Governance

Rights and trust

Rights cards, the verification ladder, and how disputes are handled.

Every item carries a rights card; every record shows its place on the trust ladder from community contribution to institutional verification; every page has a dispute path.

What this covers

  • Rights cards with holder, licence, permitted and prohibited uses
  • Attribution and AI-training conditions up front
  • Verification ladder on all records
  • Named dispute channel with human review

The rights pattern here

Rights and permissions Conditional use Consent granted

Example item: “Three Generations of Lace-Making”, an oral history recorded and governed by its community.

Rights holder
The lace-makers' community association
Contributor
A community storyteller, recorded with her custodians
Source
Community archive, recording 2024-017
Licence
Community licence: listening and education
Permitted uses
Listening, education, research with citation
Prohibited uses
Commercial use, remixing, resale
Attribution
“Lace-makers' community archive, 2024”
AI training
Not permitted
Modification
Only with custodian approval
Sensitivity
Community-sensitive: custodian review applies
Verification
Community-verified custodian record
Dispute channel
Report or dispute this item. A person responds

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