Version 2026-11-13. These terms apply from the launch of the new Fakewhale LOG.
1. Who we are
The Fakewhale LOG (log.fakewhale.xyz) is run by Fakewhale Sagl, Via delle Scuole 3, 6900 Lugano Paradiso, Switzerland (“Fakewhale”, “we”). Contact: info@fakewhale.xyz.
2. What these terms cover
These terms apply to reading the LOG and to every service on it: accounts, Membership, the Fakewhale AI Curator, submissions to the Fakewhale Network, the Partner Program and our emails. How we handle personal data is set out in the Privacy Policy; cookies are set out in the Cookie Policy.
When you create an account or make a purchase, you accept the version of these terms in force at that moment. We keep a record of the version and the date.
3. Your account
- You must be at least 16 to create an account and at least 18 to make a purchase.
- One account per person. The information you give must be accurate.
- You sign in with a one-time code sent to your email or with Google. Keep access to your email secure: actions taken from your account are treated as yours.
- A free account includes your personal page on the LOG, the newsletter, notifications and a limited preview of the Fakewhale AI Curator.
4. Membership
- Membership costs USD 8.99 a month, paid in advance through Stripe. It renews every month until you cancel. Any tax due is shown at checkout.
- Membership gives access to every CORE essay, the Hypercast library and the full Fakewhale AI Curator, within a monthly allowance.
- Launch offer. Readers who subscribed to the Fakewhale newsletter before the launch of the new LOG pay USD 6.99 for their first month, then USD 8.99 a month. The offer is linked to that email address, can be used once and is available until 31 December 2026.
- Cancelling. You can cancel at any time from Settings, Membership. Membership stays active until the end of the month already paid and is then not renewed.
- Price changes. We announce any new price by email at least 30 days before it applies. It applies from your next renewal, and you can cancel before then.
5. Refunds
- First 14 days. If you ask within 14 days of your first Membership payment, we refund it in full and end the Membership.
- Errors. We refund double charges, billing errors and any payment for a service we were unable to provide.
- Renewals. Monthly renewals are not refunded for the part of the month left after a cancellation: access continues until the end of that month.
- Office fee. The USD 18.50 office fee pays for the examination of an exhibition submission, which starts when you send it. It is not refunded once the submission is sent, except for billing errors.
- Partner Program packages. A package is refunded in full if you ask before sending your material. Once our work on your material has started it is not refunded. If we cannot publish the work we agreed, we refund the package.
- Refunds go back to the original payment method. Write to info@fakewhale.xyz.
6. The Fakewhale AI Curator
- The AI Curator writes its answers with AI models, starting from the essays of the LOG and from web research. Answers can contain errors. Check anything important, and treat answers as material for your own thinking, never as legal, financial or professional advice.
- Members have a monthly allowance that renews on the first day of each month. Free accounts have a limited number of questions.
- Members can upload images. Each image is checked automatically before it is stored, and you can delete your images at any time from Settings. Upload only images you have the right to use.
- Voice messages are turned into text and the audio is discarded.
7. Submissions and the Fakewhale Network
- Submitting an artist profile, a gallery profile or an exhibition requires a free account.
- Fakewhale’s curatorial team decides what is selected and published, on editorial grounds. A submission or a paid office fee creates no obligation to publish.
- Entering the Fakewhale Network means agreeing to receive proposals from Fakewhale’s Partner Program, as stated when you join.
- The material you send is used under the licence shown in the form and accepted by you when you send it. That licence is part of these terms.
8. Partner Program
Partner Program packages are offered through a private proposal. The content of the package, its price and the licence for your material are shown on the proposal page and accepted at purchase. Pieces made through a package are marked “Published through Fakewhale’s Partner Program.”
9. Content and intellectual property
- The texts, images, Hypercast episodes and design of the LOG belong to Fakewhale or to their authors.
- You may read, save and share links for personal use, and quote short passages with attribution and a link to the source.
- Copying or republishing content in bulk, scraping the LOG, using its content to train AI models, or sharing Member content outside your account requires our written permission.
- Content made with AI is marked as such on the LOG.
- You keep ownership of what you send us. We use it only as the licence you accepted allows.
10. Acceptable use
You agree to use the LOG lawfully. In particular, you agree not to share your account, get around the Membership or the AI Curator’s limits, access the LOG with automated tools, upload illegal or harmful content, harass other people, or attempt to break the security of the site.
11. Emails
Service emails (sign-in codes, receipts, confirmations of what you do on your account) are always sent. The newsletter and notifications can be turned off from Settings, Privacy, or from the link at the bottom of every email. Offers are sent only if you agreed to receive them, and you can stop them at any time.
12. Availability and changes to the service
We work to keep the LOG available and may change, add or remove features. If a change removes a significant part of Membership, we tell Members by email and they can cancel with a refund of the month in progress.
13. Liability
To the extent the law allows, Fakewhale is liable only for damage caused by its intent or gross negligence, and its total liability towards you is limited to the amounts you paid in the 12 months before the claim. This does not limit any right that the law gives you and that cannot be excluded.
14. Closing an account
- You can delete your account at any time from Settings. Deleting it ends any Membership at once; the rest of the month already paid is not refunded, except within the first 14 days as set out above.
- We may suspend or close an account after a serious or repeated breach of these terms, telling you why where possible. If we close an account without a breach, we refund the unused part of the Membership.
15. Changes to these terms
We publish every new version on this page with its date. For important changes we write to account holders at least 30 days before they apply. If you disagree with a change, you can cancel and close your account before it applies.
16. Law and courts
These terms are governed by Swiss law. The courts of Lugano, Switzerland, have jurisdiction. If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory rules of the country where you live.
17. Contact
Fakewhale Sagl, Via delle Scuole 3, 6900 Lugano Paradiso, Switzerland. info@fakewhale.xyz