Terms of Service

Last updated: September 11th, 2021

By becoming a member or using our Services, you accept and agree to these Terms and Conditions (“Terms”). Therefore, it is important that you carefully read through these Terms. If you do not consent to these Terms, you should not register with Podopi.

About Podopi

Podopi is a service developed and provided by Ultimate Machine. The service is available online at, among other places, podopi.com, as “Podopi”. The purpose of Podopi is to let people have their blog text content read and published as podcasts and video.

Using our Services

To use our Services, you must follow some simple rules. Do not misuse the Services, so that either Podopi or anyone else is harmed in any way. You may only use the Services as permitted by law and these Terms. By using our Services, you agree that:

  • All of the personal data provided by you is accurate and up to date.
  • You are solely responsible for all activities on your account and all the content that is uploaded and/or created under your Podopi account (“User Material”).
  • Podopi does not monitor the contents of the Service, but may at any time choose, at its sole discretion, to remove User Material from the Service and/or your user account and to terminate your account and membership.
  • Your membership, including your email and password, with Podopi, is personal and may not be transferred or used by someone else. You are responsible for storing your login details in a safe manner. Podopi is not in any way responsible for any loss or damage caused by unauthorized access to your account or use of your login details. If you learn of or suspect any unauthorized use of your account, you must immediately inform Podopi’s Customer Service. Contact details are available at the bottom of this document.
  • Podopi is not intended for use by persons under the age of 18. To use Podopi, you must be at least 18 years old.
  • Violation of any of these Terms will lead to a direct termination of your user account and subscription. If you violate these terms, you will not get a refund.
  • You must not engage in any unlawful activities on the Service, such as (but not limited to) contributing with information which in any way contains or involves incitement to racial hatred, defamation, harassment, child pornography or pornography.
  • If you have any criticism or feedback regarding Podopi or our Services, to firstly contact Podopi to help us to improve our Services.
  • You may not transmit, and/or distribute files that may damage Podopi or others’ computers or property (such as viruses and trojan horses).
  • You may not share others’ personal information, without their approval.

Your account

You can at any time choose to cancel/end your account at your convenience. Please note that, closing all Podopi browser tabs or deleting your account will not automatically stop your subscription — you must actively cancel the subscription in the user settings or by contacting customer support.

Podopi Premium

This section only applies when you purchase and/or subscribe to Podopi Premium or other paid products. By paying the subscription fee, you get access to Podopi Premium during the time your subscription is valid, subject to these Terms.

All subscriptions with Podopi Premium are paid in advance.

You may at any time terminate your membership, in which case your membership will still be valid for the subscription time you have already paid for. Subscription fees can be found on Podopi’s website. Special terms and conditions may apply. Podopi reserves the right to change the subscription fees from time to time.

The premium membership includes a generous usage quota suitable for the average website or blog. Accounts expanding outside the quota for sustained periods of time will be contacted to negotiate a custom contract.

You hereby consent to start using the Services immediately upon subscribing with Podopi Premium or other paid products. This means that you will only have 14 days to withdraw from the contract with Podopi from the date you receive confirmation of your subscription via email if you do not start using the Services during that period. To use your right of withdrawal, you must send an email to Podopi (you will find our contact details at the bottom of this document). Any prepaid fees will be refunded within 30 days. Default in payment shall not be deemed as a termination of a Podopi Premium subscription.

Intellectual property

All rights in and to the Services, including any trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrighted content (collectively “Intellectual Property”) presented within the Service are the property of Podopi and/or third parties. You agree not to use Intellectual Property for any other purposes except for your use of the Service unless required otherwise by applicable mandatory law.

By submitting User Material to Podopi, you warrant and represent that you hold the copyright, trademark and/or other intellectual property rights to your content. You agree to grant Podopi a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use User Material to the extent necessary for Podopi to operate and maintain the Service. This license shall remain valid until the respective User Material is deleted from the Service by you or by Podopi in accordance with these Terms.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability

You use the Service at your own risk. The Service is provided “AS IS,” without any warranties, and Podopi does not warrant that the Service and availability thereof will be uninterrupted or error-free. Podopi does not assume any responsibility for errors or omissions in the information or software or other documents, including User Material, which is referenced by or linked to. References or links to third parties’ websites are provided “AS IS,” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied.

In no event shall Podopi be liable for any indirect or consequential damages, except in cases of intentional misconduct or gross negligence. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, Podopi’s aggregated liability for any direct damages shall be limited to the lesser of: (i) membership fees paid by the user; (ii) membership fees paid by the user during the previous calendar year; or (iii) 2 000 SEK.

Third-Party Integrations

Special conditions may apply for external services that Podopi interact with. No third-party integration will be enabled without your interaction. Review the relevant pages for each integration for more information.

YouTube

By connecting your YouTube account to Podopi, you grant us the rights to upload videos to your YouTube account. Podopi will persist information about the uploaded videos, but ignore any other information made visible by the connection.

Usage of the YouTube Integration is subject to YouTube’s terms and conditions, available in full at — YouTube Terms of Service.

You may at any time revoke Podopi’s access to your YouTube account at — Google security settings.

Melodie

You enable the Melodie music library by first accepting the Melodie User License outlined on the music page. Those are the terms and conditions for using music from Melodie in your productions. You may at any time revoke access to the service by contacting Podopi.

Contact Melodie for help & information regarding the music tracks, stems and user license at — Melod.ie

Miscellaneous

For the sake of clarity, Podopi doesn’t undertake the obligation to monitor the contents of User Material.

You are not entitled to assign your rights and/or obligations under these Terms or use of the Service to any third party without Podopi’s prior written consent. Podopi is entitled to assign its rights and/or obligations under these Terms.

Podopi reserves the right to refuse the Service to anyone for any reason at any time. Podopi may revise these Terms from time to time and the most current version will always be posted on Podopi’s. Any and all material changes shall become into effect between you and Podopi upon your acceptance of such changes (e.g., by using the Services after such notification has been made to you or renewing your subscription).

Governing law and dispute resolution

These Terms and the use of the Services are governed by the laws of Sweden, except for its conflicts of laws principles. All claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be resolved by the Swedish public courts, whereby the District Court of Gothenburg shall be the court of the first instance.

Contact us

For more information about our terms, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us using our support form or by mail using the details provided below:

Ultimate Machine
Gunn Wållgrens Gata 5, lgh 1302
412 49 Göteborg, Sweden
Ultimate Machine
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