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  "_meta": {
    "doc": "Rinzara canonical platform-policy matrix. Each platform's current stance on AI content per modality. Read by the Monetization Checker + the (forthcoming) policy tracker. Every entry carries source + lastVerified; these change monthly.",
    "lastFullReview": "2026-06-08",
    "reverifyEvery": "monthly"
  },
  "platforms": [
    {
      "id": "spotify", "name": "Spotify", "modalities": ["music"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required-via-distributor",
      "disclosureHow": "Your distributor submits a standardized DDEX AI disclosure in the track credits (AI vocals, instrumentation, or post-production). A Spotify beta launched April 16, 2026 surfaces these in Song Credits. Partners include DistroKid, CD Baby, Amuse, Believe, Empire, FUGA, IDOL.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "Behavioral spam filter (rolled out from Sept 2025) that stops recommending mass uploads, duplicates, metadata SEO manipulation, and artificially short tracks. It watches uploader behavior, not the audio itself.",
      "strikeRisk": "low-if-compliant",
      "strikeTriggers": "Impersonating a real artist, mass/spam uploading, or failing to disclose AI and being caught later (Spotify says disclosure itself carries no penalty or down-ranking; non-disclosure caught later is treated more harshly).",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://newsroom.spotify.com/2025-09-25/spotify-strengthens-ai-protections/", "https://www.chartlex.com/blog/business/spotify-ai-song-credits-disclosure-2026"]
    },
    {
      "id": "youtube-music", "name": "YouTube (music / Content ID)", "modalities": ["music"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required",
      "disclosureHow": "AI disclosure has been mandatory since 2024 and is enforced more strictly in 2026. Disclose AI use honestly; disclosure alone does not disqualify monetization.",
      "monetizable": "conditional",
      "monetizableNote": "Monetizable only if you fully own the rights, the tool allows commercial and exclusive use, the track does not imitate a real artist, and it is genuinely unique (not mass-generated). Even legally owned AI music can be INELIGIBLE for Content ID. Amuse disabled Content ID registration for AI music in 2026; DistroKid, TuneCore, and CD Baby still offer it.",
      "detection": "Layered review: signal-level matching for 1:1 or near-identical duplicates, plus melodic-pattern detection across notes, harmonies, and rhythms. Reproducing recognizable elements of a protected composition can trigger a claim.",
      "strikeRisk": "medium",
      "strikeTriggers": "Reproducing a protected melody, imitating a real artist, mass-generated near-identical tracks, or failing to disclose.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://lastplaydistro.com/blog/youtube-content-id-ai-generated-music-policy-2026-what-creators-must-know", "https://dynamoi.com/learn/ai-music-distribution/is-ai-music-allowed-on-youtube"]
    },
    {
      "id": "youtube-video", "name": "YouTube (video)", "modalities": ["video"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required-if-realistic",
      "disclosureHow": "YouTube requires an 'Altered or Synthetic content' disclosure when AI-generated video is realistic enough that a viewer could mistake it for real. Set it in the upload flow.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "monetizableNote": "Monetizable under YPP; mass-produced repetitive 'AI slop' is being de-prioritized.",
      "detection": "Synthetic-media detection plus the standard Content ID for any music or footage you did not create.",
      "strikeRisk": "low-if-disclosed",
      "strikeTriggers": "Undisclosed realistic synthetic media, or third-party music/footage you do not own.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://imusician.pro/en/resources/blog/youtube-to-prioritize-managing-ai-slop-in-2026", "https://influencermarketinghub.com/ai-disclosure-rules/"]
    },
    {
      "id": "etsy", "name": "Etsy", "modalities": ["image", "music", "video"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes-with-rules",
      "disclosure": "required",
      "disclosureHow": "Select 'Designed by' (not 'I made it') in Item Details, and add an explicit AI-disclosure statement in the listing description. The work must come from your own original prompt; you are the creator using AI as a tool.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "monetizableNote": "Selling AI-assisted goods from your own prompts is allowed. Reselling raw AI prompt bundles is banned entirely.",
      "detection": "Aggressive ML detection on both text (prose style, sentence structure) and images (AI artifacts). In Q1 2026 Etsy removed 12,000+ listings and warned 8,500+ accounts for non-compliance.",
      "strikeRisk": "medium",
