Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Lightnovel Archive ("the Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service. These terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access the Service.

2. Description of Service

Lightnovel Archive is a platform for reading, tracking, and discussing translated light novels. The Service is provided "as is" and may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any time without notice.

3. User Accounts

• You must be at least 13 years old to create an account.
• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.
• You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
• You must not share your account with others or create accounts on behalf of third parties.
• We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Post content that is illegal, defamatory, harassing, hateful, or sexually explicit
• Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation
• Spam, flood, or otherwise disrupt the Service or other users
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service or its infrastructure
• Use automated scraping, bots, or crawlers against the Service without prior written consent
• Upload malware, viruses, or any other malicious code
• Circumvent any access controls or rate limits

5. User-Generated Content

By submitting comments, ratings, or other content ("User Content"), you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, display, and distribute that content in connection with the Service. You represent that you own or have the right to submit such content, and that it does not infringe any third-party rights.

We reserve the right to remove any User Content at our discretion, without notice, for any reason including violation of these terms.

6. Intellectual Property & DMCA

We respect intellectual property rights. If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, please submit a DMCA takedown request to legal@lightnovelarchive.net. Include the infringing URL, a description of the copyrighted work, and your contact information. We will respond promptly and remove infringing content where verified.

All trademarks, logos, and novel titles remain the property of their respective owners. Our codebase, design, and original content are the property of Lightnovel Archive.

7. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

8. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LIGHTNOVEL ARCHIVE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IF ANY).

9. Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. Upon termination, all licences granted to you will immediately cease. Sections 5–8 and 10 will survive termination.

10. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with applicable law, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes shall be resolved through good-faith negotiation before resorting to formal proceedings.

11. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect changes. Continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

12. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact us at legal@lightnovelarchive.net.