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Important notice. This policy is a product and legal-position statement, not a substitute for an attorney-drafted privacy policy. An entertainment and intellectual-property attorney should review the final documents.

1. Who we are

GREENLIGHT is filmmaking software operated by FIZZYCO LLC ("FIZZYCO," "GREENLIGHT," "we," "us," or "our"), a Delaware limited liability company. GREENLIGHT helps writers and filmmakers write screenplays, develop stories, visualize scenes, plan productions, and, when creators choose, make their work discoverable to industry professionals. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how we share it, and the choices and rights available to you. It applies to our website, applications, and related services (collectively, the "Service"). GREENLIGHT users may be located anywhere in the world, and this policy is intended to address the requirements of multiple jurisdictions, including California and the European Union and United Kingdom, as described below.

For privacy questions or requests, contact us at privacy@greenlightwriting.com or through the contact form on our About page.

2. Categories of personal information we collect

We collect the following categories of personal information, described here with reference to the categories defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

Identifiers. Your name, email address, account username, IP address, and device identifiers. (CCPA category: identifiers.)

Contact and account data. Information you provide when you create an account, join a waitlist, submit an industry intake form, or contact us, such as your name, email address, company, role, and genre or format interests. (CCPA categories: identifiers; customer records.)

Your creative content. Screenplays, scenes, characters, storyboards, breakdowns, budgets, schedules, and other materials you create, import, or upload to GREENLIGHT ("Your Content"). Your Content may itself contain personal information about you or about third parties (for example, names in a cast list or contact details in a production plan). You are responsible for ensuring you have the right to provide any third-party personal information you upload. (CCPA categories: customer records; user-generated content.)

Commercial and payment information. If and when GREENLIGHT offers paid features or marketplace transactions, we will collect billing and transaction information necessary to process payments, which may be handled by third-party payment processors. (CCPA category: commercial information.)

Internet, device, and usage data. Information about how you use the Service, including features used, pages visited, session activity, and diagnostic data that helps us maintain reliability and improve the Service. This may include device type, operating system, browser type, and approximate location derived from your IP address. (CCPA categories: internet activity; geolocation data.)

Cookies and similar tracking data. Information collected through cookies and similar technologies as described in Section 7. (CCPA category: internet activity.)

Inferences. Preferences or characteristics inferred from your use of the Service, such as feature interests. (CCPA category: inferences.)

Sensitive personal information. We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information such as social security numbers, precise geolocation, or biometric data. If you include sensitive information in Your Content or communications, you do so at your own discretion and are responsible for it.

3. Sources of personal information

We collect personal information from the following sources: directly from you, when you create an account, join a waitlist, submit forms, upload content, or communicate with us; automatically, through cookies, log files, and similar technologies when you use the Service; and from our service providers, such as email delivery, analytics, and hosting providers that process information on our behalf. We do not purchase personal information from data brokers.

4. Purposes of collection and use

We use the categories of personal information described in Section 2 for the following purposes:

Providing and operating the Service. Creating and managing your account, storing and displaying Your Content, and delivering the features you use, including AI-assisted features you choose to use and industry discovery listings you choose to publish. This includes identifiers, contact and account data, Your Content, and device and usage data.

Improving and developing the Service. Understanding how the Service is used, diagnosing problems, and developing new features. This includes device and usage data, inferences, and cookie data.

Communicating with you. Responding to your requests, sending service updates, and, where permitted, informing you about features and opportunities. This includes identifiers and contact and account data.

Safety, security, and legal compliance. Protecting the security and integrity of the Service, preventing fraud and abuse, enforcing our Terms of Service, and complying with legal obligations. This may involve any category of information described above.

Legal bases under the GDPR and UK GDPR. Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we process personal information on the following lawful bases: consent (Article 6(1)(a)), for example when you choose to use an AI-assisted feature or publish a discovery listing; contract (Article 6(1)(b)), to provide the Service you requested; legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c)), to comply with applicable law; and legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)), namely our interests in operating, securing, and improving the Service, communicating about the Service, and protecting our rights and the rights of others, balanced against your interests and fundamental rights. Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time as described in Section 14.

5. How we share and disclose information

We share personal information only as follows, and only with categories of recipients described here:

Service providers and contractors. We share information with companies that help us operate the Service, including cloud hosting providers, email delivery providers, analytics providers, customer support tools, and AI processing providers that process Your Content to deliver AI-assisted features you request. These providers act on our instructions and are bound by contractual obligations to protect the information and use it only to provide services to us.

At your direction. For industry discovery, as described in Section 9, information you choose to include in a listing becomes visible to the industry audience you select. Nothing is shared with industry audiences unless you choose to share it.

Legal compliance and protection. We may disclose information when required by law, court order, or legal process, or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others, to investigate fraud or abuse, or to enforce our Terms of Service.

Business transfers. In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or sale of assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to appropriate confidentiality protections and continued application of this policy or a substantially similar one.

Aggregated or de-identified information. We may share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you, for analytics, research, or reporting purposes.

6. Sale and sharing of personal information

We do not sell your personal information. GREENLIGHT does not sell personal information as "sale" is defined under the CCPA and similar state privacy laws, and we do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We have not sold or shared personal information for these purposes in the preceding twelve months.

If our practices change, we will update this policy and provide a clear and conspicuous method to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, such as a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link, before any such sale or sharing begins. California residents and residents of other states with similar laws have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information at any time, as described in Sections 12 and 14.

7. Cookies and tracking technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies (such as local storage and log files) to operate the Service. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. We use the following types:

Strictly necessary cookies. Required for core functionality such as keeping you signed in and remembering your preferences. The Service cannot function properly without these.

Functional cookies. Used to remember choices you make, such as display settings.

Analytics cookies. Used to understand how visitors use the Service so we can improve it. These collect aggregated usage information.

We do not currently use third-party advertising cookies or cross-site tracking for advertising purposes. You can control cookies through your browser settings, including by blocking or deleting cookies. If you disable cookies, some features of the Service may not work properly. Cookie-based information is retained as described in Section 10 and is handled according to the purposes in Section 4.

