Permissions and characters guidelines

Permissions and the characters guidelines

The following guidelines are provided for the use of the characters, such as images, movies, names, dolls, and costumes. The characters are included in the software products released from INTERNET Co., Ltd., such as VOCALOID Gackpoid, VOCALOID Megpoid, VOCALOID Hibiki Koto, VOCALOID Lily, VOCALOID CUL, VOCALOID kokone, VOCALOID Chika, A.I.VOICE 2 GUMI, A.I.VOICE GUMI, Synthesizer V AI Megpoid, and Synthesizer V AI Hibiki Koto. To use such these characters, you must first agree to the following license terms.

1. Definition of term
In this guidelines, "The characters" means copyrighted materials, such as images, designed characters, product's name("Gackpoid","Megpoid", "Hibiki Koto", "Lily", "CUL" and "kokone") and character's name("Camui Gackpo", "GUMI", "Hibiki Koto", "Lily", "CUL", "kokone" and "Chika") used in the official web site or advertising materials for the sale.

2. Permission and prohibition
You can exhibit and distribute the characters and secondary creations only for the personal or member circle's use under the non-business purpose.

You may not exhibit or distribute the characters and secondary creations which impairs the the characters' image remarkably, violates public policy or the rights of any third party.

3. Licensing required separately
The following purposes or forms, licensing is needed separately. When licensing is required, please be sure to ask to INTERNET Co., Ltd. with the inquiry form.

(1) Use on business
When the characters is used for a commercial use.

Business means aiming at acquiring a counter value from a third party in solid materials, images, softwares, etc. which use the characters, or acquiring a counter value from a third party. The case where the user of the characters gets profits in some forms, such as sales promotion, is included regardless of the existence for the purpose of counter value acquisition.

(2) Use with solid materials, solid thing and clothes
Solid materials, such as what is called a figure, solid thing use, use with clothes.

In addition, you can use within limits permitted by this guideline, without nonprofit and obtaining a prior inquiry.

(3) When a corporation or various organizations exhibit and distribute the character or the secondary creation of the characters.

4. Change of this guideline
INTERNET Co., Ltd. shall change the contents of this guidelines by notifying of the revision announcement and the revised parts on our web site etc.

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