Copyright Policy

1. Ownership of Your Research

PaperDraft is designed to help researchers, students, educators, and professionals create higher-quality academic content. Any manuscripts, research papers, notes, datasets, prompts, references, or documents that you upload toPaperDraft remain your intellectual property.

We do not claim ownership of your research, discoveries, ideas, unpublished manuscripts, laboratory findings, dissertations, or any other content that you create or upload while using our platform.

• You retain full ownership of uploaded files.
• Your research remains your intellectual property.
• Generated exports belong to you.
• Deleting your account does not transfer ownership to PaperDraft.

Our role is to provide AI-powered writing assistance and research tools. Ownership of your work always remains with you or the organization that originally owns the underlying material.

2. AI-Generated Content

PaperDraft uses artificial intelligence to assist with drafting, rewriting, summarizing, paraphrasing, citation discovery, translation, and other academic writing tasks. AI-generated content is intended to support your work—not replace your professional judgment.

Because AI systems generate responses based on probabilities rather than verified facts, you are responsible for reviewing, editing, and validating all generated content before publication, submission, or distribution.

• Review AI-generated content before use.
• Verify factual statements and citations.
• Ensure compliance with your institution's AI policies.
• Use PaperDraft as an academic assistant—not an author.

3. Third-Party Content & Citations

PaperDraft enables users to upload, analyze, and work with third-party research articles, books, reports, conference papers, and other academic materials. Users are responsible for ensuring that they have the necessary rights or permissions to use any copyrighted material they upload or incorporate into their work.

While PaperDraft can assist with citation generation, reference formatting, and literature discovery, it does not grant permission to copy, reproduce, or redistribute copyrighted material. Proper attribution remains the responsibility of the user.

• Respect the copyrights of authors and publishers.
• Always provide proper citations where required.
• Obtain permission before reproducing protected material.
• Ensure uploaded content complies with applicable copyright laws.
• Verify AI-generated citations before publication.

4. Fair Use & Academic Responsibility

PaperDraft is intended to support ethical academic writing and responsible research practices. Users should ensure that their use of AI assistance, quotations, references, and copyrighted material complies with the policies of their institution, publisher, funding agency, or applicable laws.

Fair use provisions vary between countries and jurisdictions. It is your responsibility to determine whether your use of copyrighted content qualifies under applicable exceptions or requires permission from the copyright owner.

• Follow your institution's academic integrity policies.
• Use AI-generated content responsibly.
• Avoid plagiarism and unauthorized copying.
• Respect publisher licensing terms.
• Attribute quoted or reproduced material appropriately.

Users remain solely responsible for the originality, legality, and accuracy of all manuscripts, assignments, publications, and other content created using PaperDraft.

5. PaperDraft Intellectual Property

While you retain ownership of your own research, manuscripts, and uploaded documents, PaperDraftretains all rights, title, and interest in thePaperDraft platform, including its software, interface, branding, AI workflows, custom editor components, documentation, visual assets, and other proprietary technologies.

Unless expressly permitted in writing, users may not reproduce, copy, modify, distribute, reverse-engineer, decompile, or create derivative works based on any part of the PaperDraft platform or its proprietary technology.

• PaperDraft trademarks and logos are protected.
• Source code and proprietary algorithms remain the property of PaperDraft.
• UI designs, workflows, and branding may not be copied without permission.
• Reverse engineering or unauthorized redistribution is prohibited.
• Third-party open-source software remains subject to its respective licenses.

6. Copyright Infringement & DMCA

PaperDraft respects the intellectual property rights of authors, publishers, researchers, and content creators. If you believe that material available through PaperDraft infringes your copyright, you may notify us by submitting a copyright infringement request.

Upon receiving a valid notice, we will review the request, investigate the reported material, and take appropriate action where required by applicable law. This may include removing access to the reported content or restricting accounts that repeatedly violate intellectual property rights.

• Identify the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed.
• Provide the location or description of the allegedly infringing material.
• Include your contact information.
• Provide a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is unauthorized.
• Include a statement confirming the accuracy of your notice.
• Provide your physical or electronic signature.

PaperDraft reserves the right to suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly infringe the intellectual property rights of others or misuse the platform in violation of this Copyright Policy.