These Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms") are the conditions for providing the service "Ondoku" (hereinafter referred to as the "Service") provided by Mr. Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"). , and stipulates the rights and obligations relationship between our company and users. Before using this service, you must read the entirety of these terms and conditions and agree to all of them.

Chapter 1 Definition of terms

Article 1 (Definition of terms)

The definitions of terms used in these Terms are as follows.

1. Account A position that allows you to log into this service using one specific member ID.

2. Member ID: This refers to the ID given by the Company to users so that they can log in to the Service.

3. Extracurricular activity group refers to an organization that falls under either of the following A or B.

(1) An organization to which two or more children or students from a specific elementary school, junior high school, compulsory education school, high school, or secondary education school belong, and whose purpose is club activities, club activities, or other extracurricular activities.

(2) An organization to which two or more students from a specific university or technical college belong, whose purpose is club activities, extracurricular activities, or other extracurricular activities (an organization that is officially recognized by the university or college of technology) (Limited to groups.)

4. Schools, etc. "School" as defined in Article 1 of the School Education Act, "nursery school" as defined in the Child Welfare Act, and as defined in the Act on Promotion of Comprehensive Provision of Education, Child Care, etc. for Preschool Children. "Certified nursery school". Please note that kindergartens are included in schools, etc., and preparatory schools and other vocational schools are not included in schools, etc.

5. Credit Notation This refers to clearly displaying the name of the Service and the hyperlink to the website providing the Service.

6. Content refers to videos, audio, software, and other similar items that have unique value without being incorporated into something else, as well as their recording media.

7. Antisocial Forces, etc. Refers to persons who fall under any of the following.

(1) If you or your company's officers (including those who effectively control or are substantially involved in management; hereinafter the same applies in this item) or employees are organized by organized crime groups, organized crime group members, A person who has ceased to be a member of an organized crime group for less than five years, a quasi-member of an organized crime group, a company affiliated with an organized crime group, a corporate racketeer, etc., a social activist, etc., a violent group with special intelligence, etc., and any other persons equivalent to these (hereinafter referred to as "anti-social (referred to as “power”).

(2) The person or an officer or employee of the company has a relationship that is deemed to involve unfair use of anti-social forces.

(3) The person or an officer or employee of the company has a relationship with antisocial forces that is deemed to be involved in providing funds, etc., or providing benefits, etc.

(4) The person or an officer or employee of the company has a socially reprehensible relationship with antisocial forces.

(5) Acts of threatening, violent or other unreasonable demands, acts of defamation, acts of slander, or acts of obstruction of business (acts similar to these) by yourself or your company's officers or employees against the Company or its related parties. ), or have done so in the past.

8. Business Plan Membership Account A paid membership account whose selected paid membership plan is a "Business Plan".

9. Free Membership Account An account granted by the Company upon completion of free membership registration pursuant to Article 2 (Membership Registration) Paragraph 1.

10. User: Refers to all persons (including corporations) who use this service.

11. Paid Membership Account An account granted by the Company upon completion of paid membership registration pursuant to Article 2 (Membership Registration), Paragraph 2.

12. Paid Membership Plan A type of service that can be provided by logging into this service using the member ID of a paid member account, and the content differs depending on the usage fee.

13. Reading data refers to the audio data output on this service.

Chapter 2 Membership Registration and Account

Article 2 (Membership registration)

1. Users can register for free membership using the method specified by our company on this service. When applying for free membership registration with the Company, you must complete all procedures by providing the Company with your email address and other information requested by the Company, in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Company.

2. Users who have a free membership account may register as a paid membership using the method specified by the Company on this Service. When applying to the Company for paid membership registration, the user must provide the user's credit card information (unless the Company has approved payment of fees by bank transfer) and the selected paid membership plan in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Company. You must provide the Company with all other information requested by the Company and complete all procedures. The Company will grant users who have completed paid membership registration a paid membership account in place of their free membership account.

