Writer Terms

§1 Scope

These Writer Terms apply to every account that publishes a story, chapter, or other narrative work on OutaStory ("you", "the writer"). They sit alongside the platform-wide Terms of Use and Privacy Policy — those keep applying; these add the writer-specific rules.

§2 Your work, your rights

You keep ownership of every story you publish. By publishing on OutaStory you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host the work, transcode it for audio playback (where you've enabled audio), generate covers and social-share imagery, and make it available to readers through our website and apps. The licence stays in force as long as your story is published on the platform; unpublishing a story ends the licence except for already-cached copies and statutory record-keeping.

§3 Original content + permitted reuse

You confirm that every story you publish is either your own original work or that you hold the rights you need to publish it on OutaStory (e.g. fan-fiction in jurisdictions where it is permitted, public-domain reuse with proper attribution, or works you have explicit licence to redistribute). You're responsible for the consequences of publishing material you do not have the rights to.

§4 Content that crosses the line

You agree not to publish content that depicts the sexual exploitation of minors, content that incites real-world violence against an identifiable group, content that the platform's Youth Protection policy classifies as off-limits, or content whose publication is illegal where you live or where OutaStory is operated from. Repeated breach is grounds for the platform to remove the work and suspend your ability to publish.

§5 AI-assisted work

If you used a generative-AI tool to draft, edit, illustrate, or significantly co-write a story, set the corresponding flag on the story so readers who have opted out of AI-generated content aren't shown your work. The full rules live in the AI Guidelines (see /legal/ai). Mislabelling a story is a Writer Terms breach in its own right.

§6 Revenue share

The detailed economics live on /legal/revenue-share. Headline: you receive 55 % of the net revenue attributable to your story (ad and Premium-pool combined). Bumping the revenue-share policy is a material change that re-prompts every author for acceptance the next time they hit Publish.

§7 Removal + takedowns

You can unpublish your work at any time from your writer dashboard — already-paid revenue stays paid, future earnings stop. The platform may also remove a story when it reasonably believes the story breaches §4, when a court order or DSA / DMCA notice requires removal, or when a moderator review concludes the work shouldn't stay live; in each case we tell you the reason and give you a chance to dispute the decision.

§8 Acceptance + record

Clicking "I accept the Writer Terms" the first time you publish (or after a version bump) is your binding acceptance. We record the date, the version you accepted, and a best-effort source IP — together those three values are the legal record-of-consent that satisfies our compliance obligation. You can review the document any time at /legal/writer.

§9 Changes to these terms

Material changes — anything affecting the revenue split, the licence we hold over your work, or the rules in §4 — are announced by email at least 30 days in advance and re-gate Publish until you accept the new version. Typo fixes and clarifications that do not change a writer's obligations are not considered material.

§10 Governing law

These Writer Terms are governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany. Out-of-court dispute resolution under §36 VSBG is available. The full company information lives in the Site Notice at /legal/notice.