Terms of Service

1. Your agreement with us

Starry Night (SilverRiver) is an online interactive-story service independently operated by an individual. In these Terms, “Starry Night,” “we,” “us,” and “the platform” refer to the Starry Night service and its individual operator.

These Terms apply to your use of the Starry Night website, interactive stories, accounts, comments, cloud progress, points, chapter unlocks, subscriptions, and other consumer services we provide through a website or application (together, the “Services”).

By creating an account, checking the acceptance box, or otherwise clearly accepting these Terms, you agree to be bound by them. If you do not understand or agree, do not create an account or use a feature that requires acceptance. Additional terms shown at checkout, on a campaign page, or for a specific feature also form part of this agreement. If they conflict, the feature-specific terms control for that feature, but they do not remove mandatory rights under applicable law.

2. Eligibility and accounts

• Age and content ratingsThere is no minimum age to create an account. You must provide an accurate birth year and month so that we can apply story ratings: users under 14 cannot enter stories, users aged 14–17 can enter regular stories only, and users aged 18 or older can access stories marked 18+.
• Accurate informationProvide truthful, complete account information that can receive notices, and keep it current. Do not impersonate another person, create a misleading account, or resell an account.
• Account securityProtect your password, sign-in links, and devices. You are responsible for activity reasonably attributable to your account. Contact us promptly if you discover unauthorized use.
• Using the Services for an organizationIf you use the Services for a company or another organization, you represent that you can bind it to these Terms. In that case, “you” includes that organization.

3. Using the Services

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to access the Services for personal, non-commercial entertainment. Stories, characters, and plots are fictional entertainment and are not medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice.

We may update features, adjust use or storage limits, fix errors, replace technology providers, or suspend part of the Services for security, legal, or operational reasons. Where reasonably practical, we will give advance notice of changes that materially disadvantage users.

• Do not disrupt the ServicesDo not distribute malware, bypass access controls, interfere with servers, abuse APIs, evade a block, or otherwise endanger the Services or other users.
• No unauthorized extractionUnless the law clearly permits it or we agree in writing, do not use robots, crawlers, data mining, bulk downloading, reverse engineering, or similar methods to extract content, code, or user data.
• Service noticesWe may send verification, security, transaction, Terms-update, and other important service notices by email or in-product message. Marketing messages will include opt-out choices where required.

4. User submissions and community rules

Stories and related assets supplied by Starry Night are Service Content under Section 6 below, not user-published content. You remain responsible for community posts, comments, replies, display names, avatars, images attached to posts or comments, and other account or interaction material you submit (“User Submissions”). Do not submit the following content or use the Services for the following conduct:

• Illegal or infringing materialMaterial that violates applicable law, infringes copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, reputation, or another right, or that you have no right to disclose.
• Harm to minorsAny child sexual exploitation or abuse material, grooming, sexual extortion, or content or conduct that sexualizes a minor.
• Hate and harmThreats, bullying, harassment, hate speech, promotion of terrorism or violent extremism, encouragement of suicide or self-harm, or content intended to cause real-world harm.
• Privacy and impersonationUnauthorized disclosure of another person's sensitive or private data, impersonation, fraud, or misleading use of another person's name, likeness, or persona.
• Spam and technical abuseSpam, unauthorized advertising or solicitation, malware, phishing, manipulation of engagement signals, or interference with another person's normal use of the Services.
• Ratings and noticesExplicit, extreme, or otherwise restricted material that does not comply with the age rating, content warning, or posting rules shown for the relevant surface. Fictional content remains subject to every prohibition in this section.

5. Rights and license for User Submissions

You retain the rights you already hold in User Submissions and represent that you own them or have every right and permission needed to submit them and grant the license below.

To host, display, transmit, back up, format, moderate, secure, and manage User Submissions within the Services, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license that we may sublicense to contracted service providers only as necessary to perform the Services. This license is limited to uses reasonably necessary to provide, protect, and improve the Services. It does not transfer your ownership or permit us to sell a User Submission as a standalone asset.

When you delete content or close your account, this license generally ends after a reasonable technical processing period. Exceptions apply to copies lawfully shared or quoted by other users, backups aging out through normal rotation, and limited copies needed for security, disputes, audits, or legal duties. We may use non-confidential feedback without payment to improve the Services.

6. Starry Night Service Content and third-party content

Except for User Submissions, stories, scripts, chapters, characters, worldbuilding, text, images, artwork, music, sound effects, voice recordings, video, animation, logos, interface designs, software, and other material supplied by Starry Night within the Services (together, “Service Content”) are protected by copyright and other intellectual-property rights that are owned by Starry Night or lawfully licensed to Starry Night by the relevant rights holder. Third-party trademarks, open-source software, and licensed assets remain the property of their respective owners. Rights not expressly granted to you are reserved.

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license, revocable as provided in these Terms, solely to access, read, play, and enjoy Service Content through the Services for personal, non-commercial purposes. Unless applicable law expressly permits it or Starry Night and the relevant rights holder agree in writing, you may not copy, systematically extract, modify, adapt, translate, publicly distribute, republish, sell, rent, or sublicense Service Content, or use it to train an artificial-intelligence model, build a content library, operate another service, or conduct another commercial activity.

