Picrew Guidelines

INTRODUCTION

Picrew is a service (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”) that is being used by people of various ages and countries. We have established these Picrew Guidelines (hereinafter referred to as “these Guidelines”) to enable users (hereinafter referred to as the “User(s)”) to enjoy the Service with security, and for TetraChroma Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) to recognize its social responsibility and perform sound service operations.

DEFINITIONS

  1. The term “Service” means, collectively, Picrew and other services provided in relation to Picrew.
  2. “User(s)” means, collectively, persons who use the Service, regardless of whether they have registered as a member.
  3. “Creator” means a User who has registered to use Picrew Creator pursuant to Article 3 of the Terms of Service.
  4. “Materials” means the materials provided by the Creator to the Service.
  5. “Images” means the images created by the Users by combining the Materials (including any medium, data, etc. containing the Images).
  6. “Contents” means the Materials, Images, as well as the image makers created by the Creator (hereinafter referred to as the “Image Maker(s)”).

Application of Flags upon Posting Contents

This Service aims to be a venue where users and creators can freely express themselves and share their works. Meanwhile, some expressions may be inappropriate for minors or may be offensive to some people. To prevent users from unintentionally encountering such content, we ask that you apply a sensitive flag when posting content if it falls under any of the following sections. We will also scrutinize posted content and, if necessary, add a Sensitive Flag or remove the content.

Note: Each section provides specific examples of violations, but these are not exhaustive.

Grotesque Contents
Sensitive flag required
  • Content focusing on depictions of injuries, violence, blood, etc.
Content that is not permitted even with a sensitive flag (subject to suspension of publication)
  • Content that includes depictions of animal slaughter, mutilation, abuse, etc.
  • Content containing excessively violent expressions or cruel depictions.
Adult Contents
Sensitive flag required
  • Content containing sexual depictions (such as sexual poses, expressions of moaning, etc.).
  • Content that does not directly depict sexual acts but suggests sexual activity. 
Content that is not permitted even with a sensitive flag (subject to suspension of publication)
  • Depiction of nudity*. 
  • Depiction of the private parts (breasts, buttocks, genitals, etc.)
  • Descriptions of sexual activity

*Please also check the[Function] Parts Rulesto avoid unintentional depiction of nudity.

Content depicting dangerous behavior
Sensitive flag required
  • Content depicting suicide, self-harm or other dangerous behaviors as a part of its expression and judged to be highly stimulating
Content that is not permitted even with a sensitive flag (subject to suspension of publication)
  • Content that focuses on suicide, self-harm or other dangerous behaviors and promotes or glorifies such acts.

PROHIBITED CONTENTS

In order to enable the Users to use the Service safely and to protect the rights of the Creator and third parties, the posting of Contents including the following is prohibited.

Intellectual Property Rights and Other Rights

The posting of Contents including the following is prohibited.

  • Contents using unauthorized third-party photos
  • Contents created by tracing the work of other Users of the Service or third parties
  • Submission of unauthorized derivative works
  • Other Contents that infringe upon the rights of third parties
Submission of Derivative Work

Contents may be posted only when the following conditions are satisfied.
Even when the following conditions are satisfied, the Company may delete the Contents pursuant to the right holder’s request or at its discretion.

  1. Compliance with the terms of use, guidelines and other provisions of the right holder.
  2. Link to the guidelines of the right holder is displayed in the description of the Image Maker.
  3. The name of the Image Maker and the description of the Image Maker clearly indicate that it is a derivative work.
  4. When creating the Image Maker, a watermark or a signature part clearly indicating that it is a derivative work is placed as a default in a manner so that it cannot be removed (remove button is set to OFF).
  5. When downloading, sharing, or displaying the Images on other platforms, the watermark or signature clearly indicating that it is a derivative work is not removed.

To companies or individual business owners creating the Image Makers in the Service by using copyrighted characters, etc.: To prevent confusion with derivative Contents, please contact the Company through the inquiry form.

Watermarked images for derivative work are distributed at the following page.
Please download and use it! (You can also use your own work)
https://support.picrew.me/en/materials/watermark-fanart

 

Violent Acts / Hate Crimes

In order to enable the Users to use the Service with security, the posting of Contents including the following is prohibited.

  • Contents that include expressions that discriminate against individuals or groups based on race, nationality, creed, gender, sexual orientation, social status, lineage, etc.
  • Contents that include expressions glorifying, supporting, or encouraging violent organizations, criminal organizations, or anti-social organizations.
Personal Information

To ensure the safety of the Users and third parties, the posting of Contents that include, or may be mistaken as including, the following is prohibited.

  • Personal phone number, email address, and address
  • Identification card, passport, driver’s license, social insurance card, or other proof of identity
  • Login information such as user name and password
  • Bank account number, credit card number, PIN, etc.
Other Prohibited Contents

To ensure the Users’ uninterrupted creative experience on the Service, the following types of Contents may be subject to removal:

  • Contents that are not playable (not functioning properly) as an Image Maker
  • Other Contents that the Company deems inappropriate as an Image Maker

SAFETY OF MINORS:

The Company does not tolerate Contents that may lead to the exploitation or sexual abuse of minors. The following types of Contents will be strictly controlled:

  • Contents involving illegal child sexual abuse
  • Contents created with the purpose of sexually treating or exploiting minors (including grooming, sexual comments, inappropriate images, such as manga or anime depicting minors in a sexual context)
  • Contents created with the intent to generate nudity and sexual images of minors
  • Contents not created for the purpose of sexually treating minors, but which are abused for exploiting and treating minors as sexual objects

AI-GENERATED IMAGES

Users are not allowed to conduct the following acts using the Contents of the Service, unless explicitly permitted by the Creator.

  • Act of performing data analysis of images created using the Service based on generative AI such as Large Language Models (LLM)
  • Act of using images created using the Service as the prompt (command for LLM, etc. to generate responses) to be input to generative AI such as LLM (Large Language Models)

In addition, when Creators use the Generated AI to create all or most of their Content and publish it on the Service, they must comply with the following

  1. Using material that does not infringe the rights of third parties in accordance with Articles 10.7 and 10.8 of the Terms of Use
  2. Assign the ‘AI’ tag to the work tag
  3. Clearly indicate in the image maker’s description that AI-generated images are used.

For information on how to set tags and edit the image maker’s description, please click here.

If we are able to objectively determine that the work is AI-generated based on usage conditions, etc., and the maker does not meet the above requirements, we may, at our discretion, remove the maker or add the above description.

PROHIBITED ACTS

Harassment and Bullying

The following acts of attacking, insulting or slandering individuals or groups by using the Service or through the Service are prohibited.

  • Act intended to annoy or defame others, or cause mental or physical distress to others
  • Act of damaging the social reputation of the Creator by displaying images, etc. created with the Service at inappropriate locations or in an inappropriate manner, and any other act that would be detrimental to the Creator or that would provoke such acts
Solicitation Activities

Solicitation to conduct religious activities or join religious organizations using the images created using the Service or through the Service is prohibited.