Policy may change; existing Fan Content must comply
Read this Policy carefully before creating any Fan Content. Epic reserves the right to change this Policy at any time by posting the revised Policy on its website, and any existing Fan Content that no longer complies because of a change must be modified to comply with the Policy.
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Who
Epic (may change the Policy); you (must modify non-compliant Fan Content)
What it does
change the Policy by posting the revision; modify existing Fan Content to comply
When
at any time; existing content must be brought into compliance after a change
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Please read this Policy carefully before creating any Fan Content. We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time by posting the revised Policy to our website. Any existing Fan Content that no longer complies with this Policy due to a change in the Policy must be modified to be compliant with the Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
No notice method beyond posting the revised Policy is stated.
Not stated here
Whether Epic gives any direct notice of changes beyond posting the revision.
Cross-references
qualifies (model-proposed): Fan Content allowed only within this Policy — Future Policy changes can require already-created Fan Content to be modified, qualifying the permission over time.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Only Epic IP accessed under Epic agreements is covered
This Policy applies only to Epic IP that you access under Epic's Terms of Service, end user license agreements, and/or other agreements you have with Epic. For example, if you agreed to the end user license agreement for a particular game, this Policy covers the Fan Content you create based on that game.
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Condition
Epic IP accessed under Epic Terms of Service, EULAs, and/or other Epic agreements
What it covers
Fan Content based on that game (example: a game whose EULA you accepted)
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1.2 This Policy applies only to Epic IP that you access pursuant to Epic’s Terms of Service, end user license agreements, and/or other agreements you have with Epic. For example, if you have agreed to Epic’s end user license agreement for particular game, then this Policy covers the Fan Content you create based on that game.
Not stated here
How the Policy applies to Epic IP accessed without any Epic agreement, beyond the statement that unauthorized use is in most cases illegal.
You must display the following disclaimer on or in connection with your Fan Content, including on any web page containing your Fan Content: Portions of the materials used are trademarks and/or copyrighted works of Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved by Epic. This material is not official and is not endorsed by Epic.
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What it does
display the required disclaimer on or in connection with your Fan Content
What it covers
the verbatim Epic disclaimer text
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1.10 You must display the following disclaimer on or in connection with your Fan Content, including on any web page containing your Fan Content:
Portions of the materials used are trademarks and/or copyrighted works of Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved by Epic. This material is not official and is not endorsed by Epic.
Except for the limited permission described in Section 1, your use of any Epic IP is subject to Epic's Terms of Service, end user license agreements, and other agreements you may have with Epic regarding the websites, games, and other materials from which you access the Epic IP. Those agreements include important legal terms such as limitations of liability, disclaimers of warranties, and dispute resolution, so review those agreements carefully before creating any Fan Content.
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Condition
all Epic IP use beyond the limited Section 1 permission follows Epic ToS, EULAs, and other Epic agreements
What it covers
liability limitations, warranty disclaimers, and dispute resolution in those agreements
Supporting quotations
Except for the limited permission described in Section 1 above, your use of any Epic IP is subject to Epic’s Terms of Service, end user license agreements, and other agreements you may have with Epic regarding the websites, games, and other materials from which you access the Epic IP. Those agreements include important legal terms (such as limitations of liability, disclaimers of warranties, and dispute resolution), so please review those agreements carefully before creating any Fan Content.
Qualifications & exceptions
This Policy grants only the limited Section 1 permission; everything else follows the other agreements.
Not stated here
Which specific agreement terms apply to a given use; they depend on the agreements for the accessed materials, which are not supplied here.
Mods follow game EULAs; this Policy changes nothing
Epic allows fans to create modifications or enhancements (Mods) to some of its games under the end user license agreements for those games. This Policy does not change the game end user license agreements with respect to Mods.
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What it covers
Mods to some Epic games, governed by those games' EULAs
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As you know, Epic allows fans to create modifications or enhancements (“Mods”) to some of our games pursuant to the end user license agreements for those games. Please note that this Policy does not change our game end user license agreements with respect to Mods.
Do not send unsolicited Fan Content or game ideas to Epic; they will be deleted without review.
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What it does
do not send unsolicited Fan Content or game ideas to Epic; sent material is deleted without review
Supporting quotations
Please do not send your unsolicited Fan Content or game ideas to Epic; they will be deleted without review.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice
Epic may take legal action for misuse of Epic IP
Under Section 5 (Enforcement of Rights), Epic reserves the right to take legal action against you for your misuse of Epic IP, where Epic IP means Epic's games, artwork, videos, music, characters, logos, and other intellectual property.
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Who
Epic (reserves the right to take legal action against you)
Epic reserves the right to take legal action against you for your misuse of Epic IP.
Section 5 – Enforcement of Rights
In most cases, using our games, artwork, videos, music, characters, logos, and other intellectual property (“Epic IP”) without our permission is illegal and a violation of our rights. So we created this Policy to explain what you may do regarding your Fan Content. In this Policy, “Fan Content” means: your personal, non-commercial (i) fan art (such as artwork, photographs, videos, and other materials) that is based on the Epic IP; and (ii) Epic IP-related websites and apps that are freely accessible to the public.
Qualifications & exceptions
Section 5 heading gives this reservation its enforcement scope.
Not stated here
What form legal action takes and whether any warning or cure step precedes it.
defined by (model-proposed): Epic IP and Fan Content definitions — The Epic IP definition supplies the object of the enforcement card's misuse trigger.