1. Acceptance of terms

A. By using and/or visiting Honeyfeed.fm (collectively, including all content available through the Honeyfeed.fm domain name and any country-specific domains or subdomains thereof, the "Honeyfeed.fm website", or mobile applications accessing Honeyfeed.fm), you signify your agreement to (1) these terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service") and (2) Honeyfeed.fm's Privacy Policy found athttps://www.honeyfeed.fm/privacyand also incorporated here by reference ("Agreement"). If you do not agree to any of these terms or the Honeyfeed.fm Privacy Policy, please do not use the Honeyfeed.fm website.

B. Although Honeyfeed.fm may attempt to notify you when major changes are made to these Terms of Service, you should periodically review the most up-to-date version (https://honeyfeed.fm/terms). Honeyfeed.fm may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms of Service and policies at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. Nothing in this agreement shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits.

2. Website

A. These Terms of Service apply to all users of the Honeyfeed.fm website, including users who are also contributors of text content, information, and other materials or services on the website.

B. The Honeyfeed.fm website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by Honeyfeed.fm. Honeyfeed.fm has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, Privacy Policies, or practices of any third party websites. In addition, Honeyfeed.fm will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third-party site. By using the website, you expressly relieve Honeyfeed.fm from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website.

C. At the moment, Honeyfeed only accepts novels written in the English language. Any novels posted anywhere on the site in any other language will be deleted or set to private, including those with the status "draft". Published or draft novels in the Honeyfeed site that contain English gibberish and/or advertisement will also abide by this clause.

3. Accounts

A. In order to access some features of the website, you will have to create a Honeyfeed.fm account. You may never use another's account without permission. When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, and you must keep your account password secure. You must notify Honeyfeed.fm immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.

B. Although Honeyfeed.fm will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may be liable for the losses of Honeyfeed.fm or others due to such unauthorized use.

C. You will not create an account if you are under 13 years of age.

D. You can not use Honeyfeed.fm if you are a convicted sex offender.

E. You are encouraged to create no more than one account. Using multiple accounts for any malicious activity will result in immediate account termination.

F. The administration of the site reserves the right to terminate any account without notice.

4. General use of the website

Honeyfeed.fm hereby grants you permission to access and use the website as set forth in these Terms of Service, provided that:

A. You agree not to distribute in any medium any part of the website, including but not limited to User Submissions (defined below), without Honeyfeed.fm's prior written authorization.

B. You agree not to alter or modify any part of the website.

C. You agree not to access User Submissions (defined below) or Honeyfeed.fm content through any technology or means other than the website itself.

D. You agree not to use the website for any commercial use, without the prior written authorization of Honeyfeed.fm. Prohibited commercial uses include any of the following actions taken without Honeyfeed.fm's express approval:

  • Sale of access to Honeyfeed.fm. or its related services on another website;
  • Use of Honeyfeed.fm. or its related services for the primary purpose of gaining advertising or subscription revenue;
  • The sale of advertising on the Honeyfeed.fm website or any third-party website targeted to the content of specific User Submissions or Honeyfeed.fm content;
  • Any use of Honeyfeed.fm. or its related services that Honeyfeed.fm finds, in its sole discretion, to use Honeyfeed.fm's resources or User Submissions with the effect of competing with or displacing the market for Honeyfeed.fm, Honeyfeed.fm content or its User Submissions.

E. You agree not to use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, "robots," "spiders," or "offline readers," that accesses Honeyfeed.fm. in a manner that sends more request messages to the Honeyfeed.fm servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional on-line web browser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Honeyfeed.fm grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials.

Honeyfeed.fm reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases. You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names from the website, nor to use the communication systems provided by the website (e.g. comments, email) for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit for commercial purposes any users of Honeyfeed.fm. with respect to their User Submissions.

F. In your use of Honeyfeed.fm., you will otherwise comply with the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service and all applicable local, national, and international laws and regulations.

