Terms of Service

By creating an account or using the Platform in any way, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you may not use the Platform.

We reserve the right to update these Terms at any time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, notify you by email or in-app notice. Your continued use of the Platform after any change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

You must be at least 18 years of age to create an account. Users aged 13–17 may access the Platform only with verifiable parental or guardian consent. Users under 13 are not permitted to use the Platform.

You agree to provide accurate information during registration and to keep your account credentials confidential. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.

You may not use the Platform for any unlawful purpose, to infringe the rights of others, or to violate any applicable law or regulation.

Authors retain full copyright over all original content they publish on the Platform. By publishing on Inkrune, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, display, distribute, and promote your content within the Platform for the purpose of providing the service.

This licence does not permit Inkrune to sell, sublicence, or commercially exploit your content outside the Platform without your explicit written consent.

You represent and warrant that your content is original, does not infringe any third-party intellectual property rights, and complies with all applicable laws. Machine-translated works must be clearly disclosed as such in the novel description.

Reader subscriptions are billed on a recurring monthly or annual basis. Payment is processed via Razorpay. By subscribing, you authorise us to charge your selected payment method on a recurring basis until you cancel.

You may cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. We do not provide refunds for partially used subscription periods or for premium chapter content that has already been accessed.

Author payout rates and terms are set out in the separate Author Earnings Agreement provided upon account approval and are incorporated into these Terms by reference.

We reserve the right to modify subscription pricing with 30 days' written notice. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

All content published on Inkrune must comply with our Content Policy. Prohibited content includes: plagiarised or unauthorised translations, AI-generated content published without meaningful human authorship and editing, content that sexualises minors, content that promotes violence or hatred against identifiable groups, and content that violates any applicable law.

We take intellectual property seriously. We comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and its Indian equivalents under the Information Technology Act 2000. Copyright takedown requests should be sent to legal@inkrune.com.

We reserve the right to remove any content, suspend any account, or permanently ban any user who violates these standards, without prior notice.

You may delete your account at any time by contacting us at legal@inkrune.com. Upon deletion, your public profile and content will be removed from the Platform, subject to any legal retention obligations.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Platform immediately, without notice or liability, for any conduct that we determine, in our sole discretion, violates these Terms or is harmful to users, Inkrune, or third parties.

Author accounts that are terminated for policy violations forfeit any pending earnings accrued through the violation period, as determined by our investigation.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Indian law, Inkrune and its affiliates, officers, employees, agents, and licensors will not be liable to you for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Platform, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our aggregate liability to you for any claim arising from or related to these Terms or the Platform is limited to the greater of: (a) the amount you paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim, or (b) ₹1,000 INR.

The Platform is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms, including any question regarding its existence, validity, or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (India). The seat of arbitration shall be Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The arbitration shall be conducted in English.

Notwithstanding the above, either party may seek urgent injunctive or other equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in Bengaluru.

For any non-arbitrable disputes or pre-arbitration queries, please contact us first at legal@inkrune.com. We are committed to resolving issues directly before formal proceedings.