Terms of Service

Last updated: September 12, 2025

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OUR SITE OR OUR SERVICES. BY AGREEING TO THESE TERMS, YOU WILL BECOME SUBJECT TO AN ARBITRATION PROVISION WITH CLASS ACTION AND JURY TRIAL WAIVERS.

We are Relight Media Inc ("LedeWire", "Company", "we", "us", "our"), a company registered in Utah, United States at 3141 American Saddler Dr., Park City, UT 84060.

These legal terms (the "Legal Terms") govern your use of our website at http://www.ledewire.com and any of its subdomains, and any other websites owned and hosted by us (the "Site"), as well as any of our other products and services offered on or through our Site (the "Services"). These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity ("you"), and us, concerning your access to and use of the Services. You agree that by accessing the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Legal Terms, our Privacy Policy, and our Community Guidelines. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.

You can contact us by phone at 415.324.9523, email at legal@ledewire.com, or by mail to 3141 American Saddler Dr., Park City, UT 84060, United States.

We recommend that you print a copy of these Legal Terms for your records.

Table of Contents

  1. Our Services
  2. Your Account
  3. You as a Reader
  4. You as a Writer
  5. Other IP Provisions
  6. Contributions and User Content Rules; Prohibited Activities
  7. Electronic Communications
  8. Legal Bits
  9. Contact

Our Services

We are building a platform for thoughtful, unbiased content by allowing writers to monetize their work on their terms and enabling readers to connect with content that speaks to them while supporting those writers.

Our business is still growing, and so our Site and our Services may change from time to time. We may offer new features, and certain other features may become unavailable. We may, in our discretion, update and amend these Legal Terms from time to time, including by adding, deleting or modifying terms. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last updated" date of these Legal Terms, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your responsibility to periodically review these Legal Terms to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Legal Terms by your continued use of the Services after the date such revised Legal Terms are posted.

Your Account

Eligibility

You will need to create an account ("LedeWire Account") with us and log into our Site to use our Services. To be eligible to use our Services, you must:

  • Reside in the United States. While we hope to offer our Services globally, we are starting with the United States. As of right now, nothing on our Site is considered a solicitation to sell products or services to non-U.S. persons or subject us to non-U.S. laws or regulations. We make no representations or warranties that the information, products, or services provided through our Site or Services are appropriate for access or use in other jurisdictions.
  • Be of legal age in your state of residence. You must be at least 18 years old.
  • Provide your full legal name and have a valid and unique email address.

When you create a LedeWire Account, you represent and warrant that all of the registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current and complete, and that you will maintain the accuracy of such information, and promptly update such information as necessary. If any of your registration information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your LedeWire Account, and refuse any ongoing or future access to or use of any portion of the Services.

Account Security and Guidelines

You agree to keep your password confidential and may not allow others to use your LedeWire Account. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your LedeWire Account, including any activity by unauthorized users.

We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

Account Deletion; Termination and Suspension

You can permanently delete your LedeWire Account at any time by emailing hello@ledewire.com.

We can terminate or suspend your LedeWire Account, remove any Content (as described below) and/or deny your access to all or any portion of the Site or the Services, at any time, without prior notice, and at our sole discretion. If we terminate or suspend your LedeWire Account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending your LedeWire Account, if you have engaged in any conduct that we believe violates any portion of these Legal Terms or our Community Guidelines, violate our rights or those of any third party, violate any laws or regulations, or is inappropriate, then we reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.

You as a Reader

Welcome to the LedeWire community of readers, where you can support your favorite writers.

Credits

As a reader, you can purchase credits ("Credits") through your LedeWire Account to buy a writer's content ("Contributions") offered by writers through our Site. Credits may only be redeemed through the Site on our Services, have no cash value, are non-refundable and are not transferable unless specified otherwise. Unless otherwise disclosed to you at the time of purchase or subject to promotional terms and conditions, or unless you terminate your LedeWire Account, Credits do not expire.

Payment

You may purchase Credits using approved forms of payment, which include but may not be limited to credit cards issued by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. Payments are processed through a third-party provider, and additional fees may be charged by your card issuer, network, or the third-party provider per their terms of service or other agreements.

