Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User") and the operator of the Inkover service ("Service"), accessible at inkover.ink.

The Service is operated by Nikolai Ivanovich Dubina, a self-employed individual registered under the "Professional Income Tax" regime (Federal Law No. 422-FZ of November 27, 2018), TIN 502997275398, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation ("Operator").

By registering an account or using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. Consent to personal data processing is obtained separately from these Terms in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (for EEA/UK users) and Article 9(1) of Russian Federal Law No. 152-FZ (as amended by Federal Law No. 156-FZ of 24 June 2025) for users to whom it applies.

Geographic scope. The Service is operated from the Russian Federation. The Service is not directed to, and may not be used by, residents of the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom; access from those territories is technically restricted, and any use of the Service from those territories in circumvention of that restriction is a material breach of these Terms. For users in all other jurisdictions, additional mandatory consumer- and data-protection rights may apply under local law (for example, the CCPA / CPRA for California residents). These Terms do not limit any such mandatory rights.

1. Definitions

Service — the Inkover web application providing AI-powered tools for automated manga translation, including OCR, machine translation, and image generation.

User — an individual who has registered an account and accepted these Terms.

Tokens — internal units of account used to pay for translation operations within the Service. Tokens are not electronic money and are non-refundable.

Subscription — a plan providing the User with a certain amount of Tokens and/or additional features for a specified period.

Content — images, text, and other materials uploaded by the User or imported from third-party sources for processing.

Publication (Sharing) — an action taken by the User to change the access level of processed materials (manga, chapters, pages) from private to a level that permits viewing by third parties via a direct link or after authentication. Publication occurs exclusively at the User's initiative — the Service never publishes User content automatically.

Public Link — a URL of the form https://inkover.ink/shared/<id> that grants the recipient read-only access to published materials without the ability to download original files.

Visitor — any person who accesses a Public Link and views published materials, regardless of whether they hold an account in the Service.

Rights Holder — an individual or legal entity that owns exclusive or other proprietary rights to the original work or related rights thereto, as well as their authorized representatives.

Complaint (Infringement Notice) — a notice from a Rights Holder or third party regarding alleged rights infringement or unlawful content, submitted via the form at /shared/report, by email to [email protected] or [email protected].

2. Description of Service

The Operator provides the User with access to the Service's functionality: automatic text recognition on images (OCR), machine translation of recognized text, automatic image generation with translated text, and a manual editor for correcting translation results.

The Service is a tool. Output quality depends on source material quality, chosen settings, and the behavior of underlying AI models. The Operator does not guarantee absolute translation accuracy or perfect image generation quality.

In addition to the tool functionality described above, the Service offers the User an optional ability to publish processed materials — changing their access level from private to one of the public tiers. Publication occurs exclusively at the User's initiative and under the User's control; the Operator acts as an intermediary service provider (information society service provider) under the applicable hosting-liability regime — Article 14 of the EU e-Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC for users in the EEA, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) for users in the United States and Article 1253.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation for users subject to Russian law.

Publication does not transfer any rights to User Content to the Operator, except a limited technical right necessary to host the public link, serve it to Visitors, and retain it during the publication period. The terms of publication, the scope of the licence granted by the User for sharing purposes, and the complaint procedure are set out in the Sharing Terms.

3. Registration and Account

An account is required to use the Service. The User must provide accurate information during registration and keep it up to date. The User is fully responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of login credentials and for all activities conducted under their account.

The Operator reserves the right to block or terminate any account that violates these Terms without prior notice.

4. Payment

Basic functionality is provided free of charge with a limited number of Tokens. Additional Tokens may be purchased. Prices for Tokens and Subscription plans are listed on the Service website and may be updated by the Operator with prior notice to Users.

Payments are processed through the payment providers indicated on the Service website. Upon payment, the User receives an electronic receipt issued in compliance with applicable tax legislation at the place of the Operator's registration.

Purchased Tokens are non-refundable, except in cases of technical malfunction resulting in incorrect Token deduction, in which case Tokens are restored to the User's balance.

Subscriptions do not renew automatically. Upon expiration of the paid period, access to Subscription features is discontinued, and the User may purchase a new Subscription. Bonus Tokens granted as part of a Subscription have an expiration date and expire accordingly.

5. Acceptable Use

The User agrees to:

• Use the Service only for lawful purposes in compliance with applicable laws.
• Not upload Content that infringes third-party intellectual property rights unless the User has proper authorization from the rights holder or a lawful basis for use.
• Not upload or process materials containing pornography, child exploitation, incitement to violence, extremism, or other illegal content.
• Not attempt to circumvent technical limitations of the Service, including AI model restrictions on processing certain content categories.
• Not use the Service for automated mass downloading of content for subsequent commercial distribution.

6. Intellectual Property

All rights to the Service, its source code, design, algorithms, and the "Inkover" brand name belong to the Operator.

