These Terms of Service (the "Terms") are a binding legal agreement between you ("you" or "User") and Electronic Inspiration LLC, a Florida limited liability company ("PaperDue," "we," "us," or "our"), governing your access to and use of the website paperdue.com and any related services, content, features, and applications we offer (collectively, the "Service").
THESE TERMS CONTAIN AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL / SUBSCRIPTION PROVISION, A BINDING ARBITRATION CLAUSE, AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER. BY CREATING AN ACCOUNT, CLICKING "I AGREE," SUBSCRIBING, OR USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE THE SERVICE.
These Terms apply only to paperdue.com. paperdue.ai is operated under a separate brand and is governed by its own Terms of Service.
To use the Service, you must:
- Be at least 18 years of age, or at least 13 years of age with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian
- Be capable of forming a binding contract under applicable law
- Not be barred from using the Service under U.S. law or any other applicable jurisdiction
- Provide accurate, current, and complete account information
The Service is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly permit children under 13 to register.
You may create an account using an email address and password or by signing in through a third-party provider (Google, Facebook, or Apple). You are responsible for:
- Maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials
- All activity that occurs under your account
- Promptly notifying us of any unauthorized use of your account or any other security breach at [email protected]
You may not share your account, sell access to your account, or permit anyone else to use your account.
We may suspend or terminate your account at any time, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms, the Student Honor Code, or any applicable law.
PaperDue is a research and reference library that provides access to model academic papers, writing guides, citation tools, study aids, and related resources. The Service is intended to support learning, research, and study. You agree to use the Service in accordance with the PaperDue Student Honor Code, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
We may add, modify, or remove features of the Service at any time. We will use reasonable efforts to notify subscribers of material changes.
We may offer a trial subscription (for example, a one-dollar ($1.00 USD) trial). Unless otherwise stated at the point of purchase, the trial automatically converts into a paid recurring subscription at the end of the trial period at the then-current standard rate (currently approximately $24.95 USD per month, subject to change).
By signing up for the trial, you authorize us to charge your payment method for the recurring subscription fee at the end of the trial period and on each subsequent renewal date until you cancel. The exact pricing, trial duration, and renewal terms are disclosed to you on the sign-up page before you complete the transaction.
Once your trial converts (or if you sign up directly for a paid subscription), your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each billing cycle at the then-current rate, unless and until you cancel. Billing cycles are typically monthly but may be other lengths depending on the plan you select.
We accept the payment methods displayed at checkout, including major credit and debit cards (processed by Stripe) and PayPal. You represent that you are authorized to use the payment method you provide and that all payment information you provide is accurate.
We may change subscription prices from time to time. If we change the price of a subscription you have already purchased, we will give you advance notice by email at least 30 days before the change takes effect. The change will apply to the next renewal after the notice period. If you do not agree to the new price, you must cancel before the change takes effect.
Prices are exclusive of applicable sales taxes, VAT, or similar taxes, unless stated otherwise. You are responsible for any taxes imposed on the transaction.
You may cancel your subscription at any time:
- From your account settings page (Account → Subscription → Cancel)
- By contacting our support team at [email protected]
Cancellation will stop the next automatic renewal. Unless we agree otherwise in writing, cancellation does not entitle you to a refund of fees already paid, but you will retain access to the Service through the end of your current paid period.
We will confirm your cancellation by email. If you do not receive a confirmation within 24 hours, please contact support so we can verify.
All subscription fees are non-refundable except as required by applicable law or as explicitly stated in these Terms.
If you believe you have been charged in error, please contact [email protected] within 30 days of the charge. We review refund requests in good faith and on a case-by-case basis.
Residents of California and certain other jurisdictions may have additional cancellation and refund rights under state law. See Section 17 — Specific State Disclosures below.
You agree that you will NOT, and will not allow any third party to:
- Use the Service to violate any law, regulation, or third-party right
- Submit any content from the Service as your own original work to any academic institution (see Student Honor Code)
- Copy, scrape, harvest, mirror, or systematically download any portion of the Service
- Republish, resell, sublicense, or commercially exploit any content from the Service
- Use any automated means, including bots, spiders, or scrapers, to access the Service except for public search engine indexing consistent with our
robots.txt - Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the Service
- Interfere with or disrupt the Service or the servers and networks that host it
- Bypass, attempt to bypass, or circumvent any security or access controls (including paywalls, rate limits, or account restrictions)
- Upload or transmit viruses, malware, or other harmful code
- Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity
- Collect or harvest information about other users without their consent
- Use the Service to harass, abuse, threaten, or defame any person
Violations may result in immediate suspension or termination of your account and may be referred to law enforcement.
