NEWSORI Content Policy

• Effective date: 9 November 2026
• This English version is a translation; the Korean version governs.
• Policy version: 2026-11-09 (this version is recorded with the pledge made when uploading)

This policy is part of the Terms of Service. It sets out what may and may not be uploaded or written on NEWSORI and how we handle it. It applies to tracks, cover images, lyrics and translations, track descriptions, prompt and style tags, source credits, artist and listener profiles, albums, playlists, comments and external links.

1. Our principles

• AI-made music is welcome. Using AI is never a reason to treat a track worse.
• In return we ask for honest declarations. The AI label on a track is what the uploader declared; we do not verify it and never present it as verified.
• Tracks we made ourselves with AI (tracks made by NEWSORI) are labelled "Made by NEWSORI", and we are responsible for their AI information (Terms Article 7-2). Tracks made by NEWSORI follow this policy in the same way.
• People review every track uploaded by a creator before it becomes public.
• Play counts, likes and charts come only from real, recorded use.

2. Rules for AI music

2-1. Declare your use of AI truthfully

Only members aged 19 or older may upload tracks (Terms Article 5), and you confirm this when making the declaration. When uploading, declare: how much AI was involved (none, assisted, generated); which parts AI made (vocals, instrumentation, lyrics, composition, post-production); the tool and version; the tool's plan; what people contributed; the licence; and whether voices were used. You may answer "unknown" where you do not know, but you must not hide or misstate what you know. Declarations are public with the track and cannot change while the track is under review or approved.

Declarations through an assistant. With delegation turned on in Settings, a connected AI assistant can file this declaration in the member's name. It is still treated as the uploader's own declaration, and the uploader is responsible for its content. Assistants are told to file only what the uploader stated or confirmed, but we cannot see that conversation, so check what was filed yourself. Operators can see that an assistant filed a declaration, and operators, not assistants, carry out review. Public pages show it as declared by the uploader.

2-2. Follow your tool's terms

AI tools may not allow commercial use or distribution on every plan (for example, outputs of a free plan may be limited to personal, non-commercial use). Checking before uploading that your tool's terms allow public distribution is the uploader's responsibility. Naming the tool does not create distribution rights.

2-3. Do not use a real person's voice without permission

• A track that clones a real singer's or person's voice, or makes it sound like them, may be uploaded only with that person's permission and evidence of it submitted. Such tracks are always reviewed.
• Submitting evidence does not mean the permission was verified, and we never present it that way.
• Content that makes people believe a real person said or sang something they did not (a deepfake) must say so clearly, permission or not, and is prohibited when meant to deceive or harm.
• Anyone who believes their voice was used without permission can report it (section 5).

2-4. Do not pass your music off as another artist's

• Do not use another artist's name, logo or picture to suggest they made, joined or endorsed your track.
• Artist names in prompt or style tags are shown as declared, but titles, artist names or covers styled to pass a track off as that artist's are prohibited.
• Credit the sources of remixes, covers, samples and extensions. A credit gives no right to use the original; get the rights holder's permission separately where it is needed.

2-5. No spam or manipulation

Prohibited:

• uploading many near-identical tracks, or doing so repeatedly; re-uploading another track as it is;
• artificially short tracks, or tracks split up to multiply plays;
• misleading titles, tags or descriptions aimed at search;
• manipulating plays, likes, follows or charts with bots, scripts or paid or traded plays.

Upload and storage limits (such as 10 tracks a day and 10 GiB per account) are shown in the Service.

3. Prohibited content

You may not upload or write the following, which includes unlawful information prohibited by the law (such as Article 44-7 of the Network Act):

• any content sexualising children or minors; it is removed as soon as it is found, the account banned permanently and the matter reported to the authorities as the law requires;
• obscene material, or sexual content shared without consent;
• threats of violence against particular people or groups, or incitement to or glorification of terrorism or violence;
• incitement to hatred or discrimination based on race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or similar characteristics;
• harassment, stalking, or publishing others' personal information (contact details, addresses and the like);
• defamation and invasion of privacy;
• encouraging self-harm or suicide;
• fraud, phishing or links to malware;
• infringing others' copyright, trade marks, publicity rights or other rights;
• any other information the law prohibits.

We respect artistic expression, satire, social criticism and documentary context, but they do not justify the content above.

4. Comments, profiles and playlists

• This policy also covers comment names, handles, bios and playlist titles.
• Do not impersonate other people, artists or NEWSORI staff.
• A track's creator can remove comments on their track, and a playlist's owner on their playlist.
• Blocking is personal protection; please report policy breaches.

5. How to report

• Choose "Report" in the menu of a track, artist, album, playlist or comment. We never tell the reported person who reported them.
• Report copyright infringement on the copyright notice page. It is handled under the legal procedure (takedown, notice to the uploader, restoration request).
• If your voice or likeness was used without permission, report it as "impersonation" or write to help@newsori.com.
• We review reports and act on them. If you would like to hear the outcome, contact help@newsori.com.

6. What we do

• The action depends on how serious, deliberate and repeated the breach is. Sexual content involving minors, serious threats and repeat infringement can lead straight to a permanent ban.
• Withdrawing content deletes the public file and asks the delivery network to purge its cache, but copies others already saved cannot be recalled.
• We tell the person concerned the reason, and they may object at help@newsori.com (Terms Article 15).
• Every review and moderation action is recorded — who did what and when — in a log that cannot be altered.
• We check automatically an upload's format, length and whether it is an exact copy of a track someone else already published. Every other judgement is made by people.

7. What we do not do

So that expectations are accurate:

• We do not verify whether a track was made with AI, or whether the declared tool or licence is correct.
• We do not check in advance whether an uploader holds the rights to a track. We look at voice authorisation evidence but do not vouch for its authenticity.
• Signed addresses and tokens control access; they are not copy protection.
• Unpublishing or deleting does not recall copies already downloaded.

8. Protecting minors and labelling harmful content

• Uploaders must declare whether a track has lyrics or content unsuitable for minors (sexual, violent, drug-related and similar). The declaration is required and has no default.
• Tracks declared this way are currently not published. Once we have the labelling of youth-harmful media and the age and identity checks required by Korea's Youth Protection Act, we will allow them and announce the change to this policy first.
• If a track that was not declared turns out to be harmful to minors, we hide it or ask the creator to correct the declaration.
• Tracks designated as harmful to minors by the Korean Commission on Youth Protection or another competent body are labelled as the law requires and not provided without an age check.
• Youth protection enquiries: help@newsori.com (responsible for youth protection: CEO 이대성)

9. Changes to this policy

We announce changes as described in Terms Article 3. The policy version a creator agreed to when uploading is kept with the track's declaration record.