Terms of Service

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use The Verdict. By creating an account, you represent that you meet this requirement. If you are under 18, you represent that you have obtained parental or guardian consent.

2. Your Account

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You agree to:

• Provide accurate and truthful information when creating your account
• Keep your password secure and not share it with others
• Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account
• Not create multiple accounts or impersonate other users

3. Acceptable Use

You agree to use The Verdict in good faith. You must not:

• Submit random, nonsensical, or deliberately low-quality verdicts to farm XP
• Use bots, scripts, or automated tools to submit verdicts
• Attempt to manipulate the leaderboard through coordinated inauthentic activity
• Submit verdicts containing hate speech, harassment, or illegal content
• Reverse engineer, scrape, or copy the platform's content or systems
• Interfere with or disrupt the platform's infrastructure
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the platform

We reserve the right to suspend or permanently ban accounts that violate these rules, at our sole discretion, without notice or refund.

4. Verdict Data and Intellectual Property

When you submit a verdict, you grant The Verdict a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, and sublicense your verdict content (including written reasoning) for any purpose, including:

• Operating and improving the platform
• Creating and distributing AI training datasets
• Research and development
• Commercial licensing to AI research organizations

You retain no ownership rights over submitted verdicts and are not entitled to compensation from the commercial use of verdict data, even if it is included in datasets sold to third parties.

Upon account deletion, personally identifiable elements of your verdict data will be removed as described in our Privacy Policy. Anonymized or aggregated data that can no longer be linked to you may be retained.

All platform content, design, code, trademarks, and branding are owned by The Verdict and may not be used without our written permission.

5. Service Availability

The Verdict is free to use. There are no paid plans or subscriptions. All features are available to all users at no cost. We reserve the right to introduce paid features in the future with reasonable notice.

6. XP, Titles, and Leaderboard

XP, judicial titles, and leaderboard rankings are features of the platform and have no monetary value. We may adjust XP calculations, title thresholds, or leaderboard mechanics at any time. Titles and XP are non-transferable and are forfeited upon account termination. Attempts to artificially inflate XP will result in account suspension.

7. Disclaimers

The platform is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not warrant that:

• The platform will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free from viruses
• Verdicts will be used in any specific AI training project
• XP, titles, or rankings will be preserved indefinitely

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, The Verdict and its operators, employees, and contractors shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the platform. Our total liability to you for any claim arising from these Terms or your use of the platform shall not exceed the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim, or $50, whichever is greater.

9. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless The Verdict and its operators from any claims, liabilities, damages, and expenses (including attorney fees) arising from your use of the platform, violation of these Terms, or infringement of any rights of a third party.

10. Termination

You may delete your account at any time from your profile settings. We may suspend or terminate your account for violations of these Terms or other lawful grounds. Upon termination, your right to use the platform immediately ceases. Sections 4, 7, 8, and 9 of these Terms survive termination.

11. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes shall be resolved in the applicable courts of that jurisdiction. If you are an EU/EEA consumer, mandatory consumer protection laws of your country of residence will also apply.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms at any time. For material changes, we will notify you by email at least 14 days in advance. Your continued use of the platform after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree, you should discontinue use and delete your account.

13. Contact

For questions about these Terms, contact us: