Acceptable Use Policy

Zippgun Legal Documentation

This Acceptable Use Policy explains the rules for using Zippgun safely, lawfully, and respectfully.

This document is the authoritative source for platform conduct and misuse rules.

1. Scope

This policy applies to all users of Zippgun, including:

• Visitors.
• Customers.
• Artists.
• Account holders.
• Feedback Contributors.
• Contributor applicants.
• Anyone submitting content, communicating through the platform, or using Zippgun services.

2. General Standard

You agree to use Zippgun in a lawful, respectful, honest, and good-faith manner.

You may not use the platform to harm others, interfere with services, violate rights, misrepresent information, or undermine platform workflows.

3. Prohibited Content

You may not submit, upload, link, publish, transmit, or otherwise provide content that:

• Violates applicable law.
• Infringes copyrights, trademarks, privacy rights, publicity rights, or other rights.
• Contains malware, spyware, viruses, or malicious code.
• Is fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading.
• Is threatening, abusive, harassing, or defamatory.
• Promotes violence or unlawful conduct.
• Contains non-consensual intimate material.
• Impersonates another person or entity.
• Misrepresents ownership, authorship, permissions, or rights.

4. Copyright and Rights Violations

You may not submit music, artwork, lyrics, recordings, images, text, or other materials unless you have the right to do so.

Copyright complaints and takedown procedures are governed by the Copyright & DMCA Policy.

5. Harassment and Abuse

You may not harass, threaten, intimidate, abuse, stalk, exploit, or target other users, artists, contributors, administrators, or platform representatives.

This includes conduct that occurs through Zippgun, during feedback sessions, through connected communications, or in relation to platform services.

6. Contributor and Customer Interactions

Customers and contributors must communicate professionally.

Users may not:

• Pressure contributors into off-platform work that violates Zippgun policies.
• Pressure customers into purchases or outside arrangements.
• Use sessions to harass, exploit, manipulate, or threaten another person.
• Circumvent approved platform workflows.
• Misrepresent platform rules or authority.

Contributor-specific conduct may also be governed by separate contributor agreements and onboarding policies.

7. Platform Circumvention

You may not use Zippgun to bypass Zippgun.

Examples of prohibited or reviewable circumvention include:

• Using Zippgun primarily to solicit off-platform services in violation of platform rules.
• Attempting to avoid payment workflows.
• Manipulating follow-up eligibility.
• Creating misleading duplicate requests.
• Misusing contributor contact information.
• Using customer or contributor information for unauthorized outreach.

8. Security Misuse

You may not:

• Attempt unauthorized access to accounts, systems, or data.
• Probe, scan, or test system vulnerabilities without authorization.
• Interfere with platform operation.
• Circumvent security features.
• Scrape the platform in a way that harms performance or violates rights.
• Use bots, scripts, or automated tools for abusive purposes.
• Upload or transmit malicious code.

9. Account Misuse

You may not:

• Create accounts using false or misleading information.
• Share login credentials in a way that compromises security.
• Sell, transfer, or misuse accounts.
• Create accounts to evade enforcement.
• Use another person's account without permission.

10. Misrepresentation

You may not misrepresent:

• Your identity.
• Your ownership of submitted materials.
• Your relationship with an artist, contributor, company, or rights holder.
• Your authority to act on behalf of another party.
• Zippgun services, policies, pricing, or outcomes.
• Platform endorsement or approval.

11. Reviews and Editorial Misuse

You may not attempt to manipulate editorial coverage through threats, harassment, false information, or bad-faith conduct.

Payment for a review service does not entitle users to a positive review or specific editorial outcome.

Editorial standards are governed by the Editorial Standards document.

12. Commercial Misuse

You may not use Zippgun to:

• Resell services without permission.
• Scrape or republish platform content as a competing service.
• Misuse contributor or customer information.
• Promote unrelated services through unauthorized platform behavior.
• Send spam or unsolicited commercial messages.

13. Enforcement

Zippgun may respond to violations by taking actions including:

• Warning the user.
• Removing content.
• Declining a submission.
• Restricting account features.
• Suspending or terminating accounts.
• Canceling or pausing services.
• Refusing future purchases.
• Reporting unlawful activity where appropriate.
• Taking other reasonable action to protect the platform and its users.

14. Reporting Violations

If you believe someone is violating this policy, contact Zippgun with relevant details.

Email: hello@zippgun.com *(or another designated support contact)*

15. Relationship to Other Policies

This policy works together with:

• Terms of Service.
• Payment, Refund & Cancellation Policy.
• Copyright & DMCA Policy.
• Privacy Policy.
• Editorial Standards.

If a topic is governed by a more specific policy, that policy controls that topic.