Terms of Service

1. Provider and scope

These terms govern the use of From Beyond Space (from-beyond.space) and paid memberships. The provider and your contracting party is scon-marketing GmbH, Im Sundern 1, 59929 Brilon, Germany, represented by its managing director Jascha Schmitz (legal notice).

The service is offered to consumers. Paid memberships require you to be of legal age. In some countries we do not offer memberships; the checkout shows which.

2. Services

The database, timeline, map and network can be used without an account. A free account adds a public profile, a reading list, private notes and saved views in limited numbers. The Community and Researcher memberships extend this research workspace; the features of each tier at the time of your order are listed on the membership page and form part of the contract.

We keep developing the service. Individual features may be improved, replaced or added as long as the essential scope of the tier you booked is preserved. The database content is compiled editorially and backed by sources; we do not warrant the completeness or accuracy of historical statements.

3. Account

You sign up with an e-mail address via a sign-in link or one of the offered sign-in providers. You are responsible for access to your mailbox and for everything done through your account. One account per person is intended. You can delete your account at any time in the account area; a running membership then ends at the end of the paid period.

4. Conclusion of contract

The presentation of memberships is an invitation to order, not an offer. By completing the checkout with our payment provider Stripe you make an offer. The contract is concluded when we confirm the payment and activate the membership in your account, which usually happens immediately. The contract language is German; the English version is provided for clarity.

5. Prices and payment

The prices shown at checkout apply. They include the statutory VAT of the country in which you receive the service. Payment is made in advance for the chosen term via Stripe; invoices are issued and sent by Stripe on our behalf. Introductory or promotional discounts apply for the stated period and end automatically afterwards.

We announce price changes by e-mail at least four weeks before they take effect. They apply from the next renewal only; until then you can cancel at the end of the current period.

6. Term and cancellation

Memberships run for one month or one year, as chosen, and renew for the same term unless cancelled beforehand. You can cancel at any time with effect from the end of the current period, without notice period and without giving reasons: in the account area via “Manage membership”, which takes you to the customer portal, or by e-mail to info@scon-marketing-gmbh.de. All features remain available until the end of the paid period.

After a membership ends, your notes, markers and settings remain in your account. Whatever exceeds the limits of the free account stays readable but can no longer be extended.

7. Failed payments

If a renewal payment fails, Stripe informs you and retries the payment. Until payment is received, membership features are suspended; your data is kept. If the payment ultimately fails, the membership ends.

8. Right of withdrawal

As a consumer you have a statutory right of withdrawal. The instructions and the model withdrawal form are available under right of withdrawal.

9. Your content

Notes, markers and connections are private and visible only to you. Only what you explicitly release becomes public: a profile, a research note submitted for publication, an attribution on an entry. Submitted research notes are reviewed by the editorial team before they are shown; they remain your personal notes and do not become editorial content.

For content you publish, you grant us the simple, revocable right to display it on From Beyond Space. You confirm that you are entitled to do so and do not infringe third-party rights. We may take down content that violates the law or the rules of the site; in case of serious or repeated violations we may suspend an account.

10. Availability

We aim for continuous operation but cannot rule out maintenance, disruptions or outages. Announced maintenance is scheduled for times of low usage where possible. There is no entitlement to uninterrupted availability; for significant outages for which we are responsible, your statutory rights apply.

11. Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence and for damage resulting from injury to life, body or health. In cases of slight negligence we are liable only for the breach of essential contractual obligations, limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this kind of contract. Liability under the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz) remains unaffected. We do not warrant the accuracy of historical statements and sources in the database; they are research results, not findings of fact.

12. Privacy

How we handle your data is described in the privacy policy. Payment data is processed exclusively by Stripe.

13. Changes to these terms

We may adapt these terms when the legal situation, the service or the technology changes. Changes affecting running memberships are announced by e-mail at least four weeks in advance. If you do not object before they take effect, the new terms apply; the announcement will point out this right and its consequences. If you object, the membership runs out under the previous terms at the end of the period.

14. Final provisions

The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies. If you habitually reside in another country, the mandatory consumer protection provisions of that country remain unaffected. We are neither obliged nor willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board. Should a provision be invalid, the remaining provisions stay in force.