Article 1 (Application of Terms and Conditions)

The Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as “Terms and Conditions”) shall apply to any cases where the Services (as defined in Article 2 below) operated and provided by KADOKAWA Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Company”). If the Company establishes any conditions of use and instructions, etc., (hereinafter referred to as “Conditions of Use, etc.”) other than the Terms and Conditions, the users of the Services shall comply with such Conditions of Use, etc., as integrated with the Terms and Conditions.

Article 2 (Definitions)

The following terms as used in the Terms and Conditions shall have the following meanings:

1. “Site” means the website for bookstores oversea publishers “Global License Website ” operated and provided by the Company.
2. “Services” mean the services provided by the Company to the Members on the Site, the details of which shall be separately specified by the Company.
3. “Member” means any person who has agreed to the Terms and Conditions and completed the membership registration under Article 3 of the Terms and Conditions.

Article 3 (Member Registration)

1. Any customer who desires to use the Services shall accept all provisions of the Terms and Conditions and apply for membership registration in the manner designated by the Company.
2. If a customer who has applied for membership registration falls under any of the following items, the Company may refuse the customer’s membership registration or may cancel the membership registration once approved by the Company:
   1. There exists any falsification or error, etc., in all or part of the information provided to the Company;
   2. The Company considers that the customer, a representative, a person in charge or a person who substantially has the managing rights of the legal entity to which the customer belongs to is an organized crime group, an organized crime group member, a quasi-organized crime group member, a person affiliated with an organized crime group or any other antisocial force (hereinafter referred to as “Organized Crime Group Member, etc.”); or
   3. The Company otherwise deems unfit for membership registration.

Article 4 (Management of ID)

1. The Company shall grant to the Member the ID that serve as indexes to identify such Member.
2. The member shall re-apply the membership after certain period which the company will set.
3. The Member shall strictly manage the ID at their own responsibility.
4. The Company may consider any act of the Member using their ID to be the act performed by such Member.
5. The Company shall not be liable for any damages caused to the Member due to a third party’s use of the Member’s ID, regardless of whether there is willful misconduct or negligence on the part of the Member.

Article 5 (Handling of Personal Information)

The Company shall handle any personal information provided by the Member in connection with the Services appropriately and lawfully and in accordance with the provisions of the Company’s Privacy Policy https://group.kadokawa.co.jp/global/privacy_policy/main.html This site obtains and uses access data, using cookies, in order to recognize the state of use and distribute advertisements. If you continue to the next page, you shall be deemed to have agreed to the settings and use of cookies. Please refer to the details for more information about the settings and use of cookies and opt-out. https://group.kadokawa.co.jp/global/privacy_policy/main.html

Article 6 (Attribution of Rights)

Copyrights, neighboring rights, trademark rights and any other intellectual property rights in and to the Services (including texts, images, videos and audios, etc., that constitute the Services) shall be attributed to the Company and any third party recognized by the Company. The Member shall not use or exploit any work provided by the Company under the Services for any purpose other than the purposes of the Services.

Article 7 (Obligations of Member)

1. The Member shall observe his/her obligations prescribed in the Terms and Conditions and shall appropriately and lawfully exploit the Services.
2. The Member shall not engage in any of the following acts when exploiting the Services:
   1. An act that is contrary to the public order or morality or general common sense;
   2. An act of disclosing false information;
   3. An act of infringing or likely to infringe any right and interest of, or of defaming or likely to defame, or otherwise, the Company or any third party;
   4. An act of disclosing any personal information (including the real name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, bank account or any other personally identifiable information);
   5. An act of collecting any other Member’s or third party’s personal information;
   6. An act of libeling or slandering any specific individual or organization, etc.;
   7. A political activity or any act similar thereto;
   8. A religious activity or any act similar thereto;
   9. An act of requesting donation;
   10. An act of distributing, transferring, selling, leasing, or otherwise, any member information;
   11. An act of impersonating (i.e., an act of impersonating any specific individual or organization, etc.; including the use of any third party’s account);
   12. An act of reverse engineering, decompiling, reverse assembling, or otherwise, the Services or any act similar thereto;
   13. An act of using or providing harmful programs, such as computer viruses, through the Services (including acts of spamming);
   14. An act of damaging, or interfering with the operation of, the system of the Services (including acts of illegal access, spamming and altering game data);
   15. An act of facilitating or encouraging, or likely to facilitate or encourage, criminal acts;
   16. An act of violating or likely to violate ordinances, laws, regulations or orders; or
   17. Any other act that is deemed inappropriate by the Company.
3. If the Company suffers damages due to the Member’s breach of their obligation under this Article, such Member shall compensate the Company for such damages.

