These terms and conditions (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms”) apply to LINE Manga (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”) provided by LINE Digital Frontier Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”). The conditions for applying to the incentive payment program beta test (hereinafter referred to as “this project”) planned by our company are between customers who apply for this project (hereinafter referred to as “applicants”) and our company. This is determined by
1.Agreement to terms and conditions
1.1. Applicants must apply for this project in accordance with the provisions of these Terms. Applicants cannot apply for this project unless they agree to these terms.
1.2. If the applicant is a minor, please apply for this project after obtaining the consent of a legal representative such as a parent or guardian. Additionally, if an applicant applies for this project on behalf of a business, the business must also agree to these Terms before using this service.
2. Scope of application
When applying for this project, in addition to these Terms, you must comply with the “LINE Manga Indies Guidelines” (hereinafter referred to as “Guidelines”) established by the Company on this service and ”
LINE Manga Terms of Use
” (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms of Service” and together with the Guidelines, the “Terms of Service, etc.”) shall apply. If there is any discrepancy between the Terms of Service, etc. and the contents of these Terms, these Terms will be applied preferentially.
3.Changes to terms and conditions
3.1. The Company may change these Terms within the scope of the purpose of the Terms if the Company deems it necessary. In that case, the Company will notify the customer of the revised contents of these Terms and the effective date by displaying them on the Service or the Company’s website, or by notifying the customer in a manner determined by the Company. The revised Terms shall become effective from the effective date.
3.2. We are unable to individually notify applicants of changes to these Terms and Conditions of Service, etc., so applicants should check the latest terms and conditions on their own.
4. Application conditions
4.1. Applicants may apply to this project through LINE Manga Indies, using manga they have written themselves (completed manuscripts only, names not included) as submissions.
4.2. Applicants cannot cancel their application for this project after agreeing to these terms.
4.3. Applicants may apply for this project according to the method prescribed by our company only during the period that our company is holding this project.
4.4. Applicants may not apply to this project works that have been commercialized for commercial purposes or works that have already won or been recognized in awards, campaigns, etc. other than this project.
4.5. Applicants may not apply for works that have not been commercialized for profit or that have not won awards or campaigns other than this project. They can be submitted at the same time, but if the work is commercialized for profit while applying for this project, or if it wins in an award or campaign other than this project, the work will not be commercialized or won. will be excluded from this project from the month in which it is announced.
4.6. Applicants shall keep their submitted works as non-refundable data from 23:59:59 on the last day of the application month, when aggregation of indicators for each work begins, until the aggregation ends (hereinafter referred to as the “Aggregation timing on the last day of the application month”). If you publish or delete it, it will be ineligible for this project. There is a possibility that there will be an increase or decrease in the various indicators shown in 6.5. before the actual aggregation timing for each work. Applicants must agree to this point in advance. Please also note that it is difficult to provide individual information on the exact timing of aggregation in advance.
4.7. The language of works submitted to this project shall be Japanese. Additionally, applicants for this project are limited to residents of Japan.
4.8. In addition, the Company may specify conditions necessary for application to the Project.
5. Contents of the submitted work
5.1. Works submitted to this project must be manga written by the applicant themselves.
5.2. Content that violates the law or public order and morals, slanders others, and other content that our company deems inappropriate, third party intellectual property rights, etc. (copyrights, moral rights, patent rights, trademark rights, etc.) , design rights, utility model rights, trade secrets, honor rights, portrait rights, privacy rights, and publicity rights (the same shall apply hereinafter). Applications are prohibited.
5.3. The applicant represents and warrants that the submitted work does not infringe on the intellectual property rights of any third party and that he or she has the legitimate authority to grant the Company the right to use the submitted work. If an applicant violates this section and a third party files a complaint, claim, lawsuit, etc. (hereinafter referred to as a “Claim, etc.”), the applicant shall be responsible and bear the costs (including attorney’s fees). ). In addition, if the Company resolves the complaint, etc., all costs required for the resolution shall be borne by the Applicant.
5.4. In addition, the Company may specify the content of works that can be submitted.
6. Conditions for receiving bonuses
6.1. This project will reward applicants at a later date based on performance indicators for each submitted work over a period of one month (from the 1st day of each month to the time of aggregation on the last day of the application month; hereinafter referred to as the “Application Month”). This is a plan to provide money.
6.2. An individual can apply for any number of works in this project, but the reward will only be paid to the one work with the highest total amount of reward money in the month of application.
