AUverse · Version 1.0.3 · Effective 2026
Website: https://auverse.net
These Terms are written to be readable. They are not a substitute for legal advice. Have qualified counsel review them for your situation.
Important: These Terms are a binding agreement between you and AUverse Inc. ("AUverse", "we", "us", "our"), incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, with its principal place of business in Quebec, Canada. AUverse Inc. provides the websites, applications, and related services we offer under the AUverse name, which together are the "Platform". By creating an account or using the Platform, you agree. If you do not agree, do not use the Platform.
This agreement covers your use of the Platform as a reader, creator, or both, including browsing, reading, and creating social media-style alternate-universe ("AU") stories, timelines, and related content.
If we later offer payments to creators (tips, subscriptions, or similar), additional checkout terms and a creator payout addendum will apply to users who enable those features. Until those features are available in the product, Section 9 below describes the intended framework only.
Plain language: We are a Canadian company. These rules apply to everyone who uses AUverse. Creator payment rules apply only when that product surface exists and you opt in.
You may use the Platform only if you have the legal capacity to enter this agreement and meet any minimum age the laws that apply to you require. Unless a higher minimum applies where you live, you must be at least 13 years old to create an account or use AUverse. If you are a minor, you may use the Platform only with the permission and, where your jurisdiction requires it, the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to these Terms on your behalf.
We do not verify your age or date of birth when you create an account (for example by government ID or a dedicated age-verification vendor). We rely on the information you provide and routine account data we collect to run the service. You must not misrepresent your age or eligibility.
Plain language: There is a minimum age rule, but we are not running a separate age-checking product beyond signup information and normal service logs. Parents and local law still matter for minors and for explicit material.
Some works may be tagged or presented as mature or explicit. We may show ratings, warnings, or in-product disclaimers before you access that material. Those notices help you decide whether to proceed; they are not a substitute for parental controls or local law and are not an independent age-verification system. You agree not to misuse or bypass them.
If we learn that an account cannot lawfully use the Platform, we may restrict or close it where permitted by law.
We may update these Terms. For material changes we will use reasonable notice, including email where we have your address and/or a prominent in-product notice (for example a required re-accept flow tied to a new version identifier). Continued use after the effective date may constitute acceptance where permitted by law.
A public history of version identifiers is reflected in the Platform's published Terms version; we may add a dedicated changelog page when practical.
You must provide a valid email address and choose a username. You are responsible for keeping access to your email and any sign-in codes secure. You must not share your account with others. Your username must not impersonate another person (including other users, public figures, or staff), contain hate speech, or constitute harassment.
You are responsible for all activity through your account. If you believe your account is compromised, contact us at the security channel we publish for the Platform (for example security@auverse.net, or the contact shown in the app).
You may delete your account where the product provides that control. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or applicable law. Where reasonable, we will tell you why and offer a way to appeal (for example via the appeals contact we publish).
Plain language: You can leave when the product allows it. Published works may remain unless you remove them first or law requires otherwise. If we remove your account for a breach, we aim to explain why and give you a fair appeal path.
Content you create and publish on the Platform remains your intellectual property. AUverse does not claim ownership of your creative work. By publishing, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to host, display, distribute, and make your content available on the Platform for as long as it remains published or as needed to operate backups, security, and integrity. That licence ends when you delete the content or your account, subject to reasonable retention for legal, security, or backup reasons.
Plain language: Your work is yours. We need permission to show it to readers and run the service. We do not use it for unrelated advertising unless we obtain separate consent or a future feature explicitly says otherwise.
You are responsible for ensuring your content:
The Platform is built for fan creative works. Fan works often rely on transformative use and other limits under copyright law. You remain responsible for your choices; if you are unsure about a use, consult a lawyer.
Fiction about real people may be restricted or disallowed under Community Guidelines. It must be clearly fictional and must not constitute defamation, harassment, or commercial exploitation of a real person's likeness. You are responsible for compliance with the laws that apply to you, including outside Canada.
If you believe content infringes your copyright, contact us at the legal notice address we publish (for example legal@auverse.net). Include enough detail for us to find the material and understand your claim. Canada's notice-and-notice framework may apply; we are not always required to remove content automatically upon receipt of a complaint and may evaluate claims individually, consistent with applicable law.
You agree not to:
The Platform may show ratings, warnings, or explicit-content disclaimers before you view certain material. Those flows are meant to inform you and support our policies; they do not independently verify your age. You agree not to bypass or abuse them.
Where the product allows images, avatars, mood boards, or other uploads, you must not post, link, embed, or distribute media that is illegal where you or we operate, or that violates these Terms or our Community Guidelines (when published). Without limiting other rules, you must not upload or solicit:
Mature or sexual fictional fan content may be allowed only within ratings, tags, and product rules we publish. You must not use minors (real or fictional) in a sexual context. We may remove media, restrict works, suspend accounts, and where the law requires, notify or cooperate with law enforcement or child-safety organisations.
Plain language: Illegal and predatory imagery is banned outright. Other sensitive media must follow the labels and rules we publish; when in doubt, do not upload it.
The Platform may link to third-party sites or services. We are not responsible for their content, terms, or privacy practices.
Current product: Paid subscriptions, tips, story packs, and in-app purchases are not offered in this version of the Platform unless and until we ship checkout and billing flows. When we do, pricing, renewal, refund, and Quebec consumer-protection details (where applicable) will be presented at purchase and may supplement these Terms.
The following principles from our intended commercial design are provided for transparency and may govern once payments go live: recurring subscriptions renew unless cancelled before the renewal date; Quebec residents receive the disclosures and cancellation rights required by the Consumer Protection Act; refunds for paid products will be described at purchase.
Our Privacy Policy is published on the Platform and incorporated into these Terms by reference. We aim to collect only what we need to run the service, not to sell personal data to advertisers, and to honour access and deletion requests where the law requires. AUverse is subject to Quebec's private-sector privacy law (Law 25) and federal PIPEDA where they apply. Contact: privacy@auverse.net.
The Platform is provided "as is." We do not guarantee uninterrupted access. We are not liable for losses from downtime or events outside our reasonable control.
We are not responsible for user-generated content. We may moderate according to our policies, but we do not pre-review every work. Views in user works belong to their authors.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, AUverse's total liability for claims arising from these Terms or your use of the Platform is limited to the greater of (a) the fees you paid to AUverse in the twelve months before the claim or (b) 100 CAD. We are not liable for indirect or consequential damages except where prohibited by law.
Plain language: If we are at fault, liability is capped to what you paid us recently (or a small floor). We cannot be responsible for every risk of using an online creative platform.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada applicable there. The courts of Quebec have exclusive jurisdiction except where mandatory consumer laws elsewhere say otherwise.
Contact us first at hello@auverse.net so we can try to resolve disputes in good faith. Quebec residents keep statutory consumer rights; nothing here limits those.
When AUverse offers creator payouts (tips, subscriptions, or other monetisation), creators who enable those features will be subject to additional terms at checkout, including platform fees, payout timing, tax responsibilities, chargeback holds, and content standards that apply equally to monetised and non-monetised creators. Fee tiers, minimum payouts, and processor terms will be shown in-product. Nothing in this Section creates payment obligations before those features exist.
We include this section because we want to be explicit about values, not only prohibitions. Some items depend on product maturity; we will not promise specific tools until they ship.
Questions? hello@auverse.net · Governing law: Province of Quebec and federal laws of Canada.
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