terms

pre-launch notice. b3rri isn't shipped yet. these terms cover the waitlist site today, and outline how the app will work at launch. counsel is still reviewing. the launch version may differ; we'll publish a diff when it does.

at a glance

• today, joining the waitlist just means we can email you about launch. nothing else.
• at launch you keep ownership of everything you make. we get a license narrow enough to run the service — not to train AI on your content.
• voice rooms aren't recorded by default. recording requires consent from everyone in the room.
• payments go through apple and google. korean buyers keep their 7-day withdrawal right; EU buyers keep the 14-day CRD right, subject to the consumable-content exception.
• our total liability to you is capped at €100 as a single aggregate amount across all claims. statutory floors (death/injury, fraud, gross negligence, EU consumer law, KR 약관규제법 §7) override the cap where the law says so.
• US users agree to individual arbitration with a 30-day opt-out. korea and EU users keep their home-court protections.

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1. agreement

you accept these terms when you submit the waitlist form, or, at launch, when you create an account.

2. eligibility

you must be at least 13. higher where the law requires (16 in parts of the EU, 14 in parts of korea). you confirm you're not on a US, EU, UK, or korean sanctions list and that your use complies with export law. b3rri may not be available in every country.

3. accounts (at launch)

sign-in uses OAuth 2.0 with PKCE through apple or google. keep your account information accurate. if we believe an account has been compromised we may suspend it until it's safe to restore.

4. the waitlist, today

joining the waitlist gives us permission to email you about launch. that's the entire scope today.

we have not promised perks, founder badges, or early access to anyone who signs up. earlier copy that did so has been retracted; we won't promise rewards we haven't decided to ship.

5. the app, at launch

at launch the app will include voice rooms matched by language pair, loopi (short vertical video), a photo feed, boards, chat, calls, follows and profiles, and in-app purchases. features will evolve.

6. acceptable use

b3rri is built around real-time voice, video, and text between strangers. trust is the whole product. the rules below apply to everything you say, send, upload, broadcast, or do on the service.

don't use b3rri to do anything illegal. specifically and without limitation, don't:

child safety

• post or share child sexual abuse material. zero tolerance. confirmed CSAM is reported to NCMEC and, where applicable, korean authorities, along with preserved evidence required by law.
• groom, sexualize, or endanger a minor in any way.

non-consensual sexual content

• share intimate or sexually explicit images, video, or recordings of another person without that person's express consent (including so-called "deepfake" sexual content).

harassment, stalking, doxxing, impersonation

• harass, threaten, stalk, bully, or coordinate pile-ons against any person.
• doxx — publish another person's private information (home address, phone number, government ID, financial account, location in real time) without their consent.
• impersonate any real person, organization, or b3rri staff, or operate inauthentic accounts.

hate, discrimination, and inflammatory content

we don't allow content that attacks, denigrates, mocks, ridicules, dehumanizes, or calls for harm against a person or group on the basis of a protected characteristic — including but not limited to:

political belief or affiliation, religion or faith (or lack of), race, ethnicity, national origin, language, caste, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, serious illness, age, body or appearance, refugee or migration status, social or economic status, and ideology.

specifically, and without weakening the general rule above, don't:

• post political smears, denigration, or attacks against any party, movement, candidate, public official, voter group, or their members. criticism of public policy or public figures' public acts is allowed; personal attacks on the basis of a protected characteristic are not.
• post religious mockery, blasphemy framed to incite hatred, or content that denigrates believers or non-believers of any faith. earnest theological disagreement is allowed; contempt-based attacks on a faith or its adherents are not.
• post ethnic, racial, or national slurs, jokes built on the dehumanization of any of the groups above, or coordinated brigading that targets users for who they are.

violence and extremism

• post content that glorifies, praises, organizes, recruits for, or fundraises for terrorism, violent extremism, mass violence, militias, or organized criminal groups.
• post graphic violence, gore, or injury for shock or entertainment, outside a clear news, educational, or documentary purpose.
• post specific, credible threats of violence against any person or group.

