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Notes from the Archive
Writing for artists, estates and rights holders on owning, licensing and running a catalog.
Who decides whether AI learns from your catalog?
AI companies want catalogs to learn from. Owners can stay silent, opt out or license on their own terms, and each needs a catalog that knows what it holds.
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What makes a catalog licensable A licensing request arrives with a deadline. The six things a music, film or photo catalog needs in place to answer in days rather than months. -
What would you own if your platform disappeared? Five questions to ask any platform that holds your catalog or your fans, about exports, originals, metadata, customer data and the cost of leaving.
