Terms of Use & AI Disclosure

1. Ownership of Original Intellectual Property

All original characters, lore, world-building concepts, narrative storylines, character names, universe design, source code, website layout, and human-authored text featured on this website (collectively, the "Human IP") are the sole and exclusive property of Mike Capps and Dapper Travels ("Company," "we," or "us") and are protected under applicable United States and international copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws.

All rights in and to the Human IP are expressly reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, modification, or commercial exploitation of the Human IP, in whole or in part, without explicit written permission is strictly prohibited.

2. Disclosure Regarding Generative AI Assets

To ensure complete transparency regarding the Iris Cockatoo Universe:

Visual Imagery & Articles: Select visual illustrations, graphical assets, and supplementary background articles available on this website were generated, synthesized, or assisted using artificial intelligence tools operating under human direction, prompts, and editorial curation.

Scope of Protection: Pursuant to current United States Copyright Office guidelines, raw AI-generated visual and textual outputs themselves are not claimed as human-authored works eligible for standalone copyright protection.

Compilation & Integration: While raw AI outputs remain uncopyrightable individually, the creative selection, arrangement, contextual integration, human editing, and narrative synthesis of these assets into the overarching Iris Cockatoo Universe setting constitute a protectable compilation and derivative work owned exclusively by Mike Capps and Dapper Travels.

3. Restrictions on Use & Data Mining

Visitors to this website are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and view the content for personal, non-commercial entertainment purposes only.

You may not:

Use any Human IP, character concepts, or AI-assisted assets from the Iris Cockatoo Universe to train, fine-tune, or develop artificial intelligence, machine learning, or automated generative models without prior written consent from Dapper Travels.

Scrape, crawl, or extract character lore, records, or artwork via automated means for commercial distribution, republication, or dataset creation.