Content Guidelines
Last updated: October 17, 2022
Introduction
This content policy (“Content Policy”) applies to and governs PxP Interactive, Inc., (“PxP”, “we”, “us”, “our”, “Service”) relation with users (“users”, “you”) of the Platform in connection with the use of certain content on the platform.
By access or using the Service, you confirm that you unconditionally accept this Content Policy. If you don’t agree to any of these terms, you can’t use the PxP Services.
By using the Platform, you hereby grant us a worldwide license to use, exploit, sell, display, store, adapt, publish, distribute, and/or reproduce your Content and your name, likeness, and biographical materials on the Platform. The exclusivity and length of this grant shall be governed by your Pricing Model and Publication Type designations, as further described herein. For the avoidance of doubt, all rights not expressly granted to PxP herein shall be reserved to you and PxP is not claiming any ownership in and to your Content.
Content Standards
The following terms apply:
- Unlock Fee: amount of Stardust paid by a user to view a Paid Content;
- Ancillary Author Information: information associated with the work including, without limitation, author username, title of Work and Chapters, copyright notice and summaries for the Work, and trademarks and logos associated with the Author and Work;
- Artwork: book covers, photos, drawings, and illustrations associated with a Work;
- Content: all content uploaded to the platform, excluding any Comments;
- Chapters: excerpt of a work;
- Chapter Lock Period: the period of time which a Chapter is locked and only accessible through paying an Unlock Fee;
- Insert Content: promotional content for the Work provided by you;
- Paid Content: any content that can only be accessed on the Platform through Unlock Fee payment;
- Work: literary work;
All Content uploaded or otherwise made available on PxP must strictly conform with conditions contained herein and the Terms. Content must comply with applicable United States laws and any country from which it is posted or accessed. In the event that any Content is subject to any third party rights, you must inform us of such restrictions prior to the delivery of the Content or the Content otherwise being uploaded to or made available on the Platform.
Before you can publish and distribute a Work, you must select a “Pricing Model” from the following:
- Free: no Paid Content;
- Freemium: contains Paid Content based on the Chapter Lock Period. Post-Period expiry, there will no longer be an Unlock Fee and the Work becomes Free;
- Premium: only available to those who pay Unlock Fees for the Chapter;
- Timed Unlock: available to those who pay an Unlock Fee or those who wait till post expiry, where the Work becomes Free. The first three Chapters of any story will be excluded.
Rate your Story
All creators must rate their stories as Mature or not and, if applicable, a Content Warning, according to the guidelines below. “Mature Content” is content for an audience 17 and up, and only for users who opt-in to view this Content. A story may read Mature if it contains any of the following:
- Explicit sex scenes;
- Graphic depictions of violence; including, without limitation, sexual, verbal, emotional and physical abuse
If PxP finds that your story was incorrectly rated, we reserve the right to remove your Content and notify you at any time.
Prohibited Content
Content must not include or embody, at PxP’s sole discretion:
- Pornographic content, glorification of sexual violence, pedophilia or other illegal sex acts
- Content infringing on any intellectual property
- Content meant to threaten, harass, abuse, bully or invade another's privacy
- Material that is offensive, hateful, inflammatory, discriminatory or inciting of violence against a particular group of people, or a hate crime
- Content breaching legal duties owed to a third party
- Content that supports or advocates terrorism
- Content meant to impersonate, deceive or misrepresent one’s identity or affiliation with third parties
- Content that promotes animal abuse
- Content inductive of spam, including, without limitation, solicitations and advertising with links to third party publishers and digital platforms