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What a registry is for, how a sale actually executes, what the law requires — and the measurement notes behind the per-platform prompts. Everything here is written against runs and records you can check.
The writing requirement, electronic signatures, the 35-year termination right, VARA, right of publicity, the Copyright Office on AI, and recordation — and how the platform templates handle each. General information, not advice.
A file-by-file account of an assignment: what is frozen at signature, what moves at transfer, what the buyer can check, and what the seller keeps. Plus how an exclusive licence differs.
Most of what character creators publish cannot be measured against a portrait. Which evidence still works — timing, attribution, rights, exposure, channel control — and why “not applicable” is shown as a dash, not a cross.
Search, verification, bargaining, delivery, enforcement. Which transaction costs a registry can take out of a sale, which stay expensive, and why the verification bucket is the one worth attacking.
Method note
Non-human characters are refused at the door; stylised ones train perfectly and come back as someone else. Two platforms, same conclusion — and profile-picture collections are almost always one or the other.
Method note
The strongest lock available turned out to be the weakest. Plain reference images kept 100%. Verified on two platforms, and it changed how every adapter pack is written.
Registered, anchored, verified on chain: three claims that are not worth the same amount, kept apart on purpose. Written by someone whose day job is telling clients what evidence is actually worth.