Terms of Service

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Last updated October 14, 2026

Version 2026-10-14

Plotlight Studios Terms of Service

Effective Date: October 14, 2026 Last Updated: October 14, 2026

Welcome to Plotlight Studios ("Plotlight," "we," "us," or "our"), operated by RoleCall Studios LLC. These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a legally binding agreement between you and RoleCall Studios LLC governing your use of the Plotlight platform at plotlightstudios.com (the "Service").

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

ARBITRATION NOTICE: Except for certain disputes described in Section 13, you agree that disputes arising under these Terms will be resolved by binding individual arbitration. You and Plotlight each waive the right to a trial by jury or to participate in any class action. You may opt out of arbitration within 30 days of creating your account (see Section 13.8).

Plotlight is an adult platform. You must be at least 18 years old to use this Service.

1. Definitions

1.1. "Service" means the Plotlight website at plotlightstudios.com, its API, and all related services.

1.2. "User," "you," "your" means any individual who accesses or uses the Service.

1.3. "Creator" means a User who uploads, creates, or publishes Content to the Service.

1.4. "Content" or "User Content" means any material you upload, create, or share through the Service, including character cards, lorebooks, presets, personas, prompts, images, and portfolio pages.

1.5. "Materials" means the visual interfaces, graphics, design, code, software, and all other elements of the Service provided by Plotlight. Materials does not include User Content.

1.6. "Discovery" means the public browsing area of the Service where published Content is visible to all users.

1.7. "Library" means your personal collection of Content within the Service.

1.8. "Fork" means a copy of another user's published Content, created through the Service's forking feature, which preserves attribution to the original creator.

1.9. "Portfolio" means your public creator profile page where your published Content is showcased.

1.10. "Trust Score" means the internal rating assigned to Creators based on their publishing history, used to determine whether new submissions require review before publication.

2. Eligibility

2.1. You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, whichever is higher, to use the Service.

2.2. By creating an account, you represent and warrant that you meet this age requirement. Providing false information about your age is a violation of these Terms and grounds for immediate account termination.

2.3. You represent that you have not previously been banned or removed from the Service.

2.4. You represent that your use of the Service complies with all applicable laws in your jurisdiction.

2.5. Minors are strictly prohibited from using Plotlight under any circumstances.

3. Account Registration and Security

3.1. Account Creation. To access most features, you must create an account. You agree to provide accurate information during registration and keep it up to date.

3.2. One Account Per Person. You may not create or maintain multiple accounts. Discovery of duplicate accounts may result in termination of all associated accounts.

3.3. No Account Sharing. Your account is personal to you. You may not share login credentials. You are responsible for all activity under your account.

3.4. Security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials. Notify us immediately at boxoffice@rolecallstudios.com if you suspect unauthorized access.

3.5. Account Deletion. To delete your account, email boxoffice@rolecallstudios.com. Upon request, we will delete your account and associated data, subject to the following:

Published Content that has been forked by other users: existing forks remain with attribution anonymized to "Deleted User."
Private forks of your Content already created by other users remain in their libraries.
Data required to be retained by law will be retained as required.

4. Description of Service

4.1. Plotlight is a free content platform for discovering, creating, and sharing creative works. The Service provides:

A Discovery hub for browsing and discovering published content from creators
Tools for creating, managing, and sharing characters, presets, lorebooks, personas, and prompts
A personal Library for organizing your content
A Portfolio system for showcasing your published work
A forking system that lets you copy and build on published content (with attribution preserved)
Import and export tools for content portability
A content rating system with All Hours, Late Night, and After Dark tiers
A trust-based publishing system where new creators' submissions may be reviewed before publication

4.2. Plotlight is a free service. There are no subscription fees, no premium tiers, and no paywalls.

4.3. Plotlight is in active development. Features listed above may not all be available at any given time. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Service without prior notice.

5. Content Ratings and Adult Content

5.1. Content Ratings. Plotlight uses three content rating tiers:

All Hours: Suitable for general audiences (18+ only, as the platform requires).
Late Night: Mature themes, suggestive content, moderate violence.
After Dark: Explicit sexual content, graphic violence, and other adult material.

5.2. Accurate Rating Required. All published Content must be accurately rated. Consistently misrating Content is a violation of these Terms.