8. AI-assisted features

GREENLIGHT's AI features are designed to support the filmmaker's work. They do not generate your stories: AI cannot write your screenplay, invent your characters, or decide what your story should be. When you use AI-assisted features, such as visual storyboards generated from your scenes, AI-assisted voice table reads, script analysis, or production planning assistance, the relevant portions of Your Content are processed to deliver the feature you requested, which may involve trusted third-party service providers acting on our instructions under the safeguards described in Section 5. We process this information only to deliver the requested feature and to maintain the reliability of the Service. We do not sell your personal information, including information processed through AI-assisted features. AI outputs may contain errors and should be reviewed by you or an appropriate professional before reliance.

9. Industry discovery and sharing

GREENLIGHT may offer features that allow you to make projects discoverable to verified industry professionals such as producers, studios, distributors, and agencies. Nothing is shared with industry audiences unless you choose to share it. When you list or submit a project for discovery, the information included in that listing becomes visible to the industry audience you selected, according to your settings. You may modify or withdraw a listing through your account settings, after which the listing will no longer be presented to new industry viewers within a reasonable period, although information already viewed or independently retained by industry participants is outside our control. Review your listing carefully before publishing it.

10. Data retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide the Service and as required or permitted by applicable law. Our retention practices by category are as follows:

Account and contact data. Retained while your account is active and for a reasonable period after closure to allow reactivation, resolve disputes, and meet legal obligations.

Your Content. Retained until you delete it. You may delete Your Content at any time; deleted content is removed from our active systems within a reasonable period, although residual copies may persist in backups for a limited time before being overwritten.

Usage, device, and cookie data. Retained for a limited period sufficient for security, analytics, and service improvement, after which it is aggregated, de-identified, or deleted.

Communications. Support and contact correspondence is retained as needed to address your request and maintain service records.

Where retention is required by law, for tax, accounting, or legal proceedings, or to enforce our agreements, we retain information for the period required. When information is no longer needed, we delete or de-identify it.

11. Security measures

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your information, including encryption in transit, access controls limited to personnel who need access to perform their duties, and contractual protections with service providers. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for activity under your account. If you believe your account has been compromised, contact us promptly at privacy@greenlightwriting.com.

12. Your rights under California and other US state privacy laws

If you are a California resident, the CCPA and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) provide you with the following rights, and we extend comparable handling to residents of other states with similar privacy laws where applicable:

Right to know. You may request the categories of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources, the purposes of collection, the categories of third parties with whom we share it, and the specific pieces of personal information we hold about you.

Right to delete. You may request deletion of personal information we have collected about you, subject to exceptions permitted by law (for example, information needed to complete a transaction, ensure security, or comply with legal obligations).

Right to correct. You may request correction of inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.

Right to opt out of sale or sharing. You may opt out of the sale of your personal information and the sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. As stated in Section 6, we do not currently sell or share personal information for these purposes.

Right to limit use of sensitive personal information. You may request that we limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information to what is necessary to perform the Service. We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information beyond what is described in Section 2.

Right to non-discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights, including by denying the Service, charging different prices, or providing a different quality of service.

You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf as described in Section 14.

13. Your rights under the GDPR and UK GDPR

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction applying similar data-protection law, you have the following rights, subject to applicable law and its exceptions:

Access. The right to obtain confirmation of processing and a copy of your personal data.

Rectification. The right to have inaccurate personal data corrected and incomplete data completed.

Erasure. The right to have your personal data deleted in certain circumstances, for example when it is no longer necessary for the purposes collected.

Restriction. The right to restrict processing in certain circumstances, for example while the accuracy of data is contested.

Data portability. The right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller where processing is based on consent or contract and carried out by automated means.

Objection. The right to object to processing based on our legitimate interests, and the absolute right to object to processing for direct marketing purposes.

Withdraw consent. Where processing is based on your consent, the right to withdraw it at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

FIZZYCO LLC is the data controller for personal information processed in connection with the Service. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority, such as the authority in your EU member state of residence or the UK Information Commissioner's Office.

14. How to exercise your rights

To exercise any of the rights described in Sections 12 and 13, contact us at privacy@greenlightwriting.com or submit a request through the contact form on our About page. Include enough information for us to understand your request, such as the right you wish to exercise and the email address associated with your account.

Verification. To protect your information, we will verify your identity before fulfilling a request, typically by matching the information you provide against the information associated with your account. If we cannot verify your identity, we may ask for additional information or decline the request as permitted by law.

Authorized agents. You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf. We may require written permission signed by you confirming the agent's authority, and we may need to verify your identity directly.

Response timing. We will respond to verifiable requests within 45 days of receipt, as required by the CCPA, and within one month under the GDPR, with extensions permitted by applicable law where a request is complex or numerous. If we cannot fulfill a request, we will explain why, subject to legal limits on disclosure.

We do not charge a fee to process requests unless a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, as permitted by law.

15. International data transfers

The Service is operated in the United States, and information we collect is stored and processed in the United States. If you access the Service from outside the United States, your personal information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where data-protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. By using the Service, you acknowledge this transfer. Where required by applicable law, we implement appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as reliance on adequacy decisions where available, standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or the UK, and supplementary technical and organizational measures. Contact privacy@greenlightwriting.com for further information about the safeguards we apply.

16. Children's privacy

GREENLIGHT is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent as required by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we will delete that information promptly. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at privacy@greenlightwriting.com so we can delete it. Where parental consent is required, we will obtain verifiable parental consent before knowingly collecting, using, or disclosing a child's personal information, and parents may review, direct deletion of, and refuse further collection of their child's information by contacting us. Users under the age of 18 may use the Service only with the permission and involvement of a parent or legal guardian where required, and we do not knowingly enter into binding commercial arrangements with minors without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.

17. Do Not Track signals

Some browsers transmit "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals. There is currently no uniform industry standard for responding to DNT signals, and we do not alter our data collection and use practices when we receive such a signal. We will update this section if a standard is adopted that we can meaningfully follow.

18. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. We will post the revised version on this page and update the "Last updated" date above. If changes are material, we will provide additional notice as appropriate, such as by email or an in-service notification, before the changes take effect. We review this policy at least annually. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

19. Contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your privacy rights, or want to contact our privacy team, reach us at privacy@greenlightwriting.com or through the contact form on our About page. FIZZYCO LLC, operator of GREENLIGHT, is the entity responsible for the processing described in this policy. We aim to respond to privacy inquiries promptly.

1. Agreement

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of GREENLIGHT, the filmmaking software operated by FIZZYCO LLC ("FIZZYCO," "GREENLIGHT," "we," "us," or "our"). GREENLIGHT is filmmaking software operated by FIZZYCO LLC. The Service includes the GREENLIGHT website, applications, features, tools, documentation, and any current or future products or services we make available, including industry discovery and marketplace features (collectively, the "Service").

