Terms of Use

Published September 18, 2026 · Version CR-2026-09-18

Your creations and other people’s rights

These creative-rights provisions supplement the general Terms below for Storytailor’s consumer creation features. For submitted drawings, prompts, stories, characters and generated output, these provisions control over conflicting ownership, contribution-license, commercial-use and training language in the general Terms, including sections 2, 7–9 and 27–30. The limited service license here replaces any broader promotional or training permission for that material; we do not require a waiver of the creator’s moral rights for these features.

This update does not retrospectively narrow rights already granted for earlier creations. Any new restriction applies only after the notice and agreement required by applicable law. Separate organizational agreements remain applicable. Nothing in either document limits mandatory consumer rights or Storytailor’s own legal obligations. This supplement does not grant rights held by another provider or rights holder.

Your material and original output

You keep the rights you already hold in the material you submit. If a child or another person created the material, their rights remain theirs; uploading it or managing an account does not transfer those rights to you. Submit material only when you have the necessary rights, permission or other lawful basis for the requested use.

As between you and Storytailor, you own the stories and characters created for you that do not incorporate Reserved Material, to the extent ownership rights exist under applicable law. Storytailor assigns to you any transferable rights it holds in that output. “Reserved Material” means Storytailor's existing characters, worlds, artwork, branding and other pre-existing material, and material belonging to another rights holder. No assignment transfers Reserved Material or rights Storytailor does not hold. Output containing Reserved Material is addressed below; your independently protectable original contributions remain yours.

Your payment covers Storytailor's creation process and the service features described in your plan. It does not purchase ownership of an existing character, a franchise license, exclusive access to a character or clearance to use someone else's intellectual property. These ownership provisions apply to eligible free creations too. Canceling a subscription does not transfer your rights back to Storytailor. Ownership does not promise indefinite hosting or continuing access to paid features; keep copies of material you want to preserve.

You grant Storytailor only the rights needed to process your submitted material and output to provide the features you request, including generation, storage, playback and sharing with recipients you select. This service license does not itself authorize public advertising use of a child's artwork or likeness, or general model training. It does not change the original creator's rights.

Storytailor characters and worlds

Storytailor retains its rights in its existing characters, their distinctive designs and worlds. Examples include Booster Starling (Booster), The Void, Chomp Chompasaurus, Ellie, Noah, Maya, Leo, Ava, Miles, Zoe, Arlo, Imani, Jules and Pip. This refers to Storytailor's particular characters, not ownership of common names or a restriction on independently created characters that happen to share a name. This list illustrates existing Storytailor material; adding a name later does not retrospectively turn your original creation into Storytailor property.

When Storytailor makes one of these characters available for creating a story, it grants you a non-exclusive, royalty-free permission to use the Storytailor material in that resulting story for personal, noncommercial enjoyment, including reading, listening, keeping a copy and sharing through the service's permitted features. You may keep and privately enjoy lawfully downloaded copies after a subscription ends. This permission does not grant rights to sell, commercially publish, merchandise or advertise with the story or character. Those uses require a separate written license from Storytailor and any other necessary rights holders. It also does not authorize extracting and reselling our character assets or implying our endorsement.

A story featuring a Storytailor character is therefore a story you may enjoy under this permission, not an unrestricted transfer of that character or the complete story. Storytailor does not take ownership of your independently protectable original contributions merely because the character appears. Authorized organizational, classroom and care-setting use remains governed by the applicable organizational agreement; a paid professional's ordinary use of an authorized service is not automatically merchandising or commercial publication.

Other characters, artwork and familiar heroes

Rights in other people's characters, artwork, trademarks and other protected material remain with their respective rights holders. Storytailor does not grant a license to that material, claim affiliation with its owner, or certify that a requested use is lawful. A recognizable character appearing in an output does not establish permission. These limits apply whether the character is famous or unfamiliar.

Children often draw and imagine adventures with favorite heroes. That creative impulse does not establish that every reproduction, adaptation, upload, sharing activity or commercial use is legally permitted. A personal or noncommercial purpose is not an automatic copyright exception. A use may be permitted by a license, the public domain or an applicable legal exception; the specific material, use and jurisdiction matter. You are responsible for having a lawful basis for the use you request and for obtaining permissions where required. A new drawing, new wording or a disclaimer does not by itself clear someone else's rights.

Personal use and bringing an idea into the world

We strongly encourage you to keep and enjoy your creations for personal use. Storytailor is here for the question, feeling or little adventure that needs a story now. We value picture books and the authors and illustrators who make them; Storytailor is not a substitute for their craft.

If you want to develop an original creation commercially, we recommend working with a human writer, editor and children's illustrator. Their judgment, voice and handmade expression can give the idea a life of its own. Agree in writing on the rights and permissions for their contributions. Hiring a person or editing an output does not, by itself, clear underlying intellectual property or guarantee copyright protection.

Storytailor does not prohibit commercial use of your original output solely because you created it with the service, subject to these terms and applicable rights. Before selling, publishing, licensing or otherwise exploiting it commercially, obtain advice about the laws where you will use it, including rules for AI-assisted works, and check any publisher or platform requirements. Obtain all necessary rights and permissions, review the content for accuracy and suitability, and do not imply Storytailor or another rights holder sponsors the project. The permissions for Storytailor characters and third-party material are narrower and still apply.

Narration, music and other media

Owning your original story or character does not give you ownership of a narrator's voice, a voice model, provider technology or third-party media. Audio and other assets may have separate use restrictions. The rights assigned above extend only to transferable rights Storytailor actually holds; they do not grant an unrestricted right to extract, resell or distribute standalone music or sound effects. These limits do not transfer ownership of your original writing, artwork or character back to Storytailor.

Copyright, review and responsibility

Ownership between you and Storytailor is not a promise that every generated element is copyrightable, unique, registrable or enforceable against others. Outputs may resemble other outputs or existing material. Copyright eligibility depends on applicable law and human creative contribution. Review each story and character for the intended child and circumstances before using or sharing it.

You are responsible for the material you submit and for your decisions to publish, sell, distribute or otherwise use an output. Storytailor does not provide legal clearance, undertake to defend or indemnify your commercial project, or guarantee that it will not attract a claim. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Storytailor excludes liability for losses caused by your unauthorized use or your publication or commercial exploitation of an output. Nothing here excludes liability or consumer rights that cannot lawfully be excluded, or transfers responsibility for Storytailor's own legal obligations to you. These terms do not bind third-party rights holders or prevent them from bringing claims against either party.

Drawing uploads

Uploading a drawing does not transfer ownership of the original artwork to Storytailor. If the drawing was made by a child or someone else, being the uploader does not automatically make you its owner; you must have the permission and authority needed to submit it and request the use described here. Only upload artwork or protected characters when you have the rights, permission or other lawful basis needed for the requested use. Do not use the drawing feature for photographs of people.

The service permission above includes analyzing the drawing, preparing the character plan, creating the requested character and using a drawing copy in the family's keepsake certificate where that feature applies. It is limited to providing those features and does not grant a separate right to use the artwork in public marketing, advertising or general model training. Any such additional use would require its own valid authorization and applicable safeguards, not merely acceptance of these terms. Uploading artwork is not a public-gallery submission.

The character is an interpretation of the drawing; exact reproduction, exclusivity and copyright protection of generated elements are not guaranteed. Keep your original artwork. Source uploads, certificate copies and generated content can be separate copies. Do not assume deleting one removes all the others; contact Privacy Support for help with a deletion request.

Questions? Contact our team. Storytailor Inc., 7131 W 135th, #1074, Overland Park, KS 66223.