Dike Licensing Platform

Terms and Conditions

Last updated: 8 august 2022

Dike is a pay licensing platform built for Envato authors.
These terms govern your use of the platform  and other services that we may provide via the dikelicensing.com website.

Please read the full terms, as they are the legally binding agreement. 

In any case, we offer no liability, both for our Software and Services, and the use of our website and Software is under your own risk. 
Lastly, when you use our websites and Services, we may collect some information. This is defined in our Privacy Policy.

Accepting terms

These Terms of Service governing your access to and use of our website and software, including any content, features, manuals, articles, designs, and services that reside in them. This Agreement is a part of the legal framework that governs the use of the Dike software and website.

  • “Website” refers to dikelicensing.com, and not username-linked subsites. It’s where you register, pay for Dike Licensing subscription and manage your own platform.
  • “Platform” refers to username-linked subsites where Envato customers can register and manage their licenses
  • “Software” refers to the code you have to integrate in your products in order to communicate with Dike Licensing systems

f you do not understand and/or agree to these Terms, you should immediately exit the services and cease making any use of them.

Accounts and Eligibility Terms

You are solely responsible for all actions performed in your Dike platform with your credentials, including your username and password. Keeping your password safe is your sole responsibility. If you have any reason to suspect that your account was compromised or that there was unauthorised access to your account, you must immediately notify us, and we may work together to fix the issue.

  • You cannot allow others to access your account.
  • If you are a corporation (or using the account on behalf of a corporation), then you can allow access to your corporate account for one authorized employee on your behalf.
  • You hereby represent and acknowledge that, unless you have otherwise explicitly notified us, anyone accessing your corporate account is acting on your behalf having all required authorisations and consents, and that you remain responsible and liable for any act or omission in connection with such use as if they were yours, including any loss or damage which such use, act or omission may cause.

Account Ownership

We will consider the owner of the account as the person or entity who has access to the e-mail address of the account created that we have in our records and not the person or entity who paid for the account. In case it is a corporate entity, then the corporate entity specified in the registration page.

Having said that, we shall have the right to determine who is the owner of the account at our sole discretion in situations where we believe there is a special justification for such a determination.

Eligibility and Identification

When registering for the platform, we identify you through Envato API and verify the username-API key link to be sure your are a trusted subject.
The Services are intended for use by users of at least eighteen (18) years old.

Your Warranties

You represent and warrant to us that:

  • You have, and will have at all times, all rights, licenses, and consents required for your use of the Dike platform.
  • You will comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
  • You were not previously prohibited by us from entering into an agreement with us nor was your account and/or use of the Services previously blocked, suspended or terminated by us for any reason.

We Own the Dike Licensing Platform

We own all Intellectual Property Rights relating to the platform. This applies, without limitation, to any underlying data, platforms, algorithms, technology, design, UI, any information, services, texts, files, charts, graphs, graphics, organization, structure, section assembly and arrangement thereof (including without limitation “look and feel”), features, and any modifications, enhancements and derivatives thereof and all other Intellectual Property Rights related thereto.

We also retain the ownership and full Intellectual Property Rights to the source code of the dikelicensing.com website, apart from where we specifically use third-party software.

Please be advised that apart from where we specifically granted you a right to do so, all Intellectual Property Rights relating to the Services reside with us.

Acceptable Use Policy

This is a list of “don’ts” it is not exhaustive, and we may also find that other non-bona-fide activities constitute as non-acceptable use.

  • Don’t copy or scrape our website, and don’t replicate its functionality. Meaning, don’t imitate our API calls to servers, don’t use an Iframe to reproduce our Services, don’t use a subdomain to redirect to our website.
  • Don’t scrape our website without our permission, don’t use automated tools to submit queries or posts, and don’t mine personal information from our website.
  • Don’t make extensive API or web calls in a manner that interrupts our hosting company or web-server.
  • Don’t reverse engineer or decompile our website, or perform any activity that might reveal sensitive information.
  • Don’t try to guess usernames or passwords, or otherwise circumvent or attempt to penetrate or circumvent any technical restrictions or limitations in the Services or website.
  • Don’t remove our legal notices or names from the Services.

Abusive Customers

We believe that our customers have every right to be heard, understood and respected. Having said that, we also believe that our staff has every right to work in a safe environment, free from any abuse or harm caused by others. Therefore, we will not accept any abusive or aggressive behaviour towards our staff. Abusive or aggressive behaviour includes language (whether verbal or written) that may cause our staff to feel threatened or abused and may include threats, personal verbal abuse, derogatory remarks and rudeness. Unacceptable behaviour as described above may cause us to decide to, by our sole discretion:

  • Terminate all direct contact with such customers.
  • Take any other action that we consider appropriate to the circumstances, including (but not limited to) termination of your subscription, banning you from our services, and any other action we deem necessary.

Disclaimer

You agree that your use of the services shall be at your own risk.

The services are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind either express or implied.

To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, and fitness for a particular purpose.

