Terms of Service

What these terms cover

These terms govern the agreement between SENATORE — operated by an individual (a natural person) trading under that name, referred to below as “the studio” — and a client, for editorial work: articles, SEO content, ghostwriting, conversion copy, case studies, reports and books.

A client-specific agreement or statement of work overrides these terms where the two conflict. Where an engagement is silent, these terms apply. These terms are governed by the law of Romania, where the operator is established.

Scope

Every engagement defines its own scope in writing before work begins: the deliverables, the number of pieces, the agreed length, the revision rounds included and the schedule.

Work requested outside that scope is a new engagement and is quoted separately. We will say so before doing it, rather than billing for it afterwards.

Client approvals

Nothing is published under a client's name without the client's written approval. Approvals are recorded per piece.

The schedule assumes the client returns approval within the window agreed at the start. Where approvals are delayed, the schedule moves by the same amount.

Revisions

The number of revision rounds included is stated in the engagement. The standard is one revision round for a fixed piece, and a monthly approval cycle for a standing retainer.

A revision is a change within the agreed scope and argument. A change of argument, audience or subject after drafting is new work and is quoted as such.

Payment, refunds and cancellation

Fees, currency and payment schedule are set in the engagement. The prices published on this website are indicative starting figures in USD and depend on the scope agreed.

No VAT is charged or added: the operator is not registered for VAT and holds no VAT number. If that ever changes, VAT will be stated on the invoice.

Retainers are reserved in advance. Cancellation terms, including what is owed for work in progress, are stated in the engagement rather than assumed here.

Because the studio's delivery is editorial work produced to a client's brief, refund terms are defined per engagement. This page does not promise a refund policy that the contract has not actually made.

Intellectual property and copyright

Copyright ownership and transfer are defined in the client agreement. This website does not itself transfer copyright, and a client should not rely on website copy to do something only the contract can do.

Where an engagement assigns copyright on delivery, that assignment takes effect in accordance with the agreement. Where an engagement does not assign it, the studio retains it.

Confidentiality

The studio treats interview material, unpublished business information and internal documents as confidential, and will sign a client's confidentiality terms or supply its own.

The studio takes no public byline on ghostwritten work unless the client asks for one. Confidentiality survives the end of the engagement.

Source material and third-party material

The client is responsible for providing accurate source material and for the factual accuracy of the information, data and claims it supplies.

Where the studio uses third-party material, quotations and sources are attributed. Responsibility for holding the necessary rights to any material supplied by the client rests with the client.

Factual accuracy and publication responsibility

The studio verifies claims against sources and flags anything it cannot source. Final responsibility for publishing a piece, and for the consequences of publishing it, rests with the client who publishes it.

Deadlines and force majeure

Delivery dates assume the client's availability for interviews and approvals. Where interviews or approvals are delayed, dates move accordingly.

Neither party is liable for delay caused by events outside its reasonable control. Illness, and the interruption of a sole practitioner's work, is such an event.

Testimonials and portfolio use

The studio does not publish a client's name, work or logo without permission. Where permission is given, it is recorded in the agreement. The default is no publication.

Demonstration material on this website is labelled DEMONSTRATION and no client is represented by it.

Termination

Either party may end a standing engagement with the notice period stated in the agreement. On termination, the client pays for work delivered to that point and the studio hands over the material produced.

Termination does not affect the confidentiality obligations, which survive it. Nothing in these terms removes a right that a consumer has under the mandatory law of Romania or of the European Union.