tippr User Agreement

1 Effective Date: January 22, 2026

2 Last Revised: January 22, 2026

3 This User Agreement ("Agreement") between you and tippr ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") sets out the terms and conditions that govern your use of tippr.net and related services (collectively, the "Services").

4 By accessing or using the Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not agree, you may not access or use the Services.

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1. Your Access to the Services

5 No one under 13 years of age is allowed to use or access the Services. We may offer additional Services that require you to be older to use them, so please read all notices and terms carefully.

6 By using the Services, you state that:

• You are at least 13 years of age;
• You have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement with us;
• You are not barred from using the Services under applicable law; and
• You have not been permanently suspended or removed from the Services.

2. Your Account

7 To use certain features of our Services, you may need to create an account. You agree to:

• Provide accurate and complete information;
• Keep your account secure and not share your password;
• Accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account;
• Notify us immediately if you believe your account has been compromised.

8 You will not license, sell, or transfer your account without our prior written approval.

3. Your Use of the Services

9 Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with this Agreement, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to:

• Access and use the Services for your personal, non-commercial use; and
• Access and view content created by other users.

10 We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Services at any time, with or without notice.

4. Your Content

4.1 Content Ownership

11 You retain ownership of any content you submit, post, or display on the Services ("Your Content"). By posting Your Content, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works from, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content in connection with the Services.

4.2 Content License

12 This license includes the right to:

• Display your content across the Services;
• Format your content for accessibility on different devices;
• Provide your content to partners who distribute content for viewing;
• Analyze and make changes to the Services based on user content.

4.3 User-Generated Content Responsibility

13 You are solely responsible for Your Content. You represent and warrant that:

• You own or have the necessary rights to post Your Content;
• Your Content does not infringe any third party's intellectual property rights;
• Your Content is accurate (if you state facts) and not misleading.

5. Third-Party Content and Services

14 The Services may contain links to third-party websites, products, or services. We do not control or endorse these third-party services and are not responsible for their content or practices.

6. Moderators

6.1 Volunteer Status

15 Vaults (community forums) may have moderators who are volunteers. Moderators are not employees, contractors, or agents of the Company. We reserve the right to revoke moderator permissions at any time.

6.2 Moderator Responsibilities

16 Moderators agree to:

• Follow the Content Policy and Moderator Guidelines;
• Act in good faith when moderating their communities;
• Respect the Community Guidelines when enforcing vault rules;
• Not take actions solely to benefit themselves financially.

6.3 Liability

17 Moderators are not authorized to act on behalf of the Company, and the Company is not liable for actions taken by moderators.

7. Prohibited Conduct

18 You may not:

• Use the Services for any illegal purpose;
• Harass, threaten, or intimidate other users;
• Post content that is obscene, defamatory, or infringes intellectual property rights;
• Impersonate any person or entity;
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services;
• Interfere with the proper working of the Services;
• Circumvent any measures designed to prevent or restrict access;
• Use bots, scripts, or automated tools (except as specifically permitted);
• Create multiple accounts to evade bans or manipulate features;
• Scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access or collect data from the Services without our express written permission;
• Use any data obtained from the Services to train, develop, or improve any artificial intelligence, machine learning model, or similar technology, whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes;
• Access the Services in violation of our robots.txt file or other technical measures designed to restrict automated access.

8. Intellectual Property

8.1 Our Content

19 The Services contain content owned by the Company ("Our Content"), including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, and software. Our Content is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws.

8.2 Unauthorized Data Collection and AI Training

20 Without limiting the foregoing, you expressly agree that:

• No Scraping: You will not use any robot, spider, scraper, crawler, or other automated means to access the Services for any purpose, including monitoring, copying, or extracting content;
• No AI Training: You will not use content from the Services, including user-generated content, to train, develop, fine-tune, or improve any artificial intelligence system, machine learning model, large language model (LLM), neural network, or similar technology;
• No Data Harvesting: You will not systematically collect, aggregate, or compile data from the Services to create databases, datasets, or data products;
• robots.txt Compliance: You agree to respect our robots.txt file and any meta tags or headers that restrict automated access;
• API Terms: If we provide an API, any access must comply with our separate API Terms of Service, and API access does not grant rights to use content for AI training.

21 Violation of these provisions may result in immediate termination of access, legal action, and liability for damages including statutory damages where applicable.

8.3 Trademarks

22 "tippr," the tippr logo, and other marks are trademarks of tippr. You may not use these marks without our written permission.

9. Termination

23 We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time, for any reason, including violation of this Agreement. Upon termination:

• Your license to use the Services is revoked;
• We may delete your account and content;
• Provisions that by their nature should survive will remain in effect.

10. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

10.1 Disclaimer of Warranties

24 THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

10.2 Limitation of Liability

25 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES.

11. Indemnification

26 You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, or expenses arising from:

• Your use of the Services;
• Your Content;
• Your violation of this Agreement;
• Your violation of any third-party rights.

12. Section 230 Notice

27 The Company is a provider of an interactive computer service. In accordance with 47 U.S.C. § 230, the Company is not the publisher or speaker of any content provided by users. We are not liable for content posted by third parties.

13. Governing Law

28 This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the place where the site's operator is established, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

14. Dispute Resolution

29 Any disputes arising from this Agreement will be resolved through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. You waive any right to participate in a class action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration.

15. Changes to This Agreement

30 We may update this Agreement from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting the revised Agreement on the Services with an updated effective date. Your continued use of the Services after changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the revised Agreement.

16. General Terms

• Entire Agreement: This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Company.
• Severability: If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect.
• Waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision does not waive future enforcement.
• Assignment: We may assign this Agreement without restriction; you may not assign without our consent.

17. Contact Information

31 If you have questions about this Agreement, please contact us at:

32 tippr
Contact: legal and copyright requests

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