Effective Date: January 1, 2025

Last Updated: July 26, 2026

1. Preface, Operator and Terms Acceptance

These Terms of Service (hereinafter referred to as "these Terms") govern your browsing, account registration, membership subscription and other usage of Inkseeker (hereinafter referred to as "Inkseeker", "this website", "us" or "service"). This service is operated by Inkseeker, the website is https://inkseeker.com.

When you access or use the service, create an account, purchase or manage memberships, click "Agree", "Register", "Purchase", "Continue" or other confirmation buttons with the same meaning, it means that you have read, understood and agreed to be bound by these Terms, [Privacy Policy] (https://inkseeker.com/en/privacyPolicy) and applicable supplementary policies. If you do not agree, please do not use the Services.

If you use the Service on behalf of a company, school, institution or other organization, you represent that you have the authority to accept these Terms on behalf of that organization, and "you" includes that organization.

2. Service content and availability

This website provides digital services related to calligraphy learning, appreciation and research, including browsing, searching, filtering and comparing copybooks, works, authors, editions, single characters and seal cutting information; collection, search records and calligraphy collection functions within the account; downloading of resources when explicitly allowed; and member-exclusive functions and content.

This website does not promise that all content, features, regions, languages, membership benefits or resources will be available at all times. Based on technical, authorization, legal, security, maintenance or operational needs, we may add, modify, suspend or terminate some services within a reasonable scope; if the change has a significant adverse impact on paid members, we will handle it in accordance with applicable laws and member service policies.

The service may be interrupted, delayed or unavailable due to system maintenance, updates, network or power failure, third-party service anomalies, security incidents, force majeure or other circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

3. Qualifications and accounts

You should have the ability to enter into binding agreements where you are located. Children under the age of 13 should not use the Services without the consent of their parents or legal guardians; users who have not reached the legal age of majority in their location must use the Services and conduct payment transactions with the consent and supervision of their parents or legal guardians.

When registering, you should provide true, accurate, complete and up-to-date information, and keep your email, password, verification code and login credentials properly. Unless we agree otherwise in writing, an account is for the personal use of its registered user only; the account may not be sold, rented, transferred, loaned, shared, purchased or otherwise made available to a third party.

If you become aware of any unauthorized use, security incident, or account compromise, please contact [email protected] immediately. You are responsible for the consequences of not properly keeping your account information, unless it is caused intentionally or by our gross negligence.

You can apply to cancel your account through your account settings. After logging out, you may not be able to recover your membership rights, collections, search records, collection contents or other account information; the payment obligations, legal liabilities and data that can be retained according to law will not be affected.

In order to maintain login and usage preferences, this website will use necessary cookies and similar technologies. Login access tokens are usually saved for a maximum of 7 days; refresh tokens are usually saved for a maximum of 180 days and are used to silently renew new login credentials after the access token expires; account interface status and language preferences are usually saved for a maximum of 180 days. The refresh token is only saved as an HttpOnly Cookie and can be revoked when logging out, changing the password, resetting the password, or deleting the account. Personal data processing, cookie selection and complete storage rules are subject to the "Privacy Policy".

4. Fair Use and Prohibited Behaviors

You agree to comply with applicable laws and use the Services in a reasonable manner. Without written permission from us or the relevant rights holder, you shall not:

• Engage in illegal, fraudulent, infringing upon the rights of others, spreading malicious programs or interfering with other users;
• Violate, detect or circumvent service security, authentication, permissions, downloads, membership, usage or regional restrictions;
• Use robots, crawlers, scripts, data extraction tools or other automated methods to access, download, retrieve, copy or create databases in bulk; except for search engine public page indexes that are legal and comply with robots instructions;
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access, attack the service, scan for vulnerabilities, inject malicious programs, interfere with the service, or reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the service; except where applicable laws may not exclude;
• Pretend to be someone else's identity, create multiple accounts to circumvent restrictions or obtain improper benefits, or assist others in the aforementioned acts;
• Unauthorized reproduction, public transmission, distribution, resale, rental, sublicensing, commercial exploitation or provision of protected content to third parties;
• Use the content, materials, images, text, structures, metadata or libraries from this website to build, train, fine-tune or evaluate artificial intelligence or machine learning models, or build LLM datasets, vector libraries, RAG datasets, competitive libraries or similar services, except as expressly permitted by law or with our prior written consent.

5. Content, public domain works and intellectual property rights

The name, domain, trademark, logo, interface, software, source code, database, classification, arrangement, search structure, metadata, original text, translation, image processing, design and other protected content of this website belong to us or the relevant rights holders. No intellectual property rights are granted to you except the limited, revocable, non-transferable rights expressly granted in these Terms that are solely for your personal, lawful use.

Some of the calligraphy works displayed on this website may be in the Public Domain. We do not claim copyright in original works that have entered the public domain; but this does not necessarily mean that digitized images, scanned files, cropping or image processing, classification, arrangement, annotation, translation, metadata, search structures, databases or other new additions can be used freely. Unless expressly permitted by the work page, the rights holder, or applicable laws, you should first confirm the relevant rights status and scope of use.