By creating an account, accessing, or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not create an account and do not use the Service. If you access or use the Service on behalf of a company, organization, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that entity to these Terms, and "you" and "your" refer to that entity.

2. Description of the service

GREENLIGHT provides tools for writers and filmmakers to write screenplays, develop stories, visualize scenes through storyboards, plan productions (including breakdowns, budgets, and schedules), learn the craft of filmmaking, document their work, and, entirely at the creator's choice, make projects discoverable to verified industry professionals. We may add, modify, or discontinue features at any time, as described in Section 32.

3. Accounts and eligibility

To use certain features of the Service, you must create an account and satisfy the eligibility requirements in Section 24. You agree to provide accurate, complete, and current information when registering and to keep that information updated, as further described in Section 25. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account, whether or not you authorized it.

4. Minors

Users under the age of 18 may use GREENLIGHT only with the permission and involvement of a parent or legal guardian where required, as further described in Section 24. GREENLIGHT does not knowingly enter into binding commercial arrangements with minors without appropriate parental or guardian involvement and satisfaction of applicable legal requirements. For any transaction involving a minor, the required legal and parental processes must be followed; GREENLIGHT does not determine what those requirements are.

5. Creator ownership and authorship

Creators remain responsible for their own work and creative decisions. GREENLIGHT does not claim ownership of your screenplay, story, characters, artwork, concepts, or other original creative material (collectively, "Your Content") merely because you upload it or use it on the platform, subject only to the limited license described in Section 6 that is necessary to operate the Service. Nothing in these Terms transfers authorship of Your Content to GREENLIGHT or makes GREENLIGHT a joint author of your work.

You are responsible for ensuring you have all necessary rights to any material you upload, including rights from co-writers, collaborators, and any third parties whose material appears in your work. GREENLIGHT does not determine whether you legally own or control a project, or whether a project is original, properly cleared, copyrightable, or free of third-party claims.

6. Your content license

To operate, maintain, and provide the Service, you grant GREENLIGHT a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, process, transmit, and display Your Content solely as necessary to provide the features you use, including, where you choose to list or share work for industry discovery, displaying that work to the industry audience you selected. This license includes the right to sublicense Your Content to our service providers (such as hosting and infrastructure providers) solely to enable them to provide services to us.

This license ends when you delete Your Content or close your account, except for copies retained as required by law, for backup and archival purposes for a limited period, or as described in our Privacy Policy. Termination of this license does not affect rights already exercised at your direction, such as materials you shared with industry participants through features you used.

7. Copyright and intellectual property

GREENLIGHT recommends that creators consider appropriate copyright and intellectual-property protection and consult a qualified attorney regarding their specific circumstances, particularly before publicly submitting or exposing work to third parties. Copyright protection and copyright registration are not the same thing; registration is one form of protection you may wish to consider, and its availability and effect vary by country.

GREENLIGHT does not provide copyright, intellectual-property, entertainment, or legal advice. Creators should consult a qualified attorney or other appropriate legal professional regarding copyright registration, chain of title, rights clearance, releases, underlying rights, adaptation rights, trademarks, contracts, and other intellectual-property matters. GREENLIGHT does not tell you that your work is legally protected simply because it exists on GREENLIGHT or carries a platform timestamp. See Section 10 for the limits of platform documentation and Section 27 for our copyright complaint procedure.

8. GREENLIGHT does not provide legal services

GREENLIGHT is a technology platform and facilitator. We are not a law firm, and we do not provide legal services, legal advice, legal representation, contract negotiation, or legal counsel. GREENLIGHT does not act as your attorney, agent, manager, representative, or fiduciary, and no fiduciary relationship is created by your use of the Service. We do not provide legal recommendations about whether you should accept, reject, negotiate, counter, or sign an offer, and we do not set legal terms for transactions between creators and industry participants. Obtain independent legal advice before entering into any option, purchase, license, assignment, production, distribution, financing, representation, or other agreement.

9. AI-assisted tools

GREENLIGHT does not and cannot use AI to generate stories. AI may be used to support creator-authored work, including: visual storyboard generation based on creator-provided material; AI-assisted voice table reads; script and project analysis; production breakdowns; organizing production requirements; budgeting assistance; scheduling assistance; and other technical filmmaking functions.

AI outputs may contain errors, omissions, or inaccuracies. AI-generated estimates, images, voices, schedules, budgets, analyses, and other outputs should be reviewed by you or an appropriate production professional and should not automatically be treated as factual, final, or production-ready. You remain the author of your work and are solely responsible for decisions you make based on AI-assisted output.

10. Documentation and timestamps

GREENLIGHT may maintain project records, activity history, timestamps, submissions, revisions, communications, and other platform-generated documentation, and may make such documentation available to you when appropriate and technically feasible. A GREENLIGHT timestamp is not a copyright registration, legal certification of authorship, chain-of-title determination, or substitute for legal protection. GREENLIGHT can document what the platform recorded; we cannot independently certify who legally owns a work.

11. Industry discovery and marketplace

GREENLIGHT may offer industry discovery features, including a future DISCOVER marketplace, through which creators may present projects to authorized industry participants. "Industry participants" may include studios, production companies, producers, distributors, writing agencies, independent film buyers, private film buyers, and other authorized entertainment-industry participants. GREENLIGHT may verify industry participants using commercially reasonable methods, but verification does not guarantee any participant's identity, authority, creditworthiness, or intentions.

Sharing is always your choice: nothing is made visible to industry audiences unless you take action to share or list it. GREENLIGHT provides the venue and tools for discovery and communication. We are not a talent agency, literary agency, producer, financier, distributor, buyer, broker, or guarantor of production or sales, and we are not a party to any option, purchase, license, or other agreement between you and any third party. We do not broker or guarantee any transaction. GREENLIGHT does not take a commission from amounts paid to creators for their work.

If you and an industry participant negotiate or complete a transaction outside GREENLIGHT, GREENLIGHT is not a party to that agreement unless GREENLIGHT explicitly becomes a contracting party in a future service. You and the other party are responsible for your own agreements, negotiations, attorneys, representatives, taxes, payments, rights transfers, and contractual obligations. GREENLIGHT does not provide escrow, payment processing, securities, legal closing, or rights-transfer services unless such services are specifically implemented and legally structured.

