License & Terms of Use
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APPLIED ARTS PDF REMEDIATOR (SaaS) — END USER LICENSE
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Applied Arts PDF Remediator (Software as a Service)
Copyright (c) 2026 Andrew Egbert. All rights reserved.
This service, including all source code, user interface, documentation,
prompts, remediation logic, and associated materials (collectively, the
"Service"), is the exclusive intellectual property of Andrew Egbert,
operating under the "Applied Arts" brand (hereafter, the "Author").
The Service is PROPRIETARY. Access to the Service is licensed, not sold.
This is not open source software. No rights are granted other than those
expressly set out below.
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1. GRANT OF LICENSE
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Subject to the terms of this License and the Terms of Use, the Author grants
each individual who registers an account at remediator.appliedarts.us.com
("You") a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable,
revocable license to:
(a) access and use the Service through a standard web browser, and
(b) submit PDF documents to the Service for accessibility remediation for
Your own personal or professional use.
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2. RESTRICTIONS
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Except as expressly permitted in Section 1, You may NOT:
(a) copy, redistribute, scrape, mirror, or reverse-engineer the Service or
any portion of it (including the user interface, JavaScript, or any
HTTP responses);
(b) modify, adapt, translate, port, merge, or create derivative works of
the Service, nor incorporate any portion of it into another product;
(c) rebrand, white-label, rename, or remove, alter, or obscure any
copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices contained in or
displayed by the Service or in files it produces;
(d) attempt to derive the source code, prompts, heuristics, or underlying
algorithms of the Service, except to the extent such activity is
expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation;
(e) use the Service, or any portion of it, to train, fine-tune, evaluate,
benchmark, or otherwise develop any machine-learning model or
competing product;
(f) use the Service in any manner that violates applicable law, the Terms
of Use, or the terms of any third-party service (including the
Anthropic Claude API);
(g) share, sell, or transfer Your account credentials, sign-in link, or
Anthropic API key with any other person;
(h) attempt to bypass, disable, or interfere with any authentication,
rate-limiting, quota, watermark, or telemetry mechanism in the Service.
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3. OWNERSHIP
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The Service is licensed, not sold. The Author retains all right, title, and
interest in and to the Service, including all copyrights, trademarks, trade
secrets, and other intellectual property rights. No ownership rights are
transferred to You under this License.
You retain all ownership rights in the PDF files You upload and in the
remediated output files. The Author does not claim any ownership of Your
content.
The "Applied Arts" name, the Applied Arts PDF Remediator name, and any
associated logos or trade dress are trademarks of the Author. No right to
use any such trademarks is granted by this License.
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4. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES AND COMPONENTS
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The Service uses the Anthropic Claude API to analyze documents and generate
image descriptions. You are required to provide Your own Anthropic API key
and are solely responsible for:
(a) maintaining a valid Anthropic API key in Your account at Your own
expense;
(b) complying with Anthropic's terms of service, acceptable-use policy,
and privacy policy;
(c) any costs, fees, or charges incurred through Your use of the
Anthropic API.
The Service incorporates open-source libraries that are licensed under their
own terms. Those libraries remain the property of their respective owners.
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5. ACCOUNT, DATA, AND PRIVACY
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To use the Service You must register an account using a valid email address.
The Service stores:
(a) Your email address and account metadata (sign-in history, role);
(b) Your Anthropic API key, encrypted at rest using a symmetric cipher
and decrypted in memory only during a remediation request;
(c) operational records of each remediation job (file name, file size,
page count, status, accessibility report);
(d) the binary output of each remediation job, retained for 24 hours and
then deleted automatically.
Source PDFs are deleted from the Service immediately after processing
completes. Output PDFs are deleted automatically 24 hours after creation.
The Service may transmit the contents of Your PDFs to the Anthropic Claude
API for processing under Anthropic's terms. You should not upload any
document that You are not permitted to send to a third-party cloud service.
The Author does not sell Your data and does not use Your data or PDFs to
train any machine-learning model.
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6. NO WARRANTY
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THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT.
THE AUTHOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, BE ERROR-FREE, OR PRODUCE A PDF THAT IS FULLY
COMPLIANT WITH WCAG 2.1 AA, PDF/UA-1, SECTION 508, OR ANY OTHER
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARD OR LEGAL REQUIREMENT. You are responsible for
independently verifying the accessibility of any document processed by the
Service before distribution.
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7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE
AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA,
GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LICENSE OR THE
SERVICE, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
THE AUTHOR'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY UNDER THIS LICENSE WILL NOT EXCEED
THE GREATER OF (a) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID THE AUTHOR FOR ACCESS TO THE SERVICE
DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY,
OR (b) ONE U.S. DOLLAR (US $1.00).
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8. TERMINATION
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This License is effective until terminated. It will terminate automatically
and immediately, without notice, if You breach any of its terms. Upon
termination, You must cease all use of the Service. Sections 2, 3, 5, 6, 7,
8, and 9 will survive termination.
The Author reserves the right to revoke, suspend, or delete Your account at
any time, with or without notice, in the event of a breach of this License
or the Terms of Use.
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9. GOVERNING LAW
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This License will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the United States of America and the State of Idaho, without regard to
its conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising out of or relating to
this License will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts located in Idaho.
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10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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This License, together with the Terms of Use, constitutes the entire
agreement between You and the Author regarding the Service. If any
provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, the remaining
provisions will remain in full force and effect.
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CONTACT
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Andrew Egbert
Applied Arts
remediator.appliedarts.us.com
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IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THE SERVICE.
