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Dubbing Feature Supplemental Acceptable Use Policy

Prohibited Content

In addition to the prohibitions contained in Wistia’s Acceptable Use Policy, Customer shall not upload or generate the following using the Dubbing Feature:

  • Content that promotes violence/crime, use of ammunition, inciting violence, coordinating warfare etc.
  • Content that promotes scams, frauds and spams. Examples of such content would be promoting Crypto scams, Ponzi or pyramid schemes, scams like romance, loan, charity, grant, debt relief etc. Frauds include credit card fraud, selling stolen goods or Personally Identifiable Information.
  • Promotion of goods and services related to commercial sex (Prostitution), weapons/ ammunition, alcohol, online gambling, trade of endangered species, body parts and fluids, hazmat goods.
  • Content that promotes attacks on individuals, race, community, religion or a certain gender, derogatory or severe sexual comments, threats to release sensitive data, usage of profanity and hurtful language.
  • Any content that has an underage person (less than 18 years old) shown exposed to sexual, physical and verbal abuse, solicitation, promoting child trafficking, nudity and other sexual content like arousal, witness to sexual acts, intimate conversations etc.
  • Content that displays or promotes suicide, self-harm and eating disorder.
  • Content related to sexual abuse, sexual acts including masturbation, intercourse, display of genitals and private parts. Exception to this is content related to documentary or educational videos that require to show sexually explicit content.
  • False claims, challenging the facts, misstating social events like elections, health info, voter suppression, harming civic integrity and election content.
  • Content that promotes mockery, animosity, harmful stereotypes, slurs, statements of inferiority, expressions of contempt and disgust, attacking and being mean.
  • Content that displays political opinions, content related to political matters, or content that promotes political parties or candidates, political campaigning or lobbying government officials, particularly content related to Global elections.

Avatars

Avatars created on the Dubbing Feature, including the content used to create such avatars, must respect the rights of others, including individuals depicted and only be used for permissible purposes.

Ownership: As between Wistia and you, you own the rights to photo, or custom avatars you create. You are responsible for ensuring that your creation, use, or sharing of the avatar does not violate any laws or rights of third parties, our Terms, or our Acceptable Use Policy, including any supplements thereto. This includes ensuring that the avatar is only created, used, or shared, in a manner consistent with the rights you have obtained to use the Avatar, including the consent of the person depicted in the Avatar or the holder of any rights in the depiction.

Consent for Custom Avatars: In the case of creating custom avatars, you are required to obtain the explicit consent of the individual being represented (the “Actor”). Unless explicit consent has been provided, creating avatars of other individuals is strictly prohibited. You are also responsible for ensuring that you have the consent of the Actor for your use or sharing of the avatar and any content generated based on the avatar. The Actor reserves the right to request removal of their likeness from the Dubbing Feature at any time. You are responsible for honoring any request by or on behalf of an Actor to remove content depicting the Actor wherever you have published such depictions. An Actor may also contact Wistia at report@wistia.com to request removal of content depicting them from the Dubbing Feature.

To maintain a safe and respectful environment on the Dubbing Feature, the creation of certain types of avatars is strictly prohibited. This includes avatars that:

  • Display illegal, defamatory, sexually explicit, pornographic, violent, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, harmful, hateful, cruel, insensitive, or deceptive imagery, including through likenesses, symbols, or insignia;

  • Represent or appear in our sole discretion to represent individuals under the age of 18;

  • Represent real individuals, including celebrities or public figures, without their explicit consent; or

  • Represent or appear in our sole discretion to infringe copyrighted images without the consent of the copyright owner.

Conditional Content

Conditional content refers to types of content that are generally allowed to be uploaded to or generated using the Dubbing Feature, but with certain restrictions. This type of content can be sensitive and may involve themes or subjects that could potentially cause discomfort, disagreement, or distress. Such content can be created using custom avatars only. Wistia, in its sole discretion, may determine whether content is conditional or non-permissible content. Conditional content includes:

  • Wistia understands the importance of education that may include display of nudity, genitals or sex and any content that is purely developed form an educational and informational standpoint will be conditionally allowed on the Dubbing Feature platform. But any content discussing this topic should be strictly educational, respectful, and not explicit or inappropriate. It should also be clearly labeled at the outset of the video as mature content, and not targeted at minors.
  • Wistia respects all religions and belief systems, but any content discussing religion should be respectful and not promote division, discrimination, or hate.

Wistia may revise this Dubbing Feature Supplemental Acceptable Use Policy from time to time. When changes are implemented, they come into effect immediately upon being posted on this page, and your continued use of our Services constitutes acceptance of this policy, including any modifications. You are encouraged to review this section periodically for any updates.

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