G. Honeyfeed.fm reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of the Honeyfeed.fm website at any time.

5. Use of content on the site

In addition to the general restrictions above, the following restrictions and conditions apply specifically to your use of content on the Honeyfeed.fm website.

A. The content on the Honeyfeed.fm website, except all User Submissions (as defined below), including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like ("Content") and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein ("Marks"), are owned by or licensed to Honeyfeed.fm, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under the law. Content on Honeyfeed.fm. is provided to you as is, for your information and personal use only and may not be downloaded, copied, modified, produced, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, translated, published, performed or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. Honeyfeed.fm reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the website and the Content.

B. You may access User Submissions solely:

  • For your information and personal use;
  • As intended through the normal functionality of the Honeyfeed.fm Service;

C. You may access Honeyfeed.fm Content, User Submissions, and other content only as permitted under this Agreement. Honeyfeed.fm reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Honeyfeed.fm Content and the Honeyfeed.fm Service.

D. You agree to not engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Content other than expressly permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution of User Submissions of third parties obtained through the website for any commercial purposes.

E. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Honeyfeed.fm website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on use of the Honeyfeed.fm website or the Content therein.

F. You understand that when using the Honeyfeed.fm Website, you will be exposed to User Submissions from a variety of sources, and that Honeyfeed.fm is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Submissions. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Submissions that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against Honeyfeed.fm with respect thereto, and agree to indemnify and hold Honeyfeed.fm, its owners/operators, affiliates, and/or licensors, harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of the site.

6. User Submissions

A. As a Honeyfeed.fm account holder you may submit textual, audio, visual, or audiovisual content including but not limited to stories, poetry, polls, profile images, forum messages or instant messages. User submitted content are collectively referred to as "User Submissions." You understand that whether or not such User Submissions are published, Honeyfeed.fm does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Submissions.

B. You shall be solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with User Submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize Honeyfeed.fm to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User Submissions and have all necessary consents to collect, use and disclose any personally identifiable information contained or displayed in any and all User Submissions to enable inclusion and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the website and these Terms of Service.

C. For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by submitting User Submissions to Honeyfeed.fm, you hereby grant Honeyfeed.fm a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the Honeyfeed.fm website. You also hereby grant each user of the Honeyfeed.fm website a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the website. You understand and agree, however, that Honeyfeed.fm may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of User Submissions that have been removed or deleted.

D. In connection with User Submissions, you further agree that you will not submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner and the necessary consents from any individuals whose personally identifiable information is contained in such material to post the material and to grant Honeyfeed.fm all of the license rights granted herein.

E. Honeyfeed.fm does not endorse any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and Honeyfeed.fm expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Submissions. Honeyfeed.fm does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on its website, and Honeyfeed.fm will remove all content and User Submissions if properly notified that such content or User Submission infringes on another's intellectual property rights or contravenes any applicable privacy legislation. Honeyfeed.fm reserves the right to remove content and User Submissions without prior notice.

7. Account termination policy

A. Honeyfeed.fm will terminate a user's access to its website if, under appropriate circumstances, the user is determined to be an infringer.

B. Honeyfeed.fm reserves the right to decide whether Content or a User Submission is appropriate and complies with these Terms of Service for violations other than copyright infringement or privacy law, such as, but not limited to, hate crimes, pornography, obscene or defamatory material, or excessive length. Honeyfeed.fm may remove such user submissions and/or terminate a user's access for uploading such material in violation of these Terms of Service at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion.

8. Copyright Policy

As part of Honeyfeed.fm's Copyright Policy, Honeyfeed.fm may terminate user access to the website if a user has been determined to be an infringer. To file a copyright infringement notification with us, you will need to send a communication to us with all of the following information in it, using this format:

Include a statement telling us that you have found a content on Honeyfeed.fm which you believe infringes your copyright (for example, "I hereby confirm that I believe the story identified below infringes my copyright").