12. No guarantees

GREENLIGHT does not guarantee that a script or project will sell or succeed. Industry participants may view, express interest in, request information about, negotiate for, option, acquire, develop, produce, or otherwise pursue a project, but none of these outcomes is guaranteed. GREENLIGHT does not guarantee: an offer; a purchase; an option; financing; production; distribution; representation; employment; revenue; a specific sale price; a specific production budget; or a specific return to the creator.

If you receive an offer, you are responsible for deciding whether to pursue it, and you should obtain independent legal counsel before accepting or signing anything. GREENLIGHT does not set the price of your script, determine what your project is worth, or guarantee that any asking price will be met.

13. Production planning tools

GREENLIGHT may help you organize production information, generate production plans, estimate budgets, create schedules, track project information, and document changes. Budgets, schedules, locations, crew requirements, production estimates, and other planning information are planning tools and estimates, not guarantees. Actual production costs and schedules can change because of locations, labor, equipment, insurance, permits, weather, availability, financing, union requirements, creative decisions, legal requirements, market conditions, or other circumstances. You and your production company remain responsible for independently verifying production information and making your own decisions. GREENLIGHT is not responsible for whether your production gets made.

14. No guarantee of success

GREENLIGHT provides tools and opportunities, not outcomes. We can help you write, develop, plan, document, and present your projects, and provide a pathway for projects to be discovered. We cannot guarantee that a project will be completed, funded, sold, optioned, produced, distributed, represented, or commercially successful.

15. No professional recommendations

GREENLIGHT does not recommend any particular lawyer, agent, manager, producer, distributor, investor, buyer, insurance provider, production company, or service provider. If GREENLIGHT provides directories or educational information about professionals, listing or displaying a person or company does not constitute an endorsement, recommendation, guarantee, or legal or financial determination.

16. Creator responsibility

You are responsible for: the content you submit; the rights to your material; permissions and releases; copyright and trademark matters; third-party material; personal information included in projects; the accuracy of production information; negotiations and contracts; taxes; legal compliance; and decisions about whether and how to produce your work. GREENLIGHT provides the platform and documentation; you remain responsible for your project. You use the Service and make decisions about your work at your own risk.

17. Acceptable use

You agree not to use GREENLIGHT to: violate any applicable law or regulation; infringe the intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of any person; upload or transmit malicious code, or attempt to disrupt, damage, probe, or gain unauthorized access to the Service or its infrastructure; harass, abuse, threaten, or harm others, or impersonate any person or entity; send spam or unsolicited communications through the Service; interfere with or disrupt the Service or other users' use of the Service; scrape, crawl, or systematically collect content from the Service except through our published interfaces; or misrepresent the nature of your project or your rights in it when listing work for discovery.

18. Third-party services

GREENLIGHT may integrate with or link to third-party products and services. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party services, which are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. Your use of third-party services is at your own risk.

19. Our intellectual property

The GREENLIGHT software, visual design, trademarks, logos, and other brand elements are and remain the property of FIZZYCO LLC or its licensors. These Terms do not transfer any ownership to you. You may not copy, modify, distribute, publicly display, or reverse engineer the Service except as permitted by applicable law or with our prior written permission.

20. Disclaimers

GREENLIGHT is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or completely secure, or that defects will be corrected.

21. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will GREENLIGHT, its officers, directors, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenues, goodwill, content, or data, arising from or related to your use of or inability to use the Service, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, our total liability for any claim arising from or related to these Terms or the Service will not exceed the amounts you paid to GREENLIGHT in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, or one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100) if you have paid nothing. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

22. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless GREENLIGHT and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, and licensors from and against any third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from: Your Content; your use of the Service; your violation of these Terms; or your violation of any rights of another person or entity.

23. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to GREENLIGHT if you violate these Terms, if your account remains inactive for an extended period, or if necessary to protect the Service, our users, or others. You may stop using GREENLIGHT and delete your account at any time. Sections 6 (with respect to copies retained as required by law), 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31, and 33 survive termination.

24. Eligibility and age requirements

You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction if higher, to create a GREENLIGHT account and use the Service on your own behalf.

Users who are at least 13 years old but under 18 (or under the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction) may use the Service only with the permission and ongoing involvement of a parent or legal guardian. The parent or legal guardian must review and agree to these Terms on the minor's behalf, is responsible for the minor's use of the Service, and must be involved in any commercial activity, including any listing of work for industry discovery or any transaction. GREENLIGHT does not knowingly enter into binding commercial arrangements with minors without appropriate parental or guardian involvement and satisfaction of applicable legal requirements.

The Service is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete it, as described in our Privacy Policy.

We may require age verification or parental consent documentation at any time and may suspend or terminate accounts that do not satisfy these requirements.

25. Account registration and security

When you register, you agree to provide accurate, complete, and current information and to update it promptly if it changes. You may not create an account using false information, impersonate another person or entity, or create an account on behalf of someone else without their authorization.

You are responsible for safeguarding your password and any other credentials, for restricting access to your devices, and for all activity that occurs under your account, whether or not you authorized it. You agree to notify us promptly at legal@greenlightwriting.com if you suspect unauthorized access to your account. GREENLIGHT is not liable for losses caused by your failure to safeguard your credentials.

We may suspend or terminate accounts with inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading registration information, or accounts we reasonably believe are being used in violation of these Terms.

26. Unsolicited submissions policy

Please do not send us unsolicited ideas, scripts, concepts, treatments, or other creative materials outside of the submission features we designate for that purpose. Any unsolicited materials you submit are deemed non-confidential and non-proprietary. We have no obligation to review, return, acknowledge, or compensate you for unsolicited submissions, and no confidential, fiduciary, agency, or other special relationship is created by your submission.

Because many creators work in similar genres and themes, we may already be developing, or may in the future develop, materials similar to your unsolicited submission. This policy protects both you and us by making clear that similarity alone does not give rise to any claim against GREENLIGHT. If you wish to protect an idea, consult a qualified attorney before disclosing it to anyone, including GREENLIGHT. This section does not limit your rights in Your Content that you upload through the Service's designated features, which remain governed by Sections 5 and 6.

27. Copyright complaints and DMCA procedure

GREENLIGHT respects the intellectual property rights of others and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. 512. It is our policy to respond to valid notices of alleged infringement and to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of repeat infringers, as required by 17 U.S.C. 512(i)(1)(A).

If you believe that content on the Service infringes your copyright, you may send a written notice to our designated copyright agent at legal@greenlightwriting.com. Under 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3), a valid notice must include: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (d) your contact information, including address, telephone number, and email address; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed.

If we remove or disable access to material in response to a notice, we will make a good-faith attempt to notify the affected user. That user may send a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. 512(g)(3) including: (a) a physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the removed material and its location before removal; (c) a statement under penalty of perjury that the user has a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification; and (d) the user's name, address, and telephone number, a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the federal court for the user's judicial district (or any United States federal district if the user is outside the United States), and a statement that the user will accept service of process from the complaining party. If we receive a valid counter-notice, we may restore the material within 10 to 14 business days unless the original complainant notifies us that it has filed a court action seeking to restrain the user, as provided in 17 U.S.C. 512(g)(2).

Warning: under 17 U.S.C. 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees.

28. Third-party content; Section 230

The Service may contain content provided by users and other third parties, including project listings, messages, and communications between creators and industry participants. Under 47 U.S.C. 230(c)(1), GREENLIGHT is not the publisher or speaker of content provided by third parties, and we are not responsible for third-party content, even where we provide tools to create, share, or discover it.

Under 47 U.S.C. 230(c)(2), actions we take in good faith to restrict access to material we consider objectionable, or to enforce these Terms, do not make us the publisher of third-party content and do not create liability for content we do not remove. The appearance of third-party content on the Service does not imply our endorsement, verification, or approval of that content. If you encounter content you believe violates these Terms, report it to legal@greenlightwriting.com.

29. Fees, payments, and taxes

GREENLIGHT may in the future offer paid features, subscriptions, or marketplace-related services. Any prices will be presented before purchase. You agree to pay all fees for features you select, and you authorize us and our payment processors to charge your chosen payment method. Fees are non-refundable except as required by applicable law or as expressly stated at the time of purchase.

You are solely responsible for determining, reporting, and paying all taxes arising from your use of the Service and from any amounts you receive through industry transactions, including income, sales, and value-added taxes. We may be required by law to collect tax identification information and to report payments to tax authorities, and you agree to provide accurate information for that purpose. GREENLIGHT does not provide tax advice; consult a qualified tax professional regarding your specific circumstances.

Unless a payment, escrow, or disbursement service is specifically implemented and described in separate terms, GREENLIGHT does not process, hold, or guarantee payments between creators and third parties.

30. Binding arbitration; class action and jury waiver

Please read this section carefully. It affects your rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court and to have a jury trial.

Informal resolution first. Before initiating arbitration, you agree to contact us at legal@greenlightwriting.com to attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days.

Agreement to arbitrate. Except for the carve-outs below, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising from or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved exclusively by binding arbitration on an individual basis, administered under the rules of JAMS or the American Arbitration Association (AAA), at a reasonably convenient location or by remote means. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration agreement.

Class action and jury waiver. You and GREENLIGHT agree that disputes will be resolved only on an individual basis, and each party waives any right to participate in a class, collective, or representative action and waives any right to a jury trial.

Carve-outs. Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court. Either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property rights.

Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to legal@greenlightwriting.com within 30 days after first accepting these Terms, stating your name, account email, and your decision to opt out of arbitration.

Enforceability note: for this arbitration agreement to be enforceable, these Terms must be affirmatively accepted by the user (for example, by clicking an "I agree" button at signup). Mere continued use of the Service may not be sufficient to establish agreement to arbitration in some jurisdictions.

31. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles. Subject to Section 30, any dispute not subject to arbitration, and any action to confirm, enforce, or vacate an arbitration award, will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, and you consent to their jurisdiction and venue.

32. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time, for example to reflect new features, legal requirements, or business practices. If we make material changes, we will provide reasonable advance notice, such as by posting a notice on the Service or sending an email to the address associated with your account, and we will update the "Last updated" date above.

Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of the revised Terms constitutes your acceptance of them. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Service and you may delete your account. We will not apply material changes retroactively to disputes arising before the effective date without your consent.

33. Severability; entire agreement; assignment; force majeure; notices

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, that provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any additional terms for specific features, constitute the entire agreement between you and GREENLIGHT regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements and understandings on that subject.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your account without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, and we will provide notice of any such assignment.

Force majeure. Neither party is liable for failure to perform due to events beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, labor disputes, government actions, pandemics, power or internet failures, or other force majeure events.

Notices. We may provide notices to you by email, by posting on the Service, or by other reasonable electronic means. Notices to us should be sent to legal@greenlightwriting.com or through the contact form on our About page.

34. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Reach us at legal@greenlightwriting.com or through the contact form on our About page.

GREENLIGHT's role

Important notice

This policy is a product and legal-position statement, not a substitute for attorney-drafted legal documents. An entertainment and intellectual-property attorney should review the final documents.

1. About this policy

GREENLIGHT is filmmaking software operated by FIZZYCO LLC ("FIZZYCO," "GREENLIGHT," "we," "us," or "our"). This Creator & Rights Policy explains what creators should understand about ownership, copyright, submissions, intellectual property, and their responsibilities when using GREENLIGHT. It states our position in plain language so that every creator knows where they stand.

This policy is a statement of GREENLIGHT's position. It is not legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and GREENLIGHT or FIZZYCO LLC. Intellectual-property law varies by country and by circumstance, and only a qualified attorney who understands your specific situation can advise you about your rights.

2. You own your work

You remain the author of everything you create on GREENLIGHT. GREENLIGHT does not claim ownership of your screenplay, story, characters, artwork, concepts, outlines, treatments, loglines, pitches, or other original creative material merely because you upload it, store it, develop it, or otherwise use it on the platform. Uploading your work to GREENLIGHT does not transfer any ownership interest to us.

Our position is simple: we build the tools, you own the story. Nothing in this policy, in our Terms of Service, or in your use of the platform gives GREENLIGHT an ownership stake in your creative work beyond the limited operational license described in Section 3 below.

3. Limited license to operate the service

To provide the service, you grant GREENLIGHT a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, revocable license to host, store, back up, process, display, and transmit your content, solely as necessary to operate, maintain, and provide the GREENLIGHT service to you. This license covers the technical steps required to run the platform, such as storing your projects, creating backups, rendering your screenplay in the editor, generating storyboards or production documents from your material at your direction, and transmitting your content to your own devices.

This license is limited to operating the service. It does not give GREENLIGHT the right to sell your work, license your work to third parties, publish your work publicly, or claim authorship of your work. Where you choose to make work discoverable to industry participants through GREENLIGHT's discovery features, the display of that work to authorized industry participants is part of operating the service you requested, and is governed by our Terms of Service and Industry & Marketplace Disclaimer.

The license ends when you delete the content from the service, subject to reasonable backup retention and any retention required by law. Deleting content does not retroactively undo lawful uses that occurred while the content was on the platform.

4. Platform records are not copyright

GREENLIGHT may maintain project records, activity history, timestamps, revision snapshots, submission logs, and other platform-generated documentation. These records show what the platform recorded and when it was recorded. That is all they show.

A GREENLIGHT timestamp is not a copyright registration. It is not a legal certification of authorship. It is not a chain-of-title determination. It is not a substitute for legal protection. GREENLIGHT does not tell you that your work is legally protected simply because it exists on GREENLIGHT, carries a timestamp, or has been verified in any way. We cannot independently certify who legally owns a work, and our records should never be presented as proof of legal ownership in a dispute. If ownership of your work is ever questioned, consult a qualified attorney.

5. Protecting your work

GREENLIGHT recommends that creators consider appropriate copyright and intellectual-property protection and consult a qualified attorney regarding their specific circumstances.

It helps to understand the difference between two ideas that are often confused. Copyright protection can exist in an original work from the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form, such as when you write your screenplay down. Copyright registration is a separate, formal step: filing with a copyright office, which can create a public record of your claim and, in some countries such as the United States, is generally required before you can bring certain infringement lawsuits and may affect the remedies available to you. Registration is one form of protection you may wish to consider. It is not what makes you the author, and we do not present registration as mandatory for ownership.

We encourage you to learn about copyright protection and registration in your country and to consider registering important work before broadly sharing it, particularly before publicly submitting or exposing work to third parties, including through industry discovery. Our Protect Your Work page links to official copyright and intellectual-property offices around the world and to the World Intellectual Property Organization's directory, so you can find the right authority for your country.

Nothing in this section is legal advice. Copyright and registration rules differ by country, and the right steps for your work depend on your circumstances. Consult a qualified attorney.

6. Chain of title and clearances

You warrant that you hold the rights necessary to upload, store, develop, and share the material you put on GREENLIGHT, and that your use of the platform does not infringe the rights of any third party. If you upload material created by someone else, or material that incorporates someone else's work, you are responsible for having the permission to do so.

You are responsible for the chain of title for your projects. That includes releases from people who appear in or contributed to your work, underlying rights in any source material your project is based on, adaptation rights for books, articles, or other works you adapt, life rights where your story depicts real people, and clearances for trademarks, music, artwork, footage, and any other third-party material your project uses or references. GREENLIGHT does not obtain clearances on your behalf, and we do not verify that your chain of title is complete.

7. We do not verify originality or ownership

GREENLIGHT does not determine whether you legally own or control a project. We do not determine whether a project is original, properly cleared, copyrightable, or free of third-party claims. We do not review your work for infringement, and we do not certify that your work does not infringe the rights of others. The responsibility for originality, clearance, and legal ownership rests entirely with you.

8. GREENLIGHT does not provide legal advice

GREENLIGHT does not provide legal services, legal advice, legal representation, contract negotiation, or legal counsel. GREENLIGHT does not act as your attorney, agent, manager, representative, or fiduciary. We do not provide copyright, intellectual-property, entertainment, or legal advice of any kind.

Creators should consult a qualified attorney or other appropriate legal professional regarding copyright registration, chain of title, rights clearance, releases, underlying rights, adaptation rights, trademarks, contracts, disputes, and other intellectual-property matters. In particular, obtain independent legal advice before entering into any option, purchase, license, assignment, production, distribution, financing, representation, or other agreement, and before transferring or encumbering any rights in your work.

9. Your responsibilities

You are responsible for the content you submit; for ensuring you have the rights to material you upload; for obtaining permissions and releases; for the originality and clearance of your work; for the accuracy of information in your projects; for your negotiations and contracts; for taxes and legal compliance; and for obtaining independent legal advice before submitting work for industry discovery or entering into any agreement. GREENLIGHT provides the platform and documentation. You remain responsible for your project.

10. Before you share or submit

Before listing a project for industry discovery or otherwise sharing your work with third parties through GREENLIGHT, we recommend that you: confirm that you own or control the rights to the work; consider appropriate copyright and intellectual-property protection; consult a qualified attorney about your specific circumstances; confirm that all necessary releases and clearances are in place; and review our Terms of Service and Industry & Marketplace Disclaimer. GREENLIGHT does not determine whether your work is protected, original, or free of third-party claims, and listing a project for discovery does not change that.

11. Reporting infringement

If you believe that material on GREENLIGHT infringes your copyright or other intellectual-property rights, you may report it to legal@greenlightwriting.com. Copyright complaints are handled under the notice-and-takedown procedure described in our Terms of Service, consistent with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. 512). Your report should identify the work you claim is infringed, identify the material you claim is infringing and where it appears, and include your contact information and a statement of good-faith belief.

GREENLIGHT may remove or disable access to material at its discretion, including where we believe removal is necessary to comply with the law, respond to a valid complaint, or protect the platform and its users. Removal of material is an operational and legal-compliance step; it is not a determination of who owns the underlying work.

12. Our commitment to creators

GREENLIGHT exists to help creators develop their work and create a path for that work to be discovered. We take your work seriously. That is why we are clear about what GREENLIGHT does, what it does not do, and what you should protect yourself on.

We build the tools. You own the story.

This disclaimer is a product and legal-position statement, not a substitute for attorney-drafted legal documents. An entertainment and intellectual-property attorney should review the final documents.

1. Platform as venue only

GREENLIGHT is filmmaking software operated by FIZZYCO LLC ("FIZZYCO," "GREENLIGHT," "we," "us," or "our").

DISCOVER is a future industry-discovery environment. It is not yet a live marketplace for transactions. When it launches, GREENLIGHT will operate as a technology platform and venue through which creators may present projects and industry participants may express interest. Like the operator of a physical marketplace or an online venue such as eBay, GREENLIGHT provides the space and the tools. It is not a party to any contract, option, purchase, license, assignment, or other agreement formed between a creator and an industry participant.

