Terms for ACC tools and public verification.

Operator

The ACC website and tools are operated by ART CLEARANCE CERTIFICATION Sp. z o.o., KRS 0001193252, NIP 9662211120, REGON 542695867, ul. Zlota 2/19, 15-016 Bialystok, Poland. Contact: info@artclearancecertification.org.

What ACC is

ACC is a declaration-first music provenance certification system. It lets an authorized declarant bind work metadata, an audio hash or asset hash, a HUMAN, SEMI-MIX or AI GEN declaration, certificate status and a public verification record.

What ACC is not

• ACC is not an AI detector.
• ACC is not a copyright court or authorship tribunal.
• ACC is not a copyright ownership registry.
• ACC does not provide legal clearance for a work.
• ACC does not guarantee that a declaration is materially true.

Controlled release status

The current service is a controlled release for validation, partner pilots and limited operational use. Features, schemas, certificate displays, API responses and operational procedures may change as ACC moves toward full production operations.

Acceptable use

• Use ACC only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not undermine the integrity of the standard.
• Do not submit knowingly false declarations or impersonate another person or organization.
• Do not submit data, metadata or evidence that you are not authorized to submit.
• Do not use ACC certification marks without a valid corresponding certificate.
• Do not attempt to bypass security controls, rate limits, API limits or administrative restrictions.

Creator declarations

A declarant is responsible for the accuracy of the metadata and declaration they submit. ACC records the declaration and verification boundary, but does not independently determine authorship, copyrightability, ownership, infringement or legal clearance.

Public verification

ACC certificates may be exposed through public verification pages and partner-readable API responses. These may include certificate ID, category, status, work metadata, audio hash, declaration hash, identity assurance level and anchor status.

Work and provenance data license

By requesting an ACC certificate, the declarant grants ACC a worldwide, non-exclusive and royalty-free license to collect, store, analyze, aggregate, publish through verification, expose through partner APIs, create data products from and commercially use work metadata, ACC category, hashes, timestamps, status, ledger/anchor information and verification events connected with the certified work. This license is needed because ACC is designed as both a certification standard and a market data layer for work provenance.

Personal data boundary

ACC's data business concerns work and provenance data. ACC does not sell private account, contact or identity data as a standalone product. Personal data may still be processed where needed for certification, security, communication, legal claims, dispute handling and compliance.

Suspension and status changes

ACC may limit access, reject submissions, rate-limit traffic, correct metadata, mark certificates as disputed or revoked, or take other steps needed to protect the security and credibility of the ACC standard.

Contact

Questions about these terms, certificates, abuse reports or partner pilots should be sent to info@artclearancecertification.org.