WebKom | Webkom Alliance Policy and Uploading Guidelines

Last Updated: January 7, 2022

Webkom Alliance is a community founded to support all our Filipino artists which include illustrators, writers, voice actors/actresses, animators, and webcomic creators by sharing their passion and creativity. It is our sincere pledge to advocate and support Filipino creators from across the globe. We believe Filipino artists can do more than just create arts through their Komiks, they can also inspire readers to experience more in life through sharing stories and creative media.

Publishing on Webkom Alliance Website

Webkomph.com is our self-publishing platform, where you can publish your works. You must create an account with Webkom Alliance in order to use our website. When you post on webkomph.com, you will always keep ownership over your work. You will own all of your intellectual property, and you can continue to promote your work on social media or other publishing platforms, while utilizing the platform (webkomph.com).

You MUST own all the rights to your uploads, and your content must not infringe on the copyright, trademark, publicity right of any other party.

Webkomph.com allows other users(registered) to comment on uploaded contents. If you upload work to webkomph.com, please note that webkomph.com cannot guarantee that the Service (comments) will correctly or immediately reflect your preferences and actions in whole or in part.

To help promote your series, we may use your content assets for promotional marketing purposes.

Contents published on webkomph.com are under our Terms of Use. Please refer to the Terms of Use for other provisions applicable to User Postings.

Content Guidelines

Abusive or Hateful Content

Malicious or abusive content or comments toward creators or other users is strictly not allowed. This includes revealing an individual’s personal information (e.g. real name, contact information, address, social security numbers etc.).

Hateful content or comment that promotes or encourages violence, or has the primary purpose of inciting hate towards individuals or groups based on race, ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, political orientation, etc. is not allowed.

Accounts that violate will be sanctioned or will be banned to continue using the platform.

Posting, distributing or transmitting any third party’s copyrighted content without the copyright holder’s consent is not allowed. Examples of prohibited content include:

• Posting, distributing or transmitting any third party’s copyrighted content without the copyright holder’s consent

• Using a creative work commercially without proper permission

• Copying or linking materials from another website or service without permission

• Infringing any third party’s intellectual property right including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, design rights, patent rights, etc.

Mature or Sexual Content

Content that contains nudity or intended to be sexually gratifying is NOT allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, full and partial nudity, as well as graphic depictions of sexual acts.

The ‘Mature Content Warning’ feature should be used to identify mature themes and content, including topics of sexuality.

Violent or Graphic Content

We allow but will moderate graphic depictions of gratuitous violence, or content that promotes acts of violence. Examples of prohibited content include:

• Brutal, extended, graphic acts of violence

• Depiction of sadism, or glorification/promotion of inflicting harm on others

• Glorification or promotion of self-harm

Spam and Advertising

Posting unsolicited or unwanted content or links is not allowed. This includes creating profiles or uploading content with the primary purpose to drive traffic to external websites. Using automated means to increase view counts or perform social interactions, or creating multiple accounts to increase view counts or perform social interactions will result in account suspension or removal.

Reporting Inappropriate Content

Reporting Comments

Reported comments will be reviewed by our moderation team, and comments in violation with our policies will be removed. Users with multiple violations may be suspended or permanently blocked from commenting. Submit your reports together with a screenshot to [email protected].

Reporting Series and Episodes

To report episodes that violate our content guidelines, you may send your complaints to [email protected].

Episodes with multiple reports may be automatically removed until further review. If the same episode or series is reported repetitively, and if we determine that the report is justified, the episode or series may be removed, and the user will receive a warning for inappropriate content.

In cases where the content is found to be excessively inappropriate or a user has multiple violations, we may suspend or terminate the user’s account and access to the platform.

If your content has been removed due to policy violations, you may contact our Creator Support team at [email protected].

Process for Reporting Copyright Infringement

If you believe a user's content violates your copyright or if you are the legal representative to represent the copyright holder, you may send a takedown notice to [email protected] with the following information. These requests should only be submitted by the copyright owner or any agent authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

• A signature of the copyright holder or the copyright holder’s legal representative;

• Materials which prove that the person is the copyright holder;

• The specific URL of the infringing content on webkomph.com

• Information of the copyright holder or legal representative sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you such as address, phone number, or e-mail address;

• A statement that you have good belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law”; and

• A statement that the information in this notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, you are the owner, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

When we receive a takedown notice, we will immediately take down the content at issue and notify the user. If we do not receive a response from the user within 14 days, the content will remain blocked.

Counter-notice

If you believe that your content that was removed is not infringing, or if you have authorization from the copyright holder, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to law, you may send a counter-notice to our [email protected] with the following information.

• Your physical or electronic signature;

• Identification of the removed content and the specific URL of the content on webkomph.com;

• A statement that you have a good faith belief that the content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the content;

• Your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address;

• A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or an agent of such person.

When a valid counter-notice is received, we may forward the notice to the notifying party who submitted the original copyright infringement notification. The original notifying party will then have 10 days to file legal action relating to the allegedly infringing material. Unless notice of legal action is received, the removed content may be replaced in 10 business days or more at Webkom Alliance’s sole discretion.

Questions and Feedback

If you have any questions or feedback about our community and content guidelines, or if you have safety concerns about the platform, feel free to contact us at [email protected].