5.3. Permitted Adult Content. Plotlight permits adult content between fictional adult characters, including:

Explicit sexual content between consenting adult fictional characters
Gore, violence, and dark themes in fictional contexts
Exploration of difficult or sensitive themes within fictional narratives
Morally complex or villainous characters

5.4. All Content is Fiction. This platform is for fictional content only. Characters are creative works and do not represent real people. Views expressed in user-created Content do not represent the views of Plotlight.

5.5. Visibility Controls. Users may control their exposure to mature content through platform settings. After Dark content is hidden by default and must be explicitly enabled.

6. Content Publishing and Trust System

6.1. Publishing. Creators may publish Content to Discovery, making it visible to all users. Published Content must comply with these Terms and our Community Guidelines.

6.2. Trust Score. Plotlight uses a trust-based system for content publishing:

New Creators begin with a low Trust Score. Their initial submissions may be held for review before publication.
As a Creator builds a history of approved content, their Trust Score increases.
Creators with a sufficient Trust Score may publish without review.
Violations of these Terms or Community Guidelines may reduce your Trust Score.
Severe violations may result in permanent loss of publishing privileges.

6.3. Review Queue. Content held for review will be processed in a reasonable timeframe. We are not obligated to publish any Content and may reject submissions that violate our policies.

6.4. No Guarantee of Visibility. Publishing Content does not guarantee visibility, promotion, or featuring. We reserve the right to feature, promote, or deprioritize Content at our sole discretion.

6.5. Small Staff Corrections. To resolve clear, minor errors, staff may correct metadata, spelling, or formatting without asking you to resubmit your Content. We preserve your ownership and creative intent, record what changed and why, and notify you through the moderation inbox. You may dispute a correction there. A small correction does not itself add an account strike. When a change would substantially alter a character, story, age, or intended meaning, we request clarification or changes instead. We do not promise to correct every error, and corrections do not exempt Content from our safety rules or replace normal moderation review.

7. Prohibited Content and Conduct

7.1. Zero Tolerance Content

The following content results in immediate permanent account termination. Where required by law, we will report violations to the appropriate authorities.

7.1.1. Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). Any sexual, romantic, or suggestive content involving minors — real, fictional, or AI-generated. This includes "aged-up" depictions of child characters that retain childlike characteristics. Violations will be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and relevant law enforcement. Zero tolerance. No appeals.

7.1.2. Photorealistic Sexual Imagery of Minors. Any AI-generated or manipulated photorealistic imagery depicting minors in sexual situations.

7.2. Prohibited Content

The following content is prohibited and will result in content removal and potential account termination:

7.2.1. Real People. Sexual or explicit content depicting real, identifiable individuals (living or deceased within the past 100 years) without documented consent. This includes celebrities, public figures, politicians, and private individuals.

7.2.2. Bestiality / Feral NSFW. Sexual content involving real or non-anthropomorphic animals (feral animals) is strictly prohibited. Anthropomorphic characters (characters with human-level intelligence, speech, and humanoid traits) are permitted.

7.2.3. Hate Speech and Slurs. Content whose primary purpose is to promote hatred, violence, or discrimination against real groups based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. Note: fictional characters may express prejudiced views within a narrative context where the content itself does not serve to promote real-world hatred.

7.2.4. Doxxing. Sharing or threatening to share another person's private personal information without their consent.

7.2.5. Impersonation. Falsely representing yourself as another user, a Plotlight team member, or any real person.

7.2.6. Spam. Automated or bulk posting of repetitive, low-quality, or promotional content.

7.2.7. Report Abuse. Filing false, frivolous, or bad-faith reports against other users.

7.2.8. Content Promoting Real Violence. Content that provides instructions for, incites, or promotes actual violence against real individuals or groups.

7.2.9. Terrorism Content. Content that promotes, supports, or provides material support to terrorist organizations.

7.3. Prohibited Conduct

By using the Service, you agree not to:

Use the Service for any illegal purpose
Harass, threaten, bully, stalk, or otherwise harm any other user
Use automated tools (bots, scrapers, crawlers) to access the Service except as expressly permitted
Interfere with security features, reverse engineer, or attempt to discover source code
Upload viruses, malware, or other malicious code
Create multiple accounts to circumvent restrictions or bans
Sell, transfer, or resell access to the Service
Attempt any of the above or assist others in doing so

7.4. Repeat Infringer Policy

Accounts that receive two or more valid DMCA strikes may be permanently terminated in accordance with Section 10.

