Terms and Conditions

Last updated: January 2026

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of scanhua.site (the “Site”), operated by Scanhua, an editorial publication founded by Giovanni Picaro. By accessing the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Site.

1. Definitions

• “Site” means scanhua.site and all associated subdomains, pages, and content.
• “Content” means all text, images, video, audio, code, and other material made available through the Site.
• “User”, “you”, “your” means any person who accesses the Site.
• “We”, “us”, “our” means the operators of Scanhua.

2. Eligibility

The Site is intended for users aged 16 and over. By using the Site you represent that you are at least 16 years old, or that you are using the Site under the supervision of a parent or guardian.

3. License to use the Site

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Site for personal, non-commercial purposes. This license does not include:

• Copying, redistributing, or republishing Content beyond limited fair-use quotation with attribution.
• Using automated systems (scrapers, bots, harvesters) to extract Content from the Site, except for legitimate search engine indexing.
• Using Content to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models without our express written consent.
• Removing copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices from Content.
• Reverse engineering or otherwise attempting to derive the source code of any technical infrastructure used by the Site.

4. User-generated content

If you post comments, send us submissions, or otherwise contribute User Content to the Site, the following terms apply:

• You retain ownership of your contributions.
• You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, display, distribute, and adapt your contributions in connection with the Site and our promotional activities.
• You represent that you have the right to grant this license and that your contributions do not infringe any third party’s rights.
• We may, but are not obligated to, moderate User Content. We may remove any submission for any reason at our sole discretion.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Site to:

• Violate any applicable law, regulation, or third-party right.
• Post or transmit content that is unlawful, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
• Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation.
• Distribute viruses, malware, or other harmful code.
• Interfere with or disrupt the operation of the Site or its underlying infrastructure.
• Engage in any activity that imposes an unreasonable load on the Site (excessive automated requests, denial-of-service attacks, etc.).
• Solicit personal information from other users or use the Site to spam.

6. Intellectual property

All editorial Content on the Site — original articles, reviews, features, glossary entries, reader guides, photographs taken by us, and original illustrations — is owned by Scanhua and the respective authors and is protected by Italian copyright law (Legge 633/1941), the Berne Convention, and other applicable international copyright treaties.

Third-party Content (publisher promotional images, manga panels, screenshots, quotations) is used under fair-use principles, fair-dealing exceptions, the Italian “diritto di critica e di cronaca” (Article 70 of Legge 633/1941), and similar provisions in other jurisdictions. The original copyright in such third-party Content remains with its respective owners.

For our position on AI training, see our Copyright Notice. We do not authorize the use of our Content for training generative AI models without express written permission.

7. DMCA / Notice-and-takedown

If you believe that Content on the Site infringes your copyright, please follow the procedure described on our DMCA Page. We respond to all valid copyright notices in line with the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act and corresponding European notice-and-takedown frameworks.

8. Disclaimers

The Site and its Content are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. While we take care to ensure the accuracy of our Content, we make no warranty that the Content is error-free, current, or complete.

Our editorial opinions are opinions, not statements of fact. They are not professional advice (legal, medical, financial, or otherwise). For our complete position on the limits of our content, see our Disclaimer.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, arising out of your use of the Site, the unavailability of the Site, or any Content available through the Site.

Our total liability arising out of or related to these Terms or your use of the Site shall not exceed fifty euros (€50) or the equivalent in any other currency.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or damages. In such jurisdictions, the above limitations may not apply, and our liability is limited to the smallest extent permitted by law.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Scanhua, its founders, contributors, and operators from any claim, demand, loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your breach of these Terms, your misuse of the Site, or your violation of any third-party right.

11. Third-party links and services

The Site contains links to third-party websites and services. We do not control these third parties and are not responsible for their content, privacy practices, or availability. Inclusion of a link does not constitute endorsement.

12. Advertising

The Site is partially supported by advertising. The presence of an advertisement does not constitute endorsement of the advertiser or its products. The editorial wall between advertising and editorial content is described in our Editorial Standards. For affiliate-link disclosure, see our Affiliate Disclosure.

13. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your access to the Site, without notice, for any reason, including breach of these Terms. The provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law.

14. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Italian Republic, without regard to its conflict-of-law provisions. Any dispute arising from or related to these Terms or your use of the Site shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Rome, Italy, except where mandatory consumer protection law assigns jurisdiction to the consumer’s place of residence within the European Union.

If you are a U.S. resident, you may instead pursue claims under your local law and in your local courts to the extent that mandatory consumer protection rules require it.

15. Changes to these Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the Site after a revision constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. Material changes are announced on the homepage where appropriate.

16. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

17. Entire agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other policies referenced herein, constitute the entire agreement between you and Scanhua with respect to the use of the Site.

18. Contact

For questions about these Terms, please email info [at] scanhua [punto] site.

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