Terms of Service

Article 1 (Acceptance of these Terms)

1. These Terms of Service (hereinafter these "Terms") govern the installation and use of the Windows desktop application Remora Recorder (hereinafter the "App"), published by SEARED BONITO (hereinafter the "Studio"). By downloading, installing, or using the App, a person (hereinafter the "User") agrees to be bound by these Terms.
2. The Privacy Policy and the Refund Policy for the App form part of these Terms by reference. Where the App is used on behalf of an organisation, "User" includes that organisation, and the individual acting on its behalf confirms they are authorised to accept these Terms on its behalf.

Article 2 (The App; Free and Pro Plans)

1. The App records audio, and optionally screen video, from a User's Windows PC, and is offered under two plans described on the App's product page at searedbonito.com/remora-recorder/ (hereinafter the "Product Page"):
   1. the "Free Plan", at no cost, under which recording and screen recording are started and stopped manually by the User and each recording is limited to thirty (30) minutes; and
   2. the "Pro Plan", a paid annual subscription described in Article 8, under which the App additionally detects a Microsoft Teams meeting and starts and stops recording automatically, with no limit on recording length, and turns recordings into text on the User's computer.
2. The Studio may change the features included in either plan on a prospective basis, provided that a change to the Free Plan shall not remove functionality from a version of the App a User has already installed without also making a materially equivalent version available.
3. The App requires Windows 11 or Windows 10 (version 2004 or later), and no administrator rights are required to install or run it. The Studio does not guarantee that the App will operate on every device meeting these requirements, or that it will remain compatible with future versions of Windows.

Article 3 (Licence Grant)

1. Subject to these Terms, the Studio grants the User a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the App, in object code form only, on devices the User owns or controls, for the User's own lawful purposes.
2. This licence does not include, and the User shall not, and shall not permit any third party to: (i) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by applicable law; (ii) modify, adapt, or create derivative works of the App; (iii) rent, lease, sell, sublicense, or otherwise redistribute the App or access to it; or (iv) remove or obscure any notice of proprietary rights in the App.
3. All rights not expressly granted to the User under these Terms are reserved by the Studio.

Article 4 (No Account)

The App does not require, and does not offer, the creation of an account. A User's entitlement to Pro features is recorded locally on the User's own device, as described in the Privacy Policy, and is not tied to any Studio-held identity.

Article 5 (Acceptable Use)

1. The User shall use the App only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms.
2. The User shall not use the App to record any person without giving effect to any notice or obtaining any consent that applicable law, the User's organisation's policy, or an agreement with that person requires. Laws governing the recording of conversations and meetings vary by jurisdiction and by the number of participants who must consent; it is the User's sole responsibility to determine and comply with the rules that apply to a given recording.
3. The User shall not use the App to record a person with the intent to harass, defame, blackmail, or otherwise cause unlawful harm, and shall not use the App in a manner that infringes the rights of any third party.
4. The User shall not attempt to circumvent any functional limit of the Free Plan, or any licence check for the Pro Plan, other than by purchasing a Pro Plan subscription in accordance with Article 8.

Article 6 (Your Recordings)

1. A recording the App creates (hereinafter a "Recording") is written only to storage on the User's own device and is the User's own content. The Studio claims no ownership interest in, has no access to, and never receives a copy of, any Recording.
2. The User is solely responsible for a Recording: for making it lawfully, for storing, backing up, securing, and sharing it as the User sees fit, and for its content, including any Personal Information of other people it may contain. The Studio has no role in, and no visibility into, any of these matters.
3. The Studio is not liable for the loss, corruption, or disclosure of a Recording, except to the extent such loss, corruption, or disclosure results directly from a failure of the App to operate as described on the Product Page.

Article 7 (Intellectual Property)

The App, including its software, design, and the SEARED BONITO and Remora Recorder names and logos, is the property of the Studio or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Nothing in these Terms transfers any such right to the User, except the limited licence granted in Article 3.

Article 8 (Fees, Billing, and Renewal — Pro Plan)

1. The Pro Plan is a paid subscription, billed annually, at the price shown in the Microsoft Store at the time of purchase. Purchases are made through the Microsoft Store, operated by Microsoft Corporation and its affiliates (hereinafter "Microsoft"), acting as merchant of record. The contract of sale for a Pro Plan subscription is between the User and Microsoft, and Microsoft's own terms of sale, presented to the User at the time of purchase, apply to that transaction in addition to these Terms.
2. Unless cancelled beforehand, a Pro Plan subscription renews automatically at the end of each annual term, at the then-current price, and the User authorises Microsoft to charge, through the Microsoft Store, the payment method on file for each renewal. A User may cancel future renewal at any time through the Microsoft Store or the User's Microsoft account; cancellation takes effect at the end of the then-current paid term, and the User retains Pro features until that date.

Article 9 (Refunds)

Refunds for a Pro Plan purchase are handled as described in the Refund Policy, which forms part of these Terms. The Free Plan involves no payment, so no refund can arise from it.

Article 10 (Term and Termination)

1. These Terms remain in effect for as long as the User installs or uses the App. A User may stop using the App, and uninstall it, at any time.
2. The Studio may suspend or terminate a User's licence under Article 3 if the User materially breaches these Terms, including Article 5, and does not remedy that breach within a reasonable time after notice, where a remedy is possible.
3. Termination of a User's licence does not, by itself, affect a Recording already made, which remains on the User's device unless the User deletes it, nor does it entitle the User to a refund beyond what the Refund Policy provides.

Article 11 (Updates to the App)

The Studio may release updates to the App from time to time, to add features, fix defects, or maintain compatibility with Windows. The App is distributed through the Microsoft Store, which installs updates automatically unless the User has turned automatic updates off in the Microsoft Store; the App does not update itself by any other means.

Article 12 (Disclaimer of Warranties)

The App is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. The Studio does not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that a Recording will always be complete or free of loss, and Article 5 of the Privacy Policy and Article 6 of these Terms describe the User's own responsibility for a Recording. Nothing in this Article limits a right a User has under applicable consumer protection law that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Article 13 (Limitation of Liability)

1. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Studio shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising out of or in connection with the App or these Terms, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
2. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Studio's total liability arising out of or in connection with the App or these Terms shall not exceed the amount the User paid for the Pro Plan, through the Microsoft Store, in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or, where the User has paid nothing, shall not exceed fifty (50) United States dollars.
3. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.

Article 14 (Trademarks)

Microsoft, Windows, and Microsoft Teams are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Zoom, Google Meet, and Webex are trademarks of their respective owners. The App is an independent product of the Studio and is not sponsored by, affiliated with, or endorsed by Microsoft or any other party named in these Terms.

Article 15 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The Tokyo District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction as the court of first instance over any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the App, except where applicable consumer protection law mandatorily grants the User the right to bring proceedings in the User's own jurisdiction, in which case that law applies instead.

Article 16 (Changes to these Terms)

The Studio may amend these Terms, in particular to reflect a change to the App or to the Free or Pro Plan described in Article 2. Where an amendment is made, the Studio shall update the date of last amendment stated above and, where the amendment materially affects the User's rights, shall give notice within the App or on the Product Page prior to the amendment taking effect. Continued use of the App after an amendment takes effect constitutes acceptance of the amended Terms.

Article 17 (Contact)

Questions about these Terms may be addressed to:

Established 17 September 2026 · Last revised 24 October 2026