Acceptable Use & Content Policy

1. Scope — and what this does not cover

Lyra Story is a creative workspace and learning community for AI filmmakers. This policy governs content you make visible to us — that is, anything you store in cloud mode or publish to the public Explore feed, and anything produced through our hosted generation tools.

It does not apply to local-first / anonymous projects. Files kept on your own disk (via the browser File System Access API) or through the @lyra-mcp/sync daemon never leave your device. We have no visibility into them, no access to them, and assume no responsibility for them. They are yours.

2. You must own or have rights to what you upload

When you upload to cloud mode or publish publicly, you represent and warrant that you own — or have a license or other legal right to use — everything in that content, including:

• Any copyrighted images, footage, music, or other works it incorporates.
• Any trademark, logo, or brand element it depicts.
• The likeness, name, or voice of any real person it depicts (see §4).

If you don't have the rights, keep the work in local-first mode — or don't make it.

3. Copyright

Do not upload or publish work that infringes someone else's copyright — including copyrighted characters, photographs, film or TV frames, and music. Fan-art derivatives and transformative work occupy a gray area and may be reviewed case by case; we err toward keeping genuine creative work up unless it clearly infringes.

We respond to valid DMCA takedown notices. Send them to our designated agent at dmca@lyrastory.ai with the required elements (identification of the work and the infringing material, your contact details, a good-faith statement, and a statement under penalty of perjury). We process counter-notices under the standard DMCA timeline.

4. Likeness & right of publicity

A person's face, name, and voice are protected separately from copyright. Do not upload, publish, or generate, in cloud/public modes:

• A real person's likeness without their consent, where that use would be commercial or could imply their endorsement.
• Depictions of public figures or celebrities in false, defamatory, or endorsement-implying contexts.
• Content that misrepresents a real person as having said or done something they did not ("deepfakes" in a misleading or harmful context).

If you are depicted in content on Lyra Story and want it removed, email abuse@lyrastory.ai and we will review it through the same takedown process.

5. Zero-tolerance content

The following are prohibited with no warning and may be reported to authorities:

• Any sexual or suggestive depiction of minors. Reported to NCMEC and law enforcement; evidence preserved as required by law.
• Non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII). Removed on an expedited basis (within 48 hours of a valid request, per the TAKE IT DOWN Act) — report to abuse@lyrastory.ai.
• Content that sexualizes, threatens, or endangers real, identifiable people.

6. Other prohibited uses

• Hate speech, harassment, threats, doxing, or content targeting protected groups.
• Illegal content under the laws of the jurisdictions we operate in.
• NSFW content outside a genuine artistic context (case-by-case admin review).
• Personal photo backup or generic cloud storage unrelated to creative work.
• Meme dumps, generic stock recycling, or un-curated AI output ("slop").
• Attempts to bypass storage quotas, content review, rate limits, or the generation guardrails described in §7.

7. Generation tools

Where Lyra Story offers hosted AI generation, prompts and outputs may be filtered and reviewed. We block prompts that target real people's likeness (including celebrities and public figures), and generated content that reaches cloud or public surfaces is subject to automated moderation (AWS Rekognition labels) and human review.

You remain responsible for the prompts you write and the outputs you choose to publish.

8. Review, strikes & repeat infringers

Cloud/public content may be sampled and reviewed by automated systems and human moderators. Violations accrue strikes under the schedule in our Terms of Service. Strikes expire after 180 days; any strike can be appealed at appeals@lyrastory.ai.

Repeat infringers. Accounts that repeatedly upload or publish infringing material — after notice — will have their accounts terminated, consistent with our DMCA repeat-infringer policy. On-chain creator-vault funds remain under your control regardless of account status.

Reporting & contact

Copyright (DMCA): dmca@lyrastory.ai
Abuse, likeness & NCII: abuse@lyrastory.ai
Appeals: appeals@lyrastory.ai
This policy supplements our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.