INDUSTRY FIELD GUIDE
Film distribution rights window data for AI review
An active exhibition window says something about distribution.
NAICS 512120 · Motion Picture and Video Distribution
An active exhibition window says something about distribution. A separate grant may govern training, excerpts or other uses. U.S. Copyright Office materials describe transfers and licensing records. A distributor can use invented titles to test whether an assistant cites the right source and recognizes a missing grant. Copyright Office recordation overview · Troveo media data overview
Create a fictional license grid for two cuts, two territories and a limited term. Give one explicit permission for a sample use and leave the other blank. Ask which conditions the practice record documents and what the rights team needs to review. Include an agreement applying to the trailer instead of the feature.
Use no actual titles, license clauses, payment terms, customer details, or media files. Possession of a delivered master does not by itself establish the permitted use.
Describe a rights inventory exercise
Original Fiund exercise
An exhibition window is a different grant from an AI sample use
An invented rights grid names two fictional cuts, territories and purposes. It illustrates explicit scope matching without reproducing real contract clauses or media.
| Record | Source | What it records |
|---|---|---|
| FD1 | Practice exhibition grid | Feature cut F1: territory North, days 1–30, exhibition only. Cut F2: territory South, days 10–40, exhibition only. |
| FD2 | Separate practice sample grant | F1 excerpt X permitted for use U in North on days 5–15. No U entry for F2. |
| FD3 | Trailer grant and delivery | Trailer T1 has U permission in South; delivered master F2 is present. No grant equates T1 with F2. |
Question for the model
Which requested U use is explicitly supported for F1/X in North on day 12, and does F2's exhibition window, master delivery or trailer grant clear F2 for U?
Show the reference answer and checks
FD2 directly supports the stated F1 excerpt-X use in North on day 12. FD1's exhibition entries concern a different purpose, and F2 has no supplied U permission. FD3's trailer grant names T1, not the feature cut, while master delivery establishes possession rather than the missing purpose-specific grant. Keep cut, excerpt, territory, term and use separate in the rights-team review.
- Treating an active exhibition window as permission for a separate model use.
- Extending a trailer's grant to a delivered feature master.
Fields to preserve
- Cut, excerpt and asset type
- Distinguishes the feature from its trailer and selected passage.
- Territory and term
- Defines where and when the fictional grant applies.
- Purpose-specific grant
- Separates exhibition from the requested U use.
Test another case
Ask about the same F1 excerpt on day 20, while its exhibition window remains active. Require a term-specific U gap rather than a blanket title-level answer.
Use fabricated titles, clauses and grid rows. Exclude real media, customer details, actual licenses and payment terms.
Discuss a contribution
Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.