Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the Owlkeep website, websites and online services operated under the Owlkeep name, and your access to games, books, software, artwork, audiovisual works, written material and other productions made available by Owlkeep.

Please read these Terms before using our website or obtaining our products.

By accessing or using the website, downloading or using material made available by Owlkeep, or purchasing a product directly from Owlkeep, you agree to these Terms where applicable.

Nothing in these Terms limits any rights that cannot legally be limited or excluded, including mandatory rights granted to consumers under Finnish or European Union law.

1. About Owlkeep

The website is operated by:

Owlkeep
Business ID: 1938273-1
Finland
Website: https://www.owlkeep.com

In these Terms, “Owlkeep”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Owlkeep.

“Productions” means games, software, books, publications, stories, artwork, graphics, music, audio, video, websites, interactive content and other creative or technical works produced, published or otherwise made available by Owlkeep.

2. Scope of These Terms

These Terms apply to:

the Owlkeep website and its content;
free and paid digital content provided directly by Owlkeep;
websites created and/or published directly by Owlkeep;
software and games provided directly by Owlkeep;
books, media and other physical products sold directly by Owlkeep;
downloads and other materials provided through our website; and
other Owlkeep services expressly referring to these Terms.

Individual products or services may have additional terms, licence agreements, end-user licence agreements, store terms or other conditions.

Where specific terms are provided for a particular product or service, those specific terms take precedence over these general Terms in the event of a conflict.

3. Third-Party Stores and Platforms

Owlkeep productions may be distributed through third parties such as game platforms, application stores, bookstores, retailers, payment providers, crowdfunding services, hosting providers or other distributors.

When you purchase or obtain an Owlkeep production through a third party, your transaction may be with that third party rather than directly with Owlkeep.

The third party’s own terms may therefore govern matters including:

purchasing and payment;
refunds and withdrawal;
delivery;
account management;
subscriptions;
platform access;
regional availability; and
technical operation of the platform.

For example, an Owlkeep game obtained through a digital game platform may be subject both to the applicable Owlkeep licence terms and to the terms of that platform.

Owlkeep is not responsible for the operation, availability, security, payment processing or contractual obligations of an independent third-party service except where applicable law expressly provides otherwise.

4. Website Content

We aim to keep information on our website accurate and useful, but website content may contain errors, omissions, outdated information or temporary inaccuracies.

Information concerning productions under development is particularly subject to change.

Screenshots, concept artwork, prototypes, development material, release plans, descriptions, technical specifications, estimated dates, features and other pre-release information do not constitute a guarantee that the final production will contain every feature shown or described unless expressly stated otherwise as part of a binding purchase agreement.

We may correct errors and update website content at any time.

5. Works in Development

Owlkeep may publish information concerning games, books, software, media or other productions that are unfinished, experimental or still under development.

Development plans can change.

Unless expressly included as a contractual commitment in connection with a purchase, statements concerning planned functionality, future content, schedules, platforms, compatibility, release dates or other future developments should be regarded as development information rather than guaranteed commitments.

Nothing in this section limits rights arising from specific representations that are legally binding under applicable consumer law.

6. Intellectual Property

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the website and Owlkeep productions are owned by Owlkeep or used by Owlkeep under licence.

This includes, without limitation:

software and source code;
games and game content;
written works;
books and publications;
characters;
fictional settings and worlds;
dialogue and narrative material;
illustrations and artwork;
photographs;
animations;
video and audio;
music and sound;
logos;
trademarks;
user-interface designs;
graphics;
website layouts;
databases; and
other copyrightable or otherwise protected material.

All applicable copyright, trademark, database, design and other intellectual-property rights are reserved.

Purchasing, downloading, accessing or viewing an Owlkeep production does not transfer ownership of its intellectual-property rights to you.

You receive only the rights expressly granted by these Terms, the applicable product licence or mandatory law.

7. Permitted Personal Use

Unless different terms accompany a particular production, Owlkeep grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable right to access and use material made available through the website for lawful personal and non-commercial purposes.

You may not, without our prior permission or another applicable legal basis:

reproduce substantial portions of our content;
republish or redistribute our content;
sell, rent, sublicense or commercially exploit our content;
present Owlkeep content as your own;
remove copyright, trademark or attribution notices;
create unauthorized commercial derivative works;
copy website content into another publication, database or service;
systematically download or archive the website;
circumvent access controls, technological protection measures or digital-rights-management systems; or
reverse engineer software except where such activity is expressly permitted by mandatory law.

Normal linking to publicly accessible pages of our website is permitted provided that the link does not misleadingly suggest sponsorship, endorsement, partnership or affiliation with Owlkeep.

