What we host on Glyphy

Glyphy is a home for AI films made by the people uploading them. Every film here is either the creator's own work, in the public domain, or properly licensed — including the underlying music, characters, footage, and likenesses.

We don't moderate by taste. Polished features and rough experiments are both welcome. We moderate by ownership: if you didn't make it or don't have permission to use it, it doesn't belong on Glyphy.

One thing we're not: Glyphy is not an adult-content platform. Mature, dark, weird, and violent storytelling is welcome — but sexually explicit or pornographic films are not allowed here (details below). The line is explicitness, not maturity.

What's welcome

• Original films — your worlds, your characters, your story. Whatever genre, length, and budget.
• Public-domain adaptations — Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Frankenstein, Alice in Wonderland, Greek and Roman mythology, Shakespeare, Treasure Island, the original Steamboat Willie (yes, that one), the original Grimm-era fairy tales (not the Disney designs). The public domain is huge and underused.
• Properly licensed work— if you have written permission from the rights-holder, you're welcome here. We'll ask for documentation.
• Experimental work— rough cuts, abstract pieces, single-shot experiments, the genuinely strange. Slop tier is a first-class home for fast, loose AI experimentation. Make something weird; we won't judge.

Ownership — what we can't host

The line here is ownership, not taste. We take down films that use:

• Other people's characters, costumes, vehicles, logos, or distinctive franchise elements — Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Pokémon, Studio Ghibli, etc. Not because we don't love them; because we don't have the right to host them on a pay-per-view platform.
• Copyrighted music or sound effects without a license.
• AI voice clones of identifiable real peoplewithout written consent on file. No exceptions for celebrities. "Voice in the style of a generic narrator" is fine; "voice obviously meant to be a named person" is not.
• Likenesses of private individuals without their written consent. Public figures in satire or commentary contexts are permitted under standard First Amendment grounding.

Never allowed — regardless of who made it

Some content is off-limits no matter who owns it. We remove it, and where the law requires, report it:

• Any sexual content involving minors, real or AI-generated. Zero tolerance — we remove it, terminate the account, and report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and law enforcement.
• Sexually explicit or pornographic content.Glyphy is a mainstream film platform, not an adult-content site. Films whose primary purpose is sexual arousal — explicit sexual acts or pornographic imagery — aren't permitted, AI-generated or not. Mature themes, brief artistic nudity, and violence in a genuine narrative context can be fine; gratuitous or pornographic sexual content is not. If you're unsure where a project lands, ask us first.
• Non-consensual or sexually exploitative content, including sexual deepfakes of real people and intimate images shared without consent.
• Credible threats, incitement to violence, or terrorist and violent-extremist content.
• Harassment, bullying, or doxxing — targeting or exposing private individuals.
• Deepfakes designed to deceive, defraud, or defame.
• Illegal goods or services, fraud, malware, or spam.
• Anything otherwise illegal in the United States.

How removal and reporting works

Copyright or trademark complaint? Send a DMCA notice via our DMCA page; we respond within 72 hours of a valid notice, and creators can file a counter-notice. For anything else — a safety issue, harassment, or a likeness used without consent — email legal@glyphy.tv or use the report option on a film or comment.

Our admin team also runs pre-publication review on films whose metadata raises a flag (titles or descriptions that mention major third-party franchises, for example). Most flagged films are cleared — the system is conservative, not punitive.

Consequences

Depending on severity, we may remove a film, issue a warning, suspend, or terminate an account. Repeat IP infringers are terminated per our Terms of Service. Illegal content is removed immediately and reported where required.

Why we do it this way

YouTube can host the universe of fan content because its ad-driven revenue isn't legally tied to any specific upload. Glyphy can't — we charge per view, so our revenue is tied to each specific film. That removes the safe-harbor shield platforms like YouTube hide behind.

So we take responsibility upfront. This isn't a stance about what creators are allowed to dream up — it's a promise to creators that the platform they're building a livelihood on won't collapse under a lawsuit. Original work is also what gets festival distribution, streaming deals, and longevity. We want creators to own what they make.

Questions about whether a specific project fits? legal@glyphy.tv.