Lightnovel-Crawler
These Terms of Service ("Terms," "Terms of Service," or "Agreement") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User," "you," or "your") and Lightnovel-Crawler ("Service," "we," "us," or "our") governing your access to and use of the Lightnovel-Crawler web application, Python package, and all related services, features, and functionality (collectively, the "Service").
By accessing, browsing, using, or registering for the Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms or the Privacy Policy, you must immediately discontinue your use of the Service and may not access or use any part of the Service.
These Terms apply to all users of the Service, including without limitation, users who are browsers, registered users, API users, and contributors of content.
For the purposes of these Terms of Service, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
The Service is a web application and Python package that enables registered users to:
Important: All crawling and content processing is user-initiated. The Service does not perform automated crawling, scraping, or content extraction without explicit user input and direction. Users are solely responsible for initiating all crawling and processing activities.
The Service operates as a technical tool and does not provide, create, or claim ownership of any content processed through the platform. All content remains the property of its respective owners or is subject to applicable copyright and intellectual property laws.
The Service is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18. Users are responsible for ensuring that their use of the Service complies with all applicable laws and regulations in their jurisdiction, including any age restrictions that may apply to accessing certain types of content.
The Service may contain, process, or enable access to adult content, including but not limited to explicit text, images, or other materials. By using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that:
Users are solely responsible for ensuring that their use of the Service complies with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, regulations, and legal requirements. This includes, but is not limited to:
A user account is mandatory to access and use the Service. You may not access or use the Service without creating and maintaining an active account.
To create an account, you must provide accurate, current, and complete information as prompted during the registration process. You agree to:
You are solely responsible for:
You agree that we are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these security obligations.
You may terminate your account at any time by contacting us at lncrawl@pm.me and requesting account deletion. Upon termination, your access to the Service will cease, and all data associated with your account may be permanently deleted in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Users are solely responsible for:
The Service operates as a technical tool and does not assume any responsibility for the legality, appropriateness, accuracy, or content of materials processed through the platform.
The Service and its owner claim no ownership rights over:
All content remains the property of its respective owners or is subject to applicable intellectual property laws. Users retain all rights to content they generate, subject to the rights of third parties whose content may be included.
The Service may process content from third-party sources. The Service does not:
Users acknowledge that third-party content is subject to its own terms of service, copyrights, and intellectual property protections.
The Service respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users to do the same. Users are solely responsible for ensuring that any content they crawl, store, access, or distribute through the Service complies with applicable copyright and intellectual property laws, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable laws in their relevant jurisdictions.
The Service complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512, and provides a mechanism for copyright owners to report alleged copyright infringement. The Service acts as a service provider under the DMCA and is entitled to the safe harbor protections provided by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) for content stored at the direction of users.
Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2), the Service has designated the following agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement:
Designated Copyright Agent:
Name: Lightnovel Crawler
Email: lncrawl@pm.me
Subject Line: DMCA Takedown Notice
All DMCA takedown notices must be sent to the designated agent at the email address above. Notices sent to other addresses may not be processed.
If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content made available through the Service infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the DMCA by providing our designated copyright agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) for further detail):
Physical or Electronic Signature: A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Identification of Copyrighted Work: Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
Identification of Infringing Material: Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the Service to locate the material. This should include:
Specific URLs or links to the allegedly infringing content
Any other information that will help us locate the material
Contact Information: Information reasonably sufficient to permit the Service to contact you, such as:
Your name, address, telephone number
A valid email address at which you may be contacted
Good Faith Statement: A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
Accuracy Statement: A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Important: Knowingly materially misrepresenting that material or activity is infringing may subject you to liability for damages, including costs and attorney's fees, under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).
Upon receipt of a valid DMCA takedown notice that substantially complies with the requirements set forth in Section 7.4:
Review: We will review the notice to ensure it contains all required elements and is properly formatted.
Removal: If the notice is valid and complete, we will expeditiously remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material, typically within 48 hours of receipt of a valid notice.
User Notification: We will notify the user who posted or stored the content that the material has been removed or disabled, and provide them with a copy of the takedown notice (with your contact information redacted if requested for privacy reasons).
No Guarantee: While we strive to process valid notices promptly, we do not guarantee any specific timeframe for removal. Processing time may vary based on the completeness of the notice and other factors.
If you are a user whose content has been removed or disabled as a result of a DMCA takedown notice, and you believe that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(g).
To be effective, a counter-notification must be a written communication provided to our designated copyright agent that includes substantially the following (see 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3)):
Physical or Electronic Signature: Your physical or electronic signature.
Identification of Removed Material: Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.
Good Faith Statement: A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
Contact Information: Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you reside outside the United States, for any judicial district in which the Service may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.
Review: Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, we will review it to ensure it contains all required elements.