You agree to provide current, complete, and accurate purchase and account information for all purchases made via the Services. We are not responsible for failed transactions that are due to errors in the payment information submitted to us. Sales tax will be added to the price of purchases as deemed required by us. We may change prices at any time. All payments shall be in US dollars.

We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household, or per order. We reserve the right to limit or prohibit orders that, in our sole discretion, appear to be made in violation of these Legal Terms or applicable laws and regulations.

Purchased Contributions

When you purchase Contributions, you are purchasing a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, perpetual, and revocable license to access and make personal and non-commercial use of the purchased Contribution. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of purchased Contribution; any collection and use of any Contribution listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use; any downloading, copying, or other use of account information for the benefit of any third party; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. All rights not expressly granted to you in this license or these Legal Terms are reserved and retained by us or our writers, licensors, or other content providers, as applicable. No purchased Contributions may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of the applicable writer. This license will terminate if you do not comply with this license or these Legal Terms.

Once we have made purchased Contribution available to you for download, we encourage you to download the Contribution promptly after purchase. As a convenience to you we may continue to make your purchased Contribution available for re-download through your LedeWire Account, but we do not guarantee that such Contribution will be available for re-download and we will not be liable to you if it becomes unavailable for further re-download.

Content Availability

We may add or remove purchasable and promotional Contributions from our Site or Service, at any time and make no guarantee as to the availability of a specific Contribution. Some Contributions may be offered in limited territories, and we may use geofiltering technology to restrict access outside of those territories.

Refund Policy

Once purchased, Credits are not refundable. Contributions purchased are generally not refundable after they have been purchased, but if you have made an error (e.g., selected the wrong Contribution for purchase), please promptly reach out to our customer support team at hello@ledewire.com.

User Content

If you engage with any posted content or Contributions, whether as a writer or as a reader, including but not limited to, by commenting or liking on anyone else's content or Contributions (together, "User Content"), then you represent and warrant to us that you own all right, title and interest in your User Content, and that you have the authority or license to post, upload or otherwise share your User Content with LedeWire. You retain all ownership rights in your User Content, but by uploading or submitting any User Content to our Site or through our Services, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable and royalty-free license to use, modify, adapt, reproduce, make derivative works of, publish and/or transmit, and store that User Content and to distribute and make it available to third parties for the purposes of providing, developing, optimizing, improving and promoting or enhancing our Site or any of our Services, or any other products or services, whether offered by us or a third party, that may be relevant to your User Content.

You acknowledge that if you post User Content to or through our Site, your User Content may be visible to other users. All User Content will be considered non-confidential. You must not post or otherwise transmit any User Content through our Site that you consider to be confidential, including but not limited to, your personal information or any specific financial information, e.g., your bank account details.

You agree that any User Content you post shall abide by the Community Guidelines.

Assumption of Risk

You acknowledge and agree that when you view Contributions or User Content provided by others on our Site or through our Services, you are doing so at your own risk. You acknowledge that Contributions and User Content have not been verified or approved by LedeWire, and that LedeWire has no obligation to pre-screen, monitor, review or edit any User Content or Contributions posted by you or other users on the Site or the Services. By using our Site or any of the Services, you may be exposed to Contributions or User Content that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate, or objectionable. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any Contributions or User Content, including any loss or damage to your Contributions or User Content. The views expressed by other users on or through our Site or any of our Services do not represent our views or values. If you wish to report concerns with Contributions or User Content posted by others, please contact us by emailing hello@ledewire.com.

You as a Writer

To become a writer, simply create your LedeWire Account accordingly and you can get started on posting your content ("Contributions").

Payment and Fees

As a writer, you may make your Contributions available through the Site or our Services. You can set your own pricing in terms of Credits, which will be converted into currency based on the rates posted on the Site or in our Services.

  • Platform Fee. We retain a 15% platform fee on each purchase by a reader.
  • Processing Fees. We use a third-party processor to process payments. They may charge additional fees per their terms of service.
  • Payout Schedule. Earnings are paid out monthly, net of fees and chargebacks, provided you have met all identity verification and other requirements disclosed to you. We may require that you earn a minimum threshold before your earnings can be paid out to you. You may also choose to retain any Credits received to spend on the Site or through our Services to buy other writers' Contributions.
  • Chargebacks and Refunds. We reserve the right to deduct chargebacks or reader refunds from your future payouts.
  • Currency. Payouts are in US Dollars.

We may block or withhold access to your payout for violations of these Legal Terms or our Community Guidelines or for compliance reasons, including collecting tax reporting information. When this happens, we try to communicate the reason to you promptly. If you have questions about access to funds being blocked or withheld, please reach out to us. In order to protect writers, we may block readers' payments if we believe them to be fraudulent. Sometimes activities like refunds and chargebacks can put your account balance into the negative. If your balance becomes negative, we reserve the right to recover those funds from future payments.

Because of the issues listed above, and also if we require a minimum threshold to be earned before we process your payout, you may occasionally experience delays in accessing your funds.

Tax

In order to satisfy our tax obligations, we collect tax identification information and, in certain circumstances, report this information and earnings to tax authorities as legally required. For example, if you are located in the United States or are a United States citizen who has earned $600 or more, we are required to issue you a Form 1099-K at year end. For purposes of Forms 1099-K, we treat all writer earnings as earned for the sales of goods or services. You are responsible for reporting any income, withholding, or other earnings-based taxes which may be due as a result of money you've earned on our Site or through our Services.

Amounts payable under these Legal Terms may include sales tax where applicable. You agree that you will provide us with any information and documents for accurate tax determination and compliance, where and as we request or as otherwise required.

IP Rights in Your Contributions

As a writer, you retain full ownership of all Contributions you create and publish on our Site or through our Services. This includes but is not limited to text, images, video, audio, and data. By posting your Contributions on our Site or through our Services, you represent and warrant that the Contributions are your own work and do not infringe the intellectual property rights of a third party. You also grant LedeWire a non-exclusive, transferable, unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable and royalty-free license to host, display, and distribute your Content on our Site or through our Services solely for the purposes of operating and promoting our Company, our Site and our Services.

You may publish, license or distribute your Contributions on other platforms, website, services or social media channels at any time. We do not claim exclusivity over your work.

Data and Analytics

We may offer you tools related to data and analytics through our Site and our Services to help you understand engagement and reader behavior. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual and revocable license to use such tools, and any reports generated using such tools for your own business purposes.

As a writer, you also agree to keep our readers' data safe, if you collect data separately or directly from your readers, to agree to abide by all applicable data privacy laws and regulations. If you access readers' data through our Site and our Services, then you also agree to abide by the terms of our Privacy Policy as to your use and sharing of that information. You agree never to sell or share such personal information other than as permitted under the terms of our Privacy Policy.

Marketing

You are encouraged to promote your affiliation with LedeWire. Provided that you comply with these Legal Terms and our Community Guidelines, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, revocable right to use our name and logo for your own marketing purposes and when referencing your Content hosted on our Site. We may also reference your public Content and profile to promote LedeWire, our Site or our Services unless you request otherwise.

Except as specifically permitted by us in these Legal Terms or in another agreement you enter with us, you waive any rights to prior inspection or approval of our marketing or promotional materials, and you will have no right to be compensated for our use of your Content or share in any goodwill or value generated by such use.

Other IP Provisions

Our IP

You acknowledge and agree that we and our licensors exclusively own all right, title and interest in our Site and the Services, as well as all materials or information pertaining to or contained on the Site (except for Contributions and User Content), and all intellectual property rights associated with the above (including but not limited to copyrights, patents, database rights, graphics, designs, text, logos, trade dress, trade secrets, trademarks and service marks or other proprietary rights, but excluding your Contributions or User Content) (together, our "Intellectual Property"). As long as you comply with these Legal Terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited and revocable license to enter and use the Site and access the Services. This license is for your personal use and not for any commercial or business purpose. Copying, redistributing, or publishing any part of our Intellectual Property is strictly prohibited, unless otherwise permitted by these Legal Terms.

Feedback

Unless otherwise indicated, if you send or transmit any communications, comments, questions, suggestions, or related content to LedeWire, whether through our Site, by engaging with our social media pages or handles on third-party platforms, by mail, e-mail, telephone, survey, or otherwise, suggesting or recommending changes, enhancements or improvements to the Site or the Services ("Feedback"), then you hereby grant us a non-exclusive unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free license to use your Feedback in any manner and for any purpose to provide, optimize, improve, promote, enhance or market our Services, and to create new products and services.

