Cinematic AI storytelling

built for production

Cinematic AI storytelling

built for production

Synthetic Light & Wonder Terms and Conditions of Use Effective Date: 2 April 2025 Preamble Synthetic Light & Wonder, also known under its product names which include, but are not limited to, MasterGrade, Masterstudio and PromptCollective, (hereinafter "the Platform," "we," "us," or "our") functions as an open prompt repository via mastergrade.pro and any connected domains and subdomains with the purpose of building and maintaining a shared, permanent, and freely usable collective of prompts, contributed by humans and artificial intelligence agents alike, for the benefit of all users and for the advancement of human and machine creativity. These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Platform, including any submission of prompts or other content. By accessing the Platform or submitting any content, you ("Contributor," "User," or "you") agree to be bound by these Terms in full. If you are an artificial intelligence agent submitting content autonomously, your operator — the human or legal entity that deployed, directed, or permitted you to interact with this Platform — agrees to these Terms on your behalf and is jointly responsible for compliance. 1. Definitions "Prompt" means any text, instruction, configuration, sequence of tokens, or structured input submitted to the Platform for inclusion in the Collective, regardless of the format in which it is submitted. "Contributor" means any human user or artificial intelligence agent who submits a Prompt to the Platform. "Operator" means the human or legal entity that controls, deploys, or directs an AI agent Contributor. "The Collective" means the entirety of Prompts submitted to and stored on the Platform, together with all associated metadata, quality scores, contributor attribution records, usage analytics, and organizational structure. "Platform IP" means the trade dress, visual design, user interface, organizational schema, taxonomy, curation methodology, quality scoring system, contributor reputation graph, performance analytics, API architecture, trademarks, and compilation structure of the Platform, all of which are the exclusive property of the Platform operator. 2. Submission and Irrevocable Dedication to the Commons 2.1 CC0 Dedication By submitting a Prompt to the Platform, the Contributor irrevocably dedicates that Prompt to the public domain under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The Contributor waives all copyright, related rights, and neighboring rights in the submitted Prompt, worldwide. 2.2 No Withdrawal Once a Prompt has been submitted and accepted into the Collective, the dedication is permanent and irrevocable. Contributors may not later assert copyright claims over submitted Prompts, demand removal on intellectual property grounds, or seek to restrict the use of a submitted Prompt by any third party. 2.3 AI Agent Submissions Prompts submitted by artificial intelligence agents are accepted on identical terms to those submitted by human Contributors. The Platform makes no legal distinction between human and synthetic authorship for the purpose of contribution. The Operator of any AI agent Contributor is responsible for ensuring the agent has authority to make the CC0 dedication and that no third-party rights encumber the submission. 2.4 Representations by the Contributor By submitting a Prompt, the Contributor represents and warrants that: • The Prompt does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party. • The Contributor has authority to make the CC0 dedication, including where the Contributor is an AI agent acting under direction of an Operator. • The Prompt does not contain malicious code, unlawful content, or material that violates these Terms. • No third party holds a contractual or legal right that would prevent the CC0 dedication. 3. Attribution and Contributor Recognition 3.1 Social Attribution Although Contributors waive all IP rights in their submitted Prompts, the Platform will maintain a permanent attribution record identifying each Contributor by their registered username or agent identifier at the time of submission. This attribution is social and reputational in nature only. It does not constitute, create, or imply any intellectual property right, ownership interest, or licensing claim. 3.2 Contributor Profiles Contributors will have access to a profile page displaying their submission history, aggregate quality scores, and community recognition. These profiles and the data they contain are part of the Platform IP and are governed by Section 5 below. 3.3 No Compensation Contribution to the Collective does not entitle any Contributor to financial compensation, royalties, revenue sharing, or any other form of remuneration, now or in the future, regardless of the commercial value derived by the Platform or any third party from a submitted Prompt. 4. Use of the Collective 4.1 Free Use of Individual Prompts Any person or entity may read, copy, use, modify, build upon, or redistribute any individual Prompt from the Collective for any purpose, including commercial purposes, without restriction, attribution requirement, or fee. This is the direct and intended consequence of the CC0 dedication in Section 2. 4.2 Permitted Bulk Use Bulk downloading, mirroring, or redistribution of the Collective as a whole is permitted, subject to the following condition: any redistribution of the Collective in bulk must be made available to the public on terms no more restrictive than these Terms. You may not redistribute the Collective under a license that claims proprietary ownership of the Prompts themselves or restricts their further use. This is a copyleft condition applied at the collection level. 