Grudge Court

Terms of Service

Grudge Court — Terms of Service

Version: 1.0 Effective date: July 7, 2026 Operated by: Udight LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ("Grudge Court," "we," "us," or "the Company").

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and the Company. You accept them by checking the "I agree" box when filing a case or creating an account (click-wrap). We record your acceptance (user or anonymous ID, timestamp, IP address, and Terms version). If you do not agree, do not use the service.

Translations of these Terms may be provided as a courtesy. The English version controls in the event of any conflict.

1. Entertainment Only — This Is Not Real Court

Grudge Court is an entertainment service. Verdicts are AI-generated fiction. They are not legal advice, mediation, arbitration, therapy, counseling, or professional advice of any kind. Verdicts are not binding on anyone, create no rights or obligations, and must not be relied upon for any decision — legal, financial, medical, relational, or otherwise. The judges are not real judges. The court is not a real court. The gavel is not a real gavel.

2. Eligibility — 18+

You must be at least 18 years old to use Grudge Court, whether as a case filer ("plaintiff") or a respondent ("defendant"). By using the service you represent that you are 18 or older. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18; if we learn we have, we will delete it. There is no parental-consent path — the service is simply not for minors.

3. AI-Generated Output — No Warranty, AS-IS

Verdicts and all other AI output may be inaccurate, incomplete, offensive, absurd, or flat-out wrong. That is partly the point, and entirely your risk. THE SERVICE AND ALL OUTPUT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. You assume all risk arising from your use of the service and any reliance on its output.

4. Your Content — License and Responsibility

You retain ownership of the text, images, and other material you submit ("User Content"). You grant the Company a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, process, reproduce, display, and distribute your User Content as needed to operate the service (generating verdicts, rendering shareable verdict cards, displaying cases to participants, and — only where you opt in — the public gallery).

You represent and warrant that: (a) you have all rights necessary to submit your User Content; (b) you will not submit another person's private or identifying information without their consent; and (c) your User Content does not violate any law or third-party right. You — not the Company — are responsible for what you submit, including what you say about other people.

5. The Other Party's Consent

A defendant's participation is entirely voluntary. Filing a case gives you a share link — it does not give you permission to pressure, spam, or harass anyone into responding. You may not file cases that target a person who has not consented to participate and is not expected to be invited to respond (i.e., no using Grudge Court to publicly roast a non-participating third party). Repeat-invitation abuse and harassment are grounds for termination.

6. Prohibited Content and Conduct

You may not submit or use the service to create: (a) illegal content; (b) harassment, threats, or incitement of violence; (c) any sexual content involving minors (zero tolerance — blocked, logged, and reported where required by law); (d) doxxing — publishing others' private, identifying, or contact information; (e) content that infringes intellectual-property or publicity rights; (f) malware, spam, or attempts to probe, overload, or reverse-engineer the service; (g) attempts to manipulate the AI into breaking its rules ("prompt injection"). We may remove content and suspend accounts at our discretion.

7. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW: (a) THE COMPANY'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE IS CAPPED AT THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE (OR US $50 IF YOU PAID NOTHING); AND (b) THE COMPANY IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR RELATIONSHIPS (romantic, platonic, roommate-based, or otherwise), EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations; in those places these limits apply to the fullest extent permitted.

8. Indemnification

You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company and its members, officers, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from: (a) your User Content; (b) your violation of these Terms; or (c) your violation of any law or the rights of any third party — including claims brought by people you submitted content about.

9. Dispute Resolution — Arbitration and Class-Action Waiver (US)

Please read this section carefully — it affects your legal rights.

Any dispute between you and the Company arising out of these Terms or the service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court, except that:

  • Small-claims carve-out: either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court in the county of your residence or Suffolk County, Massachusetts, if it qualifies there.
  • Either party may seek injunctive relief for intellectual-property infringement or misuse of the service in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Class-action waiver: disputes will be arbitrated only on an individual basis. NEITHER PARTY MAY PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. If this waiver is found unenforceable, the entire arbitration section is void.

Opt-out: you may opt out of arbitration by emailing legal@grudgecourt.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms.

Governing law: these Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules.

10. Subscriptions, Trials, and Refunds

  • Premium plan: billed via Stripe at the price shown at checkout ($4.99/month or $29.99/year at launch), recurring until cancelled.
  • Free trial: 7 days, card required upfront. Trial terms are stated at checkout ("$0 today, then $4.99/mo after 7 days — cancel anytime"). We email you a reminder 2 days before your trial converts to a paid subscription.
  • Cancel anytime: cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you keep premium access until then. Cancelling during a trial means you are never charged. Cancellation is one click from your account settings (Stripe customer portal) — as easy as signing up.
  • Refunds: see the Refund Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms. Summary: 7-day no-questions refund on your first charge.
  • Prices may change with at least 30 days' notice; changes apply from your next billing cycle.

11. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account, delete your content, and refuse service at our discretion, including for violations of Section 6, fraud, chargebacks, or harm to other users or the service. You may delete your account at any time from account settings (see the Privacy Policy for deletion timelines). Sections 1, 3, 4 (license, as needed to wind down), 7, 8, 9, and 13 survive termination.

12. Copyright / DMCA

We respect intellectual-property rights and comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Notices of claimed infringement should be sent to our designated DMCA agent:

DMCA Agent, Udight LLC 7 Whittier Pl, Ste 108 PMB 266, Boston, MA 02114 dmca@grudgecourt.com

Include the information required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). We will remove infringing material and terminate repeat infringers.

13. User Submissions and Our Role (Section 230 Posture)

Case submissions are user-generated content. We host and transmit them; we do not author, endorse, or verify them. We perform automated safety moderation and act on abuse reports, and we reserve the right (but have no obligation) to remove content. Nothing in our moderation converts User Content into the Company's speech. AI verdicts are generated output based on user submissions and are labeled fiction (Section 1).

General

These Terms, the Privacy Policy, the Cookie Policy, and the Refund Policy are the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the service. If any provision is unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. We may update these Terms; material changes will be announced in-product and require re-acceptance for continued case filing (a new version number is recorded). Contact: legal@grudgecourt.com.

Court is adjourned. 🔨