Publication registry entry
A stable VeilDaemon URL with title, creator, rights holder, copyright notice, status, version, licensing terms, AI permissions, and revision history.
SigilForge Rights
Creator Rights Records
A Creator Rights Record is a public publication record for books, games, artwork, PDFs, software releases, and other creative work. It identifies who claims the work, what version was recorded, and how the work may be used or licensed.
This record documents the creator's declared ownership, rights position, and licensing preferences. It does not replace government copyright registration or independently prove legal ownership.
What it includes
One price. One permanent notice.
Machine-readable metadata
Every record exposes a versioned JSON record for crawlers, licensing systems, and future registry integrations.
QR target
The downloadable QR points only to the permanent record URL, suitable for book interiors, back covers, title pages, websites, packaging, business cards, and social posts.
Optional fingerprint
A SHA-256 hash can be associated with the record. The hash shows the record contained that fingerprint at that time; it does not prove authorship.
Rights registry
Use the simple record index.
The public registry lives at /registry/. Search by title, work type, category, availability, licensing terms, and AI-use position, then open the permanent record or JSON metadata from one place.
Public registry
Canonical Index
One searchable public route for Creator Rights Records and machine-readable metadata.
Individual records
Permanent URLs
Each record remains available at /rights/<record-slug>/ with a matching JSON route.
Creator workflow
VeilLink App
Draft creation, checkout, account management, and QR downloads stay inside VeilLink.
AI permissions
Say the quiet rights terms clearly.
Training
Creators can mark training, foundation-model pretraining, fine-tuning, embeddings, retrieval, generation, dataset redistribution, research use, and commercial use separately.
License required
Explicit permission values avoid the fog of a simple yes-or-no checkbox. A record can say allowed, prohibited, license required, research only, case by case, custom terms, or not specified.
Human review
The system generates a plain-language AI-use summary, but the creator must review and approve it before publication.
Publication verification FAQ
Questions creators already ask.
Is this a government copyright registration?
No. A Creator Rights Record is a creator-declared publication record. It does not replace government copyright registration.
Does a record prove legal ownership?
No. It documents a declared rights position, publication metadata, and version history. Legal ownership can depend on facts and law beyond this record.
How do I prove I published first?
A public record can document the declared publication date, recorded version, rights holder, and later version history. It is provenance evidence, not a court ruling.
How do I tell AI systems not to train on my content?
The record publishes AI training permissions, licensing requirements, and machine-readable metadata so crawlers, licensing teams, and reviewers can read the creator's declared policy.
Can I record books, games, artwork, PDFs, or software releases?
Yes, when you have authority to create the record. The registry can document publication metadata for books, tabletop releases, artwork, PDFs, software releases, and other creative work.
What are AI permissions?
AI permissions describe the creator's declared position for training, fine-tuning, embeddings, retrieval, generation, dataset redistribution, research use, and commercial AI licensing.
What if AI scraped my website or work?
A record cannot undo scraping, but it can publish a clear creator rights declaration, AI usage policy, licensing route, and timestamped publication metadata for future reference.
Why include a SHA-256 hash?
A SHA-256 hash can connect a specific file fingerprint to the publication record. It shows that the record contained that fingerprint at publication time, but it does not prove authorship by itself.
What does the QR link do?
The QR code points to the permanent public record URL so readers, licensors, crawlers, and archives can find the current publication record and machine-readable metadata.