Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“you,” “your,” or “User”) and Pook Audio (“we,” “us,” or “our”). Pook Audio is a trading name of Ayal Yishay, sole proprietor, registered and operating under the laws of the State of Israel.

By installing, accessing, or using the Service in any way — including browsing the website, downloading the Software, creating an account, or building plugins — you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms in their entirety. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must immediately cease all use of the Service and uninstall any software you have downloaded.

The following definitions apply throughout these Terms:

• “Service” means the Pook software (audio plugin and standalone application), the workspace and build tools, the backend and API, the website located at pookaudio.com, and all related features, functionality, and services made available by Pook Audio.
• “Software” means the Pook audio plugin (in all formats, including VST3, Audio Unit, and AAX) and the standalone application, as distributed by Pook Audio.
• “Creation” means the plugin source you author — DSP, user interface, parameters and any embedded modules — excluding Pook Property.
• “Pook Property” means the Pook software, its runtime and engine, the workspace tools, the plugin file format, and all bundled templates, examples and starter content.
• “Content” means any data, text, files, audio, images, names, profile information, or other materials you submit to, store in, build with, or make available through the Service, including your Creations.
• “Create License” means the paid licence to use the Software to author, build and use Creations, described in Section 3.
• “Publishing Plan” means a recurring paid plan under which you may release Creations commercially under your own brand through Pook Audio's release and licensing platform. A Publishing Plan is governed by the Publisher Terms in addition to these Terms.
• “Free Release” means the one-off paid entitlement to release a single Creation to the public free of charge, also governed by the Publisher Terms in addition to these Terms.

These Terms should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy, which describes how we collect, use, and protect your personal data.

You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Service.

Pook Audio reserves the right to update, modify, or replace these Terms at any time. We will notify you of material changes via email or in-app notification at least 30 days before such changes take effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of any revised Terms constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to the updated Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Service before the effective date.

To access certain features of the Service, you must create an account. Each individual may hold only one account. Creating multiple accounts is a violation of these Terms and may result in immediate termination of all associated accounts.

Authentication is provided through third-party identity providers (such as Google or Apple). By using these providers to sign in, you authorize Pook Audio to access and use certain information from your identity provider account in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

A paid Create License may be activated on up to two machines at the same time. During the trial described in Section 7, the Software may be activated on two machines. Machine limits are enforced through a machine identifier that is stored securely on our servers.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to notify Pook Audio immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your account. Pook Audio shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to maintain the security of your account.

Pook Audio reserves the right to suspend or terminate any account that violates these Terms, is used fraudulently, or poses a risk to the security or integrity of the Service, at its sole discretion, with or without prior notice.

3.1 License Grant

Subject to your compliance with these Terms and to payment of the applicable fee, Pook Audio grants you a perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to install and use the Software to author, build and use Creations, for your personal or commercial use, including use in professional music productions.

3.2 What Your Purchase Includes

A Create License is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It grants perpetual use of the major version purchased, including every update released within that version line. A future major version is a separate purchase or a paid upgrade.

The Software is licensed, not sold. This license conveys no ownership interest in Pook Property or in any other intellectual property of Pook Audio. Pook Audio may revoke this license only as set out in Section 15 (Termination).

3.3 Restrictions

You agree not to, and shall not permit any third party to:

• Reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, underlying algorithms, or structure of any part of the Software or Service, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by applicable law.
• Remove, alter, obscure, or deface any proprietary notices, labels, watermarks, or branding contained in or on the Software or Service.
• Copy, modify, adapt, translate, or create derivative works based on the Software, except as expressly permitted under these Terms.
• Use the Service, directly or indirectly, to build, assist in building, or contribute to a competing product or service, including using Pook Property or Pook Audio's tools at scale to develop a rival audio plugin platform.
• Attempt to bypass, circumvent, or disable any authentication mechanism, machine limit, usage limit, or other security measure implemented by Pook Audio.
• Use automated scripts, bots, crawlers, scrapers, or other programmatic or mechanical means to access, interact with, or extract data from the Service, unless expressly authorized in writing by Pook Audio.
• Sublicense, rent, lease, sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer the Software, your Create License, your account, or any rights granted under these Terms to any third party.
• Use the Software, the Service, or any Pook Property as training data for machine learning models, artificial intelligence systems, or any automated content generation tools.

These restrictions protect Pook Property. They do not limit what you may do with your own Creations, which is governed by Section 5.

