At Liminal Experiences, we believe in the power of story and we celebrate creative acts of all types, so we love it when our fans create artwork, websites, and other stuff based on our intellectual property. That said, we need to protect our intellectual property that we work so hard to create.
In most cases, using our games, artwork, videos, music, characters, logos, and other intellectual property (“Liminal IP”) without our permission is illegal and a violation of our rights. So we created this Policy to explain what you may do regarding your Fan Content. In this Policy, “Fan Content” means: your personal, non-commercial (i) fan art (such as artwork, photographs, videos, and other materials) that is based on the Liminal IP; and (ii) Liminal IP-related websites and apps that are freely accessible to the public.
Please read this Policy carefully before creating any Fan Content. We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time by posting the revised Policy to our website. Any existing Fan Content that no longer complies with this Policy due to a change in the Policy must be modified to be compliant with the Policy.
Section 1 – General Rules
1.1 You may create Fan Content based on Liminal IP as long as you comply with this Policy. Any Fan Content that violates this Policy is prohibited.
1.2 This Policy applies only to Liminal IP that you access pursuant to Liminal’s Terms of Service, end user license agreements, and/or other agreements you have with Liminal. For example, if you have agreed to Liminal’s end user license agreement for particular game, then this Policy covers the Fan Content you create based on that game.
1.3 All Fan Content must be appropriate for the audience of the Liminal IP and consistent with the spirit and tone of the Liminal IP (as determined by Liminal). Fan Content must comply with applicable law, may not violate the rights of others, and must not be obscene, sexually explicit, defamatory, offensive, objectionable, or harmful to others.
1.4 Fan Content must have no commercial (i.e., monetary) objective. As an exception to this, individual fans are permitted to monetize web videos (such as YouTube) with advertisements, so long as those videos otherwise meet the requirements of this Policy.
1.5 Liminal, in its sole discretion, can revoke your permission to create Fan Content at any time and for any reason.
1.6 You may not say nor imply that your Fan Content is endorsed or approved by Liminal.
1.7 Your Fan Content may not include links to any website that promotes or exploits cheats or hacks to Liminal’s games or any other games.
1.8 You may not create or use any Fan Content in a manner that could cause people to believe that it is an official Liminal production. For example, a fan website may not be designed to look like an official Liminal website, and it must be clear to visitors that the website is not an Liminal website.
1.9 You may not use any Liminal IP in any manner that is derogatory to Liminal or that may damage the value, reputation, or goodwill of Liminal or its products or brands (as determined by Liminal).
1.10 You must display the following disclaimer on or in connection with your Fan Content, including on any web page containing your Fan Content:
- Portions of the materials used are trademarks and/or copyrighted works of Liminal Experiences, Inc. All rights reserved by Liminal. This material is not official and is not endorsed by Liminal.
1.11 If you use Liminal brands, logos, game titles, character names, or other trademarks (“Marks”) in connection with your Fan Content, you must follow these rules:
- Marks must be used only in connection with discussion of the Liminal products or business they represent. Do not use Marks to identify or promote you, your Fan Content, or any other products or business.
- Marks must be used in a manner that will enhance and not damage the reputation and goodwill associated with the Marks.
- Do not use any Marks in the name of a website unless it is clear from the name that the website is not an official Liminal website.
- Do not register or use any domain name that is confusingly similar to our domain names.
- Do not alter any Marks. Examples:
- “Unreal Engine 4” should never be changed to “”Unreal 4 Engine” or “Unrealengine 4”.
- The colors of a logo should not be altered, and the design and appearance of the logo should not be modified or adapted into a new logo.
Section 2 – Your Agreements with Liminal
Except for the limited permission described in Section 1 above, your use of any Liminal IP is subject to Liminal’s Terms of Service, end user license agreements, and other agreements you may have with Liminal regarding the websites, games, and other materials from which you access the Liminal IP. Those agreements include important legal terms (such as limitations of liability, disclaimers of warranties, and dispute resolution), so please review those agreements carefully before creating any Fan Content.
Section 3 - Mods
As you know, Liminal allows fans to create modifications or enhancements (“Mods”) to some of our games pursuant to the end user license agreements for those games. Please note that this Policy does not change our game end user license agreements with respect to Mods.
Section 4 - Do Not Send Liminal Your Fan Content or Game Ideas
Please do not send your unsolicited Fan Content or game ideas to Liminal; they will be deleted without review.
Section 5 – Enforcement of Rights
Liminal reserves the right to take legal action against you for your misuse of Liminal IP.