How we price culture

The Cultural Property Rights Standard.

CPRS is the methodology MADE CX uses to price cultural property. It scores a work across five weighted dimensions, applies a demand coefficient, and turns cultural influence into a defensible, comparable number — the way a credit rating turns a borrower into a grade, or a comp set turns a house into a price. Every valuation MADE CX publishes uses the same standard, so each one makes the next more credible.

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The five dimensions

Each dimension is scored and weighted; together they produce a Base Cultural Property Value (BCPV).

CIS
Cultural Influence
How far the work moves culture — not just reach, but whether the form itself gets replicated. Influence is measured in imitation, not impressions.
×0.30
CCI
Consumer Conversion
The measurable commercial lift the work drives — streams, sales, attendance, search — attributable to the property on a known date.
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LIP
Likeness & Identity
The identity surface: name, likeness, voice, signature style and marks — the layer AI systems most want, and the one most often undocumented.
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CUV
Commercial Usage
Proven commercial exploitation — licensing, partnerships, registered marks — discounted for discontinuity and disputes.
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HLM
Heritage & Lineage
A 1.0–3.0 multiplier for a work's place in a cultural lineage — whether it transmits heritage, not merely descends from it.
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From five scores to one number

CPRS is deliberately legible: a score, a coefficient, and a modeled value presented as a band with a stated confidence.

Step 1

BCPV

The weighted five dimensions produce a Base Cultural Property Value — a 0–100 score placing the work in a CPRS tier.

Step 2

Cultural Demand Coefficient

A blended sector multiplier (e.g. music & entertainment vs. AI/data demand) adjusts the BCPV into a CPRS capture coefficient.

Step 3

TCPMV

The capture coefficient is applied to an observable commerce base to model a Total Cultural Property Market Value — always a band, with a confidence factor, never a single certified figure.

What CPRS is — and is not

CPRS is

  • An editorial, repeatable methodology for pricing cultural property.
  • A comparable framework — every valuation adds to a growing public comp set.
  • A way to make culture legible to capital: a score, a tier, a modeled range.
  • Proprietary to MADE CX, published openly so it can be examined.

CPRS is not

  • An appraisal, fairness opinion, audit, or certified valuation.
  • Prepared under USPAP or any recognized appraisal standard.
  • Accredited, adopted, or recognized by any government or standards body.
  • Suitable for financial reporting, lending, tax, insurance, or transactions.
FAQ

Questions, answered

What is CPRS?

CPRS — the Cultural Property Rights Standard — is MADE CX's proprietary methodology for valuing cultural property across five weighted dimensions and a demand coefficient. It is not accredited or recognized by any standards body, and CPRS valuations are editorial estimates, not appraisals.

Why value culture with no comparable sales?

Because the absence of comparables is the market failure. CPRS builds the comp set: each published valuation, scored the same way, becomes a reference point — the way a comp database beats any single appraisal.

How do I get my own work valued and registered?

Register cultural property at made.cx. Claiming a ticker is free at made.cx/claim.

Enter the exchange

Price your culture. Then own the record.

CPRS is how the number gets built. made.cx is where you register the work, claim your identity, and turn it into a defensible asset — claiming is free.