Content uploaded by the User remains the property of the User or the respective rights holder. The Operator does not acquire any rights to User Content except for the limited technical right to process it in order to provide the Service.

The User is solely responsible for ensuring compliance with copyright laws regarding the Content they process. The Service is a tool and bears no responsibility for the nature of uploaded materials.

6.1. User Warranties upon Publication

By using the publication feature, the User warrants and represents that:

• The User holds all rights necessary to communicate the published materials to the public, or has the rights holder's direct written permission, or the use falls within a statutory copyright exception in the relevant jurisdiction (for example, fair use under 17 U.S.C. § 107 for US users, the quotation exception under Article 5(3)(d) of Directive 2001/29/EC for EU users, or quotation under Article 1274 of the Russian Civil Code for Russian users).
• The published materials do not contain any prohibited content listed in § 8 of these Terms.
• The publication does not infringe any third-party rights, including rights to image, personal data or any other legally protected interests under the law of the rights holder's jurisdiction.
• The User acknowledges that an automated translation is a derivative work for copyright purposes (for example, a "derivative work" under 17 U.S.C. § 101 and Article 1260 of the Russian Civil Code), and its lawful use requires the consent of the author of the original where such consent is required by applicable law.

6.2. Licence Granted by the User to the Operator during Publication

Solely for the purpose of technically hosting published materials, the User grants the Operator a non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable licence, limited to the term of publication, to store, cache, transmit over communication networks and display the published materials to Visitors. This licence does not entitle the Operator to use the materials for its own commercial purposes, sell them, transfer them to third parties (except technical partners — hosting providers and CDNs — acting on the Operator's behalf), or create derivative works based on them. The licence terminates automatically upon the User's unpublication, account deletion, or implementation of a measure upon a rights holder's complaint.

6.3. Intermediary Service Provider Status

In relation to the publication feature, the Service acts as an intermediary service provider within the meaning of the hosting- liability regime applicable to each user: Article 14 of the EU e-Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC (as implemented in national law) for EEA users; the Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) safe-harbour for hosting services where it applies; 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) under the DMCA for US users; and Article 1253.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (with paragraph 77 of the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 10 of 23 April 2019) for users subject to Russian law. The Operator is released from liability for infringement of intellectual property rights provided that all of the following conditions are met simultaneously: (a) the Operator did not initiate the transmission of the material, did not select its recipients and did not substantially modify it; (b) the Operator did not know and was not required to know that the use of the relevant materials was unlawful; (c) upon receipt of a written statement from the rights holder, the Operator has timely taken the necessary and sufficient measures within the timeframes established in § 10.5 of these Terms and the applicable notice-and-takedown regime (including DMCA 17 U.S.C. § 512 for US users, the e-Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC framework for EEA users, and Article 15.7 of Russian Federal Law No. 149-FZ for users subject to Russian law).

7. Limitation of Liability

The Service is provided "as is." The Operator is not liable for:

• Service interruptions caused by technical issues, updates, or third-party actions.
• Translation, generation, or OCR quality, which depends on third-party AI models.
• Losses resulting from the use or inability to use the Service.
• User actions that violate third-party rights or applicable laws.

The Operator's total liability for any claims is limited to the amount paid by the User during the 3 (three) months preceding the claim.

8. Prohibited Content and Adult Content (18+)

The Service is intended exclusively for processing content suitable for individuals aged 16 and older in accordance with applicable content regulation laws.

It is strictly prohibited to upload, import, or otherwise transmit to the Service any materials containing:

• Sexually explicit content (pornography), including depictions of real persons and graphic illustrations or drawings of a sexual nature.
• Any sexual imagery involving minors (persons under 18 years of age) or characters depicted as minors, regardless of their stated "age" within a work of fiction (CSAM — child sexual abuse material). Detection of such content will result in immediate account termination and referral to law enforcement authorities.
• Erotic content classified as 18+ under applicable content rating laws.
• Materials promoting violence, cruelty, extremism, terrorism, drug use, suicide, or any other content prohibited by applicable law.

The AI models used (Google Gemini) have built-in restrictions on processing adult content. Attempts to process such content will be automatically rejected by the system. However, the technical inability to process prohibited content does not relieve the User of responsibility for the act of uploading such content.

Consequences of violation: The Operator reserves the right, without prior notice and without compensation, to: (a) immediately block the User's account; (b) delete all content uploaded by the User; (c) forfeit unused Tokens and paid Subscriptions; (d) report the violation to law enforcement authorities if the content shows signs of criminal activity.

The User assumes full responsibility for the nature of uploaded materials. The Operator does not perform pre-upload content moderation and bears no responsibility for User actions that violate this section.

