User Service Agreement
[Please read this Agreement carefully. Your registration, login, or use of the Platform shall be deemed as your acknowledgment that you have read and agreed to all terms of this Agreement.]
Chapter I. General Provisions
Article 1. Parties to the Agreement
This Agreement is entered into by and between you (hereinafter referred to as the "User" or "you") and PUDA WORLD (CHENGDU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the "Platform" or "we"). The Platform operates as a global original story community (hereinafter referred to as "this Platform"), through which users may create, publish, read, and engage in interactive communication.
Article 2. Scope of the Agreement
This Agreement comprises the body of the User Service Agreement, the Privacy Policy, and all rules, announcements, and explanations that the Platform has published or may publish in the future. Once published, the foregoing content shall constitute an integral part of this Agreement and shall have the same legal effect as the main body of this Agreement.
Article 3. Definitions
(1) User: A natural person, legal entity, or other organization that registers for, logs into, or uses this Platform.
(2) Creator: A user who publishes original stories, novels, articles, and other written content on this Platform.
(3) Reader: A user who browses, reads, comments on, and collects content published by others on this Platform.
(4) Content: Information in all forms published by users on this Platform, including text, images, audio, video, comments, interactive information, and the like.
(5) Platform Services: Registration and login, content creation and publication, content browsing and reading, social interaction, data analytics, and other related functions and services provided by this Platform to users.
Chapter II. Account Registration and Management
Article 4. Registration Eligibility
You represent and warrant that, at the time you complete the registration process or otherwise actually use the Platform services, you possess full civil capacity. If you do not possess full civil capacity, you should read this Agreement under the accompaniment of your guardian and use the Platform services only after obtaining your guardian's consent.
Article 5. Account Registration
(1) Users may register for a Platform account using an email address, mobile phone number, or third-party account (e.g., WeChat, Google, Apple ID, etc.).
(2) Users shall provide true, accurate, and complete registration information and shall update such information in a timely manner upon any change. All consequences arising from untrue or incomplete registration information shall be borne by the user.
(3) Each mobile phone number or email address may be used to register only one account. The Platform reserves the right to cancel accounts that have not been logged into or used for an extended period of time.
Article 6. Account Security
(1) Users shall properly safeguard their accounts and passwords and shall not lend, lease, transfer, or authorize others to use their accounts. Any losses arising from failure to properly safeguard the account shall be borne by the user.
(2) Upon discovery that an account has been compromised or that a security vulnerability exists, the user shall immediately notify the Platform. The Platform shall take reasonable measures upon receipt of such notification but shall not be liable for any damages incurred prior to the implementation of such measures.
Article 7. Account Management
Users shall not engage in the following conduct: (1) registering using false information; (2) batch-registering accounts; (3) maliciously occupying account names; (4) using accounts to engage in illegal or non-compliant activities; (5) other acts of abusing account services. The Platform reserves the right to take measures including suspension of services, restriction of functionality, and cancellation of accounts against accounts that violate the foregoing provisions.
Chapter III. User Code of Conduct
Article 8. Content Publication Standards
When publishing content through this Platform, users shall comply with laws, regulations, and public order and good morals, and shall not publish or disseminate information containing the following:
(1) Content that opposes the fundamental principles established by the Constitution;
(2) Content that endangers national security, divulges state secrets, subverts state power, or undermines national unity;
(3) Content that damages national honor and interests;
(4) Content that incites ethnic hatred or ethnic discrimination or undermines ethnic unity;
(5) Content that undermines national religious policies or promotes cults and feudal superstitions;
(6) Content that spreads rumors, disrupts social order, or undermines social stability;
(7) Content that disseminates obscenity, pornography, gambling, violence, murder, terrorism, or incites criminal activity;
(8) Content that insults or defames others or infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of others;
(9) Content that contains false, fraudulent, harmful, coercive, harassing, privacy-infringing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise morally repugnant material;
(10) Content containing other materials prohibited by the laws, regulations, and rules of the People's Republic of China and the jurisdiction in which the Platform operates.
Article 9. Code of Conduct
When using the Platform services, users shall not engage in the following conduct:
(1) Infringing upon the intellectual property rights (including but not limited to copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights, etc.) or other lawful rights and interests of others;
(2) Impersonating Platform staff or creating the misimpression in any manner of a special affiliation with the Platform;
(3) Collecting information of other users without authorization, or engaging in harassment, stalking, doxxing, or similar conduct toward other users;
(4) Maliciously attacking the Platform's systems through technical means, tampering with Platform data, or interfering with the normal operation of the Platform;
(5) Engaging in any conduct through the Platform services that may adversely affect the normal operation of the internet;
(6) Reproducing, selling, reselling, or commercially exploiting the Platform services or Platform content in any form without the Platform's prior written consent;
(7) Publishing spam, advertising, or conducting commercial promotions (except as authorized by the Platform);
(8) Other conduct that violates laws, regulations, this Agreement, or public order and good morals.
