Terms of Use & Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing, browsing, or otherwise using the Optimistic Doomer website (the "Website"), you confirm that you are at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, if higher), that you have read and understood these Terms of Use ("Terms"), and that you agree to be bound by them in full.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use this Website.

2. Permitted Use

You may access and use the Website and its Content solely for your own personal, non-commercial, and lawful purposes. You may:

• Read, browse, and download Content for personal reference;
• Share links to individual pages of the Website;
• Print reasonable portions of Content for personal offline use.

3. Prohibited Use

You must not, under any circumstances:

• Reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, sub-license, or commercially exploit any Content without prior written permission from the Publisher;
• Scrape, crawl, or systematically extract Content in bulk using automated tools, including AI crawlers and large language model training pipelines;
• Use the Content in any way that violates applicable law, including intellectual property laws;
• Use the Website to transmit spam, malware, or any unsolicited communications;
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Website's infrastructure;
• Impersonate the Publisher or misrepresent your affiliation with the Website;
• Use the Content to provide professional advice to third parties without independent verification and appropriate qualifications.

4. Intellectual Property

All original Content on this Website - including text, structure, editorial selection, metadata, and design - is the intellectual property of the operator of Optimistic Doomer and is protected under applicable copyright law.

The editorial processing, rewriting, and curation of source material constitutes an original work protected by copyright. Nothing in these Terms grants you any right to use the Website's intellectual property beyond the limited licence described in Section 2 above.

5. User Submissions

If you submit questions, comments, or other content to the Website (e.g. via the contact form), you grant the operator of Optimistic Doomer a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, reproduce, and publish that content in connection with operating and improving the Website. You represent that your submissions do not infringe any third-party rights.

The Publisher reserves the right to decline, remove, or not respond to any submission at their sole discretion.

6. Availability & Modifications

No commitment is made to maintain the Website or any specific Content indefinitely. The Publisher reserves the right to modify, update, or remove any Content at any time without notice, and to suspend or discontinue the Website temporarily or permanently without liability.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability

Your use of the Website is subject to the General Disclaimer & Limitation of Liability, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference in its entirety.

8. External Links

The Website may contain links to external websites. These links are provided for convenience only. No control over, and no responsibility for, the content, privacy practices, or availability of any linked site is assumed. Inclusion of a link does not constitute endorsement.

9. Termination of Access

The Publisher reserves the right to restrict or terminate your access to the Website at any time and without prior notice, in particular if you breach these Terms or use the Website in a manner that is harmful, abusive, or contrary to its purpose.

10. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, General Disclaimer, and Medical & Safety Disclaimer, constitute the entire agreement between you and the operator of Optimistic Doomer with respect to your use of the Website.

11. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the European Union and the applicable national laws of the jurisdiction in which the Publisher resides. Nothing in these Terms affects your statutory rights as a consumer under applicable EU law, including your right to bring proceedings in the courts of your own country of residence.

12. Amendments

These Terms may be amended at any time by posting the revised version on this page. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes will constitute acceptance of those changes.