Prohibited content and publication. Detection of prohibited content in published (shared via a public link) materials results in the immediate removal of the publication and the blocking of access pending investigation, in addition to the measures provided for in the general provisions of this section. Where signs of serious criminal offences are present — in particular offences relating to child sexual abuse material (e.g. 18 U.S.C. § 2252 and § 2258A for US users, Directive 2011/93/EU for EEA users, Articles 242, 242.1 and 242.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for users subject to Russian law) — information about the User, the publication and Visitors (within the limits of technically collected data — IP address, access time, User-Agent) is disclosed to law-enforcement authorities without prior notice to the User.

9. Age Restrictions and Verification

The Service is intended for individuals aged 16 (sixteen) years and older. By registering an account, the User confirms that they are at least 16 years of age.

The Operator reserves the right to request age verification from the User at any time. Refusal to provide verification or the discovery of false age information constitutes grounds for immediate account termination.

If the User is a minor between 16 and 18 years of age, they agree to use the Service with the knowledge and consent of their parent or legal guardian.

10. Content Moderation and Monitoring

The Operator reserves the right, but not the obligation, to monitor and moderate content uploaded by Users through any technical or manual means.

The Operator may, without prior notice to the User:

• Remove or restrict access to any content that violates these Terms or applicable law.
• Use automated systems (including AI models) to detect prohibited content.
• Retain metadata and processing logs for security purposes, violation investigation, and compliance with legal requirements.
• Disclose User information and content to law enforcement agencies, courts, or authorized government bodies upon lawful request or on its own initiative upon discovering signs of criminal activity.

10.5. Complaint Handling and Repeat-Infringer Policy

The procedure for filing a complaint regarding published materials — including for infringement of copyright or related rights, image rights, or personal data rights, or for the presence of prohibited content — is set out in the Copyright Policy and is accessible from every public link via the explicit "Report content" item.

The Operator guarantees the following complaint-handling timelines:

• Initial acknowledgement and interim measure(temporary restriction of access to the disputed material) — within 24 (twenty-four) hours of complaint receipt. This matches the "expeditious" removal standard under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(1)(C) (DMCA), Article 14 of the e-Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC and Article 15.7 of Russian Federal Law No. 149-FZ.
• Final decision on the complaint — no later than 5 (five) business days of receipt.
• User counter-notification — may be submitted within 14 (fourteen) business days of the interim measure; reviewed within 10 (ten) business days.

Repeat-infringer policy. The Operator applies the following measures to a User's account, tied to the number of confirmed complaints received within any rolling 12-month period:

• 1st and 2nd confirmed infringements — removal of the disputed publication and written notification of the User.
• 3rd confirmed infringement — 30 (thirty) calendar day suspension of the right to publish new materials.
• 4th and 5th confirmed infringements — 90 (ninety) calendar day suspension of publication rights, coupled with a mandatory extended acceptable-use briefing.
• 6th confirmed infringement — full termination of the User's account without compensation, with removal of all publications posted by the User.

A complaint is considered "confirmed" if, as a result of its review, the material is removed or access to it is restricted and the decision has not been overturned following a User counter-notification. Matters involving signs of criminal offences, as well as any CSAM, trigger immediate account termination without the escalation scale.

11. Indemnification

The User agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Operator, its representatives, and partners from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, expenses (including legal fees and court costs), fines, and other liabilities arising from or related to:

• Uploading or processing content that violates these Terms or applicable law.
• Infringement of third-party rights (copyright, related rights, or other) through use of the Service.
• Providing false information during registration, including age misrepresentation.
• Publication of materials through the Service's sharing feature in violation of the warranties set out in § 6.1 of these Terms, including claims from rights holders of original works, their legal representatives, or other persons whose rights are affected by the publication (including claims concerning related rights, image rights and personal data).
• Any other breach of these Terms.

This indemnification obligation survives the termination of these Terms and/or the deletion of the User's account.

12. Termination

The User may delete their account at any time through the Service settings or by sending a request to [email protected]. Upon account deletion, unused Tokens are forfeited and non-refundable.

The Operator may discontinue the Service with 30 (thirty) calendar days' prior notice to Users. In the event of complete Service discontinuation initiated by the Operator, Users shall be refunded the cost of purchased but unused Tokens, as well as a proportional share of the active Subscription cost for the remaining period.

13. Changes to Terms

The Operator may modify these Terms. The current version is published on this page. Continued use of the Service after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

14. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Russian Federation, where the Operator is registered. Disputes are first resolved through good-faith negotiation. If no agreement is reached, disputes are submitted to the competent court in accordance with the jurisdiction established by applicable legislation of the Russian Federation.

The choice of governing law and forum does not deprive consumers of the protection afforded to them by mandatory provisions of the law of their country of habitual residence (for example, Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 (Rome I) for EEA residents, and equivalent consumer-protection rules in other jurisdictions).

15. Contact Information

For any questions regarding the Service, please contact:
Email: [email protected]