Copyright Complaints

We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Each user is responsible for ensuring that their Contributions or User Content does not infringe any third party's right or other intellectual property rights.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the "DMCA") provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that their rights have been infringed. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes a copyright infringement, please contact us and include the following information:

  • Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
  • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
  • Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to locate it on the Site;
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
  • A statement that the information in your notification is accurate, and that you attest under penalty of perjury that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
  • Your electronic or physical signature.

DMCA notices should be sent to:
ATTN: Notice of Copyright Infringement
Legal Department, Relight Media Inc.
3141 American Saddler Dr., Park City, UT 84060
dmca@ledewire.com (please include "Notice of Copyright Infringement" in the subject line)

Third-Party Content

The Services may contain links to other websites ("Third-Party Websites") as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties ("Third-Party Content"). Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Services or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Services. If you decide to leave the Services and access the Third-Party Websites or to use or install any Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk.

Contributions and User Content Rules; Prohibited Activities

We are committed to supporting free speech and diverse viewpoints. That said, all Contributions and User Content, and your behavior on our Site, must follow our Community Guidelines. As a high-level summary, we may, in our sole discretion, remove or restrict Contributions or other User Content that:

  • Incites violence or harm;
  • Contains hate speech or unlawful discrimination;
  • Violates a third party's copyright or intellectual property rights;
  • Is fraudulent, deceptive, or otherwise violates applicable laws and regulations; or
  • Otherwise violates these Legal Terms or our Community Guidelines.

Where feasible, we will provide notice and a chance for you to appeal before taking final action.

In addition, when using the Site or our Services, you agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, in addition to these Legal Terms, Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines.

Electronic Communications

You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Services, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing.

If you sign-up to receive text messages from us, you agree to receive recurring automated promotional and personalized marketing text (e.g., SMS and MMS) messages from us, including text messages that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system, to the mobile telephone number you provided when signing up or any other number that you designate. Consent to receive automated marketing text messages is not a condition of any purchase. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency may vary. We reserve the right to alter the frequency of messages sent at any time. Not all mobile devices or handsets may be supported and our messages may not be deliverable in all areas.

Legal Bits

Disclaimer of Warranties

OUR SITE AND OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY OTHER WARRANTY, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. THE DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY UNDER THIS CLAUSE ALSO APPLY TO OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS.

Indemnification

You will indemnify us from all losses and liabilities, including legal fees, that arise from these Legal Terms, the Privacy Policy or our Community Guidelines, or relate to your use of the Site or our Services (or any portion thereof), including any claims that your Content or User Content infringe on a third party's intellectual property rights. We reserve the right to exclusive control over the defense of a claim covered by this clause.

Limitation of Liability

EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, NEITHER LEDEWIRE, NOR ITS RELATED AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES, NOR EACH OF ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS OF EACH, SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH YOU, OUR MAXIMUM LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE OR THE SERVICES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID OR PAYABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SERVICES OVER THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE YOUR FIRST CLAIM(S) AROSE.

Governing Law

These Legal Terms and your use of the Services are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the State of Utah, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

Dispute Resolution

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THIS PROVISION, YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL.

We encourage you to contact us if you have an issue. If we are unable to resolve an issue related to these Legal Terms ("Dispute"), then the Dispute will be finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. The arbitration shall be commenced and conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"). The arbitration may be conducted in person, through the submission of documents, by phone, or online. Except where otherwise required by the applicable AAA rules or applicable law, the arbitration will take place in Salt Lake County, Utah.

The Parties agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or to utilize class action procedures; and (c) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other persons.

Everything Else

These terms and any referenced policies are the entire agreement between you and us, supersede all prior agreements, and don't create any partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship between you and us. If any provision of these terms is held to be unenforceable, then that provision is modified to the extent necessary to enforce it. If a provision cannot be modified to make it enforceable, then it is severed from these terms, and all other provisions remain in force.

Contact

In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Services or to receive further information regarding use of the Services, please contact us at:

Relight Media Inc
3141 American Saddler Dr.
Park City, UT 84060
United States
Phone: 415.324.9523
legal@ledewire.com