3. When a user with a paid membership account changes the selected paid membership plan, he/she must complete the procedure for changing to a free membership account as stipulated in Paragraph 1 of Article 8 (Changing to and Withdrawing from a Free Membership Account). After completing the process, you will need to register as a paid member again as described in the previous paragraph.

Article 3 (Membership registration of corporations, etc.)

1. When a corporation (excluding school corporations) or other organization with a designated representative or administrator (hereinafter referred to as a "corporation, etc." in this article) uses this service in connection with its business. must be granted an account in the name of the relevant corporation, etc.

2. Corporations, etc. (excluding school corporations) may share one account only if they meet all of the following requirements.

(1) Use the account solely for business related to the business of the corporation, etc.

(2) The number of employees, executives, and other employees who can use the account is limited to no more than 10 at any time.

(3) The number of PCs, tablets, smartphones, and other devices that can use the account is limited to no more than 10 at any time.

Article 4 (Membership registration for schools, etc.)

1. When schools, etc. use this service in connection with their educational activities, they must receive an account in the name of the school, etc. Please note that the person establishing the school, etc. must receive an account in the name of the school, etc. where the account is being established, not in the name of the person establishing it.

2. Schools, etc., share one account with their staff, kindergarteners, children, pupils, and students within the scope related to their educational activities (excluding activities by extracurricular groups). can do.

3. When an extracurricular activity group uses this service in connection with its activities, an account must be granted in the name of the extracurricular activity group.

4. Extracurricular activity groups may share one account with the children/pupils/students to which they belong, as well as the staff of the school, etc., who supervise the extracurricular activity group.

Article 5 (Paid Membership Plan)

The types of paid membership plans and usage fees when selecting each paid membership plan are as indicated separately on this service.

Article 6 (Prohibition of sharing accounts)

1. Except for the cases stipulated in Article 3 (Membership Registration for Corporations, etc.), Paragraph 2 and Article 4 (Membership Registration for Schools, etc.), Paragraphs 2 and 4, Users may not share their account with others (family members, acquaintances, etc.). ) cannot be shared. However, a legal representative of a minor may share an account granted in his/her name with the minor under his/her supervision.

2. Users must limit the number of PCs, tablets, smartphones, and other devices used under one account to no more than 10 at any time. However, this does not apply if the provisions of Article 4 (Membership Registration of Schools, etc.) Paragraph 2 or Paragraph 4 apply.

Article 7 (Holding multiple accounts)

If one user (including corporations and other organizations with designated representatives and administrators) receives an account, only one of them can be a free member account.

Article 8 (Change to free member account and withdrawal)

1. Users may apply to the Company to change their paid membership account to a free membership account, or to cancel their account by withdrawing from membership, using the method specified by the Company on the Service.

2. When the Company receives the application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Company will promptly carry out procedures to change or delete the account in accordance with the application.

Article 9 (Rejection of membership registration, account deletion, etc.)

If a user falls under any of the following items, the Company will register the user as a member (this refers to free membership registration and paid membership registration as specified in Article 2 (Membership Registration).Hereinafter, the same shall apply in this article). ), delete the account granted to the user, or take measures to prevent the user from using the Service.

1. Providing false information to the Company when registering as a member (including registering an email address that is not actually used).

2.Failure to promptly notify the Company of any changes to the information provided to the Company during membership registration even after the registration has been completed.

3. Violating these Terms (including non-payment of usage fees) or engaging in other acts that violate the prohibitions on this Service.

4. A person to whom measures have been taken based on this article in the past, or a person related to the person (this refers to the corporation to which the person to whom the measure was taken, an officer of the corporation to which the measure was taken, etc., but is limited to this) (The same applies to Items 6 and 8.)

5. Violating the terms of use (including non-payment of usage fees) in any service other than this service provided by the Company, or engaging in any other act that violates the prohibitions of such service.

6. A person who has taken measures equivalent to the measures listed in this article in a service other than this service provided by the Company, or a person related to such a person.