All purchases of Pook Audio's own products — a Create License, a Free Release, or a Publishing Plan — are processed by Paddle (Paddle.com Market Limited), our merchant of record. Paddle's terms of service and privacy policy govern the purchase transaction, including payment processing, billing, invoicing, currency conversion, applicable taxes, and refunds. Pook Audio does not directly process, store, or have access to your payment card information.

You are responsible for all applicable taxes, duties, or levies associated with your use of the Service, except for taxes on Pook Audio's net income. Paddle handles the calculation and collection of sales tax, VAT, and other transaction taxes on our behalf.

A Publishing Plan renews automatically until you cancel it. If you cancel mid-period, you retain access until the end of the current billing period. No pro-rated, partial, or proportional refunds are provided for the unused portion of a billing period.

Pook Audio reserves the right to change its prices, its plan structures, and what each license or plan includes, at any time and with reasonable prior notice. A price change never affects a Create License you have already bought, and never affects the current billing period of an active Publishing Plan.

Refunds are governed by our Refund Policy and by the mandatory consumer protection laws of your jurisdiction.

5.1 No Claim to Your Creations

Pook Audio claims no ownership of your Creations. This applies equally to Creations you produce with the help of a coding agent or other AI-assisted tool. As between you and Pook Audio, your Creations are yours.

Pook Audio takes no royalty, revenue share, or commission on your Creations or on anything you earn from them, at any time and in any tier.

For clarity, the audio you produce with a plugin you build — in your digital audio workstation (DAW) or anywhere else — is yours. These Terms do not restrict your ownership of or rights to your music, recordings, or other creative works that incorporate audio processed or produced through Pook.

5.2 Commercial Rights

You may use, share, sell, license, and otherwise commercialize your Creations, provided that you own or hold the necessary rights to everything they contain — code, audio, graphics, fonts, names, and any other third-party material.

Templates, examples, and starter content bundled with the Software may be used, modified, and distributed as part of a Creation. They may not be redistributed on their own, or in a substantially unmodified form, as a product in themselves.

5.3 The Embedded Runtime

A Creation you release as a plugin carries Pook Audio's runtime inside it. That runtime is licensed, not sold. You may distribute it solely as embedded in your released plugin. You may not extract it, distribute it on its own, or reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble it, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by applicable law.

The runtime includes third-party components whose licenses require attribution. You must keep the attribution notices Pook Audio supplies intact and reproduce them wherever your plugin is delivered, including its installer license page and its about panel.

5.4 Your Responsibility

You are solely responsible for your Creations — for their accuracy, their audio safety, their legality, and for ensuring they do not infringe the rights of any third party. You are responsible for reviewing a Creation before you share, publish, or sell it.

Audio safety warning: a plugin under development may produce unexpected, loud, or distorted output. You are solely responsible for monitoring output levels and taking appropriate precautions to protect your hearing, speakers, headphones, audio equipment, and any other connected devices at all times.

5.5 Pook Audio May Decline

Pook Audio may decline to build, sign, host, or distribute any Creation, at its sole discretion. Your Creation being yours to sell never means that Pook Audio must publish it. The content rules and the review process that apply to released plugins are set out in the Publisher Terms.

5.6 The License You Grant Back

When you ask Pook Audio to build, sign, host, or distribute a Creation, you grant Pook Audio a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to store, reproduce, process, build, host, and distribute that Creation as you direct, and solely in order to provide those services to you. The license extends no further and covers no other purpose.

Pook Audio does not use your Creations to train models. The license ends when you stop requesting those services, except for copies Pook Audio must retain to keep serving customers who already obtained your plugin, or as applicable law requires.

5.7 As Is, and No IP Indemnity

Creations are provided and handled on an “as is” basis. Pook Audio makes no representation or warranty that a Creation — or anything produced with the Software or with your coding agent — is original or does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.

Pook Audio provides no intellectual property indemnity. If a third party brings a claim concerning a Creation, that claim is yours to defend and resolve.

You may share a plugin you build directly with other people. Pook Audio does not host, transmit, store, or intermediate files shared this way, and is not the distributor or publisher of them.

A person who accepts a shared plugin does so at their own risk. Pook Audio does not review, scan, sign, or vouch for shared files. You represent and warrant that you own, or hold the necessary rights to, everything contained in any plugin you share.

Be aware that a plugin's source is cleartext, so anyone you share it with can read and copy it, and Pook offers no protection against that — publish the plugin if you need it protected.

The Software includes a trial that runs for twenty-one (21) days from first activation. The trial is bound to your account, so reinstalling the Software or moving to another machine does not reset it.

When the trial expires, the plugin mutes all audio. It still loads in your sessions and your project state is preserved — nothing you have built is deleted or altered — but no audio passes through it. Audio returns as soon as you buy a Create License.

