright and AI-generated content. Slow Burn Studio makes no representations regarding the copyrightability of AI-generated or AI-assisted content under applicable law. You are solely responsible for evaluating the intellectual property implications of any content you create, publish, or distribute using the service.

Non-uniqueness. AI-generated content may not be unique. Other users using similar inputs may receive similar or identical output. Slow Burn Studio is not responsible for similarities between content generated for different users.

4. AI-Generated Content Disclosure

  • Content is generated by third-party AI models accessed via OpenRouter. Slow Burn Studio does not create or control the underlying AI models.
  • We have disabled all training and data-retention options on our OpenRouter account. Your content is not used to train AI models.
  • There is no guarantee that AI-generated content will be accurate, original, non-infringing, or suitable for any particular purpose.
  • You are responsible for reviewing, editing, and evaluating all generated content before any use outside the platform.
  • Slow Burn Studio is not liable for any claims arising from your publication or distribution of content generated using the service.

5. Content Policy & Prohibited Conduct

Slow Burn Studio is an adult fiction platform. Explicit sexual content, mature themes, graphic physicality, and frank language are expected and acceptable within the platform’s content policy.

Absolutely Prohibited Content

The following content is prohibited under all circumstances:

  • Content sexualizing minors or depicting anyone under 18 in sexual, romantic, or suggestive situations
  • Sexual content involving adults role-playing as minors, including age-play or age regression in sexual contexts
  • Depictions of non-consensual sexual acts presented approvingly, erotically, or as fantasy fulfillment
  • Sexual content depicting identifiable real people without fictionalization, including AI-generated likenesses
  • Content designed to harass, threaten, or defame a specific real person
  • Bestiality or sexual content involving animals
  • Necrophilia or sexual content involving corpses or deceased individuals
  • Sexual content between family members — biological, step, adoptive, or legal-guardian relationships — presented as romantic or erotic
  • Sexual content combined with extreme violence, torture, dismemberment, or murder
  • Detailed, actionable instructions for real-world illegal activity
  • Content that glorifies or provides instruction for self-harm or suicide

Prohibited Conduct

  • Attempting to circumvent content moderation or safety systems
  • Using the service for harassment, fraud, or any illegal purpose
  • Reverse-engineering, scraping, or reselling the service or its output
  • Misrepresenting AI-generated content as entirely human-authored in contexts where such disclosure is legally required

Slow Burn Studio employs automated content screening and model-level restrictions to enforce these policies. We reserve the right to remove content or suspend accounts that violate this content policy.

6. Usage Limits & Fair Access

AI generation features are subject to usage limits designed to ensure fair access and platform stability for all users. These limits may vary by subscription plan.

  • You must not attempt to circumvent usage limits through automation, scripting, multiple accounts, or any other means.
  • Automated or programmatic access to the service is prohibited without prior written consent from Slow Burn Studio.
  • Slow Burn Studio reserves the right to throttle or suspend accounts that exhibit abusive usage patterns, including bot-driven generation, bulk content extraction, or coordinated abuse across accounts.

7. Payment, Subscription & Refunds

Billing

  • Subscription plans are billed on a recurring basis (monthly or annually) and auto-renew unless cancelled.
  • All payment processing is handled by Stripe. Slow Burn Studio does not store payment card information.
  • Slow Burn Studio reserves the right to change pricing with at least 30 days’ notice. Price changes apply to the next billing cycle after the notice period.

Cancellation

You may cancel your subscription at any time. Upon cancellation, your access to paid features continues through the end of the current billing period. No prorated refunds are issued for unused portions of a billing period.

Refunds

A full refund is available within 7 days of your initial subscription purchase, provided the service has not been substantially used. No refunds are issued after the 7-day window or for renewal charges. Refund requests may be submitted to legal@slowburnstudio.com.

8. Content Export & Deletion

  • You may export your content at any time using the in-app export features.
  • You are responsible for exporting your content before deleting a project or your account.
  • Deletion is permanent and irreversible. Slow Burn Studio cannot recover deleted content.
  • Deleting your account removes all associated data, including stories, personas, voices, projects, and usage logs.

9. DMCA & Copyright

Slow Burn Studio respects intellectual property rights. If you believe that content on the platform infringes your copyright, you may submit a takedown notice to legal@slowburnstudio.com with the following information:

  • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed
  • Identification of the material claimed to be infringing and its location on the platform
  • Your contact information (name, address, email, phone number)
  • A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner
  • A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf
  • Your physical or electronic signature

We will respond to valid DMCA notices promptly. A counter-notification process is available for users who believe content was removed in error. Repeat infringers are subject to account termination.

10. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. SLOW BURN STUDIO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Without limiting the foregoing, Slow Burn Studio does not warrant that: (a) AI-generated content will be accurate, original, or non-infringing; (b) the service will be uninterrupted or error-free; or (c) any content generated will meet your expectations or requirements.

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY OREGON LAW, SLOW BURN STUDIO’S TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO SLOW BURN STUDIO IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).

IN NO EVENT SHALL SLOW BURN STUDIO BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF CONTENT, DATA, REVENUE, OR PROFITS, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Slow Burn Studio, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your content; (b) your use of the service; (c) your violation of these Terms; (d) your violation of any third-party rights; or (e) your publication or distribution of content generated using the service.

13. Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Oregon, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Informal Resolution

Before initiating formal proceedings, you agree to contact us at legal@slowburnstudio.com and allow 30 days for informal resolution.

Binding Arbitration

If the dispute is not resolved informally, it shall be submitted to binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), conducted in the State of Oregon. The arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding.

Class Action Waiver

All disputes shall be resolved on an individual basis. You waive any right to participate in a class action, class arbitration, or representative proceeding.

Small Claims Court

Either party may bring qualifying claims in small claims court in the State of Oregon.

14. Termination

You may terminate your account at any time. Slow Burn Studio may suspend or terminate your account immediately and without prior notice if you violate these Terms, abuse platform resources, violate the content policy, or engage in fraudulent activity.

Upon termination:

  • Your license to use the service ends immediately.
  • Slow Burn Studio’s license to your content ends, and your content will be deleted in accordance with Section 8.
  • The following sections survive termination: Content Ownership & License (Section 3), Disclaimer of Warranties (Section 10), Limitation of Liability (Section 11), Indemnification (Section 12), and Dispute Resolution (Section 13).

15. Modifications

Slow Burn Studio may update these Terms at any time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email or through an in-app notice at least 30 days before the changes take effect. Continued use of the service after the effective date constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you disagree with the changes, you may terminate your account before the effective date.

16. Contact

For questions about these Terms, contact us at legal@slowburnstudio.com.