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May 26, 2026

Asset Pack EULA

Summary

This summary is provided for convenience and does not replace the legally binding terms below:

  • Asset Packs are created by external creators or commissioned for Talescape.
  • External creators retain copyright and ownership of their assets unless a separate written agreement says otherwise.
  • Talescape has obtained rights to make Asset Packs available for use inside Talescape.
  • Bards receive a limited sublicense to use Asset Packs only inside Talescape stories.
  • Asset Packs may not be exported, extracted, downloaded, redistributed, resold, or reused outside Talescape.
  • Creator credits are required and are handled automatically by Talescape where the system supports automatic credits.
  • Restricted / External Asset Packs require an approved external creator license before they may be used in paid Talescape stories.

1. Definitions

  1. Talescape means the website, editor, applications, services, and related platform operated by Aureola (Christian Hanne).
  2. Asset Pack means a curated collection of images, illustrations, characters, backgrounds, props, or other creative media made available through Talescape.
  3. Creator means the external artist, studio, rights holder, or other party that created or owns the Asset Pack content.
  4. Bard means a Talescape creator who imports or uses an Asset Pack in a story.
  5. Story means an interactive story, visual novel, or related creative work created and published through Talescape.
  6. Commercial Story means a Story that is offered for paid access, purchase, paid download, or other direct payment through Talescape.
  7. Free Story means a Story that is made available through Talescape without paid access, purchase, paid download, or other direct payment through Talescape.
  8. For purposes of this EULA, whether a Story is Free or Commercial is determined only by its distribution status inside Talescape. Uses, payments, sponsorships, donations, promotions, or revenue relationships outside Talescape are not licensed by this EULA and remain the Bard's sole responsibility.

2. Ownership

  1. Asset Packs are made by external creators or commissioned for use inside Talescape.
  2. Creators retain all copyright, neighboring rights, and other intellectual-property rights in their Asset Packs unless a separate written agreement transfers those rights.
  3. Talescape does not transfer ownership of Asset Packs to Bards.
  4. Importing or using an Asset Pack grants only the limited use rights described in this EULA.

3. License Grant

  1. Talescape grants Bards a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use Asset Packs inside Talescape stories.
  2. This license is limited to use within Talescape and related Talescape story workflows.
  3. Bards may use Asset Packs only according to the license type assigned to the specific pack.
  4. This license begins when a Bard imports or uses an Asset Pack in Talescape.
  5. No rights are granted except those expressly stated in this EULA.

4. License Types

Asset Packs may use one of the following license types:

  1. Free Only: The Asset Pack may be used in Free Stories.
  2. Commercial: The Asset Pack may be used in Free Stories and Commercial Stories without an additional external creator license.
  3. Restricted / External: For Restricted / External Asset Packs, use in Free Stories is permitted. Use in Commercial Stories is prohibited unless the Bard uploads proof of a valid commercial license from the Creator before publication and Talescape approves that proof during review. Talescape may reject, suspend, or revoke publication if the submitted proof is missing, invalid, incomplete, expired, or inconsistent with the intended use.

Talescape does not sell external creator licenses for Restricted / External Asset Packs. Bards are responsible for obtaining and documenting those rights directly from the Creator.

5. Attribution

  1. Creators must be credited when their Asset Packs are used in a Story.
  2. Attribution may be displayed in automatically generated credits, the Story page, the credits screen, metadata, or another location designated by Talescape.
  3. Bards must not remove, hide, falsify, or misrepresent Creator attribution.
  4. Attribution does not imply that a Creator endorses the Bard, the Story, or any content within the Story.

6. Use As Provided

  1. Asset Packs must be used as provided through Talescape.
  2. Due to technical limitations and license restrictions, Bards may not modify, edit, recolor, crop, transform, remix, or create derivative asset files from Asset Pack content unless Talescape explicitly provides such functionality and the applicable license allows it.
  3. Talescape may generate technical previews, thumbnails, resized versions, or optimized delivery formats as needed to operate the platform.

