1. Acceptance of these Terms
By accessing or using SolidCite, you agree to these Terms and the SolidCite Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use SolidCite. If you use SolidCite on behalf of a school, institution, or organization, you represent that you have authority to do so.
2. Beta status
SolidCite is private beta software. Features may change, break, become unavailable, or be removed. Beta access may be limited, suspended, or discontinued at any time. Do not rely on SolidCite as the only copy of important research, course, or student records. Export or back up important work regularly.
3. What SolidCite provides
SolidCite provides tools for source evaluation, citation support, research trail organization, assignment workflows, professor course management, roster management, and optional AI-assisted research coaching. SolidCite does not replace instructor judgment, academic policies, legal advice, or professional editorial review.
4. Accounts, course access, and security
Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of access tokens, course join codes, professor invites, account sessions, and devices used with SolidCite. You may not share professor access, misuse student access, impersonate another person, or attempt to bypass access controls.
5. Professor and institution responsibilities
Professors and institutions are responsible for determining whether SolidCite is appropriate for their course, obtaining any approvals required by their institution, notifying students about beta use, and using roster and assignment features in a lawful and institutionally approved manner.
6. Student responsibilities
Students remain responsible for their own research, writing, citations, academic integrity, and compliance with course rules. SolidCite may help organize and evaluate research, but it does not guarantee that a source is acceptable, that a citation is perfect, or that submitted work complies with an instructor's requirements.
7. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Use SolidCite for unlawful, harmful, deceptive, or abusive activity.
- Upload, submit, or process content you do not have the right to use.
- Interfere with, probe, overload, or disrupt SolidCite systems.
- Attempt to reverse engineer, copy, or circumvent access controls.
- Use SolidCite to harass, surveil, or profile another person.
- Submit sensitive personal information that is not needed for the beta.
8. User content
You retain ownership of research projects, notes, source records, citations, assignments, messages, and other content you create or submit. You grant SolidCite a limited license to process, transmit, store, display, and use that content only as needed to provide, secure, support, and improve SolidCite.
9. AI features
AI-assisted outputs may be incomplete, inaccurate, or unsuitable for a particular course or assignment. Users should independently review all AI outputs, source evaluations, citations, suggestions, draft checks, study cards, and voice coaching responses before relying on them. SolidCite does not promise that AI-generated content is correct, unbiased, or accepted by an instructor.
10. Intellectual property
SolidCite, including the software, design, branding, workflows, documentation, and website content, is owned by Willem Touw or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. These Terms do not grant any ownership rights in SolidCite.
11. Third-party services
SolidCite uses third-party infrastructure and service providers, including hosting, database, authentication, email, analytics, and AI providers. Use of third-party services may be subject to their own terms and policies.
12. No warranties
SolidCite is provided "as is" and "as available." To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, availability, accuracy, and reliability.
13. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, SolidCite and Willem Touw will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, academic consequences, business interruption, or substitute services arising from or related to SolidCite.
14. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless SolidCite and Willem Touw from claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from your misuse of SolidCite, violation of these Terms, violation of law, or infringement of another person's rights.
15. Suspension and termination
We may suspend or terminate access to SolidCite if we believe a user has violated these Terms, created security risk, misused beta access, or if continued access would create legal, operational, or product risk.
16. Governing law and venue
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to any mandatory law that provides otherwise, the state and federal courts located in New Jersey will have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising from or related to these Terms or SolidCite.
17. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Continued use of SolidCite after changes means you accept the updated Terms.
18. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent through solidcite.com/support.