The Likeness License v0.1.2 is public
An open license format for likenesses — think Creative Commons meets a SAG rider — published with its schema, spec, and four worked deals, because standards win by being adopted.
The registry runs on one document format: the Likeness License, an open, machine-readable standard for licensing people, estates, and owned characters into AI production. Version 0.1.2 is now published — schema, field-by-field spec, and four worked example deals, with its $id now live at semblance.studio.
What v0.1.2 holds
- Twelve grant dimensions, all machine-matched — use categories, media, channels, territory, term, exclusivity, output caps, platform allowlists, AI disclosure, content exclusions, approval mode, pricing, and revocation.
- An ethics floor that travels with the format. Minors, irrevocable consent, waived disclosure, below-scale union deals — not against the rules; schema-invalid.
- Consent bound to the exact terms. Every consent record carries a SHA-256 hash of the canonicalized grant, so post-consent tampering is detectable by anyone.
- Pressure-tested. Drafted from three lenses (legal completeness, machine executability, deal realism), validated against four full deal shapes, and put through two adversarial review rounds — 35/35 findings closed, 23/23 negative mutations rejected.
Standards win by being adopted — including by our competitors. That’s the point.
Read the standard, download the schema and examples, or verify a specimen certificate: the standard · verify.
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