Provide a physical or electronic signature of the owner of, or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site; together with an explanation to in what way that content infringes your copyright (e.g. the text is copied, the entire story is a copy of an original work made by you, etc.)

Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an email; this email can be used to pass on to the submitter of the content concerned so that they can get in touch with you to resolve your complaint directly.

Include the following statement: "I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted work described above is not authorized by the copyright owner (or by a third party who is legally entitled to do so on behalf of the copyright owner) and is not otherwise permitted by law. I swear that the information contained in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or have an exclusive right in law to bring infringement proceedings with respect to its use."; and

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.

You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this Section your DMCA notice may not be valid.

Copyright Policy Counter-Notice. If you believe that your Content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the material in your Content, you may send a counter-notice by either of the methods outlined containing the following information:

Your physical or electronic signature;

Identification of the Content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the Content appeared before it was removed or disabled;

A statement that you have a good faith belief that the Content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the Content; and

Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in Tokyo, Japan, and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

If a counter-notice is received by Honeyfeed.fm, we may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person of the situation. If both parties do not come to a friendly solution, deletion of the Content will be left to our sole discretion.

In case of copyright infringement, send the notice in English to the following address:

Attn: Honeyfeed.fm Copyright Infringement Notification

Email: info@honeyfeed.fm

Make sure you know whether the content that you have seen on Honeyfeed.fm infringes your copyright. Be aware that there may be adverse legal consequences in your country if you make a false or bad faith allegation of copyright infringement by using this process.

If you submit a User Submission to the Honeyfeed.fm service then you authorize Honeyfeed.fm to act as your agent to issue take down notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”) and/or any other similar legislation that allows for the submission of requests to Internet service providers for the removal of infringing or allegedly infringing copyright materials that are contained in or displayed on such service providers platforms and/or services. In general, you will be responsible for monitoring and enforce your rights in your User Submissions, however, in certain cases if Honeyfeed.fm becomes aware of the infringement of User Submissions and/or content from the Honeyfeed.fm service, then Honeyfeed.fm may in its sole discretion elect to issue take down notices under the DMCA or similar legislation to attempt to curtail such infringement.

9. Copyright Protection

Anything you write is automatically copyrighted by you, but that does not mean it would be registered in your country copyright office.

You may use http://www.copyrighted.com/ or other available resources for such.

Note that once posted at Honeyfeed.fm, your Content would be marked as your own, with a date on the post that verifies when the Content was published, to back any third party investigation with accurate information and avoid erroneous copyright claims.

10. Warranty and condition disclaimer

You agree that your use of the Honeyfeed.fm website shall be at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Honeyfeed.fm, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and partners (including manufacturers of devices that execute mobile applications accessing honeyfeed.fm) disclaim all warranties and conditions, whether written, oral, express, implied, legal, statutory, contractual, extra-contractual, delictual or in tort, and whether arising by law, statute, usage of trade, custom, course of dealing or performance, or the parties' conduct or communication with one another, or as a result of the nature of these terms and conditions, the website and your use thereof or in conformity with usage, equity or law or otherwise.

Honeyfeed.fm makes no warranties, conditions or representations about the accuracy or completeness of this site's Content or the content of any sites linked to this site and assumes no liability or responsibility for any (i) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of Content, (ii) personal injury, property, bodily, moral or material damage of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to and use of our website, (iii) any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all personal information and/or financial information stored therein, (iv) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from our website, (iv) any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like which may be transmitted to or through our website by any third party, and/or (v) any errors or omissions in any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the Honeyfeed.fm website. Honeyfeed.fm expressly disclaims any warranty or condition of any kind of fitness for a particular or general purpose, quality, merchantability, workmanship, non-infringement, or title and ownership.

