Every asset is classified, evidenced and auditable before it ships.
Two parallel classifications: one for what is in the frame, one for who supplied it. Both applied per asset, written into the sidecar and backed by a provenance record.
SYSTEM 1 — FOOTAGE TIERS · WHAT IS IN THE FRAME
TIER 1 — CLEAR
no identifiable people
reef wall / no people
No identifiable people
Landscape, reef, wave, aerial, empty water. Person detection returns zero across all sampled frames. Licensed unrestricted for AI training.
Every asset is classified, evidenced and auditable before it ships.
Two parallel classifications: one for what is in the frame, one for who supplied it. Both are applied per asset, written into the sidecar and backed by a provenance record we can produce on request.
SYSTEM 1 — FOOTAGE TIERS · WHAT IS IN THE FRAME
TIER 1 — CLEAR
no identifiable people
reef wall / no people
No identifiable people
Landscape, reef, wave, aerial, empty water. Person detection returns zero across all sampled frames. Licensed unrestricted for AI training.
Automated face masking applied at stage 10, before any human reviewer or model sees the frame. Unmasked source is never delivered and never leaves ingest storage.
Signed master agreement, verified identity, AI-scoped exclusivity. Eligible for every licence type including multi-camera sets and bespoke commissions.
agreement: master identity: verified eligibility: all licence types
◆ VERIFIED
Individual creators
Identity confirmed through payment onboarding, warranty accepted at signup. Eligible for the main catalogue.
agreement: click-through identity: payment KYC eligibility: main catalogue
◆ UNVERIFIED
Anyone
Footage is accepted, screened and held. It earns nothing and is licensed to nobody until the uploader verifies.
agreement: pending identity: none eligibility: held, not licensed
AUDIO
Audio is used to synchronise multi-camera footage, then discarded. We never license audio, and no third-party music enters the catalogue.
Per-asset documentation is the difference between licensing footage and inheriting someone else's liability.
Chain of title
Every operator signs the same warranty set before any file is ingested. Breach terminates the agreement and triggers indemnity.
W1
The operator is the original author and owner of the footage.
W2
No third-party music, logo, licensed footage or stock element is embedded.
W3
Footage has not been assigned exclusively to any other party.
W4
Staff appearing on camera have signed an AI-scoped release.
W5
Grant is limited to AI training and machine-learning use; all other rights retained by the operator.
Per-asset provenance record
Recorded at ingest, immutable, produced on request for every asset we licence.
ILLUSTRATIVEexample record — no footage has been licensed yet
asset_id rc_example_0001
operator example_operator_01 (EXAMPLE DIVE CENTRE)
contract RC-EXAMPLE-0001 · signed 2025-11-14
shot_by EXAMPLE INSTRUCTOR 01
captured 2026-07-14T02:14:07Z
location -8.72751, 115.54441 · Example Bay
device GoPro HERO12 Black · SN C33xxxxx
file_hash sha256:9c3f…d81a (at receipt)
people none detected · 1,264 frames sampled
release n/a
tier 1 — clear
licence_scope ai_training_unrestricted
evidence_pack available on request (PDF + hashes)