TERMS OF SERVICE

Last Updated: August 4, 2026

These KO99 Terms of Service (“Terms” or “Agreement”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you and UFO GAME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD (“Company,” “KO99,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

These Terms govern access to and use of the KO99 website, mobile applications, software, English-language web novels, online reading and listening features, browser games, user accounts, advertising-supported features, payment features, author or user-content tools, and related products and services (collectively, the “Services”).

KO99 publishes original English-language fiction created by KO99 personnel, commissioned creators, and other authors or rights holders under applicable written employment, assignment, publishing, or license arrangements. KO99 may also offer properly licensed third-party content.

Important: Section 17 contains a binding arbitration agreement and class-action waiver. Unless an exception applies, disputes must be resolved through individual arbitration rather than in court.

By creating an account, accessing the Services, making a purchase, submitting content, clicking an acceptance button, or otherwise using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms, the Privacy Policy, and the Cookie Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.

1. Eligibility and Acceptance

1.1 Minimum age

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account or use account-based features. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the Services only with the permission and supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to these Terms on your behalf. Quebec residents under 14 must not provide personal information without authorization from a parent or legal guardian where required by law.

1.2 Authority

If you use the Services on behalf of a legal entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity. “You” then includes both you and the entity.

1.3 Legal restrictions

We may refuse or restrict access where required by law, sanctions, export controls, age restrictions, fraud-prevention requirements, or platform rules.

2. Your KO99 Account

2.1 Registration

Certain features require an account. You agree to provide accurate, current information and keep it updated. KO99 may permit login through email verification codes, passwords, third-party identity services, device authentication, or another approved method.

2.2 Security

You are responsible for safeguarding login credentials, verification codes, and devices; restricting unauthorized access; notifying us promptly of suspected compromise; and activity occurring through your account except to the extent caused by KO99’s failure to use reasonable security measures. You must not sell, rent, transfer, sublicense, or commercially exploit your account.

2.3 Investigations

We may temporarily restrict an account while investigating fraud, unauthorized access, abuse, payment disputes, security incidents, or violations of these Terms.

3. License to Use the Services

3.1 Limited license

Subject to these Terms, KO99 grants you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable license to access and use the Services and their content solely for lawful, personal, non-commercial entertainment.

3.2 Restrictions

You may not, except as expressly authorized: copy, reproduce, translate, adapt, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, sell, license, or commercially exploit KO99 content; download or retain content outside an authorized feature; bypass paywalls, access rules, encryption, authentication, digital-rights-management, or geographic controls; scrape, crawl, mirror, harvest, or systematically extract content or data; use bots, scripts, emulators, modified clients, or automation to access the Services; reverse engineer or attempt to discover source code, protected delivery methods, or encryption keys; interfere with security or availability; upload malware; remove copyright, trademark, attribution, watermark, or proprietary notices; use KO99 content or data to train, fine-tune, evaluate, benchmark, or improve an artificial-intelligence or machine-learning system without prior written authorization; or enable another person to do any prohibited act.

4. Original Novels, Copyright, and Intellectual Property

4.1 Original literary works

Original novels, chapters, story outlines, characters, world-building materials, translations, editing, cover art, illustrations, audio, promotional materials, metadata, compilations, and related assets published by KO99 are protected by copyright and other intellectual-property laws. Rights are owned by KO99, the identified author or creator, or another identified rights holder, as determined by applicable employment, work-made-for-hire, assignment, publishing, or license agreements.

4.2 Copyright notice

Unless a work page states otherwise, KO99 content may display a notice such as: “Copyright © 2026 UFO GAME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD and/or the identified author. All rights reserved.” The absence of a notice does not waive copyright or other rights.

4.3 Ownership documentation

KO99 may maintain authorship records, employment or commissioning agreements, copyright assignments, licenses, drafts, source files, publication logs, and registration records. A public copyright notice is informational and does not replace the underlying written rights documentation.