Pook Audio guarantees the parts of the product it controls: the runtime, the validator, and the workspace tools. If they do not work as described, that is Pook Audio's responsibility to fix.

What a plugin ends up doing, and how well it is written, depends on the coding agent you use and how you direct it. Your coding agent is a third-party product, not part of the Service, and results obtained with a less capable coding agent fall outside what Pook Audio can guarantee.

Refunds are judged on whether the tools work, not on taste. A Creation that builds and runs but is not what you hoped for is not a defect in the Service. Refund terms are set out in our Refund Policy.

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to:

• Use the Service to create, distribute, or store Content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable under applicable law.
• Use the Service to create Content that infringes upon or violates the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or any other rights of any third party.
• Use the Service to name, label, brand, or market a plugin using any third-party trademark, trade name, registered product name, artist name, or other identifier in a manner reasonably likely to suggest affiliation, endorsement, or origin from a third party. Stylistic references (e.g. “in the style of a vintage tube compressor”) are permitted; using a third-party brand or artist name as a plugin's public name or visible user-interface label is not.
• Create malicious code, exploit vulnerabilities, or use the Service in any manner designed to compromise, overload, or interfere with the Service's infrastructure, performance, or availability.
• Abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, intimidate, or impersonate any person or entity through the Service.
• Interfere with, disrupt, degrade, or place an unreasonable or disproportionate burden on the Service's servers, networks, or infrastructure.
• Share, disclose, or transfer your account credentials to any other person, or allow multiple individuals to access the Service using a single account.
• Scrape, crawl, spider, index, or otherwise programmatically access or extract data from the Service, the website, or any Content, without prior written authorization from Pook Audio.
• Use the Service to send unsolicited communications, spam, or promotional material to other Users.
• Circumvent, disable, or interfere with any security-related features of the Service, including features that prevent or restrict access to Content or enforce usage limitations.

Pook Audio reserves the right to investigate suspected violations of these Terms and to take any action it deems appropriate, including but not limited to removing Content, suspending or terminating accounts, reporting conduct to law enforcement authorities, and pursuing legal remedies. Such actions may be taken without prior notice and at Pook Audio's sole discretion.

If you provide Pook Audio with any feedback, suggestions, ideas, feature requests, bug reports, comments, or other submissions regarding the Service (“Feedback”), whether through email, in-app communication, social media, or any other channel, you hereby grant Pook Audio an unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, fully sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, and otherwise exploit such Feedback in any manner, for any purpose, without acknowledgment, compensation, or obligation of confidentiality to you.

You acknowledge that Pook Audio may already be developing or considering similar ideas independently, and that the provision of Feedback does not create any confidential relationship or impose any obligation on Pook Audio.

Feedback does not include your Creations. Nothing in this section gives Pook Audio any right in a Creation beyond the license described in Section 5.6.

Pook Audio respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects Users to do the same. If you believe that any Content available through the Service infringes upon your copyright or other intellectual property rights, you may submit a written notice to Pook Audio at support@pookaudio.com containing the following information:

• Identification of the copyrighted work or intellectual property you claim has been infringed.
• Identification of the Content on the Service that you claim is infringing, with sufficient detail for Pook Audio to locate it.
• Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the rights owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights owner or authorized to act on behalf of the rights owner.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

Pook Audio will review valid notices and take appropriate action, which may include removing or disabling access to the allegedly infringing Content. Pook Audio may terminate accounts of Users who are repeat infringers.

If you believe that Content you posted was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notice to support@pookaudio.com explaining why the removal was a mistake.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, POOK AUDIO DOES NOT WARRANT THAT: (A) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; (B) THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, OR COMPLETE; (C) THE QUALITY OF ANY CREATION, CONTENT, OR OTHER MATERIALS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; OR (D) ANY ERRORS IN THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED.

You acknowledge that Pook Audio has no control over and does not guarantee the availability, accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any third-party services, including your coding agent, cloud infrastructure, or authentication services. Any Content downloaded, built, or otherwise obtained through the Service is accessed at your own discretion and risk, and you are solely responsible for any damage to your computer system, audio equipment, hearing, or loss of data that results from such use.

No advice, information, or statement, whether oral or written, obtained from Pook Audio or through the Service, shall create any warranty not expressly made in these Terms.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL POOK AUDIO, ITS OWNER, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, DATA, USE, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE), EVEN IF POOK AUDIO HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, POOK AUDIO'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS, THE SERVICE, OR YOUR USE THEREOF SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY PAID TO POOK AUDIO IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM; OR (B) ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS (US $100).

THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS, AND EVEN IF POOK AUDIO HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or liabilities. In such jurisdictions, Pook Audio's liability and warranty obligations shall be limited to the minimum extent permitted by applicable law. Nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Pook Audio, its owner, affiliates, agents, contractors, and service providers from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and legal costs) arising out of or in connection with:

• Your use of, or inability to use, the Service.
• Your violation of these Terms or any applicable law or regulation.
• Your violation of the rights of any third party, including intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or publicity rights.
• Any Content you build, submit, share, publish, or otherwise make available.
• Any dispute between you and any other User of the Service.

Pook Audio reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you agree to cooperate with Pook Audio in asserting any available defenses.

This indemnification obligation applies to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Nothing in this section requires indemnification beyond what is permitted under the consumer protection laws of your jurisdiction.

You may stop using the Service and request deletion of your account at any time by contacting us at support@pookaudio.com or by using the account deletion feature in the application.

Pook Audio may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, in whole or in part, for any violation of these Terms, with or without prior notice, at its sole discretion. In cases of severe or repeated violations, termination may be immediate and without warning.

Upon termination of your account, for any reason:

• Your right to access the Service ends immediately, including your account, the online functionality, and any support entitlement.
• Your personal data will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws.

Your Create License survives. A paid Create License is not revoked by termination as such. If you close your account, or if Pook Audio discontinues the Service, the perpetual license granted in Section 3 stands and your Creations remain yours. Pook Audio revokes a Create License only where it terminates your account for your breach of these Terms; in that case, and only in that case, you must promptly uninstall the Software from all devices in your possession or control and cease all use.

Pook Audio reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Service at any time, with or without notice. Pook Audio shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the Service.

The following provisions shall survive termination of these Terms: Sections 3 (Create License), 4 (Payments & Taxes), 5 (What You Build Is Yours), 10 (Feedback & Submissions), 11 (Copyright & Content Removal), 12 (Disclaimer of Warranties), 13 (Limitation of Liability), 14 (Indemnification), 17 (Governing Law & Disputes), and any other provisions that by their nature should reasonably survive.

By creating an account or using the Service, you consent to receive electronic communications from Pook Audio, including service announcements, administrative messages, account notifications, security alerts, and updates to these Terms or our Privacy Policy. These communications are part of your relationship with Pook Audio and you may not opt out of receiving them while maintaining an active account.

You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that Pook Audio provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Pook Audio may also send you promotional or marketing communications about new features, events, or offers. You may opt out of promotional communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in such emails or by adjusting your notification preferences in your account settings. Opting out of promotional communications does not affect your receipt of transactional or service-related messages.

These Terms shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to its conflict of law principles or rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) shall not apply.

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or in connection with these Terms, the Service, or your relationship with Pook Audio shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts located in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel. You irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts and waive any objection to jurisdiction or venue.

Nothing in this section deprives you of the protection afforded by mandatory provisions of the law of your country of habitual residence, or of your right to bring proceedings in the courts of that country, where such rights cannot be waived by agreement.

Prior to initiating any formal legal proceedings, both parties agree to attempt to resolve disputes informally and in good faith by contacting each other via email. The parties shall negotiate in good faith for a period of at least thirty (30) days from the date of initial contact before either party may commence formal legal action. Informal dispute resolution notices should be sent to support@pookaudio.com.

Any cause of action or claim you may have arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service must be commenced within one (1) year after such cause of action or claim arises. Any cause of action or claim not brought within this one-year period shall be permanently barred. This limitation applies regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

Entire Agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any other legal notices or policies published by Pook Audio on the Service, constitute the entire agreement between you and Pook Audio regarding the Service and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Service.

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable, or if modification is not possible, shall be severed from these Terms. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions, which shall continue in full force and effect.

Assignment. You may not assign, transfer, or delegate these Terms or any of your rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Pook Audio. Any attempted assignment in violation of this provision shall be null and void. Pook Audio may freely assign these Terms without restriction.

Waiver. The failure of Pook Audio to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. No waiver of any term or condition shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.

Force Majeure. Pook Audio shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, pandemics, epidemics, labor disputes, government actions, internet or telecommunications failures, power outages, cyberattacks, or failures of third-party service providers.

Headings. The section headings in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding these Terms or the Service, please contact us at:

support@pookaudio.com

Pook Audio (a trading name of Ayal Yishay)
Israel

The names below are the current commercial names for the licenses defined above; prices are those published at pookaudio.com/pricing at the time of purchase.