We do not warrant that the services will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that these services or the server(s) that makes them available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain implied warranties. accordingly, some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

Limitation of Liability

Our liability to you, and to third parties, under this agreement and for any claim based on any legal theory, tort, contract, or other theory of liability, is limited to the amount you actually paid us in the thirty days prior to any damage occurring.

Under no circumstances whatsoever will we or our affiliates, partners, officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents, licensors, subcontracts and suppliers, be responsible or liable to you or to any other entity even if advised of the possibility of such damages under any legal theory, whether contract, tort or otherwise for any direct, compensatory, indirect, incidental, consequential including without limitation any lost income, data or other tangible or intangible losses, special, exemplary, or punitive damages that result from or relate in any manner whatsoever to your use of the services, or to any errors, inaccuracies, omissions, defects, security breaches, or any other failure to perform made by us.

You own all content you generate through our software and platform, and it is at your sole responsibility. You shall ensure to disclaim any liability in connection therewith from us, including without limitation, liability for its non-adherence to any system, lack of updates, or any other claim relating to damages.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. accordingly, some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us and anyone on our behalf, including but not limited to, all of our owners, managers, officers, affiliates, employees, licensors and suppliers harmless against any losses, expenses, costs, claims, damages (including attorneys’ fees, expert fees’, and other costs of litigation).

Amending These Terms

We may update this document from time to time. No update shall have a retroactive effect.

When we update significant terms, we shall notify you via email.

If you continue to use our website and platform following such update, you agree to be bound by the new terms.

If you believe that any amendment to the terms of service impairs your right to use purchased products or services in a manner that affects your business or rights materially, do let us know and we will either issue you a partial refund for the time period which you will not be able to utilize the service or we will discuss a specific term to be applied to you.

Termination

We may terminate these terms and/or suspend your right to access or use any portion or all of the services immediately (including without limitation the right to receive support and updates), at our sole discretion without notice.

Any section which includes a representation or warranty shall continue to apply, including any covenant or obligation on your behalf to pay fees.
We shall not be liable for any damage caused to you or any third-party as a result of terminating these terms or by suspending or otherwise limiting your use of the platform.

No Class-Action

You undertake not to engage in any class-action against the company and solely to claim your losses personally.

Subscription terms

Subscribing Dike Licensing platform you agree to pay a recurring fee each 30 days. First 14 days are free, to let you test and be convinced of the involved systems. You can cancel your subscription at any time.

While we provide a description for all software and services, it is your responsibility to make sure that these fit your needs and that you know how to use them.
We may also provide you with access to certain manuals relating to the use of the platform and software; any event shall be provided on an “as-is” basis without warranty.

Our Services are offered under specific terms as specified in the product page. They may be limited by website calls, number of websites, or dates. We may offer discounts, rebates, or other promotions.

Fees

After the initial 14-days free trial period, we offer our services according to our current price list (“Fees”).
Payments shall be made by Credit Card via our third payment service providers and subject to their respective terms of service and privacy policies.

We may update our fees from time to time or change the payment method or subscription duration.
You will be charged the fees that arise from such changes only after notice is provided, either by email or a prominent notice on the website.

By continuing to use the platform following such notice, you agree to be bound by such modifications.

Subscriptions Renew Automatically

Your subscription will automatically be renewed upon the end of the applicable subscription period, and you will be charged in advance at the beginning of each billing period. You can discontinue your subscription or stop the automatic renewal at any time, without any forewarning or explaination.

Taxes

Fees may differ between different jurisdictions based on taxes that we need to add; therefore, during checkout taxes will be added if applicable. Apart from that, the fees are exclusive of taxes, if there are any, you will bear the taxes.

You are responsible for reporting and paying taxes in connection with the services, along with any related penalties or interest, as applicable to your purchase or country of purchase.

Refunds

Subscribing Dike Licensing you get 14 days of “free trial”, meant to let you test and be convinced of the systems. Only on trial’s end you will be prompted to pay in order to continue using Dike systems.

The subscription renewal can be discontinued in any moment by you and platform usage will cease after 30 days from your last payment date.
Because of this, no refunds are provided.

Support

The whole system has been projected to give the minimum risk of facing troubles.
In addition the platform developer (LCweb) is also its first user, then any bug/error/downtime will be always addressed with the highest priority.

However if you have questions or indeed need support, please use the contact form at this link
No time-frame granted.

Digital Assets Upload

Dike Licensing is not responsible of any image, file or text uploaded by authors.
Uploading files on Dike website you confirm they own to you and do not infringe any copyright, trademark or intellectual property.

Uploaded software must not contain any malicious code.
In case of copyright dispute or malicious data report, the file will be immediately removed and your account banned.

Envato Data Storage and Access

Dike Licensing platform is based on Envato licenses related to your products.
These data are returned and validated through Envato API at regular intervals through your Envato API key.

Is your liability to insert and maintain a valid Envato API key in your Dike account settings.
An invalid/removed key will directly lead to system malfunctions.

Only data needed by the Dike systems are stored on our database.
These data is always available for you to be downloaded, even if you stop the Dike subscription.

We are not liable for any data loss due to any possible event.