7. If the user is a minor, an adult ward, a person under curatorship, or a person under assistance, consent to use this service must be obtained from a legal representative, guardian, curator, or assistant. The fact that we are unable to confirm that you have obtained

8. Being an anti-social force, etc. or a person affiliated with one.

9. A dispute has arisen between the user and the Company (including not only lawsuits but also complaints, legal claims, and all other troubles) and has not been resolved.

10. In addition to what is listed in the preceding 9 items, circumstances have arisen that make it inappropriate to allow the user to continue using the Service.

Chapter 3 Use of this service

Article 10 (Usage fee)

1. Users who have been granted paid membership accounts will be charged a prescribed usage fee depending on the number of such accounts and the selected paid membership plan.

2. Even if a paid membership account is canceled midway as provided in Article 8 (Changing to a free membership account and withdrawal) or Article 9 (Rejection of membership registration, account deletion, etc.), Usage fees that have already been incurred cannot be reduced or refunded.

3. The payment method for the usage fee in Paragraph 1 is as separately indicated by the Company on the Service.

4. The Company may revise usage fees if the Company deems it necessary. However, in the case of an increase in usage fees, the Company will post the change in fees, the changed fees, and the timing of the application of the changed fees on the Company's website, etc., or by any other method that the Company deems appropriate. We will notify users a reasonable period in advance of any changes. In addition, the Company may, at its discretion, establish a transition period during which the old usage fees will apply to existing users.

5. If the User is late in paying the usage fee, the User shall pay a delay fee to the Company at the rate of 14.6% per year.

6. Unless otherwise specified by the Company, the service usage contract based on these Terms shall be automatically renewed with the same content as before at the end of the valid period unless the user cancels the contract by the end of the valid period. Masu. Please note that even if you cancel your contract midway, you will still be charged usage fees for the remaining period of the contract, and our company will not make any pro-rated payments or refunds.

7. Unless otherwise specified in these Terms, the User agrees in advance that the Company will not refund any usage fees paid by the User to the Company.

Article 11 (Range of use of this service)

1. The scope of use of this service is as separately indicated by our company on this service.

2. Our company may change the scope of use of this service without prior notice. In this case, we will publish the change and the details on this service.

Article 12 (Use limited to business plan member accounts)

1. Users may not use the Service for any of the following purposes using an account other than a business plan member account.

(1) The purpose of running a business (regardless of whether it is for profit or not; the same shall apply hereinafter in this section) that provides audio data of text on commission from others.

(2) The purpose of creating audio data of text by entrusting another person for one's own business or for the purpose of business.

(3) Purpose of using the reading data in connection with the operation of the product (excluding cases in which software that uses the reading data incidentally is provided without being incorporated into another product).

(4) The purpose of running a business that provides third parties with content whose main content is read-aloud data.

(5) In addition to the case in item 4, the purpose of providing content including reading data to a third party who intends to obtain it for the purpose of distribution to the general public.

(6) Purpose of using reading data in broadcast programs (meaning programs broadcast by broadcasters or cable broadcasters)

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, reading data generated by logging into this service using the member ID of a business plan member account may be used for the purposes listed in each item of the same paragraph.

Article 13 (Credit description)

1. The User shall disclose the reading data to a third party (including the act of playing it inside a facility where a third party enters and exits; the same shall apply hereinafter in this article), or use the reading data to reproduce content ( (limited to those provided to a third party), you must provide credit to the third party in accordance with the conditions separately stated by the Company on the Service. However, if you meet any of the following requirements, you may not include credit.

(1) The relevant reading data was created using a paid member account.

(2) The first paid membership account has actually been granted (this includes cases where the said paid membership account is once canceled and then a paid membership account of another paid membership plan is promptly acquired). )

2. If the user provides reading data that requires credit or content using such reading data to a third party, and it is expected that the third party will distribute the data or the content. must make the third party pledge to comply with the obligations set forth in the preceding paragraph.

3. Users may not use or allow a third party to use the reading data in a manner that does not comply with the obligations set forth in the preceding two paragraphs.

