Terms of Service
Last updated: 2026-05-20
These Terms govern your access to and use of Livebooks (the “Service”). By creating an account or otherwise using the Service you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
Your account
You must provide accurate information when registering and are responsible for maintaining the security of your sign-in email. You must be at least 16 years old if you reside in the European Economic Area or at least 13 years old elsewhere, with the consent of a parent or guardian where required by your local law.
Your content
You retain all ownership rights in the works, chapters, and other text you create on Livebooks (“Your Content”). By posting Your Content you grant Livebooks a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, and display Your Content for the sole purpose of operating the Service (including caching, backups, search indexing, and presenting your works to readers you make them visible to). This license ends when you delete Your Content or your account, except for copies retained in backups for a reasonable rotation window. Livebooks does not generate prose on your behalf: AI-assisted features (codex extraction, continuity checks, summaries, suggested beats) operate on text you have written and do not produce narrative text that becomes Your Content.
Prohibited content and conduct
You agree not to upload, post, or distribute content that: (a) infringes the intellectual-property rights of others; (b) is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, or hateful; (c) depicts sexual content involving minors; (d) incites violence or self-harm; (e) contains malware or attempts to interfere with the Service. We may remove content and suspend or terminate accounts that violate these rules.
Content about real, identifiable persons
Beyond the prohibitions above, you agree not to publish content that depicts a real, identifiable person — by name, recognizable description, image, or unambiguous reference — without that person's consent or another legitimate legal basis (such as journalism, satire, commentary on a matter of public interest, or material lawfully placed in the public record). Defamatory, harassing, sexually explicit, or otherwise dignity-violating depictions of real persons are prohibited regardless of consent and regardless of whether the work is labeled "fictional". Public figures retain the rights to their name, image, dignity, and reputation under applicable law (in Italy: Codice Civile artt. 7–10 on name and image, Codice Penale art. 595 on defamation, L. 633/1941 artt. 96–97 on the use of a person's likeness). Notices about such content can be submitted through our Report illegal content channel and may result in removal under Article 17 of the Digital Services Act (see our Appeal page for the user's right to contest any such decision under Article 20).
Sexually explicit and gratuitously violent content
Livebooks is a platform for short serial fiction; it is not an adult-content service. You agree not to publish: (a) sexually explicit material (pornography, graphic depictions of sexual acts intended to arouse), regardless of whether the persons depicted are fictional or whether all depicted parties are described as adult; (b) gratuitously violent material whose graphic depiction goes beyond what the narrative requires and serves no literary purpose. Literary treatment of sexuality and violence in service of the story — implied, off-page, or non-graphic — is permitted; the prohibition targets material whose primary purpose is explicit depiction rather than storytelling. Italian context: this rule is informed by Codice Penale art. 528 (obscenity offences against public decency) and by the platform's editorial positioning as an opera-dell'ingegno service. Material that sexually exploits minors is prohibited under both this clause and the broader prohibition (c) above, and must be reported to your local authorities (in Italy: Polizia Postale) in addition to any notice sent to us. Decisions to remove content under this clause follow the statement-of-reasons + appeal procedure (DSA Articles 17 and 20).
Termination
You may delete your account at any time from the settings page. We may suspend or terminate your access for material breach of these Terms, including the prohibited-content rules and the repeat-infringer policy described in our DMCA Policy. Upon termination your right to use the Service ends; provisions that by their nature should survive (ownership of Your Content, disclaimers, governing law) will survive.
Disclaimer and limitation of liability
The Service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Livebooks’ aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Service will not exceed the greater of the amounts you paid to Livebooks in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim or fifty euros (€50). Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law (including liability for gross negligence or wilful misconduct).
Your representations and warranties
By posting Your Content you also represent and warrant that: (a) you own Your Content, or you have all necessary rights, licenses, consents, and permissions to grant the license described above; (b) Your Content does not infringe any third party's intellectual-property rights, privacy or publicity rights, or any other right; (c) you have obtained all required releases from any identifiable person depicted or named in Your Content; (d) you will indemnify, defend, and hold Livebooks harmless from and against any third-party claim, demand, loss, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to a breach of these representations, Your Content, or your use of the Service.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of Italy, excluding its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Italy, except that consumers resident in the European Union retain the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of their country of residence.