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Greeting card component rights data for AI review

A card may combine an illustration, written message and layout with different sources.

By Fiund · Updated 2026-11-05

NAICS 513191 · Greeting Card Publishers

A card may combine an illustration, written message and layout with different sources. U.S. Copyright Office visual arts guidance gives context for original artwork. A publisher can make a small practice inventory that tests whether each component has documented authority. Copyright Office guidance for visual artists

Create two original mock designs sharing a generic layout. Give one cleared artwork and a dummy text grant. Give the second an artwork hold or different permitted scope. Ask which design elements are covered and what the reviewer needs to verify before approving a sample. Identify the source of each element instead of using a single status for the whole card.

Exclude licensed fonts or artwork, unreleased copy, customer messages, protected designs and contract terms. Use only independently made props or original artwork in the exercise.

Describe a component rights sample

Original Fiund exercise

A card-level label cannot replace component-level grants

Two original mock cards share an independently drawn layout. Artwork and messages have separate dummy source and permission entries; no licensed font or real contract is included.

Fictional records supplied to the evaluator
RecordSourceWhat it records
GC1Card A component mapOriginal layout L1, art A1 and message T1.
GC2Practice permission registerL1 and A1 permitted for U; T1 permitted for print only. Card B uses L1, art A2 on hold and message T2 permitted for U.
GC3Catalog statusCard A marked published; Card B marked ready draft. Neither status row expands the component grants.

Question for the model

Which components have explicit U support, and can either complete card be described as fully supported for U from its catalog status?

Show the reference answer and checks

GC2 explicitly supports L1 and A1 for U, but Card A's T1 has print-only scope. Card B's T2 and shared L1 have U support, while A2 remains on hold. Neither card is fully supported for U by this packet. GC3's published or ready-draft labels describe catalog state rather than a replacement for the component-specific permission checks.

  • Treating ordinary publication as proof of permission for the separate U use.
  • Extending a shared layout's grant to unrelated artwork or written messages.

Fields to preserve

Design-to-component map
Identifies every source element in the assembled card.
Component purpose and status
Separates print-only, U-permitted and held elements.
Catalog versus permission state
Prevents a product-level badge from overriding source terms.

Test another case

Replace T1 with newly authored T3 permitted for U while leaving the old design map unchanged. Require an updated component mapping before clearing the revised card.

Use original artwork, messages and generic layout props. Exclude customer notes, unreleased commercial copy, protected designs and actual contract terms.

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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.

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