4. Based on the provisions of Article 8 (Change to a free member account and withdrawal), if the user changes a paid member account to a free member account or cancels the account due to withdrawal (immediately changes to another paid member account) (Excluding when acquiring a paid member account for a membership plan), credit must be given in advance to the reading data created using the paid member account and the content using the reading data. It won't.

Article 14 (Copyright of reading data, etc.)

1. The copyright of the reading data generated from the text entered on this service belongs to the copyright holder of the text.

2. The moral rights of the reading data generated from texts input on this service belong to the author of the texts.

3. Users consent in advance to the Company's conduct of any of the following acts, and shall not exercise their moral rights with respect to such acts.

(1) The act of our company correcting the reading data generated from the text input on this service in order to proofread any inconsistencies with the text.

(2) The act of verifying the quality of the Service by comparing the text entered on the Service with the reading data generated from the text.

4. When entering into this service a text for which another person has copyright or moral rights, the user must first obtain permission from the other person to perform the acts listed in the items of the preceding paragraph, and the user must You must obtain consent not to exercise your moral rights.

Chapter 4 Disclaimer

Article 15 (About accuracy of reading data)

We are continually making improvements to improve the accuracy of our reading data. However, we cannot guarantee that the reading data will not contain errors, and we will not be held responsible for any damage caused to users or third parties due to such errors.

Article 16 (Regarding data management)

The Company takes all possible measures to prevent leaks and other information security incidents of data provided by users and data generated from such data. However, under no circumstances can we guarantee that such accidents will not occur, and we cannot be held responsible for any damage caused to users or third parties as a result of such accidents. .

Article 17 (Disclaimer for system malfunctions)

The Company takes care to ensure that there are no malfunctions in the systems, etc. of this Service. However, under no circumstances can we guarantee that defects (including loss of data) will not occur, and even if the occurrence of such defects causes damage to the user or a third party. , we cannot take any responsibility.

Chapter 5 Other provisions

Article 18 (Account Management)

1. Users must properly manage their member IDs and passwords (hereinafter referred to as "IDs, etc." in this article) to prevent them from being used by third parties.

2. Users must not allow a third party to use their ID, etc., or transfer or lend their ID, etc., or the right to use it, to a third party.

3. The User shall be responsible for compensating for any damage caused to the Company due to violation of the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.

4. Users are responsible to the Company for all actions on the Service performed by third parties using their IDs, etc.

Article 19 (Prohibited acts)

When using this service, users must not engage in any of the following acts.

1. Acts of using reading data in a manner that infringes on the copyright or other intellectual property rights of others

2. Acts of using reading data in a manner that slanders others, damages the honor or privacy of others, or otherwise infringes on the rights and interests of others.

3. Acts of using reading data to impersonate another person

4. When generating reading data, inputting text into this service that contains sexual, discriminatory, defamatory content, or other content that is contrary to public order and morals.

5. Acts that infringe on the intellectual property rights and other rights and interests of our company or third parties

6. Acts that violate laws or are related to criminal acts.

7. Acts that constitute fraud, intimidation, damage to the reputation or credibility of the Company, or interference with business operations.

8. Acts of transmitting unauthorized programs, unauthorized access, or placing an excessive load on the network or system of this service.

9. Acts of reverse engineering or other analysis of the systems of this service, etc.

10. Acts that interfere with the operation of this service

11. Acts of use for activities of anti-social forces, etc.

12. Acts of using this service for religious activities

13. Commercial activities using this service (excluding cases where commercial activities are limited to exclusively using reading data).

14. Acts that our company indicates are prohibited on this service.

15. Acts that directly or indirectly cause or facilitate the acts listed in the preceding items.

14. Acts of attempting any of the acts listed in the preceding items.

15. Other acts that violate the purpose of this service, social norms, or public order and morals.

16. Other acts that are inappropriate for using this service.

Article 20 (Suspension and interruption of this service)

1. If any of the following items apply, the Company may suspend or suspend the provision of all or part of the Service without prior notice to the User.

