Frequently Asked Questions

Sourcemark helps creators, catalogues and representatives put AI training choices and licence routes on record for creative works, so AI teams can check declared permissions before using content to build or fine-tune models.

Sourcemark is built for individual creators, catalogues, representatives and AI teams. Creators can record AI training choices for their work. Catalogues and representatives can make licence routes visible at scale. AI teams can check declared permissions before training or fine-tuning.

No. Sourcemark is not built to block AI. It is built to make declared AI training choices visible and checkable. Some work may be unavailable for AI training. Some may be available by licence. Sourcemark helps creators and catalogues put those choices on record, and helps AI teams check before training.

Robots.txt is a request to web crawlers. It was not designed to record AI training choices, licence routes or dataset review decisions. Sourcemark creates timestamped, checkable records that can show whether work is available by licence, unavailable for AI training or has no registered signal.

Not currently. Sourcemark does not licence work on behalf of creators or catalogues. Where work is marked available by licence, Sourcemark shows the licence route chosen by the creator, catalogue or representative. Future optional tools may help manage licence requests on agreed terms.

No. Sourcemark records declarations about creative works. It does not certify legal ownership, verify copyright status or confirm that a person has authority to act for a work. Users are responsible for making declarations only where they have the right to do so.

Every Sourcemark creates a timestamped, cryptographically anchored record of what was declared and when. This supports a tamper-evident audit trail that can be checked later. Sourcemark records declarations about works, but it does not verify legal ownership, certify copyright or guarantee that a declaration is legally authorised.

No. A no registered signal result means Sourcemark has not found a matching registered declaration for the submitted signal. It does not mean the work is cleared, licensed or available for AI training. AI teams should apply their own legal, procurement and dataset governance processes.

Sourcemark is focused on creative works including images, documents/PDFs and video. Availability may vary by workflow, content type and access route during early access.