LEGAL DISCLAIMER & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY
Effective Date: September 3, 2026

1. SCOPE OF SERVICE AND INDEXING NATURE
This Website functions exclusively as an interactive cultural database, community platform, and information indexing service ("Directory"). The Website provides bibliographical data, user reviews, Synopses, and promotional cover art under Fair Use guidelines for educational and commentary purposes.

2. PERSONAL LIBRARY FEATURES

MangaKiss may provide registered users with personal library features, including catalog management, reading history, reading progress, and private backup storage for their personal collections.

Private stored materials are intended solely for the user's personal use and must consist of works or copies that the user is legally entitled to possess and store. Such materials are not published, indexed, shared with other users, or made publicly accessible through MangaKiss.

Users remain responsible for ensuring that their use of personal storage complies with applicable copyright and other laws.

3. DMCA AND TAKEDOWN COMPLIANCE
The Website respects the intellectual property rights of creators and publishers. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the Website acts as an information location tool provider (17 U.S.C. § 512(d)).

If you are a copyright owner and find that our automated index links to unauthorized copies of your work, please submit an official Takedown Notice to our Designated Agent (dmca@mangakiss.net).

Upon receipt of a valid notice containing specific URLs of the catalog pages in question, the Website will expeditiously remove the indexed hyperlinks, disable the embedded player for that specific work, or completely remove the metadata from public access.