8. Automated Access, Scraping, Text and Data Mining and AI Training

Except where mandatory law provides otherwise or Owlkeep has expressly authorized the activity, you may not use automated systems to systematically extract, reproduce, collect or process Owlkeep content.

This includes automated scraping, bulk downloading, dataset construction and similar automated extraction.

To the extent legally effective, Owlkeep expressly reserves its rights in relation to text and data mining, including the reservation contemplated by Article 4(3) of Directive (EU) 2019/790.

This reservation applies in particular to the use of Owlkeep content for:

commercial text and data mining;
creation or enrichment of datasets;
training, fine-tuning or development of machine-learning systems;
training or development of generative artificial-intelligence systems;
synthetic-content generation based upon systematic extraction of Owlkeep works; and
automated commercial analysis or reproduction of Owlkeep creative content.

Additional machine-readable rights reservations, access restrictions or technical instructions may be implemented on our websites.

Ordinary indexing by legitimate search engines may be permitted subject to our technical instructions, robots directives and other applicable restrictions.

Nothing in this section restricts activities that Owlkeep cannot lawfully prohibit.

9. Trademarks and Branding

“Owlkeep”, Owlkeep logos, product names, graphical identities and associated branding may be protected trademarks, trade names or other commercial identifiers.

You may not use Owlkeep branding in a manner likely to create confusion regarding ownership, sponsorship, endorsement or affiliation.

References to third-party trademarks belong to their respective owners. Their appearance on the Owlkeep website does not imply sponsorship or endorsement unless expressly stated.

10. Purchases Made Directly from Owlkeep

Where Owlkeep sells a product directly to you, the information presented during the ordering process forms part of the contract.

Prices and applicable taxes will be shown before the order is placed to the extent required by law.

You must provide accurate information necessary to process your order.

We may refuse or cancel an order where there is a legitimate reason to do so, including:

an obvious pricing or technical error;
suspected fraud;
unauthorized payment;
legal restrictions;
inability to supply the ordered product; or
misuse of our purchasing systems.

Where payment has already been collected for an order that we lawfully cancel, the appropriate amount will be refunded.

Nothing in this section permits Owlkeep to cancel a binding consumer contract contrary to mandatory law.

11. Digital Content

Digital content may include games, software, electronic books, audiovisual material, downloadable files and other electronically supplied content.

Information concerning relevant functionality, compatibility, system requirements, restrictions and other material characteristics will be provided where required.

Digital content purchased directly from Owlkeep is subject to statutory consumer rights concerning conformity, delivery, defects and required updates.

A licence to digital content normally permits use of the content and does not constitute a transfer of the underlying intellectual-property rights.

12. Withdrawal From Digital Purchases

Where applicable law provides a right of withdrawal for a distance purchase, that statutory right applies.

For electronically supplied digital content, a consumer may in circumstances provided by law lose the statutory right of withdrawal after supply begins.

Where Owlkeep relies on such an exception, delivery during the withdrawal period will only begin under the conditions required by applicable law, including any required:

explicit prior consent to beginning delivery;
acknowledgement concerning loss of the right of withdrawal; and
confirmation provided on a durable medium.

Merely accepting these general Terms does not by itself replace any separate consent required by law.

13. Physical Products

If Owlkeep directly sells physical books, printed products, merchandise or other goods to consumers through distance selling, statutory consumer rights apply.

This may include a statutory withdrawal period where applicable.

Any exceptions to the right of withdrawal, return costs and relevant return procedures will be communicated as required by law.

Rights relating to defective or non-conforming products are not limited by any voluntary return policy.

14. Product Availability

Products may be discontinued, temporarily unavailable, regionally restricted or unavailable on particular platforms.

Availability through a third-party platform may also depend upon circumstances outside Owlkeep’s reasonable control.

For products already purchased, discontinuation or modification will not remove consumer rights or other contractual rights that cannot legally be removed.

15. Software, Games and Technical Requirements

Software and games may require particular hardware, software, operating systems, third-party platforms, accounts, network connections or other technical requirements.

You are responsible for ensuring that your equipment meets clearly disclosed system requirements before purchasing or installing a production.

Software inherently operates within changing technical environments. Operating-system updates, hardware changes, drivers, third-party APIs, online services and platform changes may affect compatibility.

Where Owlkeep has statutory obligations concerning conformity or updates, those obligations remain unaffected by this section.

16. Updates and Changes to Digital Services

We may issue patches, updates, security fixes, compatibility changes and other modifications.

