Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms & Scope

By accessing, browsing, or utilizing Echo (accessible at https://paperumbrellastudios.in), curated and maintained by Paper Umbrella Studios, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Service. These terms apply to all visitors, educational researchers, registered curators, community contributors, and patrons.

If you do not agree to these terms, please discontinue use of the platform. We reserve the right to update these terms periodically to reflect statutory changes or architectural platform updates. Continued use following any revisions constitutes full acceptance of the updated terms.

2. Intellectual Property & Creative Commons Standards

Echo is dedicated to the ethical preservation of living cultural heritage. Editorial text essays, curatorial arrangements, platform software architecture, and branding produced by Paper Umbrella Studios are protected under international copyright law.

Archival photographs, historical manuscripts, archaeological documentation, and cultural relic imagery sourced from institutional archives or the public commons (such as Wikimedia Commons) are displayed in strict compliance with their respective open licenses, including Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 4.0), CC BY, CC0, or verified Public Domain Dedications. Complete attribution metadata, author names, and source deeds are accessible directly on every exhibit modal.

3. Prohibition of Invalid Ad Traffic, Automated Bots & Abuse

This educational platform is supported in part by ethical advertising partnerships, including Google AdSense. Users, visitors, and automated agents are strictly prohibited from generating invalid ad clicks, utilizing automated click-bots, web scrapers, spiders, or click-exchange software, or artificially inflating ad impressions.

Any attempt to manipulate advertising impressions, bypass security gateways, inject malicious code, or engage in automated abuse will result in immediate IP banning, revocation of contributor accounts, and notification to relevant network compliance authorities. Users may review advertising policies and manage their ad preferences at https://www.google.com/settings/ads.

4. Safe Harbor, DMCA & Takedown Procedure

If you are a copyright holder, artist, photographer, or institutional custodian who believes content on Echo infringes your intellectual property rights, please submit a formal takedown notice to our compliance desk at echo@paperumbrellastudios.in.

Your notice must include: (a) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (b) the specific URL or exhibit identifier; (c) your contact information; and (d) a statement of good faith belief that the disputed use is unauthorized. We review and resolve verified inquiries within 48 business hours.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability

Echo is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis for educational and cultural research purposes. While our curatorial board strives for historical and linguistic accuracy, Paper Umbrella Studios makes no express or implied warranties regarding historical infallibility or uninterrupted availability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Paper Umbrella Studios shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use of or inability to access the platform.

6. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. Any legal disputes arising out of or related to these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts located in Jorhat, Assam, India.

7. Community Guidelines & Ethical Conduct

Visitors and registered contributors are expected to uphold the dignity of indigenous traditions, sacred beliefs, and living folk customs documented across Echo. You agree not to post, submit, or transmit any defamatory, hateful, ethnically offensive, or culturally derogatory material. Paper Umbrella Studios reserves the absolute right to moderate, unpublish, or permanently remove any content that violates these principles.

Commercial re-use of community oral histories or sacred tribal genealogies without explicit, documented community authorization is strictly prohibited. Educational institutions and non-profit cultural researchers are granted fair-use quotation rights provided full academic attribution to the narrator and Echo is visibly maintained.

8. Modifications, Severability & Inquiries

We may revise these Terms of Service periodically to reflect platform enhancements or statutory updates. If any provision of these terms is found to be unlawful or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

For any questions regarding these terms, contact our legal desk at echo@paperumbrellastudios.in or by post to Paper Umbrella Studios, Jorhat, Assam, India — PIN 785001.