Copyright, Fan Site & Takedown Policy

1. Independent fan-made guide

The Freak Circus Guide is an independent fan-made guide created for informational, commentary, and player-help purposes.

We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially connected to the creators, publishers, or rights holders of The Freak Circus.

2. Rights-holder attribution

The Freak Circus names, characters, story materials, artwork, logos, screenshots, music, and game files belong to their respective owners and rights holders.

References on this site are used to identify the game, discuss player-facing guide topics, provide commentary, and help visitors find official sources such as the creator's itch.io page.

3. No hosting, reuploading, or redistribution of game files

This site does not host, reupload, redistribute, sell, or modify The Freak Circus game files.

When a playable experience is embedded or linked, it is loaded from official itch.io sources. Visitors should use official creator and platform pages for downloads, browser play, purchases, updates, and official support.

4. Fan content and fair-use style boundary

Guide text, walkthrough notes, route summaries, tools, quiz copy, and editorial commentary are created for informational and fan-guide use.

We aim to keep content transformative, limited to what players need for navigation or commentary, and clearly separated from any official game distribution or official support channel.

5. DMCA and takedown requests

If you are a rights holder or authorized representative and believe a page, image, quote, description, or link should be corrected, credited differently, restricted, or removed, contact us through the Contact page.

Please include the page URL, the material at issue, proof that you are the rights holder or authorized representative, your requested action, and a reliable way for us to respond.

We review rights-holder and good-faith takedown requests promptly and may remove, edit, de-index, or replace content while a request is being evaluated.

6. Trademark and non-affiliation statement

Game titles, character names, and related marks are used only to identify the subject of the fan guide.

Use of those names does not imply that this website is official, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by the game creators, publishers, or rights holders.

7. Corrections and source updates

If guide content is outdated, incorrectly sourced, too speculative, or missing a safer official-source link, send us the affected URL and the correction details.

We prefer official creator/platform sources for availability, downloads, pricing, update status, and support information.