6.3. To apply for this project, you must select “Participate” in the “Incentive Payment Program (Beta Testing)” section on the work submission screen of this service, and then post a story in the work. there is. Please note that when you click the consent button on the screen for these application guidelines, we will assume that you have agreed to all of these application guidelines.
6.4. At the time of aggregation on the last day of the month of application, the submitted work must have two or more newly posted stories published within the month of application. In order to continue receiving rewards, you must post and publish at least 2 new stories every month.
6.5. If the conditions set forth in 6.4 are met, the amount of the reward will be calculated for each month of application based on the following three indicators.
Indicator 1: Number of monthly readers
・Monthly readership refers to the net (unique) number of viewers of all stories in the submitted work in the month of submission.
・The number of monthly readers will be counted as the result up to the aggregation timing on the last day of the month of application.
・The monthly readership of submitted works can be checked from the access analysis on the work management screen from the end of November 2022.
・The reward amount in the diagram includes the amount of consumption tax and withholding income tax.
Indicator ② Number of favorite registrations
・The number of favorite registrations will be counted as a result up to the aggregation timing on the last day of the month of application.
・The number of favorite entries for submitted works can be checked from the access analysis on the work management screen from the end of November 2022.
・The reward amount in the diagram includes the amount of consumption tax and withholding income tax.
Indicator③webtoon works
・If the submitted work is a “webtoon work” whose design, direction, and frame layout are designed to be read vertically on a smartphone, the amount of the reward (Indicator 1 + Indicator 2) will be doubled. Masu.
・A simple change in the setting of a general panel manuscript created for two-page spreads or horizontal reading from the horizontal reading setting to the vertical reading setting will not be recognized as a webtoon work.
・Webtoon works will be certified through visual manuscript review by our company. Please note that we are unable to provide information on the details of the screening process or the detailed reasons for approval or disapproval.
6.6. If the submitted work or story is made private by the management because it violates these Terms, or if the work is not in a state where it can be viewed normally due to other reasons on the applicant’s side, or if the Company If it is determined that it goes against the purpose of this project, this project will not apply.
6.7. In the event that this project is no longer applicable, we will not contact you individually. Please note that we cannot respond to individual inquiries regarding reasons for inapplicability.
6.8. We may change the various indicators provided in 6.5. without prior notice.
7.Flow of reward payment
7.1. Rewards will be paid through LINE Pay. In advance to receive
Register to use LINE Pay
is required.
7.2. Applicants who are eligible to receive the reward will receive an email from the 15th to the 20th of the month following the month of application, with instructions on how to receive the reward, to the email address registered at the time of artist registration.
7.3. Those eligible for the reward will enter various information such as their LINE Pay number, real name, and address using the form provided in the notification email by the last day of the month following the application month.
7.4. If the input of various information cannot be confirmed within the specified period, the eligible person will lose the right to receive the reward. Please note that we will not be able to respond to any requests after the input deadline, regardless of the reason, such as inability to use LINE Pay, an incorrect registered email address, or non-delivery of the information email.
7.5. We will not individually contact those who are not eligible for reward payments. Please note that we are unable to respond to individual inquiries. Please check the achievement level of various indicators from the work management screen.
7.6. If the information entered in 7.3. is correct, the remittance of the reward will be made between the 20th and 30th of the month following the application month.
7.7. The Company may impose conditions on the granting of awards. If the Company determines that the conditions are not fulfilled, the Company may cancel the reward payment regardless of whether or not the Company has contacted you regarding the reward payment procedure or sent the reward money, and if the Company determines that the conditions are not fulfilled, the Company may cancel the reward payment, and if the Company determines that the reward payment procedure is not fulfilled, the Company may cancel the reward payment regardless of whether the Company has notified you of the reward payment procedure or transferred the reward money. If so, you may request its return.
8. Rights regarding submitted works
8.1. Applicants will retain any intellectual property rights they have in their submitted works, and the Company will not acquire such rights.
8.2. By applying to this project, the applicant agrees to allow the Company to use the submitted work for the purpose of publicizing and advertising the Company, this service, this project, etc., without any restrictions such as media, period, distribution area, or distribution method ( Copying, translating, adapting, modifying, or publicly transmitting (including sub-licensing these rights to third parties) shall be granted non-exclusively, free of charge, and for an indefinite period, to the Company and third parties designated by the Company. We shall not exercise the moral rights of authors stipulated in the Copyright Act.
9.Privacy
9.1. We respect the privacy of applicants.
9.2. The Company pays the utmost attention to information security in order to safely manage the information obtained from applicants.
