{
  "id": "POL-209",
  "slug": "pol-209",
  "title": "The terms should state intellectual-property ownership",
  "statement": "The terms of service must include a clause stating who owns the site content and the marks.",
  "rationale": "The clause is what the business relies on when its product photography or its name is copied, and its absence is one of the markers of a generated stub. It is also the section a reviewer scanning for template output notices first, because it is the one that names the brand most often.",
  "layer": "POLICY_PAGE",
  "layerSlug": "policy-page",
  "object": "terms of service body",
  "severity": "LOW",
  "detectability": [
    "AI_FORM"
  ],
  "failureClass": "TERMINAL_POLICY",
  "artifact": "sms_terms",
  "authorities": [
    "TCR"
  ],
  "applicabilityText": "Applies to every 10DLC registration.",
  "universal": true,
  "remediation": "State ownership in the brand's own name and say what use is permitted. Done when the clause names your business rather than a template's.",
  "example": "The Acme Coffee name, logo and all content on this site belong to Acme Coffee Co, LLC. You may not use them without our permission.",
  "phase": "approval",
  "automated": true,
  "url": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/policy-page/pol-209/",
  "markdown": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/policy-page/pol-209.md",
  "registry": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}