Acceptable Use and Content Policy

Version 2026-10-18 · Effective October 18, 2026

This Acceptable Use and Content Policy ("Policy") is part of the DailyQuotes Terms of Service between you and Sahlware LLC ("Sahlware," "we," "us"). It applies to everything you create, share, or publish with DailyQuotes, including prompts, generated Collections, edits, videos, and share links (together, "Content"), and to your conduct on the Service.

1. Why This Policy Exists

DailyQuotes uses AI to generate quotes, attributions, images, narration, and music. AI can invent quotes and put real people's names on them. Once a Collection is shared or published, people who never used DailyQuotes may see it and believe it. The rules below keep the community feed useful and prevent harm to the people whose names, words, and work show up in Content.

2. Rules for All Content

These rules apply to private Collections, share links, and published Collections. Enforcement focuses on shared and published Content, but we may act on private Content that is illegal or that we are notified about.

2.1 Prohibited content

You may not create, share, or publish Content that:

Infringes intellectual property — reproduces copyrighted text (such as song lyrics, book passages, or poems beyond short quotation), images, logos, or trademarks without permission, or passes off another creator's work as your own.
Is defamatory — makes or implies false statements of fact that harm a real person's or organization's reputation, including by attributing a fabricated quote to them.
Harasses, bullies, or threatens anyone, or targets private individuals for ridicule or abuse.
Promotes hate — attacks or dehumanizes people based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, caste, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or serious disease.
Impersonates a person, brand, or organization, or falsely implies an affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement.
Misuses someone's name, likeness, or voice for commercial advantage or in a way that violates rights of publicity or privacy.
Is sexual or sexually suggestive, and in all cases content that sexualizes minors. Child sexual abuse material is reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and law enforcement as the law requires.
Glorifies or incites violence, terrorism, or violent extremism, or promotes self-harm, suicide, or eating disorders.
Discloses private information such as home addresses, phone numbers, government IDs, financial or health details of any person, or intimate images.
Is deceptive or dangerous misinformation, including content meant to mislead voters about elections, or false health, safety, or emergency information.
Is spam or manipulation — bulk-generated, repetitive, or keyword-stuffed Collections; fake engagement; undisclosed paid promotion; or links to malware, scams, or phishing.
Is otherwise illegal where you live or where the Content is available.

2.2 Rules for AI-generated quotes and attributions

Do not present fabricated quotes as real. You may not share or publish Content in a way intended or likely to make people believe that a real person actually said or wrote a generated quote. Titles, captions, and descriptions you add must not assert that generated quotes are authentic.
Keep the AI label. Every quote card, slideshow view, share page, and rendered video carries the label "AI-generated · attributions unverified." Do not remove, crop out, cover, or edit away that label or any other AI disclosure the Service applies.
How attributions are generated. The model is instructed to attribute a quote only to a widely known historical figure who is no longer living and is widely associated with the quote, and otherwise to use "Unknown." It is instructed never to attribute quotes to living people or private individuals. If you edit an attribution, you are responsible for it, and your edit is screened before it is saved.
No attributions to private individuals. Do not add or publish attributions to living private individuals (for example, a classmate, coworker, or ex-partner), even as a joke.
Public figures need extra care. Content attributed to living public figures, or to any real person in a political, commercial, religious, or news context, may be removed if it is reasonably likely to mislead, harm reputation, or suggest endorsement.
No political deception. Do not use Content attributed to candidates, officials, or parties to influence elections or public debate.
Voices are synthetic. Narration uses stock synthetic voices and is never a clone of a real person. Do not describe narration as the voice of a real person, or use the Service to imitate a real person's voice.
Check before you rely. If you want to use a quote as genuine, verify it against an original source first. If verified, you may edit the attribution; if not, change it to "Unknown" or remove it.

2.3 Prohibited conduct

You may not: evade usage limits or bans (including with new accounts or guest IDs); jailbreak or prompt-inject the AI to bypass safety instructions; scrape or mass-download other users' Content; manipulate feed rankings or views; submit knowingly false reports, takedown notices, or counter-notices; or interfere with the Service or other users.

