8.1 Koydo Content
Koydo owns or licenses all curriculum, lesson content, educational materials, AI-generated content (including AI Tutor responses, adaptive learning outputs, and generated educational materials), game assets, platform features, user interface designs, and all other content provided through the Service ("Koydo Content"). Koydo Content is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, or create derivative works of Koydo Content except as expressly permitted by these Terms or with Koydo's prior written consent.
8.2 User Content
You retain ownership of all content that you create, upload, or submit through the Service, including but not limited to quiz answers, notes, voice recordings, transcripts, uploaded files, and any other User-generated content ("User Content"). By submitting User Content to the Service, you grant Koydo a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to store, process, and display User Content solely as necessary to provide the Service to you. This license terminates when you delete the applicable User Content or close your account, subject to reasonable backup and archival periods.
8.3 Feedback
If you provide Koydo with suggestions, ideas, or feedback regarding the Service ("Feedback"), you grant Koydo an unrestricted, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license to use, modify, and incorporate such Feedback into the Service without obligation to you.
8.4 AI Co-Created Content
Many Koydo experiences (including but not limited to Koydo StoryForge, Storybooks, Art Studio, Music Maker, Music Universe, Sketch, Scribe, Writes, and adaptive learning activities) involve a combination of User input and Koydo's AI to produce a finished work ("Co-Created Content"). United States copyright law and current U.S. Copyright Office guidance (consistent with Thaler v. Perlmutter) provide that purely machine-generated output is not copyrightable; only the human-authored portion is eligible for copyright. The following rules govern Co-Created Content regardless of copyrightability.
(a) Ownership. As between you and Koydo, you (or, for a Child Profile, the Parent on behalf of the child) retain all rights you may have in the User-authored input and in the combined Co-Created Content. Koydo does not claim ownership of Co-Created Content.
(b) Limited display license to Koydo. You grant Koydo a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store the Co-Created Content and display it to (i) you, (ii) the Parent or guardian of the User who created it, and (iii) the User's authorized educational institution (if applicable), all solely within the Service. This license terminates when you delete the Co-Created Content or close your account, subject to reasonable backup and archival periods.
(c) Marketing and showcase use — separate opt-in. Koydo will not use Co-Created Content created by or for a Child Profile in any external marketing, advertising, public showcase, social media, or commercial display unless the Parent has provided separate, written, affirmative opt-in consent through the Parent Dashboard. The default for every account is off. Opt-in is granular per child and per work. Opt-in may be withdrawn at any time, in which case Koydo will cease external display of the affected works and remove them from active marketing channels within 30 days.
(d) Inspiration to other learners — separate opt-in. Koydo may, with separate Parent opt-in (default off), display anonymized examples of Co-Created Content (with names, identifiers, and any other personal information removed) to other learners as inspiration. Anonymization is enforced by automated and manual review.
(e) No model training on child Co-Created Content. Koydo does not, and does not permit any subprocessor to, use Co-Created Content created by or for a Child Profile to train, fine-tune, evaluate, or otherwise improve any AI model. This commitment is reinforced by the zero data retention ("ZDR") configuration with our AI model providers described in the Privacy Policy.
(f) Aggregate, anonymized patterns. Koydo may analyze anonymized, aggregate patterns across Co-Created Content (for example, "what activity types lead to higher engagement") for product improvement and pedagogical research. No individual content, identifier, or work product is traceable in such analyses.
(g) Adult Co-Created Content. For Users 18 and older, the same display license in (b) applies. Marketing/showcase use of adult Co-Created Content requires affirmative opt-in via account settings; the default is off.
Plain-language summary: Your child's creations belong to your child. We don't show them to anyone outside your family or your child's school without your written permission. We don't use your child's work to train AI models. Period.