self-harm and suicide

• post content that promotes, encourages, glamorizes, instructs, or organizes self-harm, suicide, or eating-disorder behavior. (this rule is also a hard requirement under 정통망법 §44-7 in korea.)
• discussion, recovery, and help-seeking are welcome; promotion is not.

disinformation that causes real-world harm

• spread demonstrably false claims that endanger public health (vaccines, treatments, pandemics), public safety (disasters, evacuations), election integrity, financial markets, or that incite physical violence.
• opinion, satire, and parody are allowed; the rule targets false claims dressed as fact.

sexually explicit content and nudity

• post sexually explicit images, video, or live content. nudity in non-sexual contexts (art, breastfeeding, medical) follows separate in-app guidelines at launch.

defamation

• knowingly make and spread false factual statements about an identifiable person or organization.

animal cruelty

• post or share content that depicts cruelty, torture, fighting, or staged harm to animals.

scams, fraud, deceptive monetization

• run spam, scams, "pump and dump" promotions, pyramid or MLM solicitations, fake-engagement or paid-follower schemes, phishing, or malware.
• misrepresent paid promotion as organic content.

intellectual property

• infringe anyone's copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or right of publicity. our full copyright takedown process is in our DMCA & copyright policy.

regulated and illegal goods

• traffic weapons, controlled substances or prescription drugs, gambling services where illegal, stolen goods, counterfeit items, or human trafficking in any form.

system abuse

• bypass safety, moderation, age-gate, geo-restriction, or rate-limit systems.
• scrape, crawl, mass-download, or automate the service outside published APIs.
• use the service to train AI/ML models without our prior written consent.
• attempt to compromise b3rri, other users, or third-party systems.

voice rooms — recording and consent

voice rooms are not recorded by default. you may not record, screen-capture, transcribe, or rebroadcast a room (or another participant's voice or video, or a 1:1 call) without the express, in-room consent of every person whose voice or image would be captured. local law may require even more.

moderation and enforcement

moderation actions range from content removal to mute, restriction, suspension, and termination, and may include reports to law enforcement. for serious safety reports we aim for a first response within 24 hours; that's an aim, not an SLA. EU users can appeal under the DSA — see §15.

the full reporting flow, statement-of-reasons format, and appeal path live in our takedown & report policy. for copyright specifically, see the DMCA & copyright policy. either way you can email [email protected] to start.

7. your content and the license you give us

you keep ownership of what you make on b3rri.

to run the service, you grant b3rri a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to host, store, reproduce, modify (for example, transcode), create derivatives from (for example, thumbnails, captions, translations, audio summaries), display, perform, and distribute your content — solely to operate, improve, and promote the service.

backups persist briefly after you delete. chat content remains accessible to its recipients. aggregated, anonymized data may survive deletion.

you represent that you have the rights to grant this license for everything you upload.

8. AI-assisted features

translation hints, captions, summaries, and similar AI-assisted features are assistive, not authoritative. don't rely on them for legal, medical, financial, safety, or immigration decisions.

9. payments and in-app purchases

all paid features run through apple's or google's billing. their terms also apply. subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. refunds are handled by the store.

• korea: for digital content, you have a 7-day withdrawal right under 전자상거래법 §17, except where consumption has begun with your express consent.
• EU/EEA: you have a 14-day withdrawal right under the Consumer Rights Directive, except where consumption has begun with your express acknowledgment that you lose that right (Art. 16(m)).
• taxes are calculated and remitted by the store.

10. premium and perks

today we promise no permanent perks. any future premium tier will ship with its own terms and ask for fresh consent. if we change a paid offer, the change applies forward, not backward.

