Terms & Conditions

gowrite is an online writing platform operated by gowrite Ltd (“gowrite”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the gowrite website, applications, and services (collectively, the “Service”).

By creating an account, clicking “I agree”, or otherwise accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms in full. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use the Service.

These Terms apply to users worldwide, including users in the United States of America. Where specific provisions apply to users in particular jurisdictions, this is noted below.

You must be at least 16 years old to create an account. If you are located in the United States and are under 13 years of age, you are prohibited from using the Service in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If we become aware that a user is under 13, we will promptly close the account and delete associated data.

You represent and warrant that: (a) all registration information you provide is accurate and current; (b) you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms; and (c) your use of the Service does not violate any applicable law or regulation.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us immediately via our contact form if you suspect any unauthorised access to or use of your account.

Your intellectual property belongs to you. Any text, story, manuscript, character, plot, world-building, notes, or other creative or written material you write, upload, or store on gowrite (“Your Content”) remains your exclusive intellectual property. gowrite claims no ownership over Your Content.

Licence to gowrite: By using the Service, you grant gowrite a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence solely to store, process, transmit, and display Your Content as technically necessary to provide the Service to you. This licence terminates when you delete Your Content or close your account, except that gowrite may retain copies of Your Content as reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with applicable law, regulation, or legal process; (b) enforce these Terms, including investigating potential violations; (c) cooperate with law enforcement where required; or (d) maintain records for legitimate business or safety purposes, including evidence of content that violated Section 6. Any retained content will be held securely and will not be used for any other purpose. This licence does not permit gowrite to publish, sell, sublicense, or exploit Your Content for any other purpose.

Your representations and warranties: You represent and warrant that: (a) you own or have all necessary rights, licences, and permissions to Your Content; (b) Your Content does not and will not infringe, misappropriate, or violate any third-party copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral right, right of publicity, or other intellectual property or proprietary right; (c) Your Content does not violate any applicable law; and (d) Your Content is not defamatory, obscene, or otherwise harmful.

These representations are material terms of this agreement. Any breach may result in immediate account termination and may expose you to legal liability.

gowrite uses artificial intelligence (powered by Anthropic’s Claude models) to provide writing assistance features such as prose polish, restructuring, style tuning, and full manuscript analysis (“AI Features”).

AI-assisted, not AI-generated: gowrite is designed as an AI-assisted writing tool. This means you are the author. You direct the creative process — developing characters, plotting your story, writing and revising your manuscript — and the AI helps you refine and improve your work. gowrite is not intended to generate entire books or substantial portions of text without meaningful human creative direction. You must maintain genuine creative control over your work and must not use the Service to mass-produce content with minimal human involvement.

Your responsibility as author: You are solely responsible for the final content of any work you create using the Service. This includes ensuring that your work: (a) reflects your own creative expression and authorship; (b) complies with the content policies of any third-party platform through which you distribute or publish, including but not limited to Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, and Lulu; and (c) meets any AI-content disclosure requirements imposed by those platforms. gowrite does not guarantee that works created using AI Features will be accepted by any third-party distributor.

Rewriting and tuning features: Certain AI Features, such as prose tuning, generate suggested revisions to passages you have written. These features are designed to help you refine your own work, not to write on your behalf. Extensive use of rewriting or tuning features across a substantial portion of your manuscript may result in a work that does not meet the human authorship requirements of third-party distributors. It is your responsibility to ensure that your use of these features maintains genuine human authorship and creative control throughout your manuscript.

Nature of AI output: AI Features generate suggestions in response to your instructions and Your Content. AI output is probabilistic and may occasionally resemble existing published works. gowrite makes no warranty, express or implied, that AI-generated output is original, free from third-party intellectual property claims, or fit for any particular purpose, including commercial publication. You are solely responsible for reviewing AI output, obtaining independent legal or editorial advice as appropriate, and ensuring any AI-assisted content you publish does not infringe third-party rights.

Ownership of AI-assisted output: Where AI output is incorporated into your manuscript, it forms part of Your Content for the purposes of these Terms. The legal status of AI-generated content under copyright law is subject to ongoing development in multiple jurisdictions; gowrite makes no representation about the copyrightability of AI output under any applicable law.

No training on your data: gowrite does not use Your Content to train AI models. Manuscript text is transmitted to Anthropic’s API solely to generate the result requested and is subject to Anthropic’s data processing terms.

AI credits: Free-tier accounts receive a limited daily allowance of AI assists. Paid subscriptions or purchased credit bundles provide additional access. Credits have no cash value and are non-refundable except as required by applicable law.

gowrite respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users to do the same. We comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512, and equivalent legislation in other jurisdictions.

Reporting infringement: If you believe that Your Content has been copied or used on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please send a written notification to our designated DMCA agent containing: (a) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (b) identification of the allegedly infringing material and its location on the Service; (c) your contact information; (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised; (e) a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on their behalf; and (f) your physical or electronic signature.

DMCA notices should be submitted via our contact form.

Counter-notification: If you believe your content was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notification as provided under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g). A counter-notification must include: (a) identification of the removed material and its former location; (b) a statement under penalty of perjury that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification; (c) your name, address, and telephone number; and (d) a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your district, and your physical or electronic signature.

Repeat infringer policy: In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable law, it is our policy to terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers of intellectual property rights.

Safe harbour: gowrite operates as a passive host with respect to user-generated content. We do not pre-screen content uploaded by users. Our liability for user-generated content is limited to the extent provided under applicable safe harbour provisions, including 17 U.S.C. § 512.

6.1 Prohibited conduct. You agree not to use the Service to:

• Upload, store, or distribute content that infringes any third-party copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property right.
• Impersonate any person or entity or falsely represent your affiliation with any person or entity.
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise derive source code from the Service.
• Scrape, crawl, or systematically extract data from the Service by automated means.
• Abuse or circumvent rate limits, API caps, or other technical controls.
• Use the Service in any manner that could disable, overburden, or impair the Service or interfere with other users.
• Upload malware, viruses, or any code designed to damage, disable, or gain unauthorised access to systems.
• Use the Service to mass-produce content with minimal human creative involvement, including bulk generation of books or manuscripts primarily created by AI or automated processes.

6.2 Prohibited content. The following categories of content are strictly prohibited on gowrite. You must not create, upload, import, store, or distribute content that:

• Involves the sexual exploitation of minors — any sexual, sexualised, or suggestive content depicting, describing, or involving anyone under the age of 18, whether real or fictional. This is a zero-tolerance policy and will result in immediate account termination and, where appropriate, referral to law enforcement.
• Promotes or glorifies terrorism, extremism, or violence — content that incites, instructs, recruits for, or glorifies acts of terrorism, mass violence, or extremist ideologies.
• Constitutes hate speech — content that promotes hatred, violence, or discrimination against individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or immigration status.
• Depicts non-consensual sexual acts approvingly — content that presents rape, sexual assault, or other non-consensual sexual activity in an approving, titillating, or normalising manner.
• Provides instructions for real-world harm — content that gives actionable instructions for creating weapons, dangerous substances, or carrying out acts of violence, self-harm, or illegal activity.
• Is unlawful, defamatory, or harassing — content that violates any applicable law, or that is defamatory, threatening, or constitutes targeted harassment of any individual.

6.3 Creative expression and mature themes. gowrite supports a wide range of creative fiction, including works that explore difficult, dark, or mature themes. Violence, conflict, morally complex characters, adult relationships, and challenging subject matter are a natural part of storytelling and are permitted on the platform. The prohibitions in Section 6.2 target content that promotes, glorifies, or provides instructions for real-world harm — not the responsible exploration of difficult themes within fiction.

6.4 Content categorisation. If your work contains explicit sexual content, graphic violence, or other material that may not be suitable for all audiences, you must accurately categorise it using any content maturity or genre classification features provided by the Service. Accurate categorisation is required by third-party distribution platforms (including Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, and Lulu) and failure to categorise may result in rejection, delisting, or removal of your work from those platforms.

6.5 Imported content. When you import documents or manuscripts into gowrite, you represent and warrant that: (a) you are the author of the imported work or have all necessary rights and permissions; (b) the imported content was not substantially generated by artificial intelligence or automated processes without meaningful human creative direction; and (c) the imported content complies with the content standards set out in this Section 6.

6.6 Reporting violations. If you become aware of content on gowrite that you believe violates these content standards, you may report it via our contact form. We will review reports in good faith and take appropriate action, which may include content removal and account termination.

6.7 Enforcement. We reserve the right to review, remove, or disable access to any content and to suspend or permanently terminate accounts that violate these rules, without notice where we deem it necessary to protect the Service, other users, or gowrite’s relationships with distribution partners. Decisions regarding content enforcement are made at gowrite’s sole discretion.

The gowrite platform, interface, branding, logo, source code, and all non-user-generated content (“gowrite IP”) are owned by or licenced to gowrite Ltd and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally.

You may not copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, reverse-engineer, decompile, create derivative works from, or otherwise exploit gowrite IP without our prior written consent. Nothing in these Terms grants you any rights in gowrite IP except the limited right to use the Service as expressly described herein.