This website may also display content that has been legally authorized, can be used or displayed in accordance with the law, or is still protected by third-party rights. Displaying on the website does not mean that you obtain the rights to copy, adapt, distribute, publicly transmit, commercially exploit, sublicense or otherwise. You may only download or use resources that are expressly permitted to be downloaded from this website and only to the express extent.

6. Translation and content reference

This website is available in multiple languages. Some interfaces, descriptions or translations may be generated using machine translation or artificial intelligence assistance, and may be reviewed manually; the translations are for reference only. If there are differences between different language versions, the version specified on this website or the version required by applicable laws shall prevail.

We strive to maintain the accuracy and availability of content, but calligraphy works, historical materials, authors, dates, editions, sources, interpretations, translations, classifications and other content may contain incompleteness, different opinions or errors. These contents are for general study, appreciation and research reference only and do not constitute any professional advice or guarantee.

7. Membership, payment, renewal and refund

Member prices, rights, subscription cycles, automatic renewals, cancellations, refunds and other transaction rules apply to Inkseeker Membership Service Policy. This policy forms part of these Terms.

Subscription, payment, renewal, cancellation, billing management and partial refund processes may be provided by Paddle with technical and transaction processing support. When completing a transaction or managing a subscription, you may also be subject to Paddle's applicable terms, privacy policy, and refund policy. If these Terms, Member Service Policies, and Paddle’s transaction process are inconsistent with applicable laws, the mandatory provisions of applicable laws shall prevail.

You can manage or cancel your subscription according to the process displayed on the website or Paddle. Cancellations generally are effective after the end of the current billing cycle, unless otherwise provided by applicable law, member services policies, or Paddle’s applicable refund rules. Any statutory consumer protection, withdrawal, cooling-off period or refund rights are not excluded or limited by these Terms.

8. Third-party services and open source components

The Services may include or rely on third-party services such as Paddle, Google Analytics, Sentry, hosting, backend infrastructure, content and image delivery, email and other technology services. Third-party services operate according to their own terms and privacy policies; please read their applicable documentation before using third-party services.

This website may also contain open source software or components that are used under their respective license terms. Such open source components are provided in accordance with their applicable licenses, and these Terms do not limit the open source rights granted to you by law.

9. Copyright and Rights Complaints

If you believe that the content on this website infringes upon your copyright, trademark rights, privacy rights or other legal rights, please send a letter to [email protected] and provide: (1) the name and contact information of the rights holder or authorized agent; (2) proof of rights or authorization basis; (3) specific URL of the content involved or information sufficient to locate it; (4) your request and factual description; and (5) a statement that you confirm that the information provided is true, accurate, and that you have the right to make a request. We will review and handle it in accordance with applicable laws and reasonable procedures.

10. Suspension, Termination and Execution

If we reasonably believe that you violate these Terms, applicable laws, the rights of others, or service security, or that there are fraud, abuse, technical, authorization or legal risks, we may warn, limit functions, suspend or terminate accounts, revoke access rights, cancel outstanding transactions or take other protective measures to the extent reasonable and necessary. We will provide notification or appeal channels when circumstances warrant; except in emergency safety, legal, anti-fraud or prevention of continuing harm situations.

Termination or suspension will not affect payment obligations, intellectual property rights limitations, limitations of liability, dispute handling or provisions that by their nature should continue to be in effect prior to termination.

11. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

Services and content are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we do not guarantee that the Services will be continuous, uninterrupted, error-free, completely secure, virus-free, complete, timely, suitable for your particular purposes, or available in all locations.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we are not responsible for indirect, incidental, special, punitive, exemplary or consequential damages, including loss of data, business interruption, loss of goodwill or loss of profits, resulting from the use of or inability to use the Service. Any liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law, including liability arising from willful misconduct, gross negligence, personal injury, fraud or mandatory consumer rights, is not limited by this section.

12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which Inkseeker operates, but do not exclude mandatory consumer protections or jurisdiction provided by the law of your residence. Any disputes arising from these Terms or Services shall be resolved by both parties through good-faith negotiation first; if the negotiation fails, they shall be handled by a court of competent jurisdiction or other legal procedures in accordance with applicable laws.

13. Other terms and updates

If any part of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining parts will remain in effect. Our failure to promptly exercise any right does not constitute a waiver of that right. These Terms, Privacy Policy and applicable membership service policies constitute the complete agreement between you and us regarding the use of the services.

We may update these Terms due to legal, service, technology, licensing or operational changes. The updated version will be published on this page and the effective date will be updated; if the changes have a significant impact on your rights and interests, we will notify you through website notifications, account notifications or other reasonable means to the extent required by applicable law. Your continued use of the Services after they become effective shall constitute your acceptance of the updated Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].