9.3. The Company will provide rewards to applicants via LINE Pay. Therefore, the “LINE Pay number” and “last four digits of the mobile phone number” obtained from the applicant will be provided to LINE Yahoo Japan Corporation.
9.4. The personal information you provide will be used only for the purpose of communicating with you regarding the reward, identifying recipients of the reward, and processing the reward payment procedures. Regarding the handling of other personal information, see
LINE Digital Frontier Privacy Policy
”.
10.Cancellation or change of this project
10.1. If the Company deems it necessary to cancel or suspend this project due to system maintenance, communication line or means of communication, computer failure, etc., the Company may cancel or suspend the Project without prior notice to the applicant. You may cancel or suspend this project.
10.2. The Company may revise, add to, or change the contents and conditions of this project without prior notice.
11. End of reception for this project
The Company may terminate acceptance of this project without prior notice to applicants.
12. Prohibited matters
Our company prohibits the following actions by customers regarding this service.
12.1. Acts that violate laws, court judgments, decisions or orders, or legally binding administrative measures.
12.2. Acts that may violate public order or good morals.
12.3. Acts that infringe on intellectual property rights such as copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights, honor rights, privacy rights, or other legal or contractual rights of the Company or a third party.
12.4. Excessively violent expressions, sexually explicit expressions, expressions equivalent to child pornography or child abuse, expressions that lead to discrimination based on race, nationality, creed, gender, social status, family origin, etc., suicide, self-harm Acts of posting or transmitting expressions that induce or encourage drug abuse, or expressions that cause discomfort to others, including anti-social content.
12.5. Acts of impersonating a third party or intentionally disseminating false information
12.6. Acts of sending the same or similar comments to multiple comment posting sections (excluding those approved by the Company), and other acts that the Company deems to be spam.
12.7. Acts of exchanging the right to use the submitted work for cash, property, or other economic benefits by a method other than the method specified by the Company.
12.8. Sales, publicity, advertisements, solicitation, and other acts for the purpose of profit (excluding those approved by the Company), acts for the purpose of sexual acts or obscene acts, and encounters or associations with strangers of the opposite sex. Acts that aim to harass or slander other customers, or acts that use the Service for purposes other than those intended for use of the Service.
12.9. Providing benefits and other acts of cooperation with anti-social forces
12.10. Solicitation to religious activities or religious organizations
12.11. Acts of illegally collecting, disclosing, or providing other people’s personal information, registration information, usage history information, etc.
12.12. Acts that interfere with the server or network system of this service, acts that fraudulently operate our services including this service using BOT, cheat tools, or other technical means, intentionally exploit defects in this service actions, routing and jailbreak etc. Acts of accessing this service with a communication terminal that has been modified, acts of making unreasonable inquiries or requests to the Company, such as repeating the same question unnecessarily, and other acts of the Company’s operation of the Service or other customers’ use of this service. Acts that interfere with or impede the use of services.
12.13. Acts of reverse engineering, disassembling, or decoding the source code by any other method for improper purposes or manners.
12.14. Acts that assist or encourage acts that fall under any of 12.1. to 12.13. above.
12.15. In addition to what is specified in 12.1. to 12.14., any conduct that our company reasonably deems to be inappropriate.
13. Responsibilities of applicants
13.1. Applicants shall apply for this project at their own risk, and shall bear full responsibility for all actions of the applicant in connection with application to this project and their results. .
13.2. The Company agrees that the Applicant is “4. If it is found that the applicant has applied for this project in violation of the application conditions stated in “Application Conditions”, these Terms of Use, or the Terms of Service, etc., or if the applicant’s information is false, fraudulent, or incomplete, certain If we are unable to contact an applicant for a period of time, or if we reasonably determine that the applicant is not suitable, we will invalidate the applicant’s application without notifying the applicant in advance, and the Company will disqualify the applicant from receiving the bonus. We may take appropriate measures such as cancellation.
13.3. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Company has no obligation to other customers or any third party to prevent or correct violations by the Entrant.
13.4. The Applicant shall not be liable for any liability arising from the Applicant’s use of the Service to apply for the Project (including if the Company receives a complaint from a third party due to such use). If our company suffers any direct or indirect damage (including the burden of attorney’s fees), we must immediately compensate for this in accordance with our request.