Forwarding: We will forward the counter-notification to the original complaining party, along with your contact information.
Restoration: We will restore the removed material or cease disabling access to it not less than 10, nor more than 14, business days following receipt of the counter-notification, unless our designated copyright agent first receives notice from the party filing the original notification that such person has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on the Service.
No Guarantee: We do not guarantee that material will be restored, and restoration is subject to the original complaining party not filing a court action within the specified timeframe.
Important: Knowingly materially misrepresenting that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may subject you to liability for damages, including costs and attorney's fees, under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).
Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(i), it is the policy of the Service to terminate, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, users who are repeat infringers of copyright. We may also, at our sole discretion, limit access to the Service and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.
A user will be considered a "repeat infringer" if they have been the subject of multiple valid DMCA takedown notices. We reserve the right to determine what constitutes "appropriate circumstances" and "repeat infringement" in our sole discretion.
The Service does not make legal determinations regarding:
Actions taken under this policy, including removal of content or termination of accounts, are administrative measures taken in good faith to comply with the DMCA and do not constitute:
The Service reserves the right, but not the obligation, to:
All DMCA-related communications must be sent to:
Designated Copyright Agent
Email: lncrawl@pm.me
Subject Line: DMCA Takedown Notice (for takedown notices) or DMCA Counter-Notification (for counter-notifications)
Please include "DMCA" in the subject line to ensure proper routing of your communication.
If you do not agree with this DMCA policy, you must not use the Service.
A public application programming interface (API) is available for use. API access is subject to:
The official command-line interface (CLI) tool is distributed separately as a Python package. Use of the CLI tool is subject to:
We reserve the right to:
You agree not to use the Service in any way that:
We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates these prohibited uses, including without limitation, reporting such violations to law enforcement authorities.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to:
Suspension or termination may occur for any reason, including but not limited to:
We may suspend or terminate your account without prior notice if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such action is necessary to protect the Service, other users, or our interests. In other cases, we may provide notice at our discretion, but are not obligated to do so.
Upon termination of your account:
We do not guarantee that the Service will be available at all times or that access will be uninterrupted. The Service may be unavailable due to:
We reserve the right to:
We are not obligated to provide notice of such changes, though we may do so at our discretion.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to:
You acknowledge and agree that:
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR OWNERS, OPERATORS, AFFILIATES, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM:
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO US, IF ANY, IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY, OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations may not apply to you. In such jurisdictions, our liability shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
You acknowledge and agree that you assume all risks associated with your use of the Service, including but not limited to:
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our owners, operators, affiliates, service providers, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from:
This indemnification obligation will survive termination of these Terms and your use of the Service.
The Service is open source software. The source code is available and licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPL-v3) or later.
The availability of source code and the open source license do not:
The source code is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. You may use, modify, and distribute the source code in accordance with the GPL-v3 license, but you do so at your own risk.
The Service, including but not limited to its software, design, text, graphics, logos, and other materials, is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by us.
You retain all ownership rights to content you create or generate through the Service, subject to the rights of third parties whose content may be included. By using the Service, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive license to store, process, and display your content solely for the purpose of providing the Service to you.
The Service may process or display content that is the intellectual property of third parties. We do not claim ownership of such content and respect the intellectual property rights of others.
Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. Please review our Privacy Policy to understand how we collect, use, and protect your information.
These Terms of Service are not governed by any specific national jurisdiction. However, to the extent that any applicable law requires a governing law, these Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with general principles of contract law and international commercial law.
Any disputes, claims, or controversies arising from or relating to these Terms, the Service, or your use of the Service shall be resolved through:
If any provision of these Terms of Service is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal, and enforceable, or if such modification is not possible, shall be severed from these Terms. The remaining provisions of these Terms shall continue in full force and effect.
These Terms of Service, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications, agreements, or understandings, whether oral or written, relating to the subject matter herein.
No waiver of any term or condition of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition. Any failure to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights or obligations hereunder without our prior written consent. We may assign or transfer these Terms or any rights or obligations hereunder at any time without notice or consent.
We reserve the right to modify, update, or amend these Terms of Service at any time, in our sole discretion. We may make changes to reflect:
Material changes to these Terms will be communicated by:
We are not obligated to provide individual notice of changes, though we may do so at our discretion.
Your continued use of the Service after any modifications to these Terms constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree with any changes to these Terms, you must discontinue use of the Service and may request deletion of your account.
Review Responsibility: We encourage you to review these Terms periodically. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this document indicates when the Terms were last revised.
For questions, concerns, or inquiries regarding these Terms of Service, please contact us at:
Email: lncrawl@pm.me
We will make reasonable efforts to respond to your inquiries in a timely manner.
By using the Service, you acknowledge that:
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