This agreement details details our policies for user submitted audio stories through our software ("Story", "Stories").

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Twisp features a collection of user submitted audio short stories in addition to curated content. Twisp users must agree to this Publishing Agreement ("Agreement") and abide to the policies set forth before uploading their Story. All Stories will be sent through our approval process and must be marked as "approved" before they are made public within the Twisp Service. Twisp retains the right to reject or remove any Story for any reason at any time.

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In some instances, a Story may be initially approved and retroactively placed under review where it may then be rejected and no longer featured on the Twisp Service.​

 

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Technical Specifications​

Each Story must contain the following required fields:

• Title (maximum length of 50 character)​

• Summary (maximum length of 200 characters)

• Description (maximum length of 1500 characters)

• Genre

• Audio file

Each Story may also include the following optional fields:​

• associated Tag​

• Illustration (Cover Art)

• Explicit content tag

There may be up to three users associated with a Story:​

1. Publisher

   • the publisher is the assumed author of the Story and is automatically set as the use who uploads the Story. Users should not upload Stories that they are not the author of have the rights to use.​

2. Narrator

   • if a user selects to upload a local file or Twisp recording, then the narrator will automatically be assumed to be the current user. If a user is using a local file that they are not the narrator of, they should create a separate account for that narrator and then share the Story with the publisher for upload instead in order to properly tag the correct narrator.​

   • if a user selects a shared audio file, the narrator will automatically be set to the user who shared the file with that publisher.

3. Illustrator​

   • although highly recommended, Stories are not required to have cover art. Stories without cover art may not be featured in certain sections of the Twisp Service.​

   • if a user selects to upload a local file, then the illustrator will automatically be assumed to be the current user. If a user is using a local file that they are not the illustrator of, they should create a separate account for that illustrator and then share the Story with the publisher for upload instead in order to properly tag the correct illustrator.

   • if a user selects a shared image file, the illustrator will automatically be set to the user who shared the file with that publisher.
      

Explicit Content​

Users will have the option before submission to tag their Story as containing explicit content. Blip moderators will also have the option to tag Stories as containing explicit content at their own discretion. 

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"Explicit Content" is defined as any voice recording, text, or image that contains:

1. discriminatory or offensive language

2. references to sexual behaviour

3. references to violence, physical, substance, or mental abuse

 

Stories that are tagged with Explicit Content will not be shown in the Kids genre and may be blocked through the Settings within the Twisp Service.

 

All Stories in the "After Dark" genre will automatically be tagged as containing Explicit Content. Stories in the "After Dark" genre may also be blocked through the Settings within the Twisp Service.​

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Publisher Guidelines​

By submitting a Story, Illustration, or Narration ("Media") through our service you agree to the following:

1. you have the right to distribute, and claim as your own work, the Media you are submitting.

2. the Story or Illustration does not contain sexually or suggestive content involving minors.

3. with respect to the privacy of others, the Media does not: instigate harassment, for example by revealing someone's personal confidential information, or contain intimate or sexually-explicit media of someone else without their consent.

4. the Media does not impersonate a person or entity in a misleading or deceptive manner.

5. you have appropriately labeled all content with the appropriate genre, explicit content tag, or story tag.

6. the Media is not illegal or encourages illegal activity

7. the Media is not soliciting in nature or would be considered an advertisement in any form

8. the Media does not contain any malware, adware or any other type of malicious software

9. the Media does not break the Twisp Service or does anything that interferes with the normal use of the Twisp Service

10. all illustrators, narrators, and authors are properly tagged by the publisher so as to accurately represent the owners of their creative works

11. by submitting a Story or Media, in addition to agreeing to this Agreement, you also agree to our Copyright Policy

Any user who violates this Publishing Agreement may have their Story removed and potentially have their account banned from the Blip Service.

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By submitting your Story you give MartianSpiderMedia the right to feature your Story and associated Media on the Blip Service, indefinitely. 

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Story Rejection

Possible reasons for a Story being rejected include, but are not limited to:

1. insufficient audio quality

   • this may happen if the recording volume is too low or contains noise that makes the Story unlistenable
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2. the Story exceeds the Twisp time limit of 2 hours (120 minutes)
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3. the Story contains banned content

4. the Story violated Copyright laws or we have reasonable belief that the Media is not your own

5. the audio file is unplayable or there is some other technical issue associated with the Story

6. the Story does not meet quality standards. In other words, we do not think your Story is very good and you should go back and work on it

7. the Story narration does not meet quality standards

   • this may happen if the narrator is in someway incomprehensible or annoying
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8. the Story contains an inappropriate illustration as cover art​