Copyright Policy

Last updated: 2026-10-31 (version 2026-10-31)

This English translation is provided for convenience. The Portuguese version prevails.

GameTale respects the rights of creators and expects the same of everyone who uses the platform. This policy explains what you may publish, how to report an infringement, how to contest a removal, and what happens to repeat infringers. It is part of the Terms of Service.

1. Legal Basis

This policy follows the Brazilian Copyright Law (Law 9.610/1998). The creator of a work holds economic rights over it (deciding how it is used, copied and distributed) and moral rights, such as being credited as the author and preserving the integrity of the work (Art. 24). Moral rights are inalienable and cannot be waived (Art. 27): nobody loses them by publishing on GameTale.

Publishing on GameTale does not transfer ownership of your work to us. The licence you grant us to display it is described in the Terms of Service.

2. What You May Publish

You may publish content on GameTale (text, images, sprites, character art, music, sounds and any other material) only if at least one of the following is true:

• You are the original creator.
• The content is in the public domain.
• You hold a valid licence that allows publishing it on GameTale, and you include any attribution the licence requires.
• You have explicit written authorization from the rights holder.

3. Fanfiction and Third-Party Characters

Fanfiction is welcome on GameTale. You may publish stories that use characters, worlds or brands from other works (for example, anime, game, book, TV or film franchises), and anyone can read them for free.

Under Brazilian copyright law (Law 9.610/1998), fanfiction is a derivative work: the characters and the world still belong to whoever holds the rights to the original work. So all fanfiction on GameTale follows these rules:

• You mark the story as fanfiction in Edit details, with the option “This story uses characters or the world of another work (fanfic)”.
• It is non-commercial: it does not take part in the Revenue Share Program, it cannot be monetized, and none of its chapters is restricted to subscribers or put behind any payment.
• The art, music and other material you upload follow section 2: they are yours, in the public domain, or you hold a licence or permission to use them.

When the holder of the rights to the original work sends a valid notice, the fanfiction comes down under the procedure in sections 5 to 8, like any other content.

If a story uses the characters or world of another work and is not marked as fanfiction, we may mark it for you. Earnings tied to it are not paid.

4. Other Users’ Works

GameTale has no remix feature. Do not copy, adapt or republish other users’ stories, characters or assets without their authorization. A work being visible on the platform does not make it free to use.

5. How We Handle Infringement Notices

Brazil’s Internet Civil Framework (Marco Civil da Internet, Law 12.965/2014) generally requires a court order before a platform can be held liable for third-party content (Art. 19). Paragraph 2 of that article leaves copyright infringement outside that rule, and Art. 31 applies copyright legislation (Law 9.610/1998) to it.

GameTale therefore runs a contractual notice-and-takedown procedure: we act on a notice made under this policy, without waiting for a court order. This procedure does not stop either party from going to court at any time.

6. How to Send a Notice

If you believe content on GameTale infringes your rights, send a notice to support@gametale.app with:

• Your full name and a contact (email, and address if your jurisdiction requires it).
• Identification of the original work and proof or indication of your rights over it (for example, the link where it was first published, or a registration).
• The exact link to the content on GameTale you consider infringing.
• A statement, in good faith, that the use is not authorized by the rights holder, its representative or the law.
• A statement that the information is accurate and that you are the rights holder or are authorized to act on their behalf.
• Your physical or electronic signature (your full name typed at the end of the email is accepted).

You can also use the report button on the story’s page and choose the copyright reason, but a complete notice by email is what starts this procedure. Incomplete notices may not be processed; if so, we tell you what is missing.

7. What Happens After a Notice

We acknowledge receipt within 5 business days. Every notice is reviewed by a person.

While we review a complete notice, the content it identifies may be made unavailable.

We tell the author of the content and send them the notice we received, so that they can respond. The notifier’s contact details may be shared with the author so the two can resolve the dispute, unless there is a safety reason not to share them. If you have that concern, say so in the notice.

8. Counter-Notice

If your content was removed or made unavailable and you believe this was a mistake or that you have the right to publish it, send a counter-notice to support@gametale.app with:

• Your full name and a contact.
• The link to, or a description of, the removed content.
• A statement, in good faith, that the content was removed by mistake or misidentification, or that you hold the rights or the authorization to use it, with proof or indication of this.
• A statement that the information is accurate.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

We forward the counter-notice to the person who sent the notice.

If the counter-notice is valid, we restore the content, unless the notifier shows, within 10 business days of our forwarding it, that they have filed a lawsuit over the matter. In that case, the content stays unavailable until a court decides or the parties reach an agreement.

9. Repeat Infringers

Each upheld notice against your content counts as a strike. A notice overturned by a valid counter-notice, or withdrawn by the notifier, does not count.

Three upheld strikes within 12 months lead to a ban of the account.

If the story concerned takes part in the Revenue Share Program, its earnings are held until the notice is resolved. Amounts tied to infringing content are not paid.

10. False or Abusive Notices

Sending a notice or counter-notice you know to be false, or using this procedure to harm someone else, may lead to legal liability and to suspension or a ban of your account.

11. Contact

Notices, counter-notices and copyright questions: support@gametale.app.