Chapter IV. Content Publication and Licensing Terms
Article 10. Content Ownership Declaration
(1) The copyright and other related rights in content published, uploaded, or transmitted by users through this Platform shall remain vested in the user or the original rights holder. The Platform shall not claim ownership of user content by virtue of the user's publication thereof.
(2) The user represents and warrants that: the content published is the user's original work, or the user has obtained lawful and sufficient authorization from the original rights holder, and has the right to grant the various licenses set forth in this Agreement. If content published by the user infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of a third party, all legal liabilities arising therefrom shall be borne by the user. The Platform reserves the right to delete or block allegedly infringing content upon receipt of a reasonable notice from the rights holder.
Article 11. Content License (Core Provision)
The user acknowledges and agrees that: upon the user's publication, uploading, or transmission of content through this Platform (including but not limited to text, images, audio, video, etc.), the user shall be deemed to have irrevocably granted the Platform a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable right, which includes but is not limited to:
(1) Right of Information Network Dissemination: To make the user's content available to the public through the internet, mobile communication networks, and other network forms, such that the public may access such content at a time and place of their choosing;
(2) Right of Reproduction: To store, copy, format-convert, compress, and perform other reasonable technical processing of the user's content for the purpose of displaying, promoting, and operating the user's content on the Platform;
(3) Right of Adaptation: To make reasonable adjustments to the layout, font, and format of the user's content to accommodate the display requirements of the Platform (without involving modification of the core storyline, character settings, or other substantive content);
(4) Right of Compilation: To compile the user's content with other content for the purpose of realizing Platform functions (e.g., categorized display, thematic recommendations, rankings, etc.);
(5) Right of Translation: To translate the user's content into other language versions (limited to the Platform's multilingual interface display needs, and not involving separate publication or distribution);
(6) Right of Promotional Use: To use excerpts, summaries, titles, cover images, pen names, and other information of the user's content for promotional purposes within and outside the Platform to promote the Platform and the user's content.
The exercise of the foregoing license rights shall be limited to the display, dissemination, and promotion of user content within the Platform and its related affiliated services. The Platform shall not sell user content separately to third parties, nor shall it engage in commercial development and utilization of user content beyond the scope of the Platform's community operations, such as physical publication, film and television adaptation, or game development, unless otherwise agreed in a separate written agreement.
The term of the foregoing license shall be the period during which the user's content is published on the Platform. Upon the user's deletion of published content, the foregoing license shall terminate as of the date of deletion; provided, however, that the Platform shall bear no responsibility for the withdrawal of forwarding, sharing, collection, and other dissemination acts beyond the Platform's control that have already occurred.
Article 12. Irrevocability of License
The user understands and agrees that: to ensure that the Platform can lawfully and compliantly display content to other users and provide normal community services, the foregoing license is irrevocable during the period in which the content is published. If the user withdraws the license, the Platform will be unable to continue displaying the relevant content, and the Platform reserves the right to take down the relevant content. All consequences arising therefrom shall be borne by the user.
Article 13. Content Review and Management
(1) The Platform has the right but not the obligation to review content published by users. Upon discovery of content that violates laws, regulations, or this Agreement, the Platform reserves the right to delete, block, or take down such content without prior notice.
(2) The Platform reserves the right to adjust, categorize, recommend, or take down published content based on legal and regulatory requirements or the Platform's operational needs.
(3) Upon receipt of a valid notice from a rights holder regarding infringement by user content, the Platform shall process the matter in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and Platform rules.
Chapter V. Intellectual Property
Article 14. Platform Intellectual Property
(1) The intellectual property rights (including but not limited to copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights, trade secrets, etc.) in the Platform's name, logo, interface design, software code, data processing algorithms, platform functional architecture, and other intellectual achievements shall vest in the Platform or its affiliated companies. Without the Platform's prior written permission, no person may use, copy, modify, or disseminate the same in any manner.
(2) Data generated during the user's use of the Platform services (including but not limited to reading data, interaction data, preference data, and other statistical analysis data) shall be owned by the Platform. The Platform reserves the right to commercially exploit such data without disclosing the user's personally identifiable information.
Article 15. Infringement Complaints
Where a rights holder believes that content on this Platform infringes upon its lawful rights and interests, it may submit a written notice to the Platform through the following method: [Contact Email]. The Platform shall process the matter in a timely manner in accordance with the law upon receipt of a notice that meets the statutory requirements.
Chapter VI. Platform Rights and Obligations
Article 16. Provision of Services
(1) The Platform shall provide users with continuous and stable services in accordance with prevailing industry standards, but makes no warranty regarding the continuity, timeliness, security, or accuracy of the services.
(2) The Platform reserves the right to change, suspend, or terminate part or all of the services based on operational needs. In the event of a material change, the Platform shall notify users in advance through announcements or other means.
