Terms of Use

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the PIECES website, newsletters, interviews, and related editorial services. PIECES is an independent interview publication operated by CoreAxis Labs.

By accessing or using PIECES, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, you should discontinue use of the website and related services.

1. About PIECES

PIECES publishes interviews and editorial content featuring founders, executives, investors, and experts across business, technology, industry, and society.

Content may be distributed through the PIECES website, email newsletters, LinkedIn, Beehiiv, and other editorial or social platforms.

2. Permitted Use

You may access and use PIECES for lawful, personal, informational, and professional purposes.

You may share links to publicly available PIECES content and quote limited excerpts where appropriate attribution and a link to the original publication are provided.

You may not:

• Reproduce, republish, distribute, or commercially exploit substantial portions of PIECES content without permission
• Remove copyright notices, credits, bylines, links, or other attribution
• Use automated systems to scrape, harvest, copy, or systematically extract content or data
• Misrepresent PIECES content, contributors, interviewees, or editorial positions
• Attempt to interfere with the security, availability, or operation of the website
• Use PIECES in connection with unlawful, misleading, defamatory, fraudulent, or abusive activity

3. Editorial Content

PIECES aims to present interviews and editorial material accurately and in good faith. Interviews may be edited for length, clarity, grammar, structure, or readability while preserving the intended meaning of the contributor.

Opinions expressed by interviewees, contributors, or quoted individuals belong to those individuals and do not necessarily represent the views of PIECES or CoreAxis Labs.

PIECES may update, correct, clarify, archive, or remove content when reasonably necessary.

4. No Professional Advice

PIECES content is provided for general editorial and informational purposes only. It does not constitute legal, financial, investment, medical, technical, regulatory, or other professional advice.

You should obtain appropriate professional advice before making decisions based on information discussed in an interview or article.

5. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise indicated, the PIECES name, website design, editorial structure, original text, graphics, and other original materials are owned by CoreAxis Labs or used with authorization from the relevant rights holder.

Photographs, company names, trademarks, logos, and contributed materials may remain the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on PIECES does not transfer ownership to PIECES or to website users.

Permission is required before using PIECES content for commercial campaigns, paid publications, training materials, databases, artificial intelligence datasets, or other substantial reuse.

6. Interview Contributions

By voluntarily submitting interview responses, photographs, biographies, quotations, or related materials for publication, a contributor confirms that they have the right to provide those materials.

The contributor grants PIECES permission to edit, format, publish, archive, promote, and distribute the submitted materials through PIECES editorial and distribution channels.

PIECES may provide a final draft for review where agreed with the contributor. Final editorial presentation and publication timing remain subject to PIECES' editorial judgment unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Contributors should not submit classified, confidential, proprietary, commercially sensitive, restricted, or unlawfully obtained information.

7. Newsletters and Communications

Users may voluntarily subscribe to PIECES newsletters and editorial communications.

Subscribers may unsubscribe at any time through the link provided in an email or by contacting PIECES directly.

Newsletter delivery and subscription management may be supported by third-party services such as Beehiiv or other email platforms.

8. Third-Party Services and Links

PIECES may contain links to external websites, social platforms, forms, newsletters, company pages, or third-party services.

These external services are operated independently and are governed by their own terms, privacy policies, security practices, and availability. PIECES is not responsible for their content or operation.

9. Availability and Changes

PIECES may modify, suspend, restrict, or discontinue any part of the website, publication, newsletter, archive, or service at any time.

We do not guarantee that the website or any specific content will remain continuously available, error-free, or unchanged.

10. Disclaimer of Warranties

PIECES is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the extent permitted by applicable law, PIECES makes no warranties regarding completeness, accuracy, reliability, availability, suitability, or fitness for a particular purpose.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, PIECES and CoreAxis Labs will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or business losses arising from access to, use of, or reliance on the website, newsletters, interviews, external links, or editorial content.

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

12. Privacy

The collection and use of personal information is governed by the PIECES Privacy Policy.

13. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Any dispute relating to these Terms or the use of PIECES will be handled by a court with jurisdiction under applicable law.

14. Changes to These Terms

PIECES may update these Terms when its services, distribution channels, technology, or legal obligations change.

The updated version will be published on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of PIECES after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

15. Contact

PIECES is operated by CoreAxis Labs.
Questions regarding these Terms, editorial permissions, or content use may be sent to 589second@gmail.com.