For ongoing digital content or services, modifications may be made where permitted by the applicable contract and law, including for legitimate reasons such as:

correcting defects;
addressing security vulnerabilities;
preventing abuse or unauthorized use;
maintaining compatibility with operating systems, hardware or third-party platforms;
complying with legislation or regulatory requirements;
adapting to changes in technical infrastructure or external services; or
improving or adding functionality without materially reducing the contracted service.

Changes will not impose additional charges upon consumers without an appropriate contractual or legal basis.

Where applicable law gives a consumer a right to receive advance information, retain an unmodified version or terminate a contract because of a modification, that right remains unaffected.

17. Online Features

Some productions may contain online functions or rely on third-party online infrastructure.

Unless permanent availability has been expressly promised as part of a binding contract, online functionality may occasionally be unavailable because of:

maintenance;
security incidents;
technical failures;
network problems;
third-party service outages;
platform changes;
legal requirements; or
other circumstances outside our reasonable control.

We may take reasonable steps necessary to protect the security, stability and integrity of our services.

Mandatory consumer rights concerning paid digital services remain unaffected.

18. Acceptable Use

You must not use the website, its services or Owlkeep infrastructure to:

break applicable law;
distribute malware or harmful code;
attempt unauthorized access;
interfere with servers, networks or security systems;
probe or exploit security vulnerabilities without authorization;
conduct denial-of-service attacks;
circumvent access restrictions;
impersonate another person or organization;
fraudulently obtain products or services;
infringe intellectual-property rights;
harass or threaten others through our services;
use automated systems in violation of these Terms; or
facilitate unlawful activity.

We may restrict or block access where reasonably necessary to protect Owlkeep, our users, our infrastructure, our rights or third parties.

19. Security Research

We appreciate responsible security research.

However, authorization must not be assumed merely because a system is publicly reachable.

Researchers must not:

access personal or confidential information unnecessarily;
alter or destroy data;
degrade service availability;
install persistent access mechanisms;
exploit a vulnerability beyond what is reasonably necessary to demonstrate it; or
publicly disclose a vulnerability in a manner likely to create an immediate security risk.

Where Owlkeep publishes a separate vulnerability-disclosure policy, that policy applies.

20. Unsolicited Ideas and Feedback

Owlkeep develops games, stories, software, artwork and other creative works internally and may independently develop ideas similar to ideas suggested by others.

Please do not send confidential business information, unpublished manuscripts, complete game concepts, story proposals or other unsolicited creative submissions unless Owlkeep has expressly requested them.

Sending unsolicited material does not create a confidential, fiduciary, employment, partnership or other special relationship between you and Owlkeep.

If you voluntarily provide ordinary feedback, suggestions, bug reports or improvement ideas concerning an existing Owlkeep production, you grant Owlkeep, to the extent permitted by law, a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use and incorporate that feedback without an obligation to compensate you.

This provision does not transfer ownership of unrelated creative works that you have not submitted as feedback.

21. Third-Party Content and Links

Our website may contain links to external websites, stores, social networks, videos, services or resources.

A link is provided for convenience or reference and does not necessarily mean that Owlkeep endorses the third party or accepts responsibility for its content.

External services operate under their own terms and policies.

Owlkeep does not control independent third-party websites and is not responsible for their availability, security or content except where responsibility arises under mandatory law.

22. Content Ratings and Mature Material

Some Owlkeep productions may contain fictional violence, disturbing themes, strong language, horror, mature subject matter or other content unsuitable for some audiences.

Where age classifications or content warnings apply, users are responsible for observing them.

Parents and guardians should use appropriate platform parental controls and age restrictions for minors under their responsibility.

23. Accounts and Access

Where an Owlkeep service requires an account, you are responsible for keeping your login credentials reasonably secure and for activities carried out through your account where legally attributable to you.

You must notify us if you become aware that an account has been compromised.

We may suspend access where reasonably necessary because of security concerns, serious breaches of these Terms or unlawful activity.

Any suspension or termination affecting a paid consumer service remains subject to applicable contractual and consumer-protection requirements.

24. Disclaimer for Free Website Content

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, free website content is provided on an “as available” basis.

We do not guarantee that:

every page will always be available;
the website will operate without interruption;
all website information will always be error-free;
archived or historical material will remain permanently accessible; or
the website will be compatible with every device, browser or configuration.

This disclaimer does not apply where Owlkeep has made a legally binding commitment to the contrary and does not limit mandatory consumer rights concerning purchased products or services.

25. Limitation of Liability

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

In particular, these Terms do not exclude mandatory liability arising under applicable consumer-protection, product-liability or other mandatory law.

For consumers, Owlkeep’s liability for purchased products and services is governed by applicable mandatory law and the applicable contract.

For use of free website content, Owlkeep will not, to the extent permitted by law, be liable for indirect or consequential losses that were not reasonably foreseeable as a result of our breach.

