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Acceptance of terms

Access to and use of the site https://bestiarypedia.com implies full and unreserved acceptance of these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with any of the following points, please do not use the site. These terms may be supplemented by specific conditions for particular services (press form, press kit download) announced in their respective context.

Description of the service

[Configurar en admin] offers through https://bestiarypedia.com a curated encyclopedic catalog of supernatural beings documented in 10 languages, for educational, cultural and research purposes. Access to the public content is free and does not require prior registration. Some specific features (press form, downloads) may require accepting additional terms.

Permitted uses

You are expressly invited to:

• Cite the site's content in academic, journalistic or educational works, correctly attributing the source with a link to the original article (see the academic citation page).
• Use the catalog as a reference source in cultural, anthropological or comparative folklore research.
• Share links to specific entries in educational contexts, workshops or teaching materials.

Prohibited uses

It is expressly forbidden, without prior written authorization from , to:

• Perform automated scraping of the site through bots, crawlers or scripts other than standard search engines and public archives (Common Crawl, Internet Archive). Excessive requests may be blocked and reported to authorities.
• Use the site's content (curated texts, images, taxonomies, relationships) to train generative artificial intelligence models, whether owned or operated by third parties. This restriction is additionally published through machine-readable metadata (robots.txt, ai.txt, HTTP headers).
• Substantially reproduce the catalog (more than 10% of the published content) without a prior licensing agreement, regardless of the medium or support used.
• Create commercial derivative products (apps, books, collectible cards, games) based on the site's editorial curation without an express license.
• Carry out any action that compromises the security, availability or integrity of the site: denial-of-service attacks, exploitation of vulnerabilities, reverse engineering of the APIs or impersonation.

Intellectual property and editorial license

Unless otherwise expressly stated, the original curated content of the site is protected by intellectual property rights in favor of [Configurar en admin]. Citation with attribution and canonical link is permitted for editorial, academic or journalistic use. Full commercial reuse or derivative product creation requires a prior written agreement (see the press page to start the conversation).

Content assisted by artificial intelligence

The site publishes text and image content generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence under human editorial supervision and curation. For more information about the process, the models used, the review measures and the procedure regarding accidental resemblances with real people, see our AI-generated content policy.

Absence of warranty regarding content

The content of the site is published «as is» for documentary purposes about folklore, mythology and demonology. [Configurar en admin] does not warrant the historical truthfulness, scientific accuracy or currency of the information, given the cultural and symbolic nature of the material covered. The user assumes responsibility for cross-checking the cited sources for critical academic uses.

Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, [Configurar en admin] shall not be liable for indirect damages, loss of profits, loss of data or consequences arising from the use of the site. The aggregate liability attributable to the site, where it exists, will be limited to the amount equivalent to the fees paid by the user in the last year, if any, or to a symbolic amount when use is free.

Changes to the terms

[Configurar en admin] may modify these terms to adapt them to regulatory changes, operational improvements or new features. The date of last revision appears at the top of the document. Substantial changes are announced reasonably in advance. Continued use of the site after the entry into force of the changes implies acceptance of the new version.

Suspension and termination

[Configurar en admin] reserves the right to suspend access to the site, in whole or in part, for maintenance, technical improvement or legal compliance reasons. In case of abusive use, contrary to these terms or harmful to third parties, the operator may restrict the user's access without prior notice, without prejudice to the right to initiate legal action.

Applicable law and dispute resolution

These terms are governed by the law of [Configurar en admin]. For any dispute arising from their interpretation or application, the parties submit, waiving any other forum, to the courts and tribunals of [Configurar en admin], without prejudice to the specific forum corresponding to the user as a consumer when applicable law recognizes it as non-waivable.