Terms of Service
Terms of Service
Last updated: JULY 11, 2026
The short version
ROYALTY LEDGER is a tool that helps you track royalties and calculate splits. It does the math; it doesn't move money and it doesn't make decisions. The numbers it produces are a starting point, not a final authority — check them before you pay anyone.
The rest of this is the detail.
Who we are, and what this covers
ROYALTY LEDGER ("the Service") is operated by THE GREAT EXPERIENCE CO. ("we", "us"). By using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use it.
Accounts
The Service is invite-only. You have an account because someone gave you access. That access can be revoked.
- You must be at least 18 years old.
- You're responsible for keeping your password secure. We can't and won't recover data lost because someone got into your account.
- One human per login. Don't share credentials — ask us for another invite instead.
- You're responsible for everything that happens under your account.
Tell us immediately at hello@gr8x.co if you think your account has been compromised.
Accuracy of calculations
Read this part.
ROYALTY LEDGER performs calculations based on data you provide or that we import from third-party platforms on your behalf. Those calculations are provided for informational purposes only.
- We do not guarantee that any figure produced by the Service is correct. Software has bugs. Imported data can be incomplete, delayed, malformed, or wrong at the source. Split configurations can be entered incorrectly.
- The Service is not an accountant, a bookkeeper, a royalties administrator, or a financial advisor. Nothing it outputs is accounting, tax, or legal advice.
- You are solely responsible for verifying every figure before you rely on it — and especially before you pay anyone, report income, file taxes, or make any financial or contractual decision based on it.
- We are not liable for any payment made, withheld, or miscalculated as a result of using the Service, including disputes with your collaborators.
If the Service tells you a collaborator is owed $412.90 and the real number is $612.90, that gap is between you and them. Treat our output the way you'd treat a draft from an intern: useful, probably right, and worth double-checking.
Your data and your content
You own your data. Everything you upload, import, or create in the Service belongs to you. We don't claim any ownership over it.
You grant us only the narrow permission we need to actually run the Service: to store, process, back up, and display your data back to you. That permission ends when you delete the data or close your account.
We will not use your data to train AI models, sell it, share it for advertising, or repackage it into any product.
Data about other people
Royalty data is, by nature, about other people — collaborators, co-writers, performers, payees.
By uploading or importing that data, you represent that you have the right to do so. Usually that means you have an agreement with those people, or you're the party responsible for administering their payments. You're responsible for handling their information lawfully and for any claims arising from how you use the Service with respect to them.
We're the filing cabinet. What goes in it, and who it's about, is on you.
Third-party integrations
The Service can connect to third-party platforms (Shopify, Vimeo, distributors, and similar) to import sales data.
- Those platforms have their own terms and privacy policies. Your use of them is between you and them.
- We're not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or availability of data those platforms provide. If Shopify reports a sale wrong, or a distributor's CSV is missing a month, the Service will faithfully calculate the wrong answer from the wrong input.
- If a platform changes or removes its API, an integration may stop working. We'll fix it when we can, but we can't promise it.
Acceptable use
Don't use the Service to:
- Break the law.
- Upload data you don't have the right to upload.
- Attempt to access other users' accounts or data.
- Probe, scan, or attack the infrastructure, or attempt to disrupt the Service for others.
- Scrape or extract data by automated means beyond your own account's data.
- Resell or sublicense access to the Service without our written permission.
Verbal, physical, written, or other abuse of us — including threats — will result in immediate account termination. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, for any reason, at any time.
Availability
We try to keep the Service running and we take backups. But:
- The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
- We don't guarantee uptime. There is no SLA. This is an invite-only tool, not enterprise infrastructure.
- We may change, suspend, or discontinue features. If we're going to discontinue the Service entirely, we'll give you reasonable notice and a way to export your data.
Keep your own copies of anything you can't afford to lose. Export regularly.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages — including lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, incorrect payments, or business interruption — arising from your use of the Service.
Our total liability to you for any claim arising out of these Terms or the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or (b) $100.
Some jurisdictions don't allow these limitations, so parts of this may not apply to you.
Termination
You can stop using the Service and close your account at any time. Email us and we'll delete your data.
We can suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms, or if we discontinue the Service. If we terminate you for cause, you may lose access to your data — so again, export regularly.
Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms. For material changes, we'll email you before they take effect. Continuing to use the Service after that means you accept the new Terms.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflict of law provisions. Any dispute will be handled in the state or federal courts located in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
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