Terms of Use

Last updated: 8 May 2026

1. Introduction

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your use of digitalventurestudio.com (the "Website"), operated by Rick Musial trading as Digital Venture Studio (ABN 72 820 742 115), of 7 Wandoo Street, O'Connor ACT 2602, Australia ("we", "us", "our", "Digital Venture Studio").

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.

These Terms apply to the Website only. If you sign up for one of our products — Touchstone (usetouchstone.ai), The Assay (theassay.ai), or Eulogize This (eulogizethis.com) — that product's separate terms govern your use of that product. If you engage Digital Venture Studio for paid services, the terms of that engagement are set out in a separate written agreement (typically a statement of work), not in these Website Terms.

2. Definitions

• "Website" means digitalventurestudio.com and its sub-paths.
• "Content" means all text, images, written work, designs, code, and other material made available on or through the Website.
• "Services" means the services described on the Website (for example: marketing, business management, after-release support, external review). Engagement of Services is governed by a separate written agreement.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to use the Website or to submit an enquiry. By submitting the contact form, you confirm you are 18 or older and have the legal capacity to enter into a discussion about engaging our Services.

4. About this Website

The Website is informational. It exists to:

• Describe Digital Venture Studio, our methodology, and our products
• Provide written analysis and commentary (the blog)
• Describe the Services we offer
• Provide a contact form so prospective clients can reach us
• Link to our products, our published writing, and external resources

The Website does not host accounts, take payments, or process transactions. All paid relationships with Digital Venture Studio happen either through our products (which have their own account and payment systems) or through a separate written services agreement.

5. About the Services described on the Website

The Website describes Services we offer (for example: marketing, business management, after-release support, external review). The descriptions on the Website are provided for general information and to help you decide whether to start a conversation with us. They are not an offer of service.

If you wish to engage Digital Venture Studio for any Service:

• You and we will discuss the engagement and agree the scope
• We will provide a written proposal or statement of work setting out the scope, deliverables, fees, and timeline
• The engagement begins only when both parties have signed the proposal or statement of work
• The terms in that document govern the engagement; these Website Terms do not

Nothing on the Website is professional advice. The descriptions of our work, methodology, and Services do not constitute legal, financial, accounting, or investment advice. Material on the blog is written analysis and commentary; it is not advice tailored to your circumstances. You are responsible for your own decisions.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Use the Website for any unlawful purpose
• Submit content (via the contact form or otherwise) that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, infringing, or that you do not have the right to submit
• Attempt to access non-public areas of the Website, our hosting infrastructure, or related systems
• Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Website or attempt to circumvent any security measure
• Use automated tools to scrape, copy, or systematically collect material from the Website beyond what is reasonable for personal use, search-engine indexing, or AI citation indexing
• Upload or transmit any malicious code, virus, or other harmful element
• Impersonate any person, misrepresent your affiliation, or use the contact form to spam or phish
• Use the Website to harvest the personal information of any other person

Breach of this section may result in our refusing future communication with you and, where appropriate, reporting the conduct to law enforcement.

7. Intellectual property

7.1 Our content

All Content on the Website — including the written work, the brand, the methodology descriptions, the methodology framework, the visual identity, the imagery, and the underlying source code that we hold the rights to — is owned by Digital Venture Studio or our licensors. It is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

7.2 Permitted use

You may:

• View and read the Website for personal or business research
• Cite or quote short excerpts from the blog with attribution and a link back to the source page
• Share links to pages on the Website

You may not, without our prior written consent:

• Reproduce, republish, or distribute substantial portions of the Content
• Use the Content to train an AI model or similar system, except where citation indexing systems read the Website in the ordinary course (which we permit)
• Remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notice
• Use our trademarks, brand name, or visual identity to imply endorsement or affiliation

7.3 Your contribution

If you submit content to us via the contact form or by email, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use that content for the purpose of responding to you and discussing a possible engagement. This licence is limited to that purpose. You retain ownership of anything you send us.

8. Privacy

Your use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your rights.

9. External links and DVS products

The Website contains links to third-party sites — including our products (Touchstone, The Assay, Eulogize This), external publications (LinkedIn, Medium), and resources we cite. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of those sites, even where we link to them. Visiting an external site means you leave the Website and become subject to that site's own terms.

If you sign up for one of our products, the relevant product's terms of service apply in addition to (or in place of) these Website Terms.

10. Changes to the Website and these Terms

We may modify the Website at any time — adding, changing, or removing pages, features, content, or links. We may also update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top will reflect any change. Material changes will be communicated through the Website. Continued use of the Website after the effective date of an update constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

11. Disclaimers and Australian Consumer Law

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Website is provided "as is" and "as available". We make no warranty that:

• The Website will meet your specific requirements
• The Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free
• The information on the Website is current, complete, or appropriate for your specific circumstances
• Any analysis, commentary, or service description on the Website will result in any specific outcome if applied to your situation

Australian Consumer Law. If you are a "consumer" within the meaning of the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)), nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies the consumer guarantees that apply to you under that law. Where a consumer guarantee applies and we are entitled by law to limit our liability for breach, our liability is limited (at our option) to the supply of the relevant service again or the payment of the cost of having the relevant service supplied again.

12. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Digital Venture Studio's total liability to you arising out of or in connection with these Terms or your use of the Website is limited to AUD $100.

We are not liable for:

• Indirect, consequential, special, or punitive damages
• Lost profits, lost revenue, lost business opportunities, or lost data
• Decisions you make based on information published on the Website
• Acts or omissions of third-party service providers (Vercel, Formspree, Google, and others)

This limitation applies regardless of the legal basis for the claim, including contract, tort (including negligence), statute, or otherwise.

The limitations in this section do not apply to liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law (including the Australian Consumer Law).

If you engage Digital Venture Studio for paid Services under a separate written agreement, the liability provisions in that agreement govern that engagement — not the AUD $100 cap above, which applies only to use of the Website itself.

13. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claim, loss, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from:

• Your breach of these Terms
• Content you submit to us via the contact form or otherwise (including any content that infringes a third party's rights)
• Your unlawful or unauthorised use of the Website

14. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. You submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Australian Capital Territory and the Federal Court of Australia for the resolution of any dispute arising out of these Terms or your use of the Website.

15. General

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Website. Any engagement of Services is governed by a separate written agreement.

Severability. If any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remainder continues in full force.

No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.

Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a sale, merger, or restructure of Digital Venture Studio.

Force majeure. We are not liable for any failure or delay in providing the Website caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including natural disasters, internet or infrastructure outages, government action, or third-party provider failures.

16. Contact

See also: Privacy Policy