4.4 Trademarks and platform assets

“KO99,” the KO99 logo, interfaces, software, databases, trade dress, and related branding are owned by or licensed to KO99. No rights are granted except the limited license in Section 3.

4.5 Reporting copies found elsewhere

If you discover unauthorized copies of a KO99 original work on another website or service, send the URL, screenshots, title, and available evidence to support@ko99.com with the subject “KO99 Copyright Enforcement Report.”

Additional details appear in the KO99 Copyright and Original Works Notice.

5. Copyright Complaints and DMCA Process

5.1 Notices of claimed infringement

If you believe material available through KO99 infringes your copyright, submit a written notice to the agent identified in the KO99 DMCA Policy. A valid notice must substantially include the signature of an authorized person; identification of the copyrighted work; identification and location of the allegedly infringing material; sufficient contact information; a good-faith statement that the use is unauthorized; and an accuracy and authority statement made under penalty of perjury.

5.2 Response

KO99 may remove or disable access to material in response to a valid notice, notify the affected provider, process a valid counter-notification, and restore material when legally appropriate.

5.3 Repeat infringers

KO99 maintains a policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, users or contributors who are repeat copyright infringers. We may also restrict accounts associated with credible or repeated infringement complaints.

5.4 No legal advice

KO99 cannot determine disputed copyright ownership for the parties or provide legal advice. Parties may need to consult counsel or a court.

6. Novels, Games, Advertising, and Third-Party Services

6.1 Availability

Novels, chapters, games, promotions, languages, and other content may vary by location, device, account status, licensing arrangement, and time. We may add, update, remove, suspend, restrict, or replace content without guaranteeing continued availability.

6.2 Advertising

Free or selected portions of the Services may display advertisements supplied by Google AdSense or other advertising partners. Advertising may be personalized or non-personalized depending on consent, location, account or device settings, applicable law, and partner requirements. Advertisements are not endorsements by KO99. Your interactions with advertisers are between you and the advertiser.

6.3 Third-party services

The Services may integrate or link to app stores, payment processors, browser games, analytics providers, advertising providers, social platforms, content-delivery networks, or other third parties. Their terms and privacy policies govern their services. KO99 is not responsible for third-party content, security, availability, or practices.

7. User Content and Author Submissions

“User Content” means manuscripts, stories, comments, reviews, profile information, messages, images, feedback, or other material submitted through KO99 by a user or contributor who is not acting as a KO99 employee within the scope of employment.

As between you and KO99, you retain rights you lawfully hold in User Content. By submitting User Content, you grant KO99 a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to host, store, reproduce, format, technically adapt, distribute, display, communicate, moderate, promote, and otherwise use it to operate, secure, market, and improve the Services, subject to any separate written publishing or author agreement.

You represent and warrant that you own or control all necessary rights; the content is original or properly authorized; it does not infringe copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, contractual, or other rights; and all information you provide about authorship and ownership is accurate.

A separate employment, contractor, publishing, assignment, or license agreement controls if it conflicts with this general User Content section.

8. Acceptable Use

You must not use KO99 to violate law; infringe another person’s rights; impersonate another person or entity; engage in fraud, phishing, spam, harassment, stalking, threats, exploitation, or illegal discrimination; distribute illegal sexual content or content involving minors; promote violent extremism or criminal activity; manipulate advertising impressions, clicks, ratings, views, downloads, reviews, referrals, or engagement; click advertisements to generate revenue; encourage others to click advertisements; use invalid, automated, incentivized, purchased, or deceptive traffic; exploit vulnerabilities; obtain unauthorized access; evade restrictions; submit false payment disputes; or create unreasonable technical, security, legal, or reputational risk.

9. Purchases, Payments, and Virtual Items

Prices, taxes, currency, promotions, included content, and payment methods may vary. When you provide a payment method, you authorize KO99 or its processor to charge the disclosed amount and applicable taxes or fees. App-store transactions may be governed by the relevant store.