The Service, including all model papers, writing guides, software, design, layout, graphics, text, and other content (excluding User Content), is owned by Electronic Inspiration LLC or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Service for personal, non-commercial study and research purposes only. All other rights are reserved.
"PaperDue" and the PaperDue logo are trademarks of Electronic Inspiration LLC. You may not use these marks without our prior written permission.
If you submit content to the Service (for example, a draft paper for use with a writing tool, or a comment), you retain ownership of your User Content. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, modify, and use your User Content solely as necessary to operate, provide, and improve the Service.
If you send us feedback or suggestions about the Service, we may use that feedback without restriction and without compensation to you.
We respect intellectual property rights and respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA").
If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, please send a written notice to our designated DMCA agent that includes:
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
- Identification of the material claimed to be infringing and its location on the Service (a URL is helpful)
- Your contact information (name, address, telephone, email)
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf
Send notices to:
DMCA Agent Electronic Inspiration LLC PaperDue.com Miami, Florida, United States [email protected]We will respond to valid notices in accordance with the DMCA and may remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material. We will also forward the notice to the user who posted the material if applicable. Repeat infringers' accounts will be terminated.
If you believe content of yours was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notice under the DMCA to the same address.
The Service may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources (for example, citations to Wikipedia, research databases, or other external references). We do not control and are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or accuracy of any third-party services. Use of any third-party service is at your own risk and subject to that service's own terms.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ELECTRONIC INSPIRATION LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
We do not warrant that:
- The Service will meet your requirements or expectations
- The Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free
- The content on the Service is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or free of errors
- Use of the Service will result in any particular academic outcome, grade, or other result
The Service is a study aid. It is not a substitute for your own original academic work, and we make no representations regarding any academic institution's policies or how it will treat the use of our content.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ELECTRONIC INSPIRATION LLC OR ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Our total cumulative liability arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, will not exceed the greater of (a) the amounts you paid us for the Service in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, or (b) one hundred U.S. dollars ($100.00).
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some of the above may not apply to you. In such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Electronic Inspiration LLC and its affiliates, officers, employees, agents, and licensors from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to:
- Your use of or access to the Service
- Your breach of these Terms or the Student Honor Code
- Your violation of any law or third-party right (including intellectual property and academic integrity policies)
- Any content you submit to the Service
We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to your indemnification, in which case you agree to cooperate with our defense.
You may stop using the Service at any time and cancel your subscription as described in Section 5.
We may suspend or terminate your account and access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms, the Student Honor Code, or any applicable law, or if your continued use poses a security or legal risk to us or others.
Upon termination, the following sections survive: 6 (Refunds), 7 (Acceptable Use), 8 (Intellectual Property), 9 (DMCA), 11 (Disclaimers), 12 (Limitation of Liability), 13 (Indemnification), 15 (Governing Law), 16 (Dispute Resolution), 18 (General).
These Terms and any dispute arising out of or related to them or the Service are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, U.S.A., without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles.
Subject to Section 16 (Dispute Resolution), any judicial proceeding must be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
THIS SECTION REQUIRES THAT MOST DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND PAPERDUE BE RESOLVED THROUGH BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION INSTEAD OF IN COURT, AND WAIVES YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION.
Before filing any claim, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us at [email protected]. We will try to resolve the dispute within 60 days of receiving your notice.
If we cannot resolve the dispute informally, you and PaperDue agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will take place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, or by video conference at the arbitrator's discretion. The arbitrator's decision will be final and binding.
YOU AND PAPERDUE EACH AGREE THAT DISPUTES MUST BE BROUGHT IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies, and either party may seek injunctive relief in court for misuse or infringement of intellectual property.
You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to [email protected] within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. Your notice must include your name, the email associated with your account, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration.
If we make a material change to this Section 16, you may reject the change by sending us written notice within 30 days of the change becoming effective, in which case the version of this Section in effect immediately prior to the change will continue to apply between you and us.
Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California users are entitled to the following consumer rights notice: If you have a question or complaint regarding the Service, please contact us at [email protected]. You may also contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Student Honor Code, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements.
We may revise these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email or by posting a prominent notice on the Service before the changes take effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Service and may cancel your subscription as described in Section 5.
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of that right or provision.
You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your account without our prior written consent. We may freely assign or transfer these Terms.
These Terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights.
We are not responsible for delays or failures in performance resulting from causes beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, internet or telecommunications failures, or actions of government authorities.
We may give you notice by email to the address associated with your account or by posting a notice on the Service. You may give us notice at [email protected].
Nothing in these Terms creates an agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship between you and PaperDue.