We may modify, replace, restrict access to, or remove Service Content because of content updates, a rights-holder request, expiry of a license, a legal requirement, a security risk, or a reasonable operational need. If paid or point-unlocked content can no longer be supplied, we will provide substitute content, a points adjustment, a refund, or another appropriate resolution as reasonably practicable in light of the reason, the rules shown at purchase, and applicable law.

The Services may include third-party links or third-party material used under a lawful license. We do not claim ownership of third-party material and do not promise that information available through third-party links will always be accurate, complete, or suitable for every user. Report suspected infringement or a Terms violation using the in-product reporting path or by contacting us.

7. Copyright and DMCA complaints

We respect intellectual-property rights. If you believe material in the Services infringes your copyright, send a written notice through the support channels made available in the Services. Identify the protected work and the location of the allegedly infringing material, provide your contact details and signature, state your good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized, and state under penalty of perjury that the notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorized to act for one.

If your material was removed after a copyright notice and you believe removal resulted from a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice through the same support channels. Identify the removed material and its former location, provide your contact details and signature, and explain your good-faith position under penalty of perjury. The counter-notice must also include the consent to court jurisdiction and service of process required by the applicable DMCA procedure.

We may forward a valid notice to the submitter and restore or keep material disabled as applicable law permits. We may terminate repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. To claim a U.S. DMCA safe harbor, the operator must separately register and maintain a designated agent with the U.S. Copyright Office; support channels in the Services do not themselves complete that registration.

8. Points, chapter unlocks, and subscriptions

When paid features are live, checkout will show the item, price, currency, taxes, billing period, principal benefits, and other material limits before you confirm. A third-party payment provider may process payment data and transactions under its terms.

• PointsPoints are digital entitlements usable only within the Services. They are not cash, a deposit, or transferable property and cannot be redeemed for cash except through a refund process we expressly offer or where applicable law requires. Purchased and promotional points may be subject to different adjustment rules.
• Chapter unlocksAfter you confirm the displayed point charge, the chapter is permanently unlocked for your account, meaning the entitlement has no ordinary expiration. Access still depends on an active account, continued operation of the Services, and the content remaining legally and contractually available. A subscription, receipt of points, or chapter unlock grants only the corresponding right to access the Services or content; it does not sell, transfer, or expand any ownership, copyright, or other intellectual-property right in Service Content.
• Subscriptions and renewalA subscription provides the benefits shown at purchase for the displayed period. If a plan renews automatically, charges continue to the selected payment method until you cancel through the account cancellation path. We will disclose renewal, price changes, and cancellation as applicable law requires.
• Cancellation and refundsCancellation normally stops future renewal at the end of the current period and does not automatically reverse benefits already delivered. Refunds follow checkout disclosures, payment-provider rules, and applicable law. For an approved refund, we may remove corresponding unused points, stop future subscription grants, or reverse the related entitlement.
• Withdrawal rights for digital contentWe honor any cooling-off or withdrawal right provided by applicable law. If you ask us to begin supplying digital content or a digital service immediately, we will obtain any separately required consent and acknowledgment that the withdrawal right may be lost.

9. Moderation, restrictions, and appeals

We may investigate content or conduct under law, these Terms, and applicable content-rating rules. Proportionate measures may include reducing visibility, adding a warning, limiting a feature, removing content, or suspending or terminating an account. In an urgent safety matter, we may act before giving notice.

Where applicable law requires or it is reasonably practical, we will explain the principal reason and provide a free internal appeal path. An appeal should identify the account, affected content or decision, the reason for the appeal, and relevant evidence. We will review it objectively, without discrimination, and proportionately. Reasonable limits may apply to duplicate or abusive appeals.

10. Account closure and termination

You may close your account through the available account settings. Deleting an account may not cancel a subscription still managed by an app store, payment provider, or another third party; cancel separately through the purchase channel shown to you. Before closure, export any data you want to keep where the Services support export.

We may restrict or terminate access for a material or repeated breach, non-payment, a security risk, a legal requirement, or discontinuation of the Services. Where reasonably practical and consistent with safety and law, we will give advance notice. Payment, intellectual-property, liability, dispute, and necessary data-retention provisions that by nature should survive remain effective after termination.

11. Disclaimers and limits of liability

The Services are provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent the law permits, we do not promise uninterrupted or error-free operation, permanent availability of every item, or accuracy or reliability of user or third-party content. Evaluate fictional, user-generated, and third-party material for yourself.

To the fullest extent the law permits, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential loss, or loss of data, profit, or goodwill. Our aggregate liability arising from the Services and these Terms will not exceed the amount you actually paid us during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.

This section does not limit liability that cannot lawfully be limited, including liability for fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence, death, or personal injury where applicable. It also does not remove mandatory consumer rights where you live. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limits, so they may not apply to you.

12. Privacy, changes, governing law, and contact

We process personal data as described in the Privacy Policy. That policy is a data-processing notice and does not treat every processing activity as consent-based.

We may update these Terms for service, legal, security, or operational needs and will show the last-updated date above. A material change will generally take effect no earlier than 14 days after notice. A change needed for a new feature, law, or security issue may take effect sooner. Where renewed consent is required, we will ask you to take an affirmative action.

Applicable law governs these Terms without removing mandatory consumer protections under the law where you live or your right to complain to a regulator. If part of these Terms is invalid, the remainder stays effective. Use the support channels made available in the Services for questions, copyright notices, or reports of violations.