(1) When necessary for inspection or maintenance of the system of this service, etc.

(2) If the Service cannot be operated normally due to a failure that occurs in the Service's system, etc.

(3) In the event that the Service cannot be operated normally due to disaster, power outage, or other circumstances.

(4) In the event that any other circumstances arise that require our company to suspend or suspend the provision of all or part of this service.

2. The Company is not responsible for any damage caused to users due to the suspension or interruption listed in Paragraph 1.

Article 21 (Liability for damages)

If the User causes damage to the Company due to violation of these Terms or other intentional or negligent acts, the User shall be responsible for the damage suffered by the Company as a result (including indirect damages, special damages, attorney's fees, and any other damages). shall be responsible for compensation.

Article 22 (Confidentiality)

Users shall treat non-public information (hereinafter referred to as "Confidential Information") disclosed by the Company as confidential in connection with this Service in a confidential manner.

Users must strictly store and manage confidential information and shall not disclose or leak it to any third party except with the prior written consent of the Company.

The Company and registered users shall use the confidential information only for the purpose of using this service, and shall not provide, disclose or leak the confidential information of the other party to a third party without the written consent of the other party.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Company or registered users may disclose confidential information based on orders, requests or requests of law, courts or government agencies. However, if there is such an order, request or request, the other party must be notified promptly.

The confidentiality obligation of this article shall survive for one year after the termination of the service use contract.

Article 23 (Resolution of disputes arising between users)

1. Users shall resolve any disputes they may have with other users or other third parties regarding the use of the Service by themselves, and the Company shall not be responsible for such resolution.

2. In order to resolve disputes that arise between users regarding the use of this service, the Company may request the parties to the dispute and other related parties to report the circumstances surrounding the dispute. Users must cooperate in good faith when the Company requests such reports.

3. The provisions of Paragraph 2 do not stipulate the Company's obligation to resolve disputes.

Article 24 (In cases where there is an obligation to compensate for damages based on mandatory provisions of the Consumer Contract Act or other laws and regulations)

Notwithstanding the provisions of these Terms, even if the Company is obligated to compensate for damages based on the mandatory provisions of the Consumer Contract Act or other laws and regulations, the amount of compensation shall not exceed the amount paid by the claimant within the past year. The upper limit is the total usage fee (10,000 yen if it is less than 10,000 yen). However, in this case, if the damage is caused by our company's intention or gross negligence, we will compensate you for the full amount of the damage.

Article 25 (Transfer of status, etc.)

1. Unless the Company has given prior consent in writing or electromagnetic records, the User shall not transfer the rights, obligations or contractual status arising under these Terms to a third party, offer them as security, or take any other disposition. cannot.

2. In the event that our company transfers the business related to this service to a third party (including business transfer, company split, or any other case involving the transfer of the business), the user shall be responsible for the transfer. We hereby consent in advance to the transfer of the rights, obligations, and contractual status based on these Terms to the third party.

Article 26 (Change or termination of this service)

Our company may change the content of this service or terminate it after notifying users in advance. Our company is not responsible for any damage caused to users as a result of this.

Article 27 (Changes to these Terms)

If it is necessary to change these Terms due to amendments to laws, changes in social circumstances, expansion of services, or other circumstances, the Company may change the contents of these Terms based on the provisions of Article 548-4 of the Civil Code. there is. In that case, we will notify you on this service in advance of the change, the changed content, and the date of the change. The contents of these Terms after the change will also apply to users who started using the Service before the change.

Article 28 (Severability)

Even if any provision or part of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable under the Consumer Contract Act or other laws and regulations, the other provisions and parts of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. To do.

Article 29 (Governing law and competent court)

1. The governing law of these Terms shall be Japanese law.

2. For any disputes arising out of or related to these Terms, the district court with jurisdiction over the location of our company's head office shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the first instance.

Supplementary provisions

Established May 1, 2020

Revised February 5, 2024