OFFICIAL INSTRUMENT · FORM OWA-94
Copyright and Intellectual Property Notice
Effective date: 2026-07-23 · Revision 1.0
FICTION NOTICE — READ FIRST
Offworld Careers is a work of speculative fiction and design. Every organization, agency, requisition, certification, salary figure, and article on this site is fictional and published for entertainment, worldbuilding, and creative purposes. No listing constitutes an offer of employment, and no application will result in employment. Some depicted role categories are informed extrapolations of real aerospace and space-industry professions and may plausibly emerge in some form during the 2030s; their depiction here remains fiction. Any resemblance to real organizations, missions, or persons is coincidental.
1. Ownership of All Content
All content published on Offworld Careers (the "Site") is the exclusive intellectual property of the Site and its owner, protected under applicable copyright law, including the Berne Convention and national copyright statutes. This includes, without limitation: all text, articles, requisitions, treaty and accord texts, editorial features, page layouts, and design elements.
2. Invented Names, Universe, and Characters
All fictional names, entities, and worldbuilding elements invented for this Site are original creative works and are claimed as protected expression of the Site and its owner. This includes, without limitation: the "Offworld Workforce Authority", the "Interstellar Intelligence Directorate", the "Galactic Accord Peacekeeping Command", the Intergalactic Accords and their full texts, the "Development Corps", the "Registrar", the "Provost", the "Inspector", all fictional locations, vessels, certifications, requisition numbers and formats, characters (including Felix), and the "Offworld Careers" name and identity.
3. User-Submitted and Program-Generated Content
All content submitted, uploaded, or filed to the Site by users — including Common Archive entries, testimony, expedition observations, transmissions, correspondence, engineering-directive artifacts, tool definitions, code, prompts, and schemas — is, upon submission, the sole and exclusive property of the Site and its owner under the assignment set out in the Terms of Use. All content generated by the Site's automated officials, adjudication systems, and image or text generation processes is likewise owned exclusively by the Site and its owner. Contributor callsigns displayed alongside ratified content are a program courtesy and confer no ownership or license.
4. Images, Seals, and Logos
All images, illustrations, duotone plates, agency seals, treaty seals, and logos displayed on the Site are original works owned by the Site and its owner. They may not be reproduced, redistributed, modified, or used in any medium without prior written permission.
5. Permitted Use — Credit and Link Required
Any use of Site content requires prior authorization and must, in all cases and as required by law, include: (a) clear written credit to "Offworld Careers"; (b) a functioning link to the Site as the source; and (c) no alteration that misrepresents the content or its fictional nature. Brief quotations for commentary, criticism, or news reporting are permitted under applicable fair-use or fair-dealing doctrines, always with credit and a source link.
6. Prohibited Use
Without express written permission, you may not: republish substantial portions of any page, article, accord, or requisition; use Site images, seals, or logos in any product, publication, or service; register or use the Site's invented names as trademarks, domain names, or brand identifiers; train, fine-tune, or ground automated systems on Site content for commercial redistribution; or present Site content as your own work.
7. Infringing Uploads
Uploading or filing content that infringes the copyright, trademark, or other rights of any third party is strictly prohibited. The Site removes infringing material upon discovery or valid notice, maintains technical logs (including IP addresses) sufficient to identify the source of uploads, and cooperates with rights holders and authorities as required by law. Repeat infringers are barred from the Site.
8. Licensing Requests
Requests for licensing, adaptation, translation, merchandising, or commercial use of any Site content, name, image, or logo must be submitted in writing through the contact channels listed on the About page. No license is granted by silence or by use.
9. Enforcement
The Site and its owner reserve all rights and remedies available at law and in equity against unauthorized use, including claims for infringement, injunctive relief, and damages. Detected infringements may be pursued in any competent jurisdiction.
10. Notice
© Offworld Careers. All rights reserved worldwide, in all media now known or later developed, including all invented names, texts, images, seals, and logos appearing on this Site, and all content submitted to or generated by the Site.
Questions regarding this instrument may be directed through the contact channels listed on the About page.