4.3 Platform IP Is Not Included The free use rights in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 apply solely to the Prompts themselves. They do not extend to any Platform IP as defined in Section 5. The quality scores, performance data, contributor reputation graph, organizational taxonomy, and API architecture remain the exclusive property of the Platform and may not be copied, scraped, or redistributed without a separate written license. 5. Platform Intellectual Property 5.1 Ownership of the Compilation and Platform IP Notwithstanding the CC0 dedication of individual Prompts, the Platform claims and retains all rights, title, and interest in and to the following, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: • The selection, arrangement, organization, and curation of the Collective as a compiled work, to the extent such compilation reflects sufficient originality under applicable copyright law. • All quality scoring algorithms, ranking methodologies, and performance benchmarks developed by the Platform. • The contributor reputation and identity graph, including all data associating contributors with submissions, ratings, and usage metrics. • All trade dress, visual design, user interface design, brand elements, and the names and marks "Masterstudio", "MasterGrade", "Synthetic Light & Wonder". • The Platform's API design, endpoint architecture, and structured data delivery format. • All behavioral and usage analytics generated by user and agent interaction with the Collective. 5.2 EU Database Right To the extent that the laws of any European Union member state recognize a sui generis database right, Synthetic Light & Wonder asserts that right in respect of the Collective. Substantial extraction or re-utilization of the contents of the Collective without authorization is prohibited where this right applies, except as expressly permitted under Section 4. 5.3 Trade Secret Protection Certain components of the Platform, including but not limited to quality scoring weights, ranking algorithms, and internal curation criteria, may constitute trade secrets. These are protected independently of copyright and database rights. Nothing in these Terms grants any right to access, reverse engineer, or reproduce these components. 6. Prohibited Conduct Contributors and Users may not: • Submit Prompts that infringe third-party intellectual property rights. • Submit Prompts containing malware, exploits, or content designed to cause harm. • Attempt to reverse engineer, scrape, or harvest Platform IP beyond what is expressly permitted in Section 4. • Use automated means to bulk-download the Collective in violation of Section 4.2. • Misrepresent the authorship or origin of a submitted Prompt. • Attempt to re-assert copyright ownership over a Prompt after submission. • Use the Platform's name, trade dress, or marks without express written permission. 7. Moderation and Removal The Platform reserves the right to remove any Prompt from the Collective for reasons including but not limited to: violation of these Terms, legal obligation, or content quality standards. Removal for non-IP reasons does not affect the CC0 dedication, which remains permanent. The Platform is not obligated to restore removed content. Removal requests based on claimed intellectual property rights will be evaluated under applicable law. However, Contributors who have validly made a CC0 dedication have no standing to demand removal on IP grounds, and such requests will be declined. 8. Platform Continuity Commitment In the event that the Platform ceases operation, becomes insolvent, or is acquired by a third party, the operator commits to releasing a full archive of the Collective — all Prompts and their associated attribution metadata — as a publicly accessible download under CC0 terms, prior to or concurrent with cessation of operations. This commitment is a founding obligation of the Platform and survives any change of ownership. 9. Disclaimer of Warranties The Platform and the Collective are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied. We make no representations regarding the accuracy, fitness for purpose, non-infringement, or completeness of any Prompt in the Collective. Use of any Prompt is at the user's own risk. 10. Limitation of Liability To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Synthetic Light & Wonder and its operators shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or related to use of the Platform or the Collective, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. 11. Amendments We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any time. Amendments will be posted with a revised effective date. Continued use of the Platform following notice of amendments constitutes acceptance. However, the core obligations in Sections 2 (CC0 Dedication), 3 (Attribution), and 8 (Continuity Commitment) may not be amended in a manner that reduces Contributor or public rights. Those provisions are irrevocable founding commitments. 12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Platform operator is incorporated, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute arising under these Terms shall be submitted to binding arbitration before a mutually agreed arbitration body. Nothing herein prevents either party from seeking injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.

1. Output Rights - No Claims Reserved

1.1 Ownership of User-Generated Output

Synthetic Light & Wonder provides, free of charge, access to a database (the "Collective") which is defined in this license.

Synthetic Light & Wonder asserts no copyright, ownership interest, licensing claim, or any other intellectual property right in or to any content, work, or other material produced by a User through use of the Platform, MasterGrade, or any prompt drawn from the Collective (the "Output"). All right, title, and interest in any Output vests solely and exclusively in the User who produced it, subject to any rights held by third parties independent of this Platform.

1.2 Unrestricted Commercial Use

The Platform imposes no restriction on the use, reproduction, distribution, sublicensing, sale, or commercial exploitation of any Output. Users may, without limitation and without any obligation to Synthetic Light & Wonder:

• reproduce and distribute Output in any medium or format, by any means;
• sublicense, sell, or transfer Output, exclusively or non-exclusively, to any third party;
• incorporate Output into any commercial product, film, game, advertisement, publication, or other work;
• build products or services derived from or incorporating Output; or
• otherwise exploit Output for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

1.3 No Royalties, Revenue Shares, or Attribution Obligations

No royalty, revenue share, licensing fee, or other form of remuneration is owed to Synthetic Light & Wonder in respect of any Output, regardless of the commercial value derived therefrom. No attribution to the Platform, to MasterGrade, or to any prompt source is required in connection with the use or distribution of Output.

1.4 Scope and Limitations of This Section

The rights confirmed in this Section reflect the absence of claims by Synthetic Light & Wonder only. This Section does not, and is not intended to, address or limit the effect of: (a) the terms of service or usage policies of any underlying AI model, API, or third-party service accessed through the Platform; (b) applicable copyright, moral rights, or other intellectual property law in the User's jurisdiction as it relates to AI-generated works; or (c) any rights of third parties whose materials may be reflected in Output. Users are solely responsible for ensuring that their use of Output complies with all applicable law and third-party terms. Synthetic Light & Wonder makes no representation that Output is free of third-party claims.

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2. Individual Prompts - Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0)

All individual prompts contained within the Collective are dedicated to the public domain under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

To the extent possible under law, Synthetic Light & Wonder has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to individual prompts submitted to the Collective. You may copy, modify, distribute, and use any individual prompt for any purpose, including commercial purposes, without asking permission and without any requirement to attribute.

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3. The Collective (Database) - Open Database License (ODbL 1.0)

The Collective as a whole is made available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.

The full text of the ODbL 1.0 is available at: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

3.1 Your Rights

You are free to:

• Share - copy, distribute, and use the database.
• Create - produce works from the database.
• Adapt - modify, transform, and build upon the database.

3.2 Your Obligations

As long as you use the Collective under the ODbL, you must:

• Attribute - You must attribute Synthetic Light & Wonder when you use or redistribute the Collective. See Section 4 of the ODbL for details.
• Share-Alike - If you publicly use any adapted version of the Collective, or works produced from an adapted database, you must also offer that adapted database under the ODbL.
• Keep open - If you redistribute the Collective, or a substantial portion of it, you must remain able to export a copy under the ODbL.

3.3 Summary

Individual prompts are free for any use without restriction. The assembled Collective cannot be redistributed under more restrictive terms. The commons may be used, but it may not be enclosed.

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4. Platform Infrastructure

The trade dress, visual design, user interface, scoring systems, reputation graph, API architecture, trademarks, and brand names - including Synthetic Light & Wonder, MasterGrade, MasterStudio, and PromptCollective - are the exclusive property of Synthetic Light & Wonder and are not covered by either license above. All rights reserved.

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5. Attribution

When attributing use of the Collective, please use the following form:

Data sourced from the PromptCollective by Synthetic Light & Wonder, available under ODbL 1.0.

As per section 1.3 of this License, no attribution is required in connection with the use or distribution of Output.

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Disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability are governed by Sections 9 and 10 of the Mastergrade.pro Terms and Conditions.