You are permitted to browse the Scale website for your own internal use only, using a standard web browser. You may not copy, reverse engineer, or use the site to build competing products, and you cannot share your access with unauthorized third parties.
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The scope of the license restricts the permitted use cases and establishes conditions under which Scale may revoke access. The prohibitions on reverse engineering and competitive product development establish operational boundaries for how users may interact with and build upon the platform's technical infrastructure.
Interpretive note: The scope of 'internal purposes' and the enforceability of the competitive use prohibition may require interpretation depending on the specific activities involved and jurisdiction.
Under this provision, access to the Scale website is granted on a revocable basis conditioned on compliance with all terms; users who breach any provision lose their access authorization automatically, and accessing the site to analyze its features for competitive purposes is expressly prohibited.
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"Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with these Terms, Scale hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable, worldwide right to (a) access and use the Site, solely with supported browsers through the Internet for your own internal purposes. You may not permit the Site to be used by or for the benefit of unauthorized third parties. Nothing in these Terms will be construed to grant you any right to transfer or assign rights to access or use the Site. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by Scale and its licensors. You may not (i) modify or make derivative works based upon the Sites; (ii) reverse engineer the Site or access the Sites in order to (a) build a competitive product or service, or (b) build a product using similar features, functions, or graphics of the Sites, or (c) copy any features, functions, or graphics of the Sites.— Excerpt from Scale AI's Scale AI Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: License restriction clauses are governed primarily by contract law and, where software access is involved, may engage the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the US context. The prohibition on reverse engineering may interact with copyright fair use doctrine and the DMCA; enforceability of reverse engineering restrictions varies by jurisdiction, particularly in the EU where software interoperability exceptions may apply under the Software Directive. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low for standard users; Medium for organizations that conduct competitive intelligence, security research, or technical analysis of third-party web platforms. The prohibition on accessing the site to build competitive products is broadly drafted and may cover activities that some organizations consider standard technical research. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU member state law (Software Directive exceptions for interoperability) may limit the enforceability of the reverse engineering prohibition in certain research or interoperability contexts. US law under the DMCA and CFAA is more variable depending on the purpose and method of access. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Technology companies that access scale.com as part of competitive landscape research or technical due diligence should assess whether such access falls within the permitted internal purposes or could be construed as prohibited competitive product development activity. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations with automated monitoring or web scraping tools that access scale.com should confirm that such activity is consistent with the internal purposes limitation and does not constitute unauthorized access under the CFAA in addition to breaching these terms.
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The scope of the license restricts the permitted use cases and establishes conditions under which Scale may revoke access. The prohibitions on reverse engineering and competitive product development establish operational boundaries for how users may interact with and build upon the platform's technical infrastructure.
Under this provision, access to the Scale website is granted on a revocable basis conditioned on compliance with all terms; users who breach any provision lose their access authorization automatically, and accessing the site to analyze its features for competitive purposes is expressly prohibited.
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