Terms of Service

1. Agreement to Terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you and STAR STORY FILM TECH LIMITED ("Company", "we", "us", or "our"), a company duly incorporated in Hong Kong (Business Registration Certificate No. 80639677-000-06-26-9).

By accessing or using the website Star Novels, browsing our serialized fiction library, or reading any digital manuscripts published on our platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years of age (or the minimum legal age of digital consent in your home jurisdiction) to access our services. If you are between 13 and the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction, you confirm that you have obtained permission from your parent or legal guardian to use the platform.

3. Intellectual Property Rights & Content Ownership

All materials available through Star Novels, including but not limited to written fictional stories, novel chapters, character designs, logos, graphics, cover artwork, UI code, and compilation selections, are the exclusive property of STAR STORY FILM TECH LIMITED or its contributing authors and licensors.

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited license to access and view digital fiction for your personal, non-commercial reading pleasure. You agree not to:

• Copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, mirror, or publicly perform any stories or artwork;
• Deploy automated crawlers, scrapers, bots, or artificial intelligence training algorithms against our literary catalog;
• Circumvent or attempt to circumvent digital rights management or reading interface parameters.

4. User Conduct & Acceptable Use

When accessing Star Novels, you agree not to:

• Violate any applicable local, national, or international statute, including copyright laws;
• Disrupt, compromise, or impair the stability and security of our web servers or networks;
• Transmit any destructive code, worms, Trojan horses, or harmful payloads;
• Impersonate any person, entity, or corporate representative of STAR STORY FILM TECH LIMITED.

5. Service Availability & Modifications

We strive to maintain high availability and performance across all modern web browsers. However, we reserve the right to modify, suspend, update, or discontinue any novel series, chapter availability, or platform feature at our discretion without prior liability.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

The platform and all serialized literature are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without representations or warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of Hong Kong SAR, in no event shall STAR STORY FILM TECH LIMITED, its directors, officers, employees, or content contributors be liable for any indirect, incidental, punitive, consequential, or special damages arising out of your access or inability to access our services.

8. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.

Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms, including their validity, invalidity, breach, or termination, shall be submitted to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

9. Modifications to These Terms

We may update these Terms periodically to reflect changes in regulatory standards or platform capabilities. Updated versions will be posted directly with an updated Effective Date. Your continued use of Star Novels constitutes acceptance of such modifications.

10. Corporate Inquiries & Notices

For questions or formal legal notices regarding these Terms of Service, please contact our legal affairs team: