Peakime Copyright & Intellectual Property Policy

Publishing an original work on Peakime does not automatically make PeakCraft Studios Private Limited the owner of that work. If you own an original novel before publishing it on Peakovels, you continue to own that novel. If you create artwork in Peakbrush, you do not lose ownership simply because Peakbrush stored the project. The same principle applies to eligible original comics, manga, webtoons, Panels, illustrations and videos. The platform licence granted under the Terms of Service is different from transferring ownership.

Peakime needs limited permissions to provide the Services. Creators grant PeakCraft permissions reasonably necessary to host, store, technically reproduce, format, display, stream, deliver, recommend, secure, moderate and promote the availability of published content. This ordinary platform licence is not intended to operate as an automatic acquisition of every animation, film, game, merchandise or other adaptation right in a creator’s work.

Peakime is unusual because our ecosystem is intentionally capable of helping stories move from one medium to another — a novel may eventually become a webtoon, a webtoon may become animation, a successful project may move into another professional production. Where PeakCraft needs rights beyond the ordinary platform licence, we may enter a separate agreement with the lawful rightsholder addressing adaptation rights, exclusivity, territory, duration, creator compensation, revenue participation, credits and production rights. Publishing a story on Peakovels alone is not an automatic assignment of every adaptation right.

FANOA does not automatically transfer ownership of a creator’s underlying intellectual property to PeakCraft or to fans. A creator participating in FANOA may separately license rights necessary for a particular adaptation; supporters do not obtain copyright simply because they financially support the project. The applicable FANOA and creator-production documentation determines any additional rights involved in a production.

You should upload content only where you have a lawful basis to do so — content you created yourself, material for which you received permission or a licence, and uses otherwise permitted by applicable law. Peakime does not independently grant you permission to use someone else’s copyrighted characters, illustrations, music, videos or stories.

Not every use of existing creative material is automatically unlawful. Applicable copyright laws can recognise exceptions or limitations for criticism, review, quotation, parody, research, reporting and other permitted uses depending on jurisdiction and circumstances — so Peakime does not assume every fan work or critical use infringes copyright merely because it refers to another work. However, calling something "fan art" does not automatically make every commercial reproduction or copied work lawful; users remain responsible for the legal basis of what they publish.

Users must not use Peakime to knowingly distribute pirated material — stolen novels, copied chapters, unauthorised translations where permission is required, pirated manga or webtoon scans, stolen artwork, leaked studio material, unauthorised video copies, and deliberate plagiarism. Repeated or serious infringement may result in content removal, monetisation restrictions or account termination.

If you own copyright in a work, or are authorised to act for the owner, and believe content on Peakime infringes that copyright, send general copyright notices to [email protected]. A useful notice identifies the complaining rightsholder, the copyrighted work, the Peakime material being challenged and its location, and provides sufficient contact information for us to review the complaint, explaining why the complainant believes the use is unauthorised and confirming they are authorised to act. Peakime may request additional information where a complaint is incomplete or ambiguous.

Where the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act applies to the relevant matter, notices intended to use a DMCA process may be submitted to [email protected]. Use of this email address does not replace any formal designation or registration that PeakCraft must separately complete to rely on a particular U.S. statutory safe harbour — PeakCraft should not publicly claim a registered DMCA Agent until the required designation has actually been completed.

Peakime reviews copyright notices based on the information reasonably available to us. Depending on the circumstances, we may request clarification, restrict content while a claim is investigated, remove or disable access to content, notify the uploader, preserve relevant evidence, or take another appropriate action. Submitting a complaint does not automatically prove it is legally correct — Peakime may need to consider ownership, licences, applicable exceptions, conflicting evidence, or another legitimate dispute.

Where an appropriate counter-notification or dispute process is available, a creator whose content has been restricted may provide information explaining why they believe the claim is incorrect — evidence of authorship, licences, permissions, assignment documents, or another legal basis. Peakime may share information necessary to administer the dispute with the complaining party where legally appropriate. Complex ownership disputes sometimes require a court or other competent legal authority — Peakime is a platform and cannot replace a court in every private intellectual-property dispute.

Peakime may maintain records of substantiated infringement matters. When deciding whether a user is a repeat or serious infringer, we may consider the number and nature of substantiated violations, whether conduct appears deliberate, valid counter-notifications, account history and other relevant evidence. We do not treat a large number of obviously abusive or unverified complaints as automatically proving infringement — but deliberate piracy does not require unlimited warnings before Peakime takes serious action.

Copyright reporting exists to protect rights, not to silence competitors or critics. Users must not knowingly submit false ownership claims, falsify copyright documents, impersonate rightsholders, or use copyright reports to remove lawful criticism merely because they dislike it. Abuse of Peakime’s intellectual-property reporting systems may result in account restrictions and other available remedies.

Creators often collaborate — a novel may have co-authors, a comic may involve a writer, illustrator, colourist and other contributors. If ownership is disputed, Peakime may ask for information demonstrating who has authority to publish or monetise the work, and may temporarily restrict monetisation or distribution while a genuine dispute is resolved. Creators should use written agreements with collaborators where meaningful commercial rights are involved.

AI does not remove copyright responsibilities. Users should not intentionally use Peakime AI tools to reproduce or distribute protected works where they do not have the right to do so. Peakime’s separate creator-content commitment also applies here: uploading a creator work does not automatically authorise Peakime to use it for training Peakime’s general-purpose generative AI models. A creator may separately authorise specific AI-assisted production use through FANOA or another production agreement.

Peakime may use contractual and technical measures to protect creator works from unauthorised bulk extraction. Except where authorised or otherwise permitted by applicable law, users and automated systems must not systematically harvest Peakime creator content for unauthorised republication, resale, commercial databases, or machine-learning datasets. Peakime may use reasonable access controls, rate limits and machine-readable protections to protect creators and the Services.

Not every rights complaint is a copyright complaint. Peakime may also receive complaints involving trademarks, impersonation, publicity rights or other legal rights — where appropriate, contact [email protected] or use a relevant in-product reporting option.

Peakime, Peakovels, Peakart, Peakime TV, Peakpen, Peakbrush, Peakit, CraftyPeak, PeakAI Studio, FANOA and associated PeakCraft branding, software, interfaces, original platform materials, logos and other intellectual property may be owned by or licensed to PeakCraft Studios Private Limited. Users do not acquire ownership of PeakCraft intellectual property simply by using the Services.