14.Our disclaimer
14.1. The Company shall not be held responsible for any direct or indirect damages caused to applicants as a result of applying to this project or not being able to apply for this project, except in cases where this is due to intentional or gross negligence on the part of the Company. We are not responsible for any damages whatsoever. However, if the contract between our company and the customer regarding the application for this project becomes a consumer contract as stipulated in the Consumer Contract Act (hereinafter referred to as a “consumer contract”), we will ), the Company shall not be liable for damages arising from lost profits or other special circumstances, but shall be liable for damages within the scope of damages that would normally occur. Masu.
14.2. In the event that a customer suffers damage due to gross negligence on the part of the Company, the Company shall not be liable for damages caused by lost profits or other special circumstances, and shall be liable for damages within the scope of damages that would normally occur. shall be liable. However, this does not apply if the contract between the customer and the Company regarding application to this project falls under the category of a consumer contract.
15.Relationship between these Terms and Laws
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is deemed to be contrary to the Consumer Contract Act or other laws and regulations applicable to the contract between the customer and the Company regarding application to this project, such provision shall be deemed to be in violation of the contract with the customer to that extent. shall not apply. However, even in this case, the validity of other provisions of these Terms shall not be affected.
16. Contacting applicants
Applicants regarding their application for this project will be contacted by any method the Company deems appropriate, such as by email or by displaying information on the screen of a service provided by the Company. Applicants should check from time to time to see if they have received communications from our company.
17.Governing law and jurisdiction
The official text of these Terms and Conditions is Japanese, and the governing law shall be Japanese law. The Tokyo District Court shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of the first instance for any disputes that arise between applicants and the Company arising from or related to the application to this project or this service.
Enacted on November 1, 2022
How effectively does the document balance the protection of participant privacy and the company’s need to collect and share data for operational purposes, and what implications might this balance have on participant trust and engagement?
This document outlines the terms and conditions for a project, likely a contest or submission-based endeavor. Here’s a breakdown of the key topics and open-ended questions to foster discussion:
**I. Intellectual Property and Usage Rights:**
* **Key Points:** Participants grant the company non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual rights to use submitted works for promotional purposes without restriction. Moral rights of the authors are waived.
* **Discussion Points:**
* **Is it ethical for companies to claim such broad rights to user-generated content, especially when offering only a reward?**
* **How does this arrangement impact the creative control of participants?**
* **What are the potential implications for participants if their work becomes commercially successful?**
**II. Privacy and Data Handling:**
* **Key Points:** The company collects personal information for reward processing and communication. They state a commitment to information security and transparency regarding data sharing with LINE Yahoo Japan for payment purposes.
* **Discussion Points:**
* **What are the potential privacy risks associated with sharing personal information with third parties for reward fulfillment?**
* **Is the company transparent enough about how they handle and protect user data?**
* **What recourse do participants have if they wish to withdraw their consent or access their data?**
**III. Project Modification and Cancellation:**
* **Key Points:** The company reserves the right to cancel, suspend, or modify the project at any time without prior notice.
* **Discussion Points:**
* **Does this level of flexibility favor the company over the participants?**
* **How does this impact the trust and commitment between the company and participants?**
* **What are the ethical responsibilities of companies when making significant changes to projects that involve user participation?**
**IV. Prohibited Conduct:**
* **Key Points:** Outlines a comprehensive list of unacceptable actions, ranging from legal violations to antisocial behavior and plagiarism.
* **Discussion Points:**
* **Are these restrictions reasonable and necessary to ensure a fair and positive experience for all participants?**
* **Do some of the prohibitions seem overly broad or restrictive? Where might there be definitional ambiguity?**
* **How effectively can these rules be enforced, and what are the consequences for violators?**
**V. Applicant Responsibilities:**
* **Key Points:** Participants are responsible for their actions and any consequences arising from their participation.
* **Discussion Points:**
* **Does this language adequately balance the responsibilities of participants and the company?**
* **What measures should be in place to address situations where participants face unintentional harm or unexpected consequences?**
**VI. Disclaimer of Liability:**
* **Key Points:** The company limits its liability for damages resulting from participation, with exceptions for gross negligence or consumer contract provisions.
* **Discussion Points:**
* **Is the company’s liability shield justifiable or does it unfairly shift risk onto participants?**
* **How does this disclaimer impact participant confidence and willingness to engage with the project?
**VII. Governing Law and Jurisdiction:**
* **Key Points:** Specifies Japanese law and the Tokyo District Court as the governing jurisdiction for any disputes.
* **Discussion Points:**
* **Does this create potential obstacles or disadvantages for participants residing in other countries?**
By exploring these questions and organizing a discussion around the thematic sections, you can foster a critical and insightful analysis of the project terms and conditions.
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