Terms of Service

1. Agreement

By selecting the Terms checkbox, requesting a sign-in link, or using MediaLog, you agree to these Terms and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

2. The Service

MediaLog lets users search third-party media catalogues, save media entries, record a rating, status, or comment, arrange a personal wall, and optionally share and discuss public entries. The service is free and nonprofit. There are no subscriptions, purchases, paid upgrades, or refunds.

MediaLog is provided on a best-effort basis. Features, provider integrations, limits, or the entire service may change, pause, or end without a service-level commitment.

3. Eligibility and Accounts

You must be at least 16 years old and legally able to agree to these Terms. You are responsible for controlling access to your email account and magic links and for promptly reporting suspected unauthorized access. Provide accurate profile information and do not impersonate another person or organization.

4. Acceptable Use

You may not use MediaLog to:

• break the law or infringe copyright, privacy, publicity, trademark, or other rights;
• post sexual exploitation material, threats, hate, targeted harassment, or unlawful content;
• upload an avatar or submit text you do not have the right to use;
• scrape, automate, overload, or bypass rate limits and security controls;
• probe, reverse engineer, disrupt, or gain unauthorized access to the service or another account;
• misuse third-party media APIs or cover art made available through MediaLog; or
• use reports, comments, likes, or follows to spam or harass others.

5. Your Content and Public Activity

You retain ownership of original text and avatar images you submit. You grant MediaLog a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, reproduce, format, and display that content only as needed to operate the service and honour your public/private settings. The licence ends when the content is deleted, except for temporary backups and lawful records.

You are responsible for your content and for choosing whether a wall or entry is public. Public content can be viewed, copied, linked, or archived by others. MediaLog may remove or restrict content that violates these Terms or creates legal or safety risk.

6. Media Metadata and Third-Party Services

Titles, descriptions, cover art, links, and other catalogue information come from third parties including TMDb, IGDB/Twitch, Spotify, MusicBrainz, Open Library, AniList, YouTube, BoardGameGeek, and TheAudioDB. That material remains subject to its owners' rights and provider terms. MediaLog does not grant you rights to copy or redistribute third-party artwork or media and does not endorse every result returned by a provider.

7. MediaLog Intellectual Property

MediaLog's name, original interface, source code, and original written or visual material are protected by applicable intellectual-property law. These Terms do not grant permission to reproduce or commercially exploit them. User content and third-party media metadata are excluded from this clause.

8. Reports, Copyright, and Enforcement

MediaLog may investigate reports, hide or remove content, restrict functionality, suspend accounts, preserve relevant records, or notify authorities where reasonably necessary. Copyright and other legal complaints may be sent to copyright@media-log.ca with the work, location, contact details, good-faith statement, and requested action.

9. Suspension and Termination

You may stop using MediaLog at any time and may request account deletion. MediaLog may suspend or terminate access for a material or repeated violation, security threat, legal requirement, or discontinuation of the service. Sections that by their nature should survive termination, including intellectual property, disclaimers, liability, and governing law, will survive.

10. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, MEDIALOG IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. MEDIALOG DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE, SEARCH RESULTS, METADATA, COVER ART, OR USER CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE, AVAILABLE, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the operator of MediaLog will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, loss of data, lost opportunity, or service interruption. Aggregate liability arising from the service will not exceed CA$100. Some jurisdictions do not permit certain exclusions or limits; in those jurisdictions, liability is limited only to the maximum extent permitted by law.

12. Responsibility for Claims

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to be responsible for claims, losses, and reasonable costs arising from your content, unlawful use, violation of these Terms, or violation of another person's rights. This clause does not apply where prohibited by consumer-protection law.

13. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable there, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to any mandatory consumer rights, disputes will be brought in the courts located in Ontario. Nothing in these Terms removes rights that cannot lawfully be waived in your home jurisdiction.

14. Changes and Contact

MediaLog may update these Terms. Material changes will be identified by a new date and may also be shown in the service or sent by email. Continued use after the effective date means acceptance of the revised Terms; a new acceptance may be requested for significant changes. Questions may be sent to legal@media-log.ca.