Terms of Use
e621 added one substantive change: a new rule banning anyone from scraping, harvesting, or compiling site content (posts, images, tags) to train or improve AI/machine-learning models, or to give such content to a third party for that purpose. The rest of the diff is just a date update and two heading-formatting fixes with no effect on meaning.
New restriction on scraping content for AI training
Users (including anyone running bots or scripts) are now explicitly barred from collecting site content to build or improve AI models, or passing it to third parties for that use. This is a new rule you must follow — breaking it could count as a Terms violation and put your account at risk — but it mainly affects people running bots or scrapers, not ordinary browsing or posting, and it arguably protects users' own uploaded content from being harvested for AI training without consent.
“To collect, scrape, harvest, download, or otherwise compile any posts, images, tags, or other content from the Website for the purpose of training, developing, or improving any artificial intelligence or machine learning model, or to provide such content to any third party for that purpose.”
USER OBLIGATIONS
| 1 | Last Revised:October 2, 2025 | |
| 1 | Last Revised:2 November, 2026 | |
± CHANGEDRevision date updated The 'Last Revised' date at the top of the document was updated to reflect the new publish date. | ||
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| 3 | 3 | ## 1\. Acceptance of the Terms of Use |
| 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | 5 | These Terms of Use are entered into by and between you and Dragon Fruit Ventures LLC, the owner and operator of this website (hereafter, "we," "our," or "us"). The following terms and conditions, together with our Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy (collectively, "Terms of Use"), govern your access to and use of this website, including any content, features, and services offered on or through this website (the or this "Website"), whether as a guest or a registered user. |
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| 7 | 7 | **Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you begin using the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use, our Code of Conduct, found at [https://e621.net/static/code\_of\_conduct](https://e621.net/static/code_of_conduct), and our Privacy Policy, found at [https://e621.net/static/privacy](https://e621.net/static/privacy), all of which are incorporated herein by reference.** |
| 59 | 59 | No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are expressly reserved by us. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use, and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. |
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| 61 | 61 | ## 5\. Our Trademarks |
| 62 | 62 | |
| 63 | 63 | Our name, logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, trade dress, slogans, and other source indicators are our registered or unregistered trademarks or our affiliates or licensors. You must not use any such marks without our express prior written permission. |
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| 65 | ## 6.Prohibited Uses | |
| 65 | ## 6\. Prohibited Uses | |
± CHANGEDHeading formatting fixed Minor formatting corrections to the numbering of the 'Prohibited Uses' and 'User Contributions' section headers. No change in meaning. | ||
| 66 | 66 | |
| 67 | 67 | You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website: |
| 68 | 68 | |
| 69 | 69 | ● In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, foreign, or international laws or regulations (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries). |
| 70 | 70 | ● For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise. |
| 71 | 71 | ● To send, post, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material that does not comply with the Content Standards set forth below and our Code of Conduct. |
| 72 | 72 | ● To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material without our prior written consent, including any "junk mail," "chain letter," "spam," or any other similar solicitation. |
| 73 | 73 | ● To impersonate or attempt to impersonate us or any of our employees, agents, or representatives, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using any email addresses, screen names, or other identifiers associated with any of the foregoing). |
| 74 | 74 | ● To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm us or users of the Website, or expose them to liability. |
| 75 | ● To collect, scrape, harvest, download, or otherwise compile any posts, images, tags, or other content from the Website for the purpose of training, developing, or improving any artificial intelligence or machine learning model, or to provide such content to any third party for that purpose. | |
+ ADDEDNew ban on scraping content for AI training A new rule says you can't collect, scrape, download, or otherwise gather posts, images, or tags from the site in order to train or improve an AI or machine-learning model, or to hand that content over to someone else for that purpose. | ||
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| 76 | 77 | Additionally, you agree not to: |
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| 78 | 79 | ● Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Website or interfere with any other party's use of it, including their ability to engage in real time activities through it. |
| 79 | 80 | ● Use any robot, spider, or other automated device or process to access the Website for any malicious purpose, such as unauthorized monitoring, copying, or misuse of Website material. However, you may use bots to crawl the Website for non-malicious purposes, provided that such use strictly complies with the instructions and API guidelines outlined at [https://e926.net/wiki\_pages/2425](https://e926.net/wiki_pages/2425). |
| 80 | 81 | ● Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, without our prior written consent. |
| 81 | 82 | ● Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website. |
| 82 | 83 | ● Introduce any malware, viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material or code that is malicious or technologically harmful. |
| 83 | 84 | ● Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any accounts, parts, or portions of the Website, the servers or systems on which the Website depends or is stored, or any servers, computers, or databases connected to the Website. |
| 84 | 85 | ● Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. |
| 85 | 86 | ● Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website. |
| 86 | 87 | |
| 87 | ## 7.User Contributions | |
| 88 | ## 7\. User Contributions | |
| 88 | 89 | |
| 89 | 90 | The Website contains message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages and profiles, forums, bulletin boards, submission portals, pages, and other interactive features (collectively, "Interactive Services") that allow users to post, submit, upload, publish, display, broadcast, or transmit (any one or more of the foregoing, a "post") content, information, or materials (collectively, "User Contributions") on or through the Website. |
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| 91 | 92 | All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set forth below, as well as our Code of Conduct. |
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| 93 | 94 | Any User Contributions you post to the Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. |