11. our intellectual property

b3rri labs owns the b3rri name, wordmark, the three-stylization, the design system, the software, and the APIs. you get a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the service for personal, non-commercial purposes.

you may not copy, reverse engineer, or decompile the software, except where EU law guarantees interoperability rights you cannot waive. you may not scrape the service. you may not use our trademarks without written permission. you may not use b3rri content to train AI models.

for IP infringement reports, see our DMCA & copyright policy — it covers the DMCA notice and counter-notice process in the US, and the equivalent procedures under korean and EU law. send notices to [email protected].

12. termination

you can delete your account at any time.

b3rri may suspend or terminate access for breach, safety risk, fraud, or abuse. we will tell you the reason where it's safe and lawful to do so.

sections that survive termination include the license you granted in §7 for content already shared with others, IP (§11), disclaimers (§13), liability (§14), region carve-outs (§15), governing law (§16), and general terms (§18).

13. disclaimers

to the maximum extent permitted by law, the service is provided as-is and as-available, without warranty of any kind.

statutory consumer protections in korea, the EU, the UK, and the US are not waived by this clause. where they apply, they apply.

14. liability

14.1 no indirect damages

to the maximum extent permitted by law, b3rri is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunity, even if we were warned that the loss was possible.

14.2 hard cap

IF b3rri IS LIABLE FOR ANY REASON, THIS LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO AN AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED EURO (€100).

this is a single aggregate cap across all of your claims, all theories (contract, tort, statute, restitution, anything else), and all time. it applies whether or not you paid us anything. it applies whether or not we were warned that loss was possible.

14.3 statutory floors that cannot be waived

§14.1 and §14.2 do not apply where the law forbids them. nothing in this section limits liability for:

• death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
• fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
• gross negligence or willful misconduct (per korea 약관규제법 §7);
• rights you cannot waive under EU or UK consumer law (Consumer Rights Directive, Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Digital Content Directive);
• the EU Product Liability Directive;
• any non-waivable consumer right under US state law (including CA Civil Code §1668 for willful/gross-negligence claims).

if a court finds the €100 cap unenforceable for a category of claim, the cap still applies to every other claim, and is interpreted to give the maximum effect the law allows.

15. region carve-outs

korea

korean consumer law applies to korean residents. that includes 약관규제법 (regulation of standard terms), 전자상거래법 (e-commerce consumer protection), and 정통망법 (information and communications network act). where mandatory rules don't displace it, the seoul central district court is the agreed venue.

EU, EEA, and UK

the Consumer Rights Directive, the Unfair Contract Terms Directive, and the Digital Content Directive (2019/770) apply where they do under your local law.

under the Digital Services Act we provide:

• an in-app and email mechanism to report illegal content.
• acknowledgment of receipt and a statement of reasons for any moderation decision affecting your content or account.
• access to a certified out-of-court dispute settlement body under Art. 21.
• the right to take the matter to your national court.
• statutory transparency reporting once we cross the relevant thresholds.

EU residents may bring proceedings in their country of residence.

united states

disputes are resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by JAMS under the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules, in san francisco, california, in english. you waive class actions. you may opt out of arbitration within 30 days of accepting these terms by emailing [email protected] with the subject "Arbitration Opt-Out" — opting out doesn't change anything else in these terms.

small-claims court and IP injunctive relief are excluded from arbitration. CCPA/CPRA rights (see Privacy) are unaffected.

everywhere else

local mandatory consumer protection sits on top of these terms. nothing here removes a right your country gives you.

16. governing law

these terms are governed by the laws of the republic of korea, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. the seoul central district court is the court of first instance, subject to §15.

17. changes

material changes take effect 30 days after notice by email and in-app banner, and require renewed consent where 약관규제법 §3 or EU law requires it. non-material changes take effect on posting.

18. general

these terms are the entire agreement on this subject. if any clause is unenforceable, the rest stands. failure to enforce a clause is not a waiver. you can't assign your account; we may assign these terms to an affiliate or successor. nothing here creates an agency or partnership. neither side is liable for force majeure events outside reasonable control. english controls, except where local mandatory law requires a translation. notices go to the email on your account, or to [email protected].

19. contact

[email protected] — alpha.b3rri.com.