Fanwork And Copyright Policy
Chat Of Our Own is an independent platform for character-focused writing, original characters, roleplay, and transformative fan activity. This page explains how fandom labels, user-created personas, rights concerns, and copyright reports are handled during beta.
Last Updated
July 6, 2026. This version reflects the current beta archive, persona creation, AI-assisted drafting, semantic persona compilation, and integrated model features.
No Affiliation
CO3 is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially connected to any publisher, studio, franchise, celebrity, author, platform, game, book, movie, show, or rights holder unless explicitly stated by CO3.
Fandom Labels
Fandom, category, character, trope, and tag fields are used for archive organization and discovery. A label does not mean CO3 owns, licenses, or has permission from the source material or rights holder.
User Content And Ownership
- You keep the rights you already have in your original writing, original characters, persona text, tags, summaries, prompts, and feedback.
- You do not gain ownership of copyrighted characters, settings, trademarks, celebrities, source material, or fandom worlds by writing about them on CO3.
- Rights in underlying source material remain with their original rights holders.
- AI-generated drafts, compiled persona briefs, auto-complete suggestions, chat outputs, and runtime interpretations do not make fan content official, licensed, or owned by CO3.
- Do not claim that a fan persona, fan chat, or fanwork is official, licensed, endorsed, or owned by you if it is not.
Noncommercial Fanwork Rule
CO3 is designed for noncommercial transformative fan activity. Do not use CO3 to sell, license, commission, paywall, or otherwise monetize fan personas, fan chats, AI-generated drafts, compiled persona briefs, or stories based on copyrighted works you do not own.
Original Work
Original characters, original settings, and original stories are welcome. If a persona is original, label it clearly so it is not confused with a fandom character or official source.
What CO3 May Remove Or Restrict
- Content that falsely claims official status, ownership, sponsorship, or endorsement.
- Content that appears to copy substantial protected text instead of creating a transformative roleplay premise.
- Persona cards, greetings, or source notes that reproduce large passages from copyrighted material instead of summarizing or transforming them.
- Content that misuses trademarks, logos, branding, or identities in a confusing way.
- Content that creates a rights, safety, impersonation, or platform-risk concern.
- Content identified in a credible copyright, trademark, privacy, or rights report.
Copyright Reports
If you believe content on CO3 infringes your rights, report it with enough detail for review. Include the URL or content identifier, the rights you believe are affected, and a way to contact you.
Legal Note
This policy is a practical beta rule set, not legal advice. Users are responsible for the content they create, post, copy, label, or share.