7.5. Content Moderation

Plotlight actively moderates published Content. We may remove, edit, or block any Content that violates these Terms. Content submitted by Creators with low Trust Scores is reviewed before publication.

7.6. Reporting

If you encounter Content that violates these Terms, use the in-platform reporting system or email boxoffice@rolecallstudios.com. We review all reports and take appropriate action.

8. User Content and Intellectual Property

8.1. Your Ownership

You retain full ownership of all Content you create and upload to Plotlight. We do not claim ownership of your characters, lorebooks, presets, personas, prompts, or any other creative work.

8.2. License to Plotlight

By uploading Content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, display, and distribute your Content as necessary to operate the Service. For Content you publish to Discovery, this license includes displaying it to other users and promoting featured content on our platform or social media.

This license is revocable: setting your Content to private or draft status, or deleting it, ends the public display portion of this license. We retain only the rights necessary to operate the Service (e.g., storing your private content for you).

8.3. Forking

By publishing Content to Discovery, you grant other users a non-exclusive license to fork (copy) your Content through the Service's forking feature. Forks preserve attribution to you as the original creator. You understand and agree that:

Forks that already exist cannot be revoked by making your original Content private or deleting it.
Forks are independent copies. Changes you make to your original do not affect existing forks.
This is a core feature of the platform and a condition of publishing Content publicly.

8.4. Content Representations

By uploading Content, you represent that:

You are the creator or have the necessary rights and permissions to share it.
Your Content does not infringe any third-party rights.
Your Content does not violate applicable law.

9. No Payment Processing

9.1. Plotlight is a free service. We do not charge fees, process payments, or collect payment information.

9.2. We may introduce optional features in the future. Any such features will be subject to updated Terms published at the time of launch, with notice before they apply to you.

10. Copyright and DMCA

10.1. Plotlight respects intellectual property rights and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. 512).

10.2. DMCA Notifications. If you believe Content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a written notification to our designated agent at boxoffice@rolecallstudios.com with the subject line "DMCA Notification." Your notice must include:

A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed
A description of where the allegedly infringing material is located on the Service
Your contact information (name, address, email, phone number)
A statement that you have a good faith belief the use is unauthorized
A statement under penalty of perjury that your notice is accurate and you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner
Your physical or electronic signature

10.3. Counter-Notifications. If you believe your Content was wrongfully removed, you may submit a counter-notification including your signature, identification of the removed material, a statement under penalty of perjury that removal was in error, and your consent to jurisdiction.

10.4. Repeat Infringers. Accounts with two or more valid DMCA strikes may be permanently terminated.

10.5. Full DMCA Policy. Our complete DMCA Policy is available as a separate document. In the event of any conflict between this section and the full DMCA Policy, the full DMCA Policy controls.

11. Platform Intellectual Property

11.1. The Service and all Materials are owned by RoleCall Studios LLC or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws.

11.2. These Terms grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for personal, non-commercial purposes in accordance with these Terms.

11.3. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or create derivative works based on the Materials without our prior written consent.

12. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

12.1. "As Is" Service

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

12.2. Active Development

Plotlight is in active development. The Service may contain bugs, errors, and other problems. Features may change or be removed. We do not guarantee uptime, availability, or that the Service will meet your needs.

12.3. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ROLECALL STUDIOS LLC AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR GOODWILL.

OUR TOTAL LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).

12.4. Essential Basis

The limitations in this section are an essential part of the agreement between you and RoleCall Studios LLC. They apply even if any limited remedy fails of its essential purpose. Each limitation is severable and independent.

13. Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

13.1. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to conflict of law provisions.

13.2. Binding Arbitration

Except as described in Section 13.3, you and Plotlight agree that all disputes arising under these Terms or relating to the Service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration under the Commercial Dispute Resolution Procedures of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"). AAA Rules are available at www.adr.org.

YOU AND PLOTLIGHT EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION.

13.3. Exceptions

Either party may: (a) bring an individual action in small claims court; (b) pursue enforcement through applicable government agencies; (c) seek injunctive relief in court; or (d) file suit to address intellectual property infringement.

