Terms of Service

2. What FidesBeacon is and is not

FidesBeacon is a litigation-intelligence platform. Webnet Media produces analytical work product — timelines, fact matrices, witness preparation materials, argument frameworks, expert contradiction reports, and similar deliverables — using a combination of human review and AI models accessed through the Anthropic API.

FidesBeacon and Webnet Media are not a law firm. We do not provide legal advice. Our work product is input to a licensed attorney's strategic judgment and is not a substitute for it. No attorney-client relationship is formed between Webnet Media and any user, customer, or visitor by virtue of the website, the MCP plugin, or our services.

3. Permitted use

You may use the website, the MCP plugin, and the services for lawful business purposes consistent with these Terms. You may not:

• Use the services to facilitate any unlawful act.
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract the source code of any analytical pipeline or proprietary methodology.
• Submit content you do not have the right to submit (e.g., documents subject to a protective order that prohibits disclosure to vendors without prior court approval — in which case the approval must be obtained first).
• Use the services to generate work product that you then represent as having been authored by a human attorney, without disclosure to the relying party (e.g., a court) where such disclosure is required by applicable rule, order, or professional standard.
• Submit malware, ransomware, or other harmful code into our systems.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, the systems of other customers, or the systems of any third-party service we use (Anthropic, Box, Microsoft).
• Use the MCP plugin or the website to send spam, conduct phishing, or attempt social engineering against Webnet Media personnel.

4. Pricing, payment, and the Free First Matter

Pricing for paid engagements is set forth in the published rate sheet (visible on the website's Services page and through the MCP plugin's get_quote tool). Quotes generated by get_quote are valid for thirty days from generation unless otherwise noted in writing.

The Free First Matter Program is offered to firms that have never previously engaged Webnet Media for a paid FidesBeacon matter. The program's terms are stated on the Free First Matter page and are limited to Foundation-tier work in Categories 2, 7, or 8, up to 300 documents, with a 72-hour turnaround target. Webnet Media reserves the right to decline any Free First Matter request that fails a conflict-of-interest check or that falls outside the program's stated scope.

Paid engagements require payment in advance or as set forth in the Engagement Letter. Subscription services (Category 9) are billed monthly until cancelled in writing.

5. Intellectual property

The methodology, software, prompt designs, and analytical framework underlying FidesBeacon are the intellectual property of Webnet Media. These Terms do not transfer ownership of any such property to you.

Documents you submit to us remain your property (or the property of your client). Webnet Media obtains only the limited rights necessary to perform the engaged services, as set forth in the Engagement Letter.

Deliverables produced for a paid engagement become the property of the engaging firm upon final payment, subject to Webnet Media's retention of the underlying methodology and any generalizable analytical patterns developed during the work (such retention does not include any of your or your client's confidential information).

6. Confidentiality

Webnet Media's confidentiality obligations are set forth in detail on the Confidentiality & Compliance page and in the Engagement Letter for paid engagements. We treat all customer documents, matter descriptions, and analytical work product as confidential. We do not use customer content to train AI models. We use the Anthropic API on a configuration that excludes API content from model training.

7. Warranty and limitations

Webnet Media performs analytical services with commercially reasonable care, applying the methodology described on the Methodology page (citation verification, two-AI adversarial review on Trial-tier and Bespoke-tier deliverables, founder review, RFC 3161 cryptographic timestamping). For paid engagements, Webnet Media maintains errors-and-omissions insurance covering accuracy of the deliverable.

Except as expressly stated in these Terms or in an executed Engagement Letter, the website, the MCP plugin, and the services are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the website or the MCP plugin will be uninterrupted or error-free.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Webnet Media's aggregate liability under these Terms, in contract, tort, or any other theory, is limited to the amount you have paid to Webnet Media for the services in the twelve months preceding the claim, or $1,000, whichever is greater. This limitation does not apply to claims arising from willful misconduct, gross negligence, or fraud, nor does it limit any coverage available under our errors-and-omissions insurance.

8. Conflict of interest

Webnet Media's founder maintains active patent enforcement work in his individual capacity. Webnet Media runs a conflict-check against every incoming matter and reserves the right to decline any engagement that creates an actual or apparent conflict of interest. If a conflict is discovered after an engagement has begun, we will withdraw promptly, return any unused fees, and preserve confidentiality of materials we have received.

9. Termination

Either party may terminate an engagement on written notice as set forth in the Engagement Letter. Webnet Media may terminate your access to the website or the MCP plugin if you materially breach these Terms. On termination, the obligations that by their nature survive (confidentiality, intellectual property, limitations of liability, dispute resolution) survive.

10. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute arising from these Terms or from the services will be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Cobb County, Georgia, or in another forum agreed to in writing by the parties.

EU customers retain mandatory consumer-law rights under their local law, and nothing in this section limits any right that cannot be waived by contract under applicable law.

11. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The current version is always available at https://fidesbeacon.com/terms.html. For paying customers, material changes will be communicated by email before they take effect. Continued use of the services after the effective date of a change constitutes acceptance.

12. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be directed to:

M. David Hoyle, Founder
Webnet Media
2090 Baker Rd., Suite 304 #1009
Kennesaw, GA 30144 USA
david@fidesbeacon.com