Welcome to creasward.com, where you can read web novels written by Crea S. Ward, and occasionally purchase goods or services related to those novels! This page explains the terms of use, and the conditions under which you may use this website and the services provided at creasward.com. Whenever you use creasward.com, you are agreeing to all of the rules on this page. We'll try to make it as easy as possible to understand!
These Terms set forth the terms and conditions under which you may use this website and Services as offered by Crea S. Ward. By accessing or using the website or our services, you approve that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms.
In order to use our website and/or receive our services, you must be at least 13 years of age (or of the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction). You must possess the legal authority, right and freedom to enter into these Terms as a binding agreement. You are not allowed to use this website and/or receive services if doing so is prohibited in your country or under any law or regulation applicable to you. If you are located outside of the United States, note that your personal information, as provided to this website, may be sent to and stored on servers located in the United States.
No account is required in order to use creasward.com. You can read the web novels available on the website at your leisure. If you do not have an account, certain services - such as tracking which chapters you have read, or bookmarking chapters - cannot be provided.
An account is not required to use most services available on this website. If you create an account, you agree to the terms and conditions laid out by a third party (Google Firebase) regarding the use and storage of your data. You agree to receive emails regarding account access and authentication, or regarding specific services and products you have purchased for creasward.com. Creasward.com does not send promotional emails, nor will we contact you outside of email.
If you would like to create an account, we will request your email, and a username and password for your account. This information will be shared with the third party (Google Firebase) we use for authentication, so review their terms of service here. You are responsible for all of the activity on your account, as well as for keeping your password a secret. If you would like to delete your account, reach out through support@creasward.com.
If you would like to purchase services or products related to the web novels on creasward.com, you will be directed to buymeacoffee.com to do so. You can read their terms of service here.
When buying an item or service, you agree that:
When providing support for Crea S. Ward to continue crafting the content available on this website through a specific service, such as a subscription, membership, or donation, you agree that:
Subscriber and membership services, financial support donations, and payments of all kinds are handled through partnerships with buymeacoffee, and are subject to the terms and conditions presented by buymeacoffee.com read them here, as well as through stripe. When you choose to make a payment, you're also agreeing to their terms and conditions. Subscription and membership services may be canceled through buymeacoffee.
The prices we charge for using our services / for our products are listed on the website and we try to make them extremely clear. We reserve the right to change the prices for products displayed at any time, and to correct pricing errors that may inadvertently occur. You will find additional information about pricing and sales tax on the payments page. Any fees for services, subscriptions, memberships, and any other charges you may incur in connection with your use of any service offered through or for creasward.com, such as taxes and possible transaction fees, will be charged per month using the payment method you provide. Note, again, that simply using creasward.com is free. Creating an account with creasward.com is also free!
We do not currently offer returns or refunds, since the services and products available through creasward.com are largely not of a physical variety.
A little legal jargon here: Note that we may, without prior notice, change the services we provide through creasward.com; we may stop providing the services or any features of the services we offer, or create limits for the services. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend access to the services without notice and liability for any reason, or for no reason.
Since creasward.com is a website full of copyrighted, intellectual property, you agree to respect that copyright and all other legal notices and restrictions relating to the materials on the website, creasward.com, in its services and products, and materials made available through third parties, such as buymeacoffee.com. Material on creasward.com is protected by U.S. Copyright and international intellectual-property laws, and in some cases, through other legal means.
In complicated terms: The Service and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of Crea S. Ward at creasward.com. Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in these Terms shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works thereof.
In summary: Everything on this site is owned by Crea S. Ward and creasward.com. There is literally no way for you to obtain the rights to the intellectual property present on this site through the use of this site. You agree not to create derivative works (be they translations, spin-offs, or other works), or to sell (particularly since the works are free to view here), license, rent, modify, distribute, copy (or paste), reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, or edit anything on creasward.com or that was created by Crea S. Ward for creasward.com (this includes content on buymeacoffee.com).
Requests to reproduce content owned by Crea S. Ward may be directed to support@creasward.com, or through buymeacoffee. Seriously, please reach out. It's fun to hear from people who enjoy the stories. We will provide express, written permission in instances when it makes sense to do so, including for derivative works.
Everything you post related to creasward.com (including on buymeacoffee, which is covered by their own terms and conditions), is your responsibility.
You recognize and agree that by uploading any content (including, but not limited to designs, images, animations, videos, audio files, fonts, logos, illustrations, compositions, artworks, interfaces, text and literary works) through any means to the website or related services, you confirm that you own all the relevant rights or received the appropriate license to upload/transfer/send the content. You agree and consent that the uploaded/transferred content may be publicly displayed on this website or through related third-party services (buymeacoffee.com).
IndemnityYou agree to indemnify and hold Crea S. Ward and creasward.com, our content providers, employees, partners, representatives, and third party providers (and everyone else responsible for creating or maintaining the website), harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), made against them by any third party due to, or arising out of, or in connection with your use of the website or any of the services offered on the website.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall creasward.com be liable for any indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including without limitation, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to the use of, or inability to use, the service.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, creasward.com assumes no liability or responsibility for any
We reserve the right to modify these terms from time to time at our sole discretion. You should review these page periodically. Your continued use of the Website or our service after any such change constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. If you do not agree to any of these terms or any future version of the Terms, simply do not use or access (or continue to access) the website or the service. No waiver of any provision of these Terms shall be construed a further or continuing waiver of such a term, or of any other term. Creasward.com's failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
These Terms, the rights and remedies provided hereunder, and any and all claims and disputes related hereto and/or to the services, shall be governed by, construed under and enforced in all respects solely and exclusively in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the United States of America, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any and all such claims and disputes shall be brought in, and you hereby consent to them being decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Wisconsin. The application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is hereby expressly excluded.
These Terms are the entire agreement between You and creasward.com with respect to the Services offered through creasward.com. They supersede all other communications and proposals (oral, written, or electronic) between you and creasward.com with respect to the Services, and govern our relationship. If any provisions of this Terms are deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions, which remain in full force and effect. Creasward.com's failure to assert any right or provision under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
To keep things simple, any claim arising out of or related to Services provided by creasward.com must commence within one (1) calendar year after the cause of action occurs, or shall be permanently barred.
Contact us through support@creasward.com or our page on buymeacoffee.
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Last Updated: 12/23/2021