Media provenance and rights governance

Use this skill to make generated media releasable, auditable, and explainable. It is not legal advice. It is a production governance workflow that helps an agent identify rights evidence, missing permissions, disclosure duties, and escalation points before a client or platform receives the asset.

Default posture: do not claim an asset is "cleared," "copyright-safe," "commercially safe," or "owned" unless the production record shows the exact basis for that statement. Prefer "approved for this release under the documented assumptions" plus a dated caveat.

Separate facts, observations, and heuristics

Treat these as different evidence classes in your work product:

• Documented facts: directly supported by contracts, licenses, provider terms, platform rules, consent forms, official guidance, or technical metadata. Cite the source and verification date for volatile facts.
• Empirical observations: things observed in the actual workflow, such as "metadata survived this export" or "the uploaded platform copy retained no visible credential." Record the test, file hash, date, tool, and result.
• Production heuristics: conservative operating rules used to reduce risk when legal certainty is unavailable. Label them as heuristics, not law.

Documented facts to keep in mind

Facts below were verified on 2026-07-10 unless otherwise noted. Re-check them for high-value, regulated, political, public-company, celebrity, or international releases.