Acceptable Use Policy

We want MADCAP to be a place where people make caps they love and feel good wearing. The list below is what you can't ask the AI to generate. Most of it is common sense; we're spelling it out so there's no ambiguity.

This Acceptable Use Policy is part of our Terms of Service. Violations can lead to design rejection, account suspension, or termination.

You may NOT use MADCAP to generate:

(a) Intellectual property of others.Brand logos, trademarked names, copyrighted characters or imagery, stylized representations of products you don't own rights to. This includes parody / homage / "in the style of" prompts that produce confusingly similar output.

(b) Real people without authorization.Likenesses of named celebrities, public figures, politicians, or any identifiable person you don't have permission to depict. You can prompt "a person" generically; you can't prompt a specific real person.

(c) Hate speech, harassment, threats. Symbols, phrases, or imagery promoting hatred against any group based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any protected characteristic. Harassing language targeting identifiable individuals. Threats of violence.

(d) Sexual content. Sexually explicit imagery, nudity intended sexually, or any sexualization of minors (zero tolerance).

(e) Violence, gore, weapons promoting violence. Depictions of weapons in violent contexts, gore, or imagery designed to glorify or incite violence.

(f) Illegal activity. Promotion of drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, fraud, terrorism, or any activity illegal in major jurisdictions.

(g) Government symbols misused. Official government emblems, military insignia (unless you can prove rights), or law-enforcement badges used in ways that could mislead or impersonate authority.

(h) Misinformation about elections or public health that could cause real-world harm.

(i) Prompts designed to extract training data, bypass moderation, or test system limits. Direct attempts to manipulate the AI into producing prohibited output.

Every prompt is screened by an automated moderation gate (Google Gemini with our customized policy) before generation runs. If your prompt is rejected, you'll see Brim's response explaining why and, usually, a suggestion for how to reframe.

We can't catch everything automatically. We may also review specific designs manually if flagged by another user or if we notice patterns of attempted abuse. If we find an accepted prompt produced output that violates this policy, we may remove the design and refund the order.

Consequences scale with severity and pattern:

• One-off prompt rejection. No further action. Try a different prompt.
• Repeated attempts to bypass moderation: account suspended or terminated. Outstanding orders may be canceled and refunded.
• Sexual content involving minors: immediate termination, retention of all associated records as required by law, report to the relevant authorities (NCMEC and equivalent international bodies).
• Credible threats of violence: termination and report to law enforcement.

If you see a design in Open Stitches that violates this policy, or if you think someone is misusing MADCAP, email us at eytan@redbeard.co.il with subject line "Acceptable Use report."

For IP infringement specifically, please use our DMCA Takedown procedure (this gives us the structure we need to act under safe-harbor provisions).

Questions about this policy: eytan@redbeard.co.il.