3. Community Feed Rules

Publishing to the community feed is optional. When you publish:

You are responsible for your published Collection, including the generated parts, titles, and any edits.
Your published Collection is public. Anyone can view it through the feed or a share link, and other users may share it through the Service. Viewers see your Collection but not your name or email; we display no publisher identity. See Terms of Service §10(c) for the license you give us.
It must pass the safety screen. A publish request is accepted only after the automated safety check in Section 4.1 passes.
Be useful and original. Collections should be on-theme and made for people to enjoy. Near-duplicate or mass-produced Collections may be demoted or removed.
Keep it suitable for a general audience. Collections with mature themes may be limited in visibility even if they do not break a rule.
You can unpublish any time. Unpublishing removes a Collection from the feed; copies other people already shared may remain outside our control.
We may curate. We may feature, rank, demote, or hide Collections at our discretion. Feed placement is not a right.
Eligibility. Publishing requires a signed-in account held by a person aged 18 or older (Terms of Service §3).
Availability. Publishing may be unavailable while we complete related compliance steps.

4. How We Moderate

4.1 How we find problems

Automated safety screening. Every prompt, generated quote and title, user edit, and publish request is screened automatically by OpenAI's moderation model together with our own rules. Blocked categories are sexual content, sexual content involving minors, hate, harassment, violence and graphic violence, self-harm, illicit activity, and attempts to bypass safety instructions. If the safety check cannot run, the request is refused rather than skipped.
Image safety. Background-image prompts are generated by a model under strict safety instructions: no people, no text, no violence, no sexual content, no political or religious symbols, and no brands.
AI provider safety systems. Our AI providers apply their own filters and may refuse prompts or outputs.
Usage limits. We enforce usage limits and may block accounts or guest IDs that evade them.
Reports and appeals. Users and non-users can report Content (Section 5). Human review happens when we receive a report or an appeal.

4.2 What we may do

Depending on severity, context, and history, we may: add a label or warning; reduce visibility or remove a Collection from the feed; disable a share link; remove Content; restrict publishing, sharing, or generation features; suspend an account or guest ID; or permanently terminate an account. For illegal content that poses a threat to someone's life or safety, or child sexual abuse material, we act immediately and report to authorities where required.

4.3 Notice to you (statement of reasons)

When we remove or restrict your Content or account, we will tell you (unless the law prohibits it, it would create a safety risk, or the Content is spam) what we did, which rule or law it concerns, whether the decision used automated tools, and how to appeal.

4.4 Appeals

You can appeal a moderation decision within 6 months by replying to our notice or emailing dailyquotes@sahlware.com with the subject "Content appeal," the Collection link, and why you think the decision is wrong. A person, not only an automated system, will review your appeal, and we will tell you the outcome within 14 days. If we reverse the decision, we will restore the Content or account. Nothing in this appeal process limits your right to go to court.

4.5 Response targets

Urgent safety and child-safety reports: we act within 24 hours.
Copyright notices: we act expeditiously, normally within 2 business days.
Defamation, impersonation, privacy, and publicity complaints: initial response within 5 business days.
Appeals: decision within 14 days.

5. How to Report Content

Email dailyquotes@sahlware.com with the subject "Content report." Include:

The link to the Collection or share page.
Which rule or law you believe it breaks and why.
Your name and email (optional for most reports; required for legal complaints under Sections 6 and 7 so we can follow up).
For reports of illegal content under EU law: a statement that you believe in good faith that the information in your report is accurate and complete.

We will confirm receipt when you give contact details and tell you what we decided.

6. Defamation, Impersonation, Privacy, and Right-of-Publicity Complaints

If Content uses your name, likeness, or voice, attributes words to you that you never said, impersonates you or your organization, or discloses your private information, you do not need an account to complain.

Send to: dailyquotes@sahlware.com, subject "Personal rights complaint."

Include:

Your full name and contact details, and, if you act for someone else, your authority (for example, attorney, agent, or estate representative for a deceased person's publicity rights).
The link(s) to the Content.
What is false, misleading, or unauthorized — for a misattributed quote, say that you (or the person you represent) did not say it.
The harm or legal right involved (defamation, false light, right of publicity, privacy, impersonation, trademark).
What you are asking us to do (remove, relabel, correct the attribution).
A statement that the information in your complaint is accurate to the best of your knowledge.