Any agreement concerning a project, including any option, purchase, license, financing, production, or distribution arrangement, is strictly between the creator and the industry participant. GREENLIGHT is not responsible for the performance, payment, delivery, quality, legality, or enforceability of any transaction between third parties, and it has no obligation to mediate, enforce, or guarantee any such transaction.

GREENLIGHT does not take a commission from amounts paid to creators for their work.

GREENLIGHT recommends that creators consider appropriate copyright and intellectual-property protection and consult a qualified attorney regarding their specific circumstances before presenting or exposing their work to third parties.

2. No agency, broker, or fiduciary relationship

GREENLIGHT is not a law firm, literary agency, talent agency, entertainment attorney, manager, producer, financier, distributor, buyer, broker, dealer, escrow agent, or guarantor of production or sales.

GREENLIGHT does not act as any creator's or industry participant's agent, representative, attorney, manager, or fiduciary, and nothing on the platform creates such a relationship. GREENLIGHT has no authority to bind, commit, or make representations on behalf of any creator or industry participant, and no creator or participant has authority to bind GREENLIGHT.

Messages, introductions, expressions of interest, or other communications facilitated through GREENLIGHT do not create an agency, partnership, joint venture, employment, or fiduciary relationship between GREENLIGHT and any user, or between creators and industry participants themselves.

3. Industry participants, defined broadly

As used here, "industry participants" means studios, production companies, producers, distributors, writing agencies, independent film buyers, private film buyers, and other authorized entertainment-industry participants who may be given access to discovery features.

Industry participants act independently and in their own interests. Their views, statements, expressions of interest, offers, and decisions are their own and do not reflect the views of GREENLIGHT. Reference to a category of participant does not imply that any particular company or individual participates, or will participate, in DISCOVER.

4. No guarantee of outcomes

Discovery does not constitute an offer, sale, option, financing commitment, production commitment, or guarantee of commercial interest. A project being visible, viewed, or marked as interesting does not mean it will receive an offer or lead to any transaction.

GREENLIGHT expressly does not guarantee: an offer; a purchase; an option; financing; production; distribution; representation; employment; revenue; a specific sale price; a specific production budget; or a specific return to the creator. Creators may receive interest or offers, but outcomes vary by project and circumstance, and most projects will not result in a transaction.

5. No valuation or price-setting

GREENLIGHT does not set the price of a creator's script or project. GREENLIGHT does not appraise projects, does not determine what a project is worth, and does not guarantee that a creator's asking price will be met in whole or in part.

Any price, asking amount, or deal term is set by the creator, negotiated between the parties, and ultimately determined by the market and the parties' agreement. Creators should obtain independent professional advice before setting prices or accepting financial terms.

6. Verification limits

Industry participants may be subject to verification measures before being granted access to discovery features. Verification is a procedural access control, not an endorsement, credit check, background investigation, solvency guarantee, or representation about any participant's character, reliability, financial capacity, or intent to transact.

Listing, displaying, or describing an industry participant does not constitute an endorsement, recommendation, guarantee, or legal or financial determination by GREENLIGHT. Creators are solely responsible for performing their own diligence on any participant before sharing work, entering discussions, or pursuing a transaction.

GREENLIGHT does not guarantee that any particular industry participant will view, respond to, purchase, option, finance, produce, or distribute any project.

7. Offers and negotiations

If an industry participant expresses interest in a project or makes an offer, the creator is solely responsible for deciding whether to pursue it. The creator should obtain independent legal counsel before accepting, negotiating, countering, or signing anything.

GREENLIGHT does not provide legal recommendations about whether a creator should accept, reject, negotiate, counter, or sign an offer. GREENLIGHT does not negotiate on any creator's behalf, does not set legal terms for transactions between creators and industry participants, and does not advise on the fairness, completeness, or enforceability of any proposed terms.

Before entering into any option, purchase, license, assignment, production, distribution, financing, representation, or other agreement, creators should obtain independent legal advice from a qualified attorney regarding their specific circumstances.

8. Off-platform deals

If a creator and an industry participant negotiate or complete a transaction outside GREENLIGHT, that transaction is solely between those parties. GREENLIGHT is not a party to the agreement unless GREENLIGHT expressly becomes a contracting party in a future service.

The parties to an off-platform deal are solely responsible for their own agreements, negotiations, attorneys, representatives, taxes, payments, rights transfers, chain of title, releases, and other contractual obligations. GREENLIGHT has no visibility into, control over, or responsibility for off-platform dealings and cannot enforce, mediate, or guarantee them.

9. No escrow, payment handling, or closing services

GREENLIGHT does not hold funds, operate escrow, process payments for transactions between creators and industry participants, or provide securities, legal-closing, or rights-transfer services, unless such services are specifically implemented and legally structured in a future service and described in then-current terms.

Creators and industry participants are responsible for arranging their own payment methods, tax compliance, and closing mechanics through qualified professionals.

10. No professional recommendations

If GREENLIGHT provides directories, listings, or educational information about professionals such as lawyers, agents, managers, producers, distributors, investors, buyers, insurers, production companies, or other service providers, such listings are for informational purposes only. Listing or displaying a person or company does not constitute an endorsement, recommendation, guarantee, or legal or financial determination by GREENLIGHT.

Creators should independently evaluate and select their own professionals and perform their own diligence before engaging anyone.

11. Minors in industry transactions

GREENLIGHT does not knowingly enter into binding commercial arrangements with minors without appropriate parental or guardian involvement and satisfaction of applicable legal requirements.

Creators under the age of 18 should involve a parent or legal guardian before presenting work for industry discovery, discussing deals, or entering into any transaction, and any actual transaction involving a minor must satisfy applicable legal and parental-consent requirements. GREENLIGHT does not determine the legal requirements for transactions involving minors; the parties and their counsel are responsible for compliance.

12. Our role

We build the tools. You own the story.

GREENLIGHT exists to help creators develop their work and create a path for that work to be discovered. GREENLIGHT provides the tools, documentation, and platform records available to it. The creator makes the creative decisions, makes the business decisions, and remains responsible for the work.

We do not provide legal counsel. We do not set the value of your work. We do not guarantee a sale. We do not guarantee production. We do not guarantee financing. We do not guarantee representation.

Before entering into a deal, transferring rights, or beginning production, seek appropriate professional and legal advice.

Please read: This policy is a product and legal-position statement, not a substitute for attorney-drafted legal documents. An entertainment and intellectual-property attorney should review the final documents.

About this policy

GREENLIGHT is filmmaking software operated by FIZZYCO LLC ("FIZZYCO," "GREENLIGHT," "we," "us," or "our"). This AI Policy explains how artificial intelligence is, and is not, used across GREENLIGHT, including in GUIDE, the writing environment, script analysis, storyboarding, table reads, production breakdowns, budgeting, scheduling, and any other AI-assisted feature we offer now or in the future.

This policy forms part of our legal framework and should be read together with our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Creator & Rights Policy. Where this policy and the Terms of Service conflict, the Terms of Service control.

1. The non-generation stance

GREENLIGHT does not and cannot use AI to generate stories.

This is the foundation of everything GREENLIGHT builds. AI cannot write your screenplay, invent your characters, or decide what your story should be. Every story on GREENLIGHT originates with a human creator. The premise, the plot, the characters, the dialogue, the scenes, and the endings are supplied by you, and by no one and nothing else.

GREENLIGHT's AI systems are not story-generation systems. They are filmmaking tools that support, examine, and organize work you have already authored. An AI feature may ask questions about your story, analyze its structure, or help you plan its production, but it never supplies the story itself.

No feature of GREENLIGHT will write scenes for you, invent plot developments, generate dialogue, or make creative decisions on your behalf. If a feature ever appears to do so, treat that as a malfunction: disregard the output and report it to us.

The creator remains the author. Always.

2. AI-assisted features

AI is used only to support the filmmaker's work on material the creator has already authored. Current and planned AI-assisted features include: visual storyboard generation from the creator's existing scenes; AI-assisted voice table reads of the creator's dialogue; script and project analysis; production breakdowns; organizing production requirements; budgeting assistance; scheduling assistance; and other technical filmmaking functions that help plan, understand, or present creator-authored work.

AI-assisted features are identified as AI-assisted in the product. Where a feature uses AI, the interface will make that clear, so you always know when you are working with an AI-assisted tool and when you are working with your own unaided material.

We may add, change, or remove AI-assisted features over time. This policy applies to all of them, whether listed here or introduced later. We will update this policy when our use of AI changes in a material way.

3. What AI does not do

To be explicit, GREENLIGHT's AI does not: generate plots, storylines, treatments, or outlines; write or rewrite dialogue; create scenes or endings; invent characters or character traits; or provide prescriptive creative direction telling you what your story should be or what creative choice to make instead of another.

Where an AI feature offers observations or questions about your work, for example asking why a character makes one choice rather than another, those observations are analytical and interrogative, not prescriptive. The creative decision is always yours. AI may help you think about your story. It may never decide your story.

4. AI output accuracy disclaimer

All AI-assisted outputs are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied. AI systems can and do make mistakes. Outputs may contain errors, inaccuracies, inconsistencies, omissions, or hallucinations, meaning plausible-sounding content that is fabricated or wrong.

AI-generated estimates, images, voices, schedules, budgets, breakdowns, analyses, transcriptions, and other outputs should not automatically be treated as factual, final, accurate, complete, or production-ready.

AI outputs are also not necessarily unique to you. The same or substantially similar outputs may be provided to other users. Nothing about receiving an AI-assisted output gives you exclusive rights in that output, and you should not assume an output is original to you.

5. Your duty to verify

You, and any production professional you work with, must independently review and verify AI-assisted outputs before relying on them. Do not rely on AI-assisted output for production decisions, business decisions, legal matters, financial commitments, safety planning, or any decision with meaningful consequences without independent human verification.

Budgets, schedules, breakdowns, and other planning outputs are estimates and starting points, not guarantees. Actual costs, timelines, locations, crew needs, permits, and availability must be confirmed through your own production process. See our Terms of Service for the full production-planning disclaimer.

You are solely responsible for decisions you make based on AI-assisted output, and for any consequences of those decisions.

6. AI outputs are not professional advice

AI-assisted outputs are not legal advice, financial advice, tax advice, insurance advice, or any other form of professional advice. They do not create an attorney-client relationship, a fiduciary relationship, or any other professional relationship between you and GREENLIGHT, FIZZYCO LLC, or any third party.

If you need legal, financial, or other professional guidance, including about copyright, contracts, chain of title, clearances, releases, deal terms, or production liability, consult a qualified professional. In particular, consult a qualified entertainment or intellectual-property attorney regarding your specific circumstances before registering rights, transferring rights, or entering into any agreement.

7. Acceptable inputs and misuse

You must not submit material to AI-assisted features that is unlawful, infringing, or that you do not have the rights to use. You are responsible for ensuring you have the necessary rights to any material you upload or input, as described in our Terms of Service and Creator & Rights Policy.

You must not attempt to misuse AI features, including by attempting to circumvent safety measures or system instructions, by attempting to use the features to generate unlawful or infringing content, or by interfering with the operation of the features.

Where disclosure of AI assistance is required, for example by a guild, festival, competition, publisher, studio, insurer, or by law, you must not misrepresent AI-assisted output as purely human-generated. You are responsible for understanding and meeting any disclosure obligations that apply to your work.

8. How your data is used with AI features

AI-assisted features process the material you supply, such as scenes, dialogue, and production information, in order to deliver the feature you requested. Processing may involve trusted third-party service providers acting on our instructions, for example providers of AI models or infrastructure. These providers are described in our Privacy Policy.

Your inputs are not used to train shared AI models without your consent. We do not sell your creative work, and we do not feed your screenplays into public training datasets.

How long inputs are retained, how they are secured, and what rights you have over your information are described in our Privacy Policy. Please read it.

9. Authorship and your rights

Because GREENLIGHT's AI does not generate stories, your authorship position is preserved by design. The system is built so that the creator alone supplies the story, which means AI involvement in GREENLIGHT's assistive features does not make GREENLIGHT a co-author of your work and does not transfer any of your rights to us, subject only to the limited license necessary to operate the service as described in our Terms of Service.

You remain responsible for the originality of your work and for clearing the rights to any third-party material it contains, including obtaining releases, permissions, and licenses where required. AI-assisted analysis of your script is not a clearance review, a chain-of-title determination, or legal advice. See our Creator & Rights Policy for a full explanation of ownership, copyright, and your responsibilities.

Questions about this policy

If you have questions about how AI is used in GREENLIGHT, contact us through the contact form on our About page. For questions about your rights in your work, consult a qualified attorney.