Certain features of the Service require a paid subscription. By subscribing, you authorise us to charge the applicable fees to your payment method on a recurring basis until you cancel. You may cancel at any time through your account settings; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.

We may change subscription prices with 30 days’ notice by email or notice within the Service. Continued use after a price change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the new pricing.

Refunds are not provided for partial subscription periods except where required by mandatory consumer protection law in your jurisdiction. All fees are exclusive of taxes, levies, or duties, which are your responsibility where applicable.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, gowrite expressly disclaims all warranties, including without limitation any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, and any warranty arising from course of dealing or course of performance.

gowrite does not warrant that: (a) the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free; (b) any errors will be corrected; (c) AI output will be accurate, original, complete, or suitable for any purpose; or (d) the Service will meet your requirements.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties. If you are a consumer in such a jurisdiction, some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

EXCLUSION OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES: To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall gowrite, its directors, officers, employees, agents, licensors, or service providers be liable to you or any third party for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, including without limitation lost profits, lost revenue, loss of data, loss of goodwill, business interruption, or cost of substitute services, however caused and regardless of the theory of liability (contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise), even if gowrite has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

CAP ON LIABILITY: To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, gowrite’s total aggregate liability to you for all claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Service shall not exceed the greater of: (a) the total fees actually paid by you to gowrite in the twelve-month period immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim; or (b) one hundred US dollars (USD $100) / one hundred pounds sterling (GBP £100).

ESSENTIAL BASIS: The parties acknowledge that the limitations of liability in this section reflect a reasonable allocation of risk and are an essential element of the basis of the bargain between the parties. gowrite would not provide the Service without these limitations.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) any liability that cannot be limited or excluded by law in the applicable jurisdiction.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless gowrite Ltd and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and service providers (collectively, the “gowrite Parties”) from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, judgements, awards, losses, costs, expenses, and fees (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to:

• Your use of the Service or any activity conducted through your account;
• Your Content, including any claim that Your Content infringes, misappropriates, or violates any third-party intellectual property right, privacy right, or other right, or violates the content standards in Section 6;
• Your breach of any representation, warranty, or obligation in these Terms;
• Your violation of any applicable law or regulation; or
• Any negligent or wrongful act or omission by you in connection with the Service.

gowrite reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you. You agree to cooperate fully with gowrite in the defence of any such claim. You must not settle any such claim without gowrite’s prior written consent.

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS.

Informal resolution: Before initiating any formal dispute, you agree to contact us and give us 30 days to attempt to resolve the matter informally.

Binding arbitration (US users): If you are located in the United States and a dispute cannot be resolved informally, you and gowrite agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service (excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) shall be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by JAMS under its Streamlined Arbitration Rules & Procedures, with proceedings conducted in the English language. The arbitrator’s award shall be final and binding and may be entered as a judgement in any court of competent jurisdiction.

CLASS ACTION WAIVER: YOU AND GOWRITE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. Unless both parties agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims and may not preside over any form of representative or class proceeding.

If this arbitration clause is found unenforceable, then any disputes shall be resolved exclusively in the courts specified in Section 13 below.

Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking urgent injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent irreparable harm.

These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including non-contractual disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Subject to the arbitration provisions above for US users, you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales in respect of any dispute or claim not subject to arbitration, except where mandatory consumer protection laws in your jurisdiction of residence provide otherwise and cannot be contractually displaced.

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data and is incorporated into these Terms by reference. By using the Service you acknowledge the data practices described in the Privacy Policy.

We process personal data in compliance with applicable data protection law, including the UK GDPR, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR 2016/679), the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), and equivalent legislation worldwide. California residents have specific rights regarding their personal information under the CCPA; please contact us to exercise those rights.

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with data transfer restrictions, you may request information about the legal mechanisms governing transfers of your data by contacting us.

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by email and by a prominent notice within the Service at least 14 days before changes take effect. Continued use of the Service after the effective date of a revision constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Service before the effective date.

Entire agreement: These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other policies expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and gowrite with respect to the Service and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements, understandings, or representations.

Severability: If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or severed if modification is not possible, without affecting the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

Waiver: No failure or delay by gowrite in exercising any right or remedy shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy. A waiver of any breach of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach.

Assignment: You may not assign or transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. gowrite may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets, with notice to you.

Force majeure: gowrite will not be liable for any failure or delay in performance resulting from circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, acts of government, infrastructure failures, or third-party service outages.

No third-party beneficiaries: These Terms do not confer any rights or remedies on any third party.

Headings: Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.

For general enquiries about these Terms: contact us

For copyright / DMCA matters: copyright enquiry

gowrite Ltd, England & Wales