Terms of Service

Last updated: November 19, 2025

We keep this short because nobody reads 20-page lawyer wallpaper.

The rules

  • You must be 13+ to use Goat Pen.

  • Don’t be a jerk, a criminal, or a spammer. No harassment, threats, doxxing, scams, or illegal content.

  • Treat people like you’re standing face-to-face with them.

  • Open Pens = civil and professional.

  • Want to go full send? Take it to Goat Pen Dark — but it is not private. Assume anything you post can be screenshotted/shared.

  • Your account = your responsibility. Keep your login secure.

Your content / our license

  • You own your content.

  • By posting, you give Goat Pen a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, format, reproduce, and display your content to operate and promote Goat Pen and to show it to other users as your settings allow.

  • If you opt in, we may also show your content in G-Force Listings / L•iN•X’d and similar directories.

  • We don’t sell your content to advertisers. We may share necessary data/content with service providers who run the site (hosting, payments, email, analytics, security) under contract.

Our content

  • We own Goat Pen stuff (logos, course videos, Phutzball rules, etc.). Don’t steal it.

Membership

  • Membership is $25.99/year (or the current price shown at checkout).

  • No refunds unless we screw up or the law requires it. (If we approve one, it may be prorated.)

  • If your plan auto-renews, you can cancel renewal through your account/settings before the renewal date.

Membership tier terms

  • Each membership level may have its own perks, limits, access rules, and conditions (“Tier Terms”).

  • Tier Terms can change at any time, for any reason, including pricing, benefits, access, and availability.

  • The current Tier Terms are whatever is posted on the site for that tier (including the membership description page and/or checkout) at the time they apply.

  • If you don’t like a change, your option is to cancel and not renew (no penalties).

FanChises & special deals

  • Goat Pen–owned FanChises, sponsorships, partnerships, or similar deals are at-will unless a separate written agreement says otherwise. We can end them anytime; you can walk away anytime too.

Moderation / termination

  • We can remove content, limit features, suspend accounts, or shut down the Service at our discretion, consistent with applicable law. No whining.

Disclaimers / liability

  • The Service is provided “as is” and “as available.” Internet stuff breaks.

  • We’re not liable if the site goes down, your feelings get hurt, or you lose money because you trusted internet strangers.

  • If we’re found liable for anything, our total liability won’t exceed the amount you paid us in the last 12 months (or $100 if you paid nothing), to the fullest extent allowed by law.

You cover our ass

  • If your content or behavior gets us sued, you agree to defend and indemnify us (including reasonable legal fees).

Legal boring bits

  • California law applies. Disputes go to courts in Sonoma County, CA, unless mandatory law says otherwise.

  • We can update these terms anytime. Keep using the site = you accept the new ones.

Questions? [email protected]
Goat Pen Media Lab, LLC — Santa Rosa, California

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