Strikes, bans and appeals

Every text reserves removal and suspension. Some list an escalation, from a warning to content removal to temporary restriction to a permanent ban. From 6 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Fig. 1 The stages are the order this primer reads a policy in; the quotes below are examples from the register.

Every text reserves removal and suspension. Some list an escalation, from a warning to content removal to temporary restriction to a permanent ban. Others reserve termination for any reason or none.

Seven texts publish a way to appeal, nearly always an email. One adds that reinstatement is at its discretion. One says its most serious violations end an account with no appeal at all.

For a series, the account is where every episode lives. Knowing whether there is an appeal is worth doing before the first episode, not after the first ban.

1Examples from the register

warning you; deleting or restricting content; limiting features or access; suspending or terminating your account; freezing credits, subscriptions, or related benefits
Arcloop Terms of Use

We will remove content upon a valid DMCA notice. Repeated infringement leads to account termination.
Character App Content Policy

suspend or terminate your account or impose limits on or restrict your access to parts or all of the Services with or without notice at any time
Dreamina Terms of Service

Violating our policies could result in action against your account, up to suspension or termination.
SpaceXAI Acceptable Use Policy

Enforcement
Sanctions run from a warning to termination and frozen creditsArcloop Terms of Use / recorded 2026-09-25
Section 5
Content is removed on a valid DMCA notice; repeat infringers are terminatedCopyright, trademarks and fan artCharacter App Content Policy / since 2026-05-03 / checked 2026-09-25
Account suspension
Accounts can be suspended or terminated, with or without noticeDreamina Terms of Service / recorded 2026-09-25
Preamble
Violations can lead to action up to suspension or terminationSpaceXAI Acceptable Use Policy / since 2026-08-14 / checked 2026-09-25
Monitoring and enforcement
Content can be removed and access suspended or terminated for any reasonHailuo AI Terms of Service / recorded 2026-09-25
Section 4
Violations can mean removal, notice, suspension or a report to authoritiesEnforcementHeyGen Moderation Policy / recorded 2026-09-25

2A generator's own account

Policy wording in “Strikes, bans and appeals” meets production here; SceneMixer's pages describe its side like this:

That is SceneMixer's core design: characters live in a persistent asset library with locked reference art, and every segment that features a character is generated against those references — same face in episode 1 and episode 50.
SceneMixer, The AI Micro Drama Production Pipeline — “Can AI keep the same actors across 50 episodes?” (read 2026-10-13)

The cast is generated once, at the start, as full-body reference sheets. Every segment that features a character is generated against that character's sheet, with face and body crops attached as references — so the face in episode 1 is the face in episode 40.
SceneMixer, AI Short Drama Generator — “How does it keep the same actor across episodes?” (read 2026-10-13)

3Keep reading

The primer is about reading what vendors wrote. It is not advice about what any law requires.