Virtual credits, balances, memberships, access rights, passes, promotional credits, or digital items are licensed, not sold; have no cash value; are not legal tender, stored value, or bank deposits; and may not be sold, transferred, or redeemed outside authorized features. Except where required by law or stated in an offer, completed digital purchases are final once delivered, accessed, unlocked, downloaded, consumed, or credited.

10. Subscriptions and Memberships

If KO99 offers automatically renewing subscriptions, checkout will disclose price, billing period, benefits, and renewal terms. A subscription renews until canceled through the account, app store, or payment provider used for purchase. Deleting the app or KO99 account does not automatically cancel third-party billing.

11. Service Communications and Marketing

We may send verification codes, security alerts, receipts, account notices, policy updates, and support messages. Where permitted, we may send promotional communications with consent or another lawful basis. You may unsubscribe from marketing without affecting essential service communications.

12. Privacy and Cookies

Our collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of personal information are described in the Privacy Policy. Cookies, Google advertising technologies, analytics, consent controls, and advertising choices are described in the Cookie Policy.

13. Account Suspension, Termination, and Deletion

You may stop using KO99 at any time and may request account deletion through an available in-product feature or by emailing support@ko99.com. Deletion may cause permanent loss of account access, history, bookmarks, preferences, comments, promotional credits, virtual items, and account-tied content access. Some transaction, tax, fraud-prevention, security, legal, and dispute records may be retained as permitted or required.

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access for violations, fraud, abuse, unpaid amounts, security or legal risk, repeat infringement, platform rules, or legal requirements.

14. Service Changes and Availability

We may change, update, suspend, discontinue, limit, or replace any part of the Services. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, compatibility with every device, preservation of every feature, or continued availability of a specific work, chapter, game, language, payment option, or advertising format.

15. Disclaimers

THE SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, KO99 AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, ADVERTISING PARTNERS, DEVELOPERS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS DISCLAIM EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, AND SECURITY.

16. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, KO99 and its affiliates, licensors, officers, directors, employees, contractors, authors, publishers, advertising partners, developers, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages. KO99’s aggregate liability will not exceed the greater of the amount paid directly to KO99 during the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim or USD $100, except where a different limitation is required by law.

17. Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, and Class-Action Waiver

Before filing arbitration or a court claim, you and KO99 agree to attempt informal resolution by written notice. Except for eligible small-claims matters, intellectual-property claims seeking injunctive relief, and matters legally excluded from arbitration, disputes will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under applicable consumer rules.

YOU AND KO99 AGREE THAT EACH PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION.

You may opt out by sending written notice to support@ko99.com within 30 days after first accepting these Terms. This section does not apply where prohibited and does not limit mandatory consumer rights, including rights that cannot be waived in Quebec, the EEA, the United Kingdom, or another applicable jurisdiction.

18. Governing Law and Courts

Except where mandatory consumer law provides otherwise, these Terms are governed by California law. For disputes not subject to arbitration, the parties consent to state and federal courts located in San Bernardino County, California, except where applicable law grants a consumer the right to sue elsewhere.

19. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless KO99 and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, licensors, contractors, advertising partners, and service providers from claims arising from your User Content, unlawful use, violation of these Terms, infringement of rights, fraud, or willful misconduct.

20. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms to reflect changes in the Services, law, security practices, payment systems, advertising practices, or business operations. We will update the “Last Updated” date and provide additional notice where required.

21. General Provisions

These Terms, the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, DMCA Policy, and applicable supplemental agreements constitute the entire agreement regarding the Services. If a provision is invalid, remaining provisions remain effective. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without written consent. KO99 may assign them in connection with a merger, restructuring, financing, or transfer of the business. The English version controls unless law requires otherwise.

22. Contact Information

Copyright and DMCA matters must be sent according to the DMCA Policy. Privacy requests should use the subject “Privacy Rights Request.”