Rights.dev is governed collectively by founding rights holders. No single organization controls credential schema, audit standards, or revocation protocol.
Rights.dev independently operates the verification infrastructure and credential issuance. No record label, publisher, AI platform, or other industry participant controls the operator.
Governance authority — over credential schema, audit standards, and protocol — belongs collectively to founding rights holders, not to the operator.
The credential schema and verification protocol are open standards. The standard is designed to outlast any individual operator.
Founding members hold permanent governance seats. Seats are not transferable.
Collective authority covers:
Fields, types, and structure of the Rights Cleared credential
How licensing relationships are verified before credentials are issued
Conditions and process for real-time credential revocation
Criteria for future rights holders, publishers, and API integrators
No individual founding member holds veto power. Decisions require collective agreement.
Rights.dev references licensing agreements. It does not access, store, interpret, or expose them.
Governance has no authority over royalties, territories, or deal structure. A Rights Cleared credential confirms relationship and permissions only.
Founding governance remains open while the initial body is being constituted. After that, participation is as a rights holder, publisher, or API integrator.
Founding seats determine who shapes this standard for its entire lifespan.
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