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Terms of Use

Effective Date: October 13, 2026 • California, United States

1. Acceptance of Terms

By browsing, accessing, or downloading digital materials from kaanzorlu.com, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use and all applicable laws and regulations of the State of California and the United States.

2. Intellectual Property & Portfolio Ownership

2.1 Original Work & Proprietary Rights

All original digital content published across this website—including but not limited to 3D character models, digital clay sculpts, quad topology configurations, node-based deformation rigs, Maya XGen hair grooming systems, custom shaders, and technical R&D articles—is the proprietary intellectual property of Kaan Zorlu, protected under international copyright and intellectual property conventions.

2.2 Commercial Studio Intellectual Property

Commercial studio deliverables, including productions completed for clients such as Zag Entertainment, Supercell (Clash of Clans), Replai, Bulls and Apes LLC, and Play&Co (Philips), contain characters, marks, and IP owned exclusively by their respective studios. Such materials are presented strictly as a non-commercial professional portfolio record of individual artistic and technical direction.

2.3 Insights & Educational Commentary

Images, film stills, or render references integrated into technical articles on the Insights portal belong to their original copyright holders. They are featured under fair use doctrines for educational commentary, technical criticism, visual deconstruction, and pipeline analysis.

3. Pipeline Tools, Presets & Software Downloads

Digital toolsets, Python scripts, Maya grooming guides, and OpenUSD directory manifests made available via the Pipeline engine or future Marketplace vaults are subject to the following binding restrictions:

  • Personal & Evaluation License: Downloadable scripts and scene templates are licensed solely for non-commercial evaluation, personal study, and private testing.
  • Commercial Studio Integration: Implementation within commercial studio productions, commercial asset generation, or multi-seat studio pipelines requires prior written approval or a direct enterprise license from Kaan Zorlu.
  • Strict Prohibition on Resale: Sublicensing, packaging, mirroring, reselling, or distributing these toolsets, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.
  • Disclaimer of Warranty: All scripts, presets, and pipeline files are provided "as is", without warranty of any kind regarding studio stability, software compatibility, or data continuity.

4. Prohibition of Artificial Intelligence Scraping & Harvesting

Express reservation of rights: No individual or corporate entity may copy, scrape, ingest, crawl, or harvest any text, 3D meshes, topology renders, wireframes, textures, or grooming curves from this website to train, fine-tune, or validate machine learning models, generative AI architectures, or neural network frameworks without explicit, prior written authorization from Kaan Zorlu.

5. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These terms and any legal actions or disputes arising from your use of this website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any legal proceedings shall be instituted exclusively in state or federal courts located within the State of California.

6. Contact & Licensing Inquiries

For custom studio pipeline licensing, commercial asset clearances, or contract inquiries, contact:

Kaan Zorlu
Character Technical Director
Email: [email protected]
Location: California, United States