(3) The Platform reserves the right to adjust the Platform's content, functionality, and rules based on changes in legal and regulatory requirements or updates to operational strategies.
Article 17. Suspension and Termination of Services
(1) Where a user violates this Agreement or applicable laws, the Platform reserves the right to suspend or terminate the provision of services to such user without bearing any liability.
(2) A user may apply for account cancellation at any time. Following account cancellation, the Platform shall process the user's personal information in accordance with the law; however, content published by the user may not be completely removed due to technical reasons.
(3) Where a user has not logged in for twelve (12) consecutive months, the Platform reserves the right to cancel such account.
Chapter VII. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
Article 18. Service Disclaimer
(1) The services provided by this Platform are provided on an "as is" basis, without any express or implied warranties, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
(2) The Platform does not warrant that the services will be uninterrupted, timely, or error-free, nor does it warrant that any information, content, materials, or products obtained through the services will meet the user's expectations.
(3) The Platform shall not be liable for service interruptions caused by force majeure, system maintenance, network failures, hacker attacks, policy adjustments, or other reasons, but shall make reasonable efforts to minimize the impact on users.
Article 19. Content Disclaimer
(1) All user content on this Platform is published by users themselves and does not represent the Platform's position. The Platform bears no responsibility for the truthfulness, lawfulness, accuracy, or completeness of user content.
(2) The Platform shall not be liable for any losses incurred by a user as a result of relying on content published by other users.
(3) Any disputes arising between users in connection with the use of the Platform services shall be resolved through mutual negotiation between the parties, and the Platform shall bear no responsibility.
Article 20. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Platform shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages arising from the user's use of the Platform services. In no event shall the Platform's aggregate liability to the user exceed the total service fees (if any) paid by the user to the Platform in the twelve (12) months preceding the occurrence of the dispute.
Chapter VIII. Liability for Breach
Article 21. User Breach
Where a user's breach of this Agreement causes losses to the Platform, the user shall compensate the Platform for all losses, including but not limited to direct economic losses, reputational damage, and reasonable expenses incurred in defending rights, including attorneys' fees, litigation costs, notarization fees, and the like.
Article 22. Platform Breach
Where the Platform's breach of this Agreement causes losses to the user, the Platform shall bear compensation liability; provided, however, that the scope of compensation shall be limited to the direct economic losses suffered by the user as a result of the Platform's breach.
Chapter IX. Agreement Modification and Notice
Article 23. Agreement Modification
(1) The Platform reserves the right to modify this Agreement and various rules as needed. The modified Agreement shall be published on the Platform with the updated date indicated.
(2) If the user does not agree with the modified Agreement, the user should immediately cease using the Platform services. The user's continued use of the Platform services shall be deemed as acceptance of the modified Agreement.
(3) For modifications involving significant user rights and interests, the Platform shall provide seven (7) days' prior notice through in-platform messages, pop-ups, emails, or other means.
Article 24. Service of Notices
Notices sent by the Platform to users may be served through in-platform messages, pop-up announcements, emails, mobile text messages, or other reasonable means. Such notices shall be deemed served upon issuance. Users shall ensure that the contact information in their registration details is true and valid.
Chapter X. Dispute Resolution
Article 25. Governing Law
The formation, performance, interpretation, and dispute resolution of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China (for the purposes of this Agreement, excluding the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region, and the Taiwan region).
Article 26. Dispute Resolution
(1) Any dispute arising between the user and the Platform in connection with this Agreement shall first be resolved through amicable negotiation between the parties.
(2) If negotiation fails, either party may initiate litigation before a People's Court having jurisdiction over the domicile of the Platform's operating entity.
Chapter XI. Supplementary Provisions
Article 27. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
Article 28. Waiver
The Platform's failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right. The sole or partial exercise of any right shall not preclude the Platform from further exercising such right or exercising any other right.
Article 29. Assignment
Without the Platform's prior written consent, the user shall not assign any rights or obligations under this Agreement to a third party. The Platform may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement on account of business integration, mergers and acquisitions, reorganization, or similar reasons, provided that the Platform shall notify the user.
Article 30. Effectiveness
This Agreement shall become effective on the date the user registers an account or otherwise actually uses the Platform services, and shall terminate on the date the user's account is cancelled and both parties' rights and obligations have been fully performed.
User Service Agreement Confirmation
I (or this entity) have carefully read and fully understood all terms of the User Service Agreement, in particular Article 11 "Content License," Article 12 "Irrevocability of License," and Chapter VII "Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability." I voluntarily accept and agree to be bound by all terms of this Agreement.
User Confirmation: ________________ (Signature/Seal)
Date: ______ Year ______ Month ______ Day
Note: The user's completion of registration on the Platform and clicking the "Agree" button shall be deemed as the user's execution of this Agreement Confirmation, which shall have the same legal effect.