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Terms of Use
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APPLIED ARTS PDF REMEDIATOR (SaaS) — TERMS OF USE
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Last updated: 2026-05
These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern Your access to and use of the Applied
Arts PDF Remediator web service at remediator.appliedarts.us.com (the
"Service"), provided by Andrew Egbert, operating under the "Applied Arts"
brand (the "Author").
By creating an account or using the Service, You agree to be bound by these
Terms and by the accompanying LICENSE. If You do not agree, You must not
create an account or use the Service.
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1. ACCOUNT
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You may register one account using a valid email address that You own or
control. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under Your account
and for keeping Your sign-in email secure. The Service authenticates You by
sending a one-time sign-in link to Your email; You must not share that link
with anyone else.
You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If You are under 18,
You may use the Service only with the consent of a parent or legal guardian.
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2. PERMITTED USE
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You may use the Service to remediate PDF documents for Your own personal or
professional purposes, subject to these Terms and the License.
You represent and warrant that:
(a) You have the legal right to process each PDF file You submit to the
Service, including any copyright, privacy, or confidentiality rights
in the content;
(b) You will not upload content that is unlawful, infringing, defamatory,
harassing, or otherwise objectionable;
(c) You will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in Your use
of the Service, including laws related to accessibility, copyright,
and data protection.
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3. PROHIBITED USE
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You agree that You will NOT, and will not permit any other person to:
(a) copy, scrape, mirror, or redistribute the Service or any portion of
its source, user interface, or output (other than Your own remediated
PDFs);
(b) modify, rebrand, white-label, or create derivative works of the
Service;
(c) reverse engineer or attempt to derive the source code, prompts,
heuristics, or underlying algorithms of the Service;
(d) remove, alter, or obscure any copyright, trademark, watermark, or
other proprietary notice in the Service or in files it produces;
(e) use the Service to train, fine-tune, evaluate, benchmark, or
otherwise develop any machine-learning model or competing product;
(f) use the Service in connection with any automated scraping, spamming,
denial-of-service activity, or abuse of the Anthropic Claude API or
any other third-party service;
(g) disable, bypass, or interfere with any authentication, rate-limiting,
quota, watermark, or telemetry mechanism in the Service;
(h) share Your account credentials or Anthropic API key with any other
person, or use the Service on behalf of any third party without
explicit written permission;
(i) use the Service in any manner that would expose the Author to legal
liability or reputational harm.
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4. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
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The Service uses the Anthropic Claude API to analyze documents and generate
image descriptions. You are required to provide Your own Anthropic API key
and are solely responsible for:
(a) obtaining and maintaining a valid Anthropic API key at Your own
expense;
(b) complying with Anthropic's terms of service, acceptable-use policy,
and privacy policy;
(c) any costs, fees, or charges incurred through Your use of the
Anthropic API.
You acknowledge that when You use the Service, the contents of the PDFs You
submit (including text and images) are transmitted to Anthropic for
processing under Anthropic's terms. You should not submit any document that
You are not permitted to send to a third-party cloud service.
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5. NO PROFESSIONAL ADVICE; NO GUARANTEE OF COMPLIANCE
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The Service is a tool intended to help remediate common PDF accessibility
issues. It is NOT a substitute for a qualified human accessibility expert
and it does NOT guarantee compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA, PDF/UA-1, Section
508, the ADA, or any other accessibility standard or legal requirement.
You are solely responsible for independently reviewing and validating any
document processed by the Service before publishing or distributing it.
The Author accepts no responsibility for any accessibility failure, legal
liability, or harm arising from reliance on the output of the Service.
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6. DATA AND PRIVACY
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The Service is a hosted web application. To use it, the Service stores:
(a) Your email address and account metadata (sign-in history, role).
(b) Your Anthropic API key, encrypted at rest using a symmetric cipher.
The key is decrypted in memory only during a remediation request and
is never logged or returned to the browser after initial entry.
(c) Operational records of each remediation job: file name, file size,
page count, status, and the accessibility report.
(d) The binary output of each remediation job, retained for 24 hours
and then deleted automatically.
Source PDFs are deleted from the Service immediately after processing
completes. The Service does not retain copies of source files beyond the
duration of processing.
The Author does not sell Your data and does not use Your data or PDFs to
train any machine-learning model. The Author does receive anonymized
operational metrics (signups, job counts, durations) used to operate and
plan the Service.
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7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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The Service and all associated materials are the exclusive property of the
Author and are protected by United States and international copyright and
other intellectual property laws. All rights not expressly granted to You
are reserved by the Author.
You retain all ownership rights in the PDF files You upload to the Service,
including the remediated output files. Nothing in these Terms transfers
ownership of Your content to the Author.
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8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
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THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
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9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE AUTHOR BE
LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR
BUSINESS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE.
THE AUTHOR'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED ONE U.S. DOLLAR
(US $1.00).
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10. INDEMNIFICATION
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You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Author from and
against any claim, demand, loss, or liability, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, arising out of or relating to:
(a) Your use or misuse of the Service;
(b) Your violation of these Terms or the License;
(c) Your violation of any law or any third party's rights, including any
copyright, privacy, or accessibility-related rights.
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11. SERVICE AVAILABILITY AND TERMINATION
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The Author may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service at any time,
with or without notice. The Author may also revoke Your access to the
Service at any time, with or without notice, if You breach these Terms or
the License. Upon termination, Your account data and any remaining output
files may be deleted.
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12. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
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The Author may update these Terms from time to time. The current version
is posted at remediator.appliedarts.us.com/legal. Your continued use of the
Service after an update constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
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13. GOVERNING LAW
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These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States of America and
the State of Idaho, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any
dispute will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts located in Idaho.
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CONTACT
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Andrew Egbert
Applied Arts
remediator.appliedarts.us.com
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BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS.
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