13.4. Pre-Arbitration Notice

Before initiating arbitration, you must send a written notice to boxoffice@rolecallstudios.com describing the dispute and the relief sought. Both parties will attempt to resolve the dispute in good faith for at least 30 days before commencing arbitration.

13.5. Class Action Waiver

YOU AND PLOTLIGHT AGREE THAT DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. NEITHER PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

13.6. Jury Trial Waiver

YOU AND PLOTLIGHT WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.

13.7. Costs

If your claim is for $10,000 or less, RoleCall Studios LLC will reimburse your AAA filing fee if the arbitrator finds in your favor. Each party bears its own attorneys' fees unless the arbitrator awards fees to the prevailing party under applicable law.

13.8. Opt-Out

You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to boxoffice@rolecallstudios.com within 30 days of creating your account. Your notice must include your name, account email, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. If you opt out, disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in the judicial district of New Jersey.

13.9. Changes to Arbitration Provision

If we make a substantive change to this arbitration provision, you may reject the change by notifying us in writing within 30 days. If you reject the change, the prior version of this arbitration provision will continue to apply to you.

14. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless RoleCall Studios LLC and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from:

Your use of the Service
Your violation of these Terms
Your violation of any third-party rights
Content you upload, create, or share through the Service

We may, at our expense, assume exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification by you, and you agree to cooperate with that defense.

15. Account Termination

15.1. Termination by You

To close your account, email boxoffice@rolecallstudios.com. See Section 3.5 for details on what happens to your data.

15.2. Termination by Plotlight

We may suspend or terminate your account at our discretion for violation of these Terms, illegal activity, fraudulent or abusive behavior, or any other reason.

We aim to be proportionate. Whether a violation leads to a warning, a temporary suspension, or permanent termination is our judgment, and we weigh how serious it is, whether it looks deliberate, whether it is a first occurrence or part of a pattern, and whether a real person was targeted or harmed. Most issues start with a warning.

For CSAM violations, termination is immediate and permanent with no possibility of appeal.

15.3. Effect of Termination

Upon termination: (a) your license to use the Service ends immediately; (b) you lose access to your account; (c) we have no obligation to retain your data except as required by law or described in Section 3.5.

15.4. Survival

Sections 8 (Content and IP), 11 (Platform IP), 12 (Disclaimers and Liability), 13 (Dispute Resolution), 14 (Indemnification), and 16 (General Provisions) survive termination.

16. General Provisions

16.1. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, DMCA Policy, and Community Guidelines, constitute the entire agreement between you and RoleCall Studios LLC regarding the Plotlight Service. They supersede all prior agreements, understandings, and communications.

16.2. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

16.3. No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision does not waive our right to enforce that provision or any other provision in the future.

16.4. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer your rights under these Terms without our prior written consent. RoleCall Studios LLC may assign its rights and obligations under these Terms to a successor entity in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets, without your consent.

16.5. Force Majeure

RoleCall Studios LLC is not liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to: natural disasters, acts of government, internet or infrastructure outages, pandemics, war, terrorism, labor disputes, or power failures.

16.6. Electronic Communications Consent

By using the Service, you consent to receiving electronic communications from us. You agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that communications be in writing.

16.7. Feedback

If you provide suggestions, ideas, or other feedback about the Service ("Feedback"), you grant RoleCall Studios LLC an unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use that Feedback for any purpose, including improving the Service.

16.8. International Use

The Service is available internationally. You are responsible for compliance with local laws in your jurisdiction.

16.9. EU Consumer Protection

If you are a consumer in the European Union, nothing in these Terms affects your rights under mandatory consumer protection laws of your country of residence.

16.10. Notice to California Residents

Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California residents may contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs at 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834, or by telephone at +1-800-952-5210.

17. Changes to These Terms

17.1. We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated Terms and update the effective date at the top of this document. We will give notice of significant changes before they take effect. We choose how that notice is given, which may include in-app notice, our Discord, or email.

17.2. Changes take effect when posted, unless we state a later effective date.

17.3. Continued use of the Service after updated Terms take effect constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, stop using the Service.

18. Contact

For questions about these Terms, to report violations, or to request account deletion:

Email: boxoffice@rolecallstudios.com

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