Copyright, Image Policy & DMCA

1. Game content ownership

Phantom Blade Zero and all related game assets — artwork, character designs, screenshots, music and audio-visual elements — are the property of S-GAME / PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED and their licensors.

Parryline is an independent, fan-run guide site. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by S-GAME, PARAWULIN, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Valve, or any platform holder. Names and short descriptive references appear for identification and commentary only.

We do not host official key art, soundtrack files, cutscene rips or extracted game assets, and we do not provide downloads of them.

2. What Parryline owns

The text of every guide, the site design, the original tables and the original diagrams on this site are © 2026 Parryline. They may be read, printed and shared by link. Short quotations with attribution are welcome; wholesale republication is not. The terms of use set out the details.

3. Our image policy

Our rule is simple: an image is either captured by us, cleared in writing by whoever owns it, or supplied directly by a reader for publication on a named page. We work down this list in order, and we do not move to a lower option because it is faster.

Screenshots we captured come first. Taken by Parryline during normal gameplay, at 1920×1080 or higher, with account names and notifications hidden. They are used for commentary, criticism and instruction — never labelled “official”.
Steam store images are link-only. Store screenshots, capsule art and trailer frames belong to the publisher, not to Valve, and Steam does not pass on a right to reuse them. We do not download or re-host them; where a store page is relevant, we link to it as text.
YouTube is embed-only. We may embed an official video with YouTube's own player. We never download the video, re-upload it, or cut frames out of it for a gallery.
Community images need written permission. Reddit, Discord and creator screenshots belong to the person who made them. We use one only after a written yes, credit the author by handle with a link to the original post, keep a record of the permission, and remove it on request.
Reader-supplied screenshots are a separate, weaker category. Since Nov 8, 2026 we also publish gameplay frames sent to us directly by a reader through WeChat. We record the channel and date, caption the image as reader-supplied, and never present it as a Parryline capture. We cannot independently verify the capture device, build or ownership; the sender's submission for this specific page is the only permission we hold. If a rights holder objects, the image is removed under the same 24-hour process as any other claim.

Three reader-supplied screenshots are published as of Nov 8, 2026. They are gameplay frames used to illustrate a specific claim on the Zuo Shang, Jagged Steel boss and 161 bells pages — not key art, and not a gallery.

Four things we never publish:

AI-generated or altered images presented as real gameplay;
images with watermarks or copyright notices removed;
full pages of original art or artbook scans;
bulk galleries scraped from a store page, video or artbook.

4. Credit formats

As of Nov 8, 2026, the only images on the site are the three reader-supplied screenshots described above. These are the formats we use, so that a reader can tell where an image came from without leaving the page.

Screenshot by us: Screenshot by Parryline · Phantom Blade Zero © S-GAME / PARAWULIN
Official asset, with permission: Image: S-GAME / PARAWULIN · used with permission · [link to permission note]
Community image, with permission: Image: [@handle] · used with permission · original: [URL]
Reader-supplied screenshot: Screenshot supplied by a reader · received via WeChat, Nov 8, 2026 · Chinese-language UI
Creative Commons: Image: [author] · licensed under CC BY 4.0 · original: [URL]

Every image is wrapped in a <figure> with a visible <figcaption>. The alt text describes what is in the frame — “Zuo Shang, second phase, health bar at half” — never “official screenshot”. A general line in the page footer does not replace a per-image credit.

5. Where credits appear

Because a guide can be read from the middle, credits are repeated in two places: directly under an image where practical, and in a credits block at the end of the article listing every external asset used. If an article uses no third-party media at all, the credits block says so rather than being omitted silently.

6. Takedown: our 24-hour commitment

If you believe content on this site infringes your copyright, email [email protected] with the subject “Copyright notice”. We remove first and discuss second: a disputed image comes down within 24 hours of a notice that identifies it, whether or not we think the use is lawful.

Step	Timing	What we do
1. Notice received	Same day	Log the sender, channel, page URL and the right claimed.
2. Image taken down	Within 24 hours	Remove the image from the live page and leave a placeholder or a 410 response.
3. Written reply	Within 48 hours	Confirm the removal, explain the intended use, and ask for permission or offer a replacement.
4. Internal review	Within 7 days	Update the permission record and re-check similar images on other pages.
5. Appeal, if we believe the use is lawful	As you request	Reply privately with the reasoning. We do not argue in public or on social media.

7. What a notice should include

identification of the copyrighted work you say is infringed;
the exact URL on this site and, where possible, the section of the page;
your name, organisation if relevant, and a reply address;
a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised;
a statement that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them;
your physical or electronic signature.

These are the elements described in 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3). A notice that includes them can be processed without a round of questions.

8. Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe it was removed by mistake, you can send a counter-notice to the same address with the same identifying details, a statement under penalty of perjury that the removal was a mistake or misidentification, and your consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court. We will forward it as required and may restore the material if the original complainant does not pursue the matter.

9. Trademark and other complaints

Complaints about a name, logo or other mark rather than a copyrighted work go to the same address. Describe the mark, the page, and the confusion you believe it creates. We will review it under the same timeline.

10. General contact

For anything else, use [email protected] or the contact page. Please do not send legal notices to the general address — use the copyright address above so they are logged correctly.

Written in plain English on purpose. Last updated Nov 8, 2026. Questions go to [email protected].