Auction House

Problem:

Auction houses increasingly deal with complex provenance, disputed ownership, unauthorized sales, and AI-generated replicas, across both physical and digital works. Authenticity, licensing history, and creator royalties are difficult to verify and enforce, especially in global or digital contexts.

How Creation Rights Solves This:

Creation Rights Management (CRM)

• Register: Sellers or auction houses register artworks, collectibles, digital assets (e.g., NFTs), rare items, and provenance documentation. The Provenance Graph captures ownership lineage, creator attribution, exhibition history, and past licenses or rights.
• License: Apply Smart Licensing to manage resale terms (e.g., moral rights, resale royalties, usage limitations), co-ownership agreements, or digital twin rights.
• Monetize: Dynamic Metadata enables programmable royalties (e.g., 10% to the original artist on secondary sales), embeds creator preferences (e.g., AI opt-out), and enforces attribution or use restrictions post-sale.

Creation Rights Exchange (CRX)

• Verification: Collectors, bidders, institutions, and marketplaces can verify the work’s authenticity, provenance, and resale rights in real time, reducing fraud and boosting trust.
• Enforcement: The Content ID Layer detects unauthorized replicas, AI-generated copies, synthetic forgeries, or NFT clones, triggering takedown, verification flags, or revalidation requests.
• Interoperability: CRX connects with auction platforms, cataloguing software, NFT registries, art databases, and digital wallets, automating rights tracking, sale compliance, and post-auction license enforcement.

Example Scenario:

Your auction house lists a physical sculpture with an accompanying digital twin. Before the sale, CRX verifies the creator’s identity, confirms prior sales via the Provenance Graph, and enforces a Smart License that grants display rights but restricts AI cloning. Post-sale, the system monitors for unauthorized derivatives using the Content ID Layer.