Terms of Use · License Agreement

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[Draft — will be published after legal review. Until then the wording is not final.]

11. Purpose and scope

These terms set the conditions for using AlbumPeel (the "Program"), photo-album scan processing software provided by XColor International (the "Company"), and for buying, activating and refunding licenses. Installing the Program, entering an activation code or buying a license means you accept these terms.

22. Terms used

• Trial: use without a license for a limited time and amount after installation.
• License: the right to save a fixed number of pages. A page is one saved scan image (saving the same scan again does not use another page).
• PC code: an identifier the Program makes on your PC. Activation code: a code the Company issues for that PC code. Recovery code: a code used if the PC fails.

33. Grant of use

The Company grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right to use the Program. The Program and its intellectual property belong to the Company (and the owners of the open-source components). The rights in your results (the saved photos) stay with the owner of the original photos; the Company claims none.

44. Trial

For 10 days after installation, finding photos, editing and previewing are unlimited and saving is allowed for 3 pages. After that an activation code is needed to start the Program. Reinstalling on the same PC does not restart the trial limits.

55. License

• One license allows 1,000 pages of saving and has no time limit.
• When all pages are used, saving stops (detecting and editing still work). A new license must be bought to save again.
• The activation code of a new license replaces the current license; remaining pages are not added.

66. One PC, no change, recovery after failure

• An activation code works only on the one PC whose PC code was sent and cannot be moved to another PC.
• Reinstalling Windows or the Program, or changing the disk, on the same PC is allowed: enter the same activation code again and the used pages carry over. Ask first before changing the motherboard.
• Only if the PC has failed and cannot be used, one recovery per license moves the remaining pages to a new PC (order number, new PC code and recovery code needed). If the recovery code is lost, the Company may issue a code limited to 500 pages.

77. Price and payment

• The license price is 29.5 USD, paid by PayPal (the same in Korea and abroad). On the PayPal payment page you can sometimes pay by card without a PayPal account.
• Whether and how taxes (VAT, sales tax) are charged and shown: [to be added once decided]. Fees and exchange rates of the payment provider (PayPal) follow your payment terms.
• After confirming payment the Company e-mails the activation code made for your PC code (delivery time [to be added once decided]).

88. Refunds

• Once an activation code has been issued and delivered, delivery of the digital content has started and no refund is given. Please check the trial thoroughly before buying.
• A refund is given for a cancellation before the code is issued, a duplicate payment, or if activation is impossible for reasons on the Company's side and is not resolved.
• [Legal review needed: consistency with consumer law (conditions for limiting withdrawal for digital content, how to notify in advance) and with the payment provider's policy]

99. Prohibited acts

You must not reverse engineer, decompile, modify or bypass the Program, the activation codes or the protection, share or resell activation codes, or modify or redistribute Program files. If you do, the Company may suspend the license.

1010. Privacy

• The Program does not send photos or usage data anywhere. Activation and the page count are handled entirely on your PC.
• To issue licenses and give support the Company receives your e-mail address, PC code and order number (payment transaction ID). Payment details such as card numbers are handled by the payment provider and not kept by the Company.
• Retention period: 5 years from your last purchase. This allows you to buy again and lets us help you reissue a license; the data is deleted afterwards.
• Disclosure to or outsourcing to third parties: [to be fixed after legal review]. Questions and deletion requests: albumpeel@gmail.com.

1111. Disclaimer and limit of liability

The Program is an aid that finds and cuts photos automatically and does not guarantee that every photo is found perfectly. You must check the results. The Program does not change your original scan files, but always back up important originals separately. To the extent the law allows, the Company's liability does not exceed the amount you paid for that license, and the Company is not liable for indirect or consequential damage. [to be fixed after legal review]

1212. Open source

The Program uses open-source components such as OpenCV; their licenses are in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt in the install folder and in the Program's About window. The illustrations are AI-generated images (Microsoft Designer).

1313. Support

Contact: XColor International, albumpeel@gmail.com. Please include the PC code and recovery code (License window). Response time [to be added once decided].

1414. Changes, governing law

If the terms change, the new text and its effective date are announced on this site. Governing law and jurisdiction: [to be fixed after legal review]. Effective date: [state when published].