Honeyfeed.fm does not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for any product or service advertised or offered by a third party through the honeyfeed.fm website or any hyperlinked website or featured in any banner or other advertising, and Honeyfeed.fm will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers of products or services. As with the purchase of a product or service through any medium or in any environment, you should use your best judgment and exercise caution where appropriate. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the provisions of the united nations convention on contracts for the international sale of goods are hereby disclaimed.

11. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Honeyfeed.fm, its officers, directors, employees, or agents, be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages whatsoever resulting from any (i) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of Content, (ii) personal injury, property, bodily, moral or material damage of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to and use of our website, (iii) any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all personal information and/or financial information stored therein, (iv) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from our website, (iv) any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like, which may be transmitted to or through our website by any third party, and/or (v) any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of your use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the Honeyfeed.fm website, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether arising by law, statute, usage of trade, custom, course of dealing or performance, or the parties' conduct or communication with one another, or as a result of the nature of these terms and conditions or in conformity with usage, equity or law or otherwise, and whether or not the company is advised of the possibility of such damages.

The foregoing limitation of liability shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law in the applicable jurisdiction. You specifically acknowledge that Honeyfeed.fm shall not be liable for User Submissions or the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any third party and that the risk of harm or damage from the foregoing rests entirely with you. Honeyfeed.fm makes no representations that the Honeyfeed.fm website is appropriate or available for use in their locations. Those who access or use the Honeyfeed.fm website do so at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.

12. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Honeyfeed.fm, its parent corporation, officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, demands, causes of action, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses, (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Honeyfeed.fm Website; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms of Service; (iii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, intellectual property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that one of your User Submissions caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Service and your use of the Honeyfeed.fm website.

13. Ability to accept Terms of Service

If you do not agree or are not in compliance with these Terms of Service, you may not use our Honeyfeed.fm website.

You affirm that you are either more than the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Service, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Service. You affirm that you are over the age of thirteen (13) years old in the United States and sixteen (16) years old in the European Union, and you must otherwise be of the age of majority as required by the applicable law of your jurisdiction, as the Honeyfeed.fm website is not intended for children under 13.

14. Assignment

These Terms of Service and any rights and licenses granted hereunder may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Honeyfeed.fm without restriction.

15. General

You agree that: the Honeyfeed.fm website shall be deemed a passive website that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over Honeyfeed.fm, either specific or general. These Terms of Service, together with the Privacy Policy athttps://www.honeyfeed.fm/privacyand any other legal notices published by Honeyfeed.fm on the website, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Honeyfeed.fm concerning the Honeyfeed.fm Website. If any provision of these Terms of Service is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Service, which shall remain in full force and effect.

No waiver of any term of this these Terms of Service shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Honeyfeed.fm's failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Honeyfeed.fm reserves the right to amend these Terms of Service at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review these Terms of Service for any changes. Your use of the Honeyfeed.fm website following any amendment of these Terms of Service will signify your assent to and acceptance of its revised terms. To the maximum extent permitted by local law, you and Honeyfeed.fm agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to the Honeyfeed.fm website must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues. Otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred.

16. User comments

We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments.

You agree that your comments will not violate any right of any third-party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other personal or proprietary right. You further agree that your comments will not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material, or contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of Honeyfeed.fm website. You may not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third-parties as to the origin of any comments. You are solely responsible for any comments you make and their accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any comments posted by you or any third-party.

17. Publisher conduct

As a publisher you may publish anything you want, excluding mature (“sexual abuse, racially or ethnically offensive content, graphic content related to death and/or body mutilation, animal cruelty and physical or sexual abuse related to minors”) Content, images and comments. You shall be solely responsible for your own Content and the consequences of posting or publishing them.

User submitted content are collectively referred to as “Content.”

We will remove all Content and User Submissions if properly notified that such Content or User Submission is intended to be malicious to another user. We reserves the right to remove Content and User Submissions without prior notice.

18. Contact

For questions about these Terms of Service, send an email in english to: info@honeyfeed.fm

19. Latest ToS Update

March 18, 2021