Copyright & Permissions

Unless otherwise identified, SAMG Inc. owns or controls the rights in the original protectable materials published through this website to the extent supported by applicable law and written ownership records.

These materials may include:

• Character artwork and illustrations
• Character descriptions and biographies
• Stories, manuscripts, dialogue, and website copy
• Songs, lyrics, musical compositions, and sound recordings
• Logos and graphic elements
• Activities and printable materials
• Videos, animation, photography, and audio
• Website design, organization, and code

Copyright protection is claimed in protectable human-authored elements, creative selections, arrangements, modifications, and compilations.

Some materials may include properly licensed third-party elements or artificial-intelligence-assisted components. SAMG Inc. does not claim ownership of third-party rights or material that is not protected under applicable law.

Visitors may:

• View and listen to public website content for personal and family use
• Share normal links to public SquirrelBus pages
• Use a classroom or family activity as expressly permitted on the page where it appears
• Print a file only when the file is specifically identified as printable
• Quote limited portions where permitted by applicable law and with appropriate attribution

Permission to access a public page does not grant permission to republish or commercially exploit its contents.

Prior written permission from SAMG Inc. is required before:

• Republishing substantial website content
• Reproducing character artwork
• Adapting or creating commercial derivative versions of a character
• Creating merchandise
• Using SquirrelBus content in advertising
• Uploading songs, recordings, stories, or artwork to another platform
• Publicly performing or synchronizing music where a license is required
• Translating or adapting stories for distribution
• Creating commercial teaching products
• Using SquirrelBus content in a product, application, game, video, book, dataset, or service
• Using logos or characters in a way suggesting endorsement or affiliation
• Licensing content to another person or organization

Except where applicable law permits otherwise, SAMG Inc. does not authorize automated copying, systematic scraping, dataset creation, commercial model training, fine-tuning, character replication, or generation of commercial derivative content from protected SquirrelBus materials without prior written permission.

Normal search-engine indexing of public pages consistent with the website's robots instructions is permitted.

The SquirrelBus™ and SquirrelBus Studio™ are trademarks of SAMG Inc.

Use of a trademark in ordinary truthful commentary does not imply affiliation. However, visitors may not use the marks, logos, character names, domain names, or confusingly similar branding to falsely suggest that a product, account, service, or organization is sponsored, licensed, endorsed, or operated by SAMG Inc.

The ® symbol will be used only for marks that have received applicable federal registration.

No failure by SAMG Inc. to object immediately to a use creates permission, consent, abandonment, waiver, or a continuing license.

Any permission must be in writing and may include limits concerning purpose, duration, territory, media, attribution, quality control, and compensation.

To request permission, write to:

copyright@thesquirrelbus.com

Include:

• Your name and organization
• The exact material you want to use
• The intended use
• Where the material will appear
• Whether the use is commercial
• The anticipated audience
• The requested duration and territory
• Any proposed changes to the material

Sending a request does not grant permission. Do not use the material until SAMG Inc. provides written approval.

To report suspected infringement, write to:

copyright@thesquirrelbus.com

Include:

• Your name and contact information
• Identification of the protected work
• The location of the suspected unauthorized use
• A description of why you believe the use is unauthorized
• Any supporting documentation

Copyright notices on the website do not replace signed creator agreements, assignments, licenses, copyright registrations, trademark registrations, or other ownership records.

SAMG Inc. maintains private records concerning the creation, assignment, licensing, and approval of SquirrelBus materials.