Copyright and Takedown Policy

AkuTranslations respects intellectual property rights and expects readers, contributors, editors, and administrators to do the same. Material offered through the service should be original, licensed, public domain, or otherwise lawfully authorized for the access being provided.

If we cannot confirm a suitable rights basis for paid access, we may remove content, disable access, disable monetization, or request additional information. If you believe material on AkuTranslations is posted without permission, you may send us a copyright notice and we will review it in good faith.

AkuTranslations maintains a notice-and-action process for contributor-submitted and account-managed material. Contributors, translators, editors, and administrators are required to confirm that they have the rights, permissions, licenses, public-domain basis, or other lawful authorization needed for the material they submit, edit, manage, or make available.

When we receive a credible rights complaint or identify a material rights concern, we may remove or disable access to the material, disable paid access or monetization, preserve relevant records, request supporting rights information, and restrict or terminate accounts involved in repeat or serious infringement.

Send written copyright notices to [email protected] with the subject line "Copyright Notice" or "DMCA Notice." You should identify yourself as the rights holder or the authorized agent for the rights holder.

To help us review a takedown request, please include:

• Your full legal name and, if applicable, the name of the rights holder you represent.
• Your email address and another reliable contact method.
• A physical or electronic signature of the rights holder or authorized agent.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed.
• The exact AkuTranslations URL or enough detail for us to locate the material.
• A statement of the rights you own or control and why the material should be removed.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the rights holder, its agent, or the law.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act.

After receiving a substantially complete notice, we may acknowledge receipt, request missing information, remove or disable access to the identified material, disable monetization, preserve relevant records, or restrict accounts involved in repeated or serious infringement.

If the material was submitted by a contributor or managed by an account holder, we may also notify that person where appropriate.

If your content was removed or disabled and you believe this happened because of mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to [email protected] with the subject line "DMCA Counter-Notice."

The counter-notice should include:

• Your full legal name, email address, and physical mailing address.
• Identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared before removal.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the removal was a mistake or misidentification.
• A statement consenting to the appropriate court jurisdiction and accepting service of process from the original notice sender or their agent.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

AkuTranslations may suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly upload, post, manage, or distribute infringing material. We may also remove content, restrict tools, disable paid access, or refuse future access where infringement appears intentional, commercial, abusive, or repeated.

Copyright notices and counter-notices are legal statements. Knowingly sending false, misleading, or bad-faith notices may create legal liability. We may reject notices that are incomplete, abusive, unrelated to copyright, or aimed at suppressing lawful commentary, criticism, parody, or fair use.

Copyright issues involving translations, adaptations, summaries, excerpts, and derivative works can be fact-specific. If you are a translator, licensee, publisher, or other rights holder, clearly identify the rights you control and the material you want reviewed.

If a paid chapter or coin purchase is affected by a copyright removal, related refund questions are reviewed under our Refund Policy. A takedown does not automatically guarantee a refund, but we may review affected purchases case by case.