      "strikeTriggers": "Claiming 'I made it', omitting the AI disclosure, or selling banned prompt bundles.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://www.etsy.com/seller-handbook/article/1275449912004", "https://www.inkfluenceai.com/blog/etsy-ai-disclosure-explained-2026"]
    },
    {
      "id": "adobe-stock", "name": "Adobe Stock", "modalities": ["image", "video"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes-with-rules",
      "disclosure": "required",
      "disclosureHow": "Tick the 'Created using generative AI tools' checkbox on submission. Prompts, titles, and keywords may not contain artist names, real people, fictional characters, or in-copyright works. Any identifiable person requires a model release.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "monetizableNote": "Contributors earn royalties on accepted AI content that meets the standard submission requirements.",
      "detection": "Manual and automated review against the submission rules; IP references in prompts/metadata are a common rejection.",
      "strikeRisk": "low-if-compliant",
      "strikeTriggers": "Unlabeled AI content, IP/celebrity references in metadata, or identifiable people without a release.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/generative-ai-content.html"]
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-kdp", "name": "Amazon KDP", "modalities": ["image", "text"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required",
      "disclosureHow": "Inform Amazon of AI-generated content (text, images, or translations) when you publish or republish. AI-assisted content (your own work refined with AI) need not be disclosed. The disclosure is not shown to buyers and does not affect ranking, royalties, or category eligibility.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "Disclosure is self-declared; non-disclosure discovered later is enforced.",
      "strikeRisk": "medium",
      "strikeTriggers": "Failing to disclose AI-generated content can result in book removal or account suspension.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200672390", "https://authorsguild.org/news/amazons-new-disclosure-policy-for-ai-generated-book-content-is-a-welcome-first-step/"]
    },
    {
      "id": "artstation", "name": "ArtStation", "modalities": ["image", "video"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes-with-rules",
      "disclosure": "required-in-marketplace",
      "disclosureHow": "Tag content distributed through the ArtStation Marketplace with 'CreatedWithAI' if generative AI was used. Artists can apply a 'NoAI' tag to their own work to opt out of AI training and hide AI work in galleries.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "monetizableNote": "Marketplace sales allowed with the CreatedWithAI tag; note the community is openly hostile to undisclosed AI.",
      "detection": "Tag-based plus community reporting; filtering hides AI work from default galleries and search.",
      "strikeRisk": "low-if-tagged",
      "strikeTriggers": "Selling AI work in the marketplace without the CreatedWithAI tag.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://help.artstation.com/s/article/11451085663501-Use-of-AI-Software-on-ArtStation"]
    },
    {
      "id": "tiktok", "name": "TikTok", "modalities": ["video", "image"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required-if-realistic",
      "disclosureHow": "Label any AI-generated content a reasonable viewer could mistake for real. TikTok auto-detects via C2PA Content Credentials and invisible watermarking (it integrated C2PA in Jan 2025 and has labeled 1.3B+ AI videos). 'When in doubt, disclose.'",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "C2PA Content Credentials, invisible watermark detection, and detection models; unlabeled realistic AI posts are auto-removed.",
      "strikeRisk": "medium",
      "strikeTriggers": "Unlabeled realistic AI content is removed automatically.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/new-labels-for-disclosing-ai-generated-content", "https://storrito.com/resources/tiktoks-2026-ai-labeling-rules-and-what-they-signal-for-platform-governance/"]
    },
    {
      "id": "instagram", "name": "Instagram / Meta", "modalities": ["image", "video"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required-if-realistic",
      "disclosureHow": "Label digitally generated or altered photorealistic video or realistic-sounding audio via the in-app setting before posting. Meta relies on self-declaration plus metadata from partner AI tools.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "Self-declaration plus embedded-metadata detection from partner tools.",
      "strikeRisk": "low-if-disclosed",
      "strikeTriggers": "Undisclosed realistic synthetic media.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://influencermarketinghub.com/ai-disclosure-rules/"]
    }
  ]
}