Terms of Use for ListenBook

Effective Date: July 10, 2026

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) form a legal agreement between you (“you” or “User”) and OWN PLACE LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”), a Washington limited liability company, and govern your use of the ListenBook application (“ListenBook Audiobooks,” the “App”). By downloading, installing, or using the App, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the App.

1. The App

ListenBook is a native iOS audiobook player. It lets you import your own audio files (MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, FLAC) and listen with features including saved playback position, variable speed, sleep timer, bookmarks, chapter navigation, background and lock-screen playback, AirPlay output, listening statistics, and Siri Shortcuts. The App also provides access to built-in catalogs of audiobooks identified by LibriVox and the Internet Archive as public-domain or otherwise lawfully available. The App is offline-oriented: it has no user accounts and no developer server.

2. License to Use the App

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the App on Apple-branded devices you own or control, as permitted by the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions (the “Usage Rules”). Your use of the App is also governed by Apple’s standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (Apple Standard EULA), available at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/. In case of conflict between these Terms and the Apple Standard EULA, the Apple Standard EULA controls with respect to Apple’s required minimum terms. You acknowledge that Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of the license terms and may enforce them against you.

3. Purchases, Evaluation Period, and Refunds

4. User Content, Legality, and Anti-Piracy (Important)

The App allows you to import files from the Files app and to upload files from your computer over your local Wi-Fi network. You are solely and fully responsible for the files you import, upload, store, and play, and for the legality of doing so.

You represent and warrant that, for every file you add to the App, you own the file or otherwise have all necessary rights, licenses, and permissions. You must not use the App to import, store, reproduce, or distribute any audio or other material that infringes any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual-property or proprietary right, or that you are not legally entitled to possess. Uploading or using pirated, unlicensed, or unlawfully obtained content is strictly prohibited.

The App is designed to display audiobook content identified by the applicable third-party service (LibriVox / Internet Archive) as public-domain or otherwise lawfully available. We do not independently guarantee the copyright status of every work in every jurisdiction. The legal status of a work may differ from country to country; you are responsible for confirming that downloading and listening to a given work is lawful where you are located.

Copyright complaints. We respect intellectual-property rights. Because we operate no server and host no user content, we do not store or transmit your files; content in the built-in catalogs is hosted by LibriVox and the Internet Archive, and complaints about specific works are best addressed to those services directly. Nevertheless, if you are a rights holder and believe that content accessible through the App infringes your rights, send a notice to contact@ownplace.net including: (a) identification of the copyrighted work; (b) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and where in the App it appears (e.g., catalog entry or link); (c) your contact information; (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the rights holder, its agent, or the law; and (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorized to act on their behalf; and (f) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf. We reserve the right to remove, hide, or disable access to any catalog entry, link, or other disputed material, with or without prior notice. Users must not import or upload pirated audio files; see above.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to: (a) use the App for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms; (b) reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App except to the extent expressly permitted by law or by the licensing terms governing open-source components included with the App (see Settings → Third-party licenses and the FFmpeg corresponding-source page); (c) interfere with or disrupt the App or the local network features; (d) use the local Wi-Fi upload server to transmit malware or to access devices or networks without authorization; or (e) use the App to infringe the rights of others.

Wi-Fi upload safety. The Wi-Fi upload feature runs a temporary local web server on your device without authentication, and file transfer runs computer-to-phone over your local network. Use this feature only on a trusted private Wi-Fi network (never on public or shared networks), and turn the server off when you are done. You use this feature at your own risk.

6. Third-Party Services

The App connects to third-party services you choose to use (Apple, LibriVox, Internet Archive). Your use of those services is governed by their own terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for third-party services or content, and their availability is not guaranteed.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties (“AS IS”)

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE APP IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE APP WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, OR THAT ANY THIRD-PARTY CATALOG WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE.

8. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL OWN PLACE LLC BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE APP. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE APP WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE APP OR USD $50, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS LIMITS OR EXCLUDES ANY LIABILITY OR CONSUMER RIGHT THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED OR EXCLUDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Without limiting Section 7, we specifically do not guarantee: the continued availability of LibriVox, the Internet Archive, or any third-party service; the availability of any particular audiobook; the accuracy of third-party metadata (titles, authors, covers, chapter data); the error-free operation of third-party services; or the preservation of locally stored files after the App is deleted or after a device failure. See also the “Local Data, Deletion, and Backups” section of our Privacy Policy — we cannot restore deleted files, and you are responsible for your own backups.

9. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless OWN PLACE LLC from any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your misuse of the App or your violation of these Terms or of any law or third-party right, including any claim that content you imported or uploaded infringes intellectual-property rights.

10. Termination

Your rights under these Terms terminate automatically if you fail to comply with them. Upon termination you must stop using the App. Sections 4, 7, 8, 9, and 11 survive termination.

11. Governing Law and Venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, USA, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. The exclusive venue for any dispute is the state and federal courts located in the State of Washington, and you consent to their personal jurisdiction, except where applicable consumer- protection law provides otherwise.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may modify these Terms from time to time. We will update the “Effective Date” and post the revised Terms at their public URL. Where required by applicable law, we will provide reasonable notice of material changes. Your continued use of the App after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

13. Contact

OWN PLACE LLC — contact@ownplace.net