What we do:

Misattributed or fabricated quotes naming a real person: we remove the attribution or the Collection promptly, without asking you to prove the negative, because generated attributions are unverified by design.
Other complaints: we review the Content against this Policy and applicable law, may ask the publisher for their side, and remove, restrict, relabel, or keep the Content. We tell you and the publisher the outcome and the reason.
Legal process: we respond to valid court orders. Complaints that are really copyright claims must follow Section 7.

7. Copyright Infringement — DMCA Notice and Counter-Notice

Sahlware respects intellectual property rights and responds to notices that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §512.

7.1 Designated Copyright Agent

Copyright Agent, Sahlware LLC 33819 NE 52nd Way, Carnation, WA 98014, USA Phone: +1 425-269-5310 Email: legal@sahlware.com (subject line "DMCA notice") Registered with the U.S. Copyright Office DMCA Designated Agent Directory (registration DMCA-1083496).

7.2 Filing a notice of claimed infringement

Send a written notice to the Designated Copyright Agent that includes all of the following (17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)(A)):

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed (or, for multiple works, a representative list).
Identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient for us to locate it — the Collection or share-page URL, and which quote, image, or video segment.
Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed.

Notices missing required elements may not be acted on; if a notice substantially complies with items 2, 3, and 4, we will try to contact you to complete it. Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), anyone who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. Consider whether the use might be fair use before filing.

7.3 What happens next

When we receive a valid notice we will expeditiously remove or disable access to the material, notify the user who shared or published it, and give them a copy of the notice (with the complainant's contact details, so the user can respond) and information about counter-notices.

7.4 Filing a counter-notice

If you believe your material was removed by mistake or misidentification, send a counter-notice to the Designated Copyright Agent that includes all of the following (17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3)):

Your physical or electronic signature.
Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and where it appeared before removal (the URL).
A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which Sahlware may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice or that person's agent.

Knowingly materially misrepresenting that material was removed by mistake may also create liability under §512(f).

7.5 Restoration

After receiving a valid counter-notice we will promptly send a copy to the original complainant and tell them we will restore the material in 10 business days. We will restore the material no less than 10 and no more than 14 business days after receiving the counter-notice unless our Designated Copyright Agent first receives notice that the complainant has filed a court action seeking to restrain the user from the infringing activity on the Service (17 U.S.C. §512(g)(2)(C)).

7.6 Repeat-infringer policy

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(i), we terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.

Each valid, uncontested notice counts as one strike against the account (or guest ID) responsible for the material.
A strike is removed if the user files a valid counter-notice and the complainant does not file a court action in time, or if the notice is withdrawn or found invalid.
Three strikes within any 12-month period result in termination of the account and of the user's ability to publish or share. We may terminate sooner for egregious or willful infringement, and we may block new accounts created to evade termination.
Strikes are recorded and retained as described in the Privacy Policy (3 years after resolution).

7.7 Non-U.S. rightsholders and other IP

Rightsholders outside the United States may use the same process or the notice route in Section 5. For trademark complaints, use Section 6 and identify the registration and the goods or services concerned.

8. Law Enforcement and Emergencies

If you believe someone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services first. Law-enforcement requests for user data should be sent to legal@sahlware.com and must be accompanied by valid legal process, except in emergencies involving imminent risk of death or serious physical injury.

9. Changes

We may update this Policy. Material changes follow Terms of Service §21: we give at least 30 days' notice by email or in the Service before they take effect, except for changes required by law or to address abuse.

10. Contact

Sahlware LLC · 33819 NE 52nd Way, Carnation, WA 98014, USA · dailyquotes@sahlware.com · https://dailyquotes.sahlware.com (company site: https://sahlware.com) Content reports: subject "Content report" · Appeals: subject "Content appeal" · Personal rights: subject "Personal rights complaint" · Copyright: Designated Copyright Agent, legal@sahlware.com, subject "DMCA notice" (Section 7.1)

If you are in the EEA or the UK, we have not appointed a legal representative there; contact us directly at dailyquotes@sahlware.com. You may also complain to your national authority.