Business and Professional Users

If you use Owlkeep products or services primarily for commercial or professional purposes rather than as a consumer, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law:

Owlkeep is not liable for indirect, consequential or special damages;
Owlkeep is not liable for loss of profit, revenue, business opportunities, anticipated savings or goodwill; and
Owlkeep’s aggregate contractual liability relating to a paid product or service will not exceed the amount paid directly to Owlkeep for the relevant product or service during the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

These limitations do not apply to liability that cannot legally be limited, including liability resulting from wilful misconduct or other circumstances for which limitation is prohibited by law.

26. Responsibility for Misuse

You are responsible for losses reasonably resulting from your unlawful or intentional misuse of Owlkeep services or your material breach of these Terms, to the extent provided by applicable law.

Business and professional users agree to compensate Owlkeep for reasonable losses, liabilities and third-party claims arising directly from their unlawful use of the services or intentional infringement of third-party rights.

Nothing in this section creates an unreasonable indemnification obligation for consumers or overrides mandatory consumer law.

27. Events Outside Reasonable Control

To the extent permitted by law, Owlkeep is not responsible for delay or failure caused by circumstances outside our reasonable control.

Such circumstances may include serious telecommunications failures, infrastructure outages, cyberattacks, natural disasters, war, governmental restrictions, labour disruptions, failure of essential external platforms or comparable extraordinary events.

Where such circumstances affect an existing consumer contract, the consumer retains any rights provided by mandatory law.

28. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms when reasonably necessary, for example because of:

changes to our website or services;
new products or functionality;
changes in applicable law;
regulatory requirements;
security requirements; or
clarification of existing provisions.

For ordinary use of the public website, updated Terms apply from the effective date displayed on this page.

Changes do not retroactively alter completed purchases.

For ongoing paid contracts, material changes will only be made where permitted by the contract and applicable law. Where advance notice, consent or a right to terminate is required, we will provide it.

29. Suspension and Termination

We may restrict or terminate access to free services where a user materially breaches these Terms, threatens the security of the service, infringes our rights or uses the service unlawfully.

Where an ongoing paid service is involved, termination or suspension will be carried out in accordance with the applicable agreement and mandatory law.

Termination does not extinguish provisions that by their nature are intended to continue, including intellectual-property provisions and obligations arising from earlier breaches.

30. No Waiver

If Owlkeep does not immediately enforce a provision of these Terms, this does not mean that Owlkeep permanently waives the right to enforce that provision.

A waiver concerning one situation does not automatically constitute a waiver concerning another situation.

31. Severability

If any part of these Terms is found to be invalid, unenforceable or contrary to mandatory law, that provision will apply only to the maximum extent legally permitted.

The remaining provisions will continue to apply unless the invalid provision is so fundamental that the remaining agreement cannot reasonably continue.

32. Assignment

Owlkeep may transfer rights or obligations relating to its business, products or services as part of a legitimate business transfer, restructuring or similar arrangement where permitted by law.

Such a transfer will not reduce mandatory consumer rights.

Consumers may transfer contractual rights where applicable law permits.

33. Governing Law

These Terms and contracts directly concluded with Owlkeep are governed by the laws of Finland, excluding its choice-of-law rules, unless mandatory law requires otherwise.

For consumers, this choice of Finnish law does not deprive you of mandatory consumer protections that apply under the law of your country of habitual residence.

34. Dispute Resolution

If you have a problem with a product or service supplied directly by Owlkeep, please contact us first so that we have an opportunity to resolve the matter.

Consumers in Finland may obtain guidance from the Consumer Advisory Services (Kuluttajaneuvonta).

If a consumer dispute cannot be resolved through negotiation, the consumer may refer the matter to the Finnish Consumer Disputes Board (Kuluttajariitalautakunta) where the matter falls within its jurisdiction.

A consumer’s statutory right to bring proceedings before a competent court is not restricted by these Terms.

For disputes involving business or professional users, disputes will be resolved by the competent courts of Finland unless the parties have separately agreed on another lawful dispute-resolution procedure.

35. Relationship Between These Terms and Mandatory Law

These Terms are intended to operate only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

If applicable legislation gives you rights that cannot be waived or restricted by contract, those rights take precedence over any conflicting provision of these Terms.

No disclaimer, limitation, licence restriction or other provision in these Terms should be interpreted as excluding a right where doing so would be unlawful.

36. Contact

Questions concerning these Terms, Owlkeep products or purchases made directly from Owlkeep can be directed to Owlkeep using the contact information published on our website.

Owlkeep
Business ID: 1938273-1
Finland
Website: https://www.owlkeep.com