So if you had a yen to write a story set in the Gossip Girl universe you can--legally, and without fear of the lawyers coming after you--and get paid for it, to boot.
I bring this up on my cow-town comic book blog because Valiant has allowed most of their series to be used here. If I want to write and publish an Archer & Armstrong story, it's all good. Eternal Warrior? Fine by them!!
Now, each of the "Worlds" does have a set of content guidelines you have to follow. After all, they don't want you putting out something that might damage the brand, or somehow infringe someone's copyright. So it's mostly not terribly surprising boilerplate--no pornography, no slurs, no crossovers with other Worlds, no product placement, etc.
But each of the Valiant Worlds has has a specific content guideline that none of the others do:
Because in a universe where Goths are kidnapped by aliens for 1500 years and return to Earth wearing super-powerful sentient space armor, we wouldn't want any wanton disregard for scientific and historical accuracy.
And in a World where a band of rogue
And in a story featuring a soldier transformed into an unstoppable killing machine by nanites that instantly heal any wound, well, I think you know what I'm going to say.
Valiant--disregarding scientific and historical accuracy--but not wantonly, apparently.
Oh, and if you want to write a story set in the G.I. Joe universe, there's a very special rule for you: