Legal
Terms of Service
1. Acceptance of these Terms
By accessing or using VaLea — the VaLea Website at valea-music.com and the VaLea App at app.valea-music.com (together, the “Service”) — you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”). If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Service.
The Service is operated by Daniel Jöhnk, sole proprietor (Einzelunternehmer), Weißdornstieg 21a, 25469 Halstenbek, Germany (“we”, “us”, or “VaLea”).
2. Description of the Service
VaLea is a music universe: a public website with stories, EPs and videos, a member Vault, and the VaLea App — an AI-powered music creation tool that turns your emotions and personal context into a personal song. The Service is available in three membership tiers, plus one-time song packages:
- Island PASS (free) — the Vault, open; one emotional-release song trial created with you in the VaLea App; community access and event presales.
- Island PASS Black (subscription) — a recurring monthly or yearly membership. HD-WAV downloads of the full catalog, one full song project included every month, and access to the live Q&A and Cashflow calls. Current prices are shown on our pricing page before you subscribe.
- Black 33 (numbered seats) — a limited run of 33 numbered seats, each carrying everything in Island PASS Black further. Once a seat is taken it is not reissued to someone else, even if the original holder later cancels.
- Purchased songs (one-time packages) — independently of any membership, songs are also sold as one-time packages in the VaLea App. A purchase adds song credits to your account and unlocks the full creation feature set.
3. User Accounts
You must create an account before creating a song or joining a membership — either with Google Sign-In or with an email address and password. Your song history, memberships and purchases are linked to this account. If you sign up with a password, you can recover access at any time using the password-reset link on the join page. You are responsible for keeping your account secure and for all activity under it. You must be at least 16 years of age to use the Service.
4. Payments and Cancellation
All payments are processed securely by Stripe. Purchased song credits are charged once, do not expire and are not transferable; because each song is generated individually for you, a credit that has already been used to generate a song cannot be refunded. If something goes wrong on our side — a song that never finishes generating, for example — contact us and we will make it right.
Island PASS Black and Black 33 are recurring subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly as shown at checkout. You can cancel at any time from your account; cancellation takes effect at the end of the billing period you already paid for, and everything you downloaded before then stays yours. As stated on our pricing page, Island PASS Black carries a money-back guarantee — contact us and we will make it right, no questions asked.
All prices are shown before you pay and are exclusive of applicable taxes unless stated otherwise. You are responsible for any taxes applicable to your purchase in your jurisdiction.
5. Intellectual Property and License
Songs generated through the VaLea App are created using a licensed, commercially-cleared third-party AI music generation service. Our license with that provider grants full commercial usage rights for the audio it generates for us, and we pass those rights through to you in full: you may publish, distribute, monetise and use your generated songs commercially on any platform, without needing further permission from us. The Service itself — its design, code, branding, world and the systems we built around the underlying AI models — is the intellectual property of Daniel Jöhnk and his licensors; you may not copy, modify, distribute or reverse-engineer any part of it.
HD-WAV masters provided as part of an Island PASS Black or Black 33 membership may be used in your own content, with credit and a link back to VaLea. Reselling or redistributing them as music is not permitted.
By providing inputs (emotions, context, preferences) to the Service, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use those inputs solely to generate your song and to improve the Service. We do not claim ownership of your generated songs.
6. Acceptable Use
You agree not to use the Service to:
- Generate content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable
- Infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party
- Attempt to circumvent usage limits or access controls
- Use automated tools to access or scrape the Service
- Violate any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Service if you violate these Terms.
7. AI-Generated Content Disclaimer
Songs generated by the VaLea App are created by artificial intelligence. While we strive for quality and uniqueness, we cannot guarantee that generated content will be entirely original or free from similarities to existing works. You use AI-generated content at your own risk. We generate your songs through a provider chosen specifically for its licensed training data and commercial-use terms, and we pass those commercial rights through to you as described in Section 5 — but because the legal framework around AI-generated music is still evolving everywhere, we recommend consulting a qualified music or IP lawyer before making significant commercial decisions based on it.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Daniel Jöhnk shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service, including loss of data, loss of profits, or business interruption. Our total liability to you for any claim arising from or related to the Service shall not exceed the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim, or €100, whichever is greater.
Nothing in these Terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraud, or any other liability that cannot be excluded under applicable German law.
9. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding conflict of law provisions. The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) does not apply. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hamburg, Germany, unless mandatory consumer protection laws in your country of residence provide otherwise. If you are a consumer in the EU, you also have the right to use the EU Online Dispute Resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are not obliged or willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
10. Changes to these Terms
We may modify these Terms at any time. We will notify registered users of material changes by email or by posting a notice on the Service. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of a change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
11. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including if you violate these Terms. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination remain in effect.
12. Privacy
How we collect, use and protect your personal data is described separately in our Privacy notice.
13. Contact
Questions about these Terms? Write to daniel@koenigderphoenixinseln.de.