Licensing

Content Rights & Permissions

Documentation of rights to third-party audio, video, catalogs, and discovery services

Overview

Archeden ART is a creator-platform where independent artists, musicians, writers, and filmmakers upload and publish their own original works. The app also includes a curated catalog of public-domain and openly-licensed cultural works for educational discovery. The app does not stream, aggregate, or provide access to any third-party commercial streaming service (e.g., Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, Netflix, Audible). All audio and video playback is served from content stored in the app's own backend storage.

1. Public-Domain & Openly-Licensed Content

Each public-domain item is sourced exclusively from the institutions below and carries a visible in-app attribution badge linking to the source's licensing terms.

Wikimedia Commons

License

Public-domain images & audio

Public domain / CC0 / CC-BY-SA per file metadata

Internet Archive

License

Public-domain films, audio, texts

Public domain / open licenses per item

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

License

Public-domain artwork images

Open Access — CC0 for public-domain works

Rijksmuseum

License

Public-domain artwork images

Rijksmuseum Open Data — CC0

2. User-Generated Content

All non-public-domain audio, video, images, and ebooks are uploaded by registered artist users who are the rights-holders of their own original works.

  • Terms of Service: Every artist affirms they own the rights to content they publish.
  • Content ownership: Upload flow requires confirmation of rights before publishing.
  • DMCA / takedown: In-app "Flag Content" feature on every media item; we respond to rights-holder requests.
  • No commercial catalogs: The app does not index or scrape any third-party commercial music, video, or book catalog.

3. Streaming & Discovery Surfaces

These features stream or surface content. In every case, content is either user-uploaded or public-domain:

  • Global Radio — plays audio tracks from the app's own MediaItem database (user uploads + public-domain classical recordings). No third-party streaming API is used.
  • Gallery — displays user-uploaded and public-domain images/videos.
  • Globe — maps user-uploaded and public-domain content by country of origin.
  • Playlists / Following / My Library — user-curated collections of the above.
  • Shows Near You / Roadmap — user-created event listings; no third-party ticketing or streaming.

Attestation

I attest, under penalty of perjury, that Archeden ART has all necessary rights and permissions to the third-party audio, video, and catalog content described above. All public-domain content is sourced from institutions whose open-access licenses permit this use, and all user-uploaded content is governed by our Terms of Service and DMCA takedown process. The app does not provide access to any unauthorized third-party streaming service.

Supporting Documentation

  • In-app public-domain attribution badges on every public-domain item
  • Links to each source institution's licensing page (Section 1)
  • Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Refund Policy (linked in-app)
  • Content reporting / takedown: in-app "Flag Content" on every media item