[Mystic Messenger] Work (Copyright) Guidelines
The following cases may lead to requests for takedown regardless of commercial/non-commercial use, and may result in legal issues if damages can be assessed.
- Content related to improper use/misuse of the game
- Malicious distortion of the original work
- If it harms the company’s image or sales by provoking discriminatory discomfort or encouraging behavior that is ethically/socially unacceptable, or if it is deemed to cause discomfort to many game users (e.g., encouraging crime/drugs, promoting discrimination against minorities/specific targets, etc.)
- If it is judged to have a commercially negative impact on the game (including excessive quotation and disclosure of original content / calls to boycott the original, etc.)
Non-commercial use of derivative (fan) works
Non-commercial use is implicitly permitted. Please feel free to create.
Commercial use of derivative (fan) works
Commercial use is implicitly permitted if all of the following are met, as it is judged not to be excessively commercial:
- The work does not use game assets as-is, and includes personal interpretation/transformation
- The creator is not a corporation or registered business; it must be an individual/team without business registration
- Net profit related to the goods is 50,000 KRW or less (for a single event)
- It is clearly indicated that the work is a secondary/derivative work of Cheritz IP
- The content does not cause loss or excessive inconvenience to purchasers of the original work (including excessive quotation/disclosure of original content / calls to boycott the original, etc.)
- The content does not encourage game misuse or cause ethical discomfort
Violation of the above while engaging in commercial/profit activities may entail legal liability for copyright infringement.