7. Export and Redistribution Restrictions

  1. Asset Packs may never be exported outside Talescape.
  2. Bards may not extract, download, copy, scrape, redistribute, resell, license, share, upload, or otherwise make Asset Pack files available outside Talescape.
  3. Bards may not include Asset Pack files in standalone downloads, asset libraries, templates, source packages, archives, backups, or external distribution bundles.
  4. Bards may not use Asset Packs in non-Talescape games, books, videos, websites, apps, print products, merchandise, stock libraries, or other external projects.
  5. If a story export or backup feature exists, Asset Pack files remain subject to this EULA and must not be made available as raw or reusable files outside Talescape.

8. Promotional Use

  1. Bards may use screenshots, trailers, store images, social media posts, press materials, and similar promotional material that visibly includes Asset Pack content only to promote a Talescape story.
  2. Promotional use does not grant any right to distribute the underlying Asset Pack files.
  3. Promotional material must be incidental to promoting the Story and must not be distributed in a form intended to substitute for, extract, or reuse the underlying Asset Pack.
  4. Promotional material must not imply that the Creator endorses the Bard, Story, or promotional campaign unless the Creator has given explicit permission.

9. Prohibited Uses

Bards may not use Asset Packs for:

  1. raw file redistribution, resale, extraction, or asset-library use;
  2. training, fine-tuning, validating, benchmarking, testing, improving, or building artificial-intelligence models or datasets, except for Talescape's internal moderation, security, rights enforcement, accessibility, or platform operation tools;
  3. NFT, blockchain, token, or similar digital-ownership systems;
  4. unlawful, defamatory, fraudulent, misleading, or rights-infringing content;
  5. content that falsely suggests Creator endorsement, sponsorship, or partnership;
  6. any use outside Talescape unless a separate written license from the Creator expressly allows it.

10. Pack Removal and Existing Stories

  1. If an Asset Pack is removed from Talescape or its license terms change, existing stories that already imported or used the Asset Pack may continue to use it under the terms that applied at the time of import or publication.
  2. This grandfathering does not apply where continued use would reasonably expose Talescape, the Creator, a rights holder, or users to legal claims, contractual breach, court orders, regulatory action, credible infringement allegations, or other legal compliance risks.
  3. Talescape may restrict or remove Asset Pack access where required to protect Creators, users, the platform, or legal compliance.

11. External Licenses

  1. Some Asset Packs may link to an external Creator page or license.
  2. This EULA governs use of Asset Packs inside Talescape.
  3. Any rights granted by the Creator outside Talescape are governed solely by the external Creator license.
  4. Talescape is not a party to, and does not warrant, any external rights unless expressly stated in writing.
  5. If use inside Talescape is subject to both this EULA and an external Creator license, the Bard must comply with both.

12. Termination

  1. Talescape may suspend or terminate Asset Pack access if a Bard violates this EULA, the Terms of Service, Creator rights, or applicable law.
  2. Upon termination of the license, the Bard must stop using the affected Asset Pack content and remove it from affected stories where required.
  3. Termination does not limit any claims or remedies available to Talescape, Creators, or rights holders.

13. Liability

  1. Asset Packs are provided as available within Talescape.
  2. Talescape does not guarantee that every Asset Pack will remain available indefinitely.
  3. Bards remain responsible for their stories, including how Asset Packs are presented, combined with other content, and used in context.
  4. To the extent permitted by law, Talescape is not liable for slight negligence except in cases of breach of essential contractual obligations. In such cases, liability is limited to foreseeable, typical damage.
  5. Liability for intent, gross negligence, injury to life, body, or health, mandatory statutory liability, and liability that cannot be excluded remains unaffected.

14. Relationship to Terms of Service

  1. This EULA supplements the Talescape Terms of Service.
  2. If this EULA conflicts with the Terms of Service regarding Asset Pack rights or restrictions, this EULA controls for those Asset Pack matters.
  3. The Terms of Service continue to apply in all other respects.

15. Governing Law

  1. This EULA is governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding conflict-of-law provisions.
  2. For users acting as merchants or legal entities, the place of jurisdiction is Dortmund, Germany.
  3. Mandatory consumer protection rights remain unaffected.

16. Contact

For questions about Asset Pack licensing:

Aureola (Christian Hanne)
Dortmund, Germany
Email: contact@talescape.com
Website: https://talescape.com