Article 8 (Suspension of Services, etc.)

1. If the Member falls under any of the following items, the Company may, without prior notice, temporarily suspend the provision of the Services to such Member or revoke the membership of such Member:
   1. If the Member causes damages, or engages in an act likely to cause damages, to the Company, any other Member or third party;
   2. If the Member breaches or engages in an act likely to breach, the Terms and Conditions and the Conditions of Use, etc., hereinafter collectively referred to as “Terms and Conditions, etc.”);
   3. If it is discovered that the Member’s account is used or is likely to be used by a third party; or
   4. If the Member is deemed unfit as a member by the Company.
2. If the Company has revoked the membership of the Member in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Company may delete the member information of the Member without prior notice.

Article 9 (Termination or Interruption of Services)

1. The Company may terminate or interrupt the provision of the Services if:
   1. necessary for maintenance or inspection of the facilities and/or systems, etc., for operating the Services;
   2. the Services are unable to be provided due to natural disasters, wars, power outages or malfunctions in the facilities of a telecommunications carrier; or
   3. the Company otherwise deems necessary.
2. If the Company terminates or interrupts the provision of the Services in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Company shall so notify the Member in advance on the Services; provided, however, that this shall not apply in case of emergency.
3. The Company shall not be liable for any damages suffered by the Member in the case where the provision of the Services is terminated or interrupted due to any of the events described in items of paragraph 1 hereof.

Article 10 (Changes in Content of Services)

The Company may change the content of the Services without prior notice to the Member; provided, however, that if the Company considers that such change is material and detrimental to the Member, the Company shall notify the Member of such change in the Services at least one (1) month prior to the scheduled date of change; provided, however, that this shall not apply in case of emergency.

Article 11 (Discontinuation of Services)

The Company may discontinue the Services for business reasons or any other reasons. In this case, the Company shall so notify the Member on the Services at least one (1) month prior to the date of discontinuation; provided, however, that this shall not apply in case of emergency.

Article 12 (Withdrawal, etc.)

1. If the Member desires to withdraw from the Services, the Member shall so notify the Company in the manner specified by the Company. The Member shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Services on the day on which the Company receives such notification.
2. If the Member withdraws from the Services, the Company may delete the member information of the Member.

Article 13 (Disclaimer)

The Company shall pay the utmost care to maintain the reliability of the Services; however, the Company shall not give any warranty as to the content of the Services that it provides to the Member and the information received by the Member through the Services, including the warranty of integrity, certainty, usefulness and fitness for any particular purpose, and the Member shall use such information at his/her own responsibility and at his/her own account. The Company shall not assume any liability or responsibility (including liability for compensation for damages) for any damages (any disadvantage, including monetary losses) arising from the use or unavailability of the Service by the Member and for any trouble and dispute, etc., between the Member and any third party (including, but not limited to, the Member’s customer and any other Member).

Article 14 (Transfer of Status under Terms and Conditions, etc.)

The Member shall not assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of its status under the Terms and Conditions, etc., or his/her rights or obligations under the Terms and Conditions etc., to any third party without prior written approval of the Company. If the Company transfers the business of the Services to any third party (including the cases where such business is succeeded as a result of a business transfer, share transfer, merger or company split or any other event), the Company may, in connection with such business transfer, transfer its status under the Terms and Conditions etc., or its rights and obligations under the Terms and Conditions etc., and the member information and any other information concerning the Member to the transferee of such business transfer, etc., and the Member shall hereby agree to such transfer, etc., in advance without objection.

Article 15 (Revision of Terms and Conditions, etc.)

The Company may revise the Terms and Conditions, etc., without prior notice to the Member. The Terms and Conditions, etc., as revised shall become effective at the time when the revisions are notified on the Services or at the time separately designated by the Company and the Member shall agree to it in advance without objection.

Article 16 (Governing Law)

The Terms and Conditions etc., shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.

Article 17 (Jurisdiction by Agreement)

If litigation or mediation becomes necessary in connection with the exploitation of the Services or the construction or application of the Terms and Conditions, etc., the Member shall agree in advance and without objection that the Tokyo District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction.