Terms of Use

Section 01Agreement and Scope

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) are entered into between you and MADE CX Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MADE CX,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). They govern your access to and use of the MADE CX platform, including the made.cx website and any subdomain, the REGISTER, MARKET and LEDGER services, user and buyer dashboards, the Cultural Property Registry, the Cultural Property Ledger, application programming interfaces, embedded content, communications, and all related tools, features and services we make available (collectively, the “Platform”).

By accessing or using any part of the Platform, creating an account, claiming a $Ticker, submitting Creative Property for registration, licensing registered Creative Property, or authorizing Custodial Services, you accept these Terms and every document incorporated into them by reference under Section 24. If you are acting on behalf of a company, estate, collective, agency, or other entity, you represent that you are authorized to bind that entity, and “you” includes that entity.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not use the Platform.

Certain services — including Custodial Services, Cultural Licenses, Cultural Liens, enterprise data access, and pilot or partner programs — are governed by additional written agreements (“Supplemental Terms”). Where Supplemental Terms conflict with these Terms, the Supplemental Terms control for that service only.

Section 02Definitions

Creative Property

Any original creative expression submitted for recording on the Platform, including but not limited to language, phrases, sounds, music, imagery, movement, choreography, design, style, likeness, persona, voice, spatial or architectural design, digital content, viral formats, cultural aesthetics, and other expressive works, together with their associated metadata.

Cultural Property

Creative Property with identifiable cultural origin, lineage, or community-based authorship — particularly work created by, derived from, or influenced by Black culture and the cultures of the Global Majority.

Culture Maker

A User who creates, owns, controls, or is the recognized steward of Creative Property and who records it on the Platform.

Buyer

A User — including brands, agencies, institutions, platforms, and their representatives — who seeks to license, use, or otherwise commercialize registered Creative Property, whether as a primary licensee or a secondary licensee.

$Ticker

The symbol of ownership assigned to a Culture Maker (and, in a distinct namespace class, to a Buyer) under the Namespace Policy (GOV-001). A $Ticker is tied to the account email of record, is required to record Creative Property, and tracks the cumulative CPRS position of a registration portfolio.

BCID™ (Blackchain Creative ID)

The blockchain-anchored certificate of registration issued by MADE CX as proof of origin, verification, and registry entry for Creative Property.

CPRS (Cultural Property Rights Standard™)

The ethical, procedural, and governance framework — including its scoring methodology — that governs registration, valuation, licensing, enforcement, and commercial use of Creative Property on the Platform (Appendix A).

CPRS Score

The rating assigned to registered Creative Property under the CPRS methodology, expressed in index points and tiered. A CPRS Score is a rating, not a price, an appraisal, or a representation of fair market value.

Culture Market Data (CMD)

Valuation Data, CPRS Scores, tier assignments, index movements, benchmarks, captions, tiles, tapes, and other analytics MADE CX generates about Creative Property, cultural events, and the market for cultural commerce, whether or not the underlying Creative Property is registered.

Valuation Data

Scoring, analytics, benchmarks, clearing references, market indicators, and financial models MADE CX applies to estimate the economic relevance of Creative Property.

Cultural License

A legally binding license issued through the Platform granting a Buyer limited rights to use Creative Property in accordance with CPRS and Appendix D.

Cultural Lien

A commercial rights claim filed and administered through the Platform, modeled on UCC-1 priority principles, asserting a Culture Maker’s priority interest in Creative Property used in commerce. Unless separately executed and filed, a Cultural Lien is a Platform instrument and not a public financing statement.

Cultural Property Ledger (the “Ledger”)

The public record on the Platform of registration and commercial activity, published subject to the privacy rules of Section 10.

Receipt

A proof-of-participation record issued through the Ledger to a contributor to a recorded transaction or work. Anchored Receipts are cryptographically committed to the blockchain.

Agentic Operations

Automated and AI-assisted functions of the Platform that interpret your instructions (by text or voice), prepare registrations, generate metadata, captions, scores and drafts, monitor for use of Creative Property, and take actions within the scope you authorize, as described in Section 7.

Custodial Services (Custodian Creditor Services)

MADE CX’s role, when expressly authorized by a Culture Maker, to act on that Culture Maker’s behalf to assert rights, file Cultural Liens, issue enforcement notices, negotiate and administer Cultural Licenses, collect and distribute proceeds, and administer compliance, as described in Section 8.

Cultural Moderator

A MADE CX reviewer authorized to verify claimed contributions and registrations against evidence under Appendix A and Section 10.

MADE CX Council

The independent governance body responsible for oversight of CPRS, escalated registrations, dispute review, and valuation integrity (Appendix B).

User

Any individual or entity that accesses or uses the Platform, including Culture Makers, Buyers, estates, collectives, agencies, institutions, vendors, and partners.

Section 03Eligibility and Accounts

3.1Eligibility

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction if higher, to use the Platform. You may not use the Platform if you are barred from doing so under applicable law, if you are located in a jurisdiction subject to comprehensive sanctions, or if you appear on any sanctions or restricted-party list maintained by the United States (including the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list), the United Kingdom, the European Union, or the United Nations.

3.2Account Registration

To record Creative Property, claim a $Ticker, license Creative Property, or authorize Custodial Services, you must create an account. You agree to provide truthful, accurate, current, and complete information and to keep it updated. Accounts may be authenticated through email, third-party sign-in providers, or other methods we support. We may require identity verification, proof of authority, or supporting documentation at any time and may decline, limit, or suspend an account pending verification.

3.3Account Security

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account, including instructions given to Agentic Operations and authorizations granted for Custodial Services. Notify us immediately at the address in Section 25 of any unauthorized use. We are not liable for loss arising from unauthorized use of your account that results from your failure to protect your credentials.

3.4Estates, Collectives and Representatives

Where an account is opened on behalf of an estate, a collective, a community, a cultural institution, or a deceased or incapacitated creator, the account holder represents that it holds the legal authority to act, and agrees to furnish letters of administration, assignments, operating agreements, or other proof of authority on request. Registrations involving heritage, lineage, or historical works may be routed to Council review under Section 6.4 before a BCID issues.

Section 04The $Ticker

4.1Assignment and Requirement

A $Ticker is assigned to every Culture Maker account upon claim and is required to record Creative Property on the Platform. Each $Ticker is tied to the account email of record. Registration, valuation, licensing, and enforcement activity on the Platform are attributed to the $Ticker under which they occur, and the $Ticker reflects the cumulative CPRS position of the Creative Property recorded under it.

4.2Namespace Policy

$Tickers are allocated, reserved, transferred, disclosed, and reclaimed in accordance with the Namespace Policy (GOV-001), which is incorporated by reference. Buyer $Tickers are allocated in a distinct namespace class with public disclosure off by default. MADE CX may reserve symbols, refuse or revoke a symbol that infringes a third party’s rights, impersonates a person or organization, is misleading, offensive, or contrary to CPRS, or that was obtained through fraud or in breach of these Terms.

4.3Nature of the $Ticker

A $Ticker is a symbol within a namespace administered by MADE CX. It is not a security, a share, a token, a currency, or a financial instrument, does not confer any equity or economic interest in MADE CX, and — except as expressly provided in GOV-001 — is not transferable, assignable, or sublicensable. Your right to use a $Ticker is a limited, revocable license that exists only while your account is in good standing.

4.4Display

Your $Ticker, CPRS Score, tier, and index movements may be displayed on the Platform, in Culture Market Data, and in Platform communications in the format the Platform uses (for example, $SYMBOL · CPRS 96.35 · ▲ 0.42 PTS), subject to the confidentiality options described in Section 9.5.

Section 05Ownership and License to MADE CX

5.1You Retain Ownership

Users retain full ownership of their Creative Property. Nothing in these Terms, and no act of registration, valuation, licensing, ledger entry, or enforcement, transfers ownership of Creative Property to MADE CX.

5.2License You Grant to MADE CX

By submitting Creative Property, you grant MADE CX a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable (solely to our service providers and the infrastructure described in Section 13) license, for the duration of the registration and as needed thereafter to maintain the integrity of the registry and Ledger, to:

1. ingest, verify, fingerprint, and record the work and its metadata;
2. store the work and metadata, including on distributed storage networks;
3. issue a BCID and anchor associated hashes to a blockchain;
4. display the work, its metadata, $Ticker, CPRS Score, and tier in the registry, the Ledger, MARKET, and Platform communications;
5. generate Valuation Data and Culture Market Data, and include the work in aggregated indices, benchmarks, and reporting;
6. process the work through Agentic Operations, including rights monitoring and authorized-use enforcement; and
7. exercise the rights described in Section 8 when you have authorized Custodial Services.

5.3No Transfer of Rights

Except where expressly agreed in a signed writing, no intellectual property rights in Creative Property are assigned or transferred to MADE CX, and no exclusive license is granted.

5.4MADE CX Property

The Platform, the CPRS methodology and scoring logic, the BCID system, the $Ticker namespace, the Ledger architecture, Culture Market Data as compiled, the Cultural License and Cultural Lien templates, and all software, designs, trademarks (including MADE CX, BCID™, CPRS™, Cultural Property Rights Standard™, and Blackchain Creative ID), and content we author are the exclusive property of MADE CX or its licensors. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Platform in accordance with these Terms. No other rights are granted.

5.5Feedback

If you provide suggestions, ideas, or feedback about the Platform, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free right to use them without obligation to you.

Section 06Registration, BCID and Verification

6.1Accuracy and Authority

You represent and warrant that all information you submit is truthful, accurate, and complete; that you own or control the Creative Property you record, or are its recognized steward with authority to act; that the registration does not infringe the rights of any third party; and that you have disclosed any co-creators, samples, sources, lineage, or community origin material to the work.

6.2What a BCID Is — and Is Not

A BCID is a certificate that a described work was submitted by a described User on a recorded date, that the submission met the verification standard in force at that time, and that its hash was committed to the registry and, where applicable, anchored on-chain. A BCID is evidence of registry entry and priority of claim on the Platform. It is not a government copyright, trademark, or patent registration; it does not by itself create, expand, or guarantee legal rights; and it is not a determination that the User is the sole or original author of the work.

6.3Verification Authority

MADE CX, Cultural Moderators, and the MADE CX Council may, at any time and in their discretion, request documentation, conduct interviews, apply content-recognition and fingerprinting tools, approve or deny BCID issuance, mark a registration as disputed or under review, assign or adjust a verification level, or revoke a registration. Verification levels, and the evidence standards behind them, are set out in Appendix A.

6.4Lineage, Heritage and Community Claims

Registrations involving heritage works, historical works, lineage-based claims, community-authored aesthetics, or works of the Global Majority may require Council review before a BCID issues. The Council may condition issuance on stewardship terms, co-registration, community benefit provisions, or public-domain designation under Appendix A.

6.5Disputed Registrations

Where two or more Users claim the same or substantially similar Creative Property, or a third party asserts a conflicting right, MADE CX may freeze the affected registrations, suspend licensing and enforcement, and refer the matter to the Council under Section 16. Priority on the Platform is determined by the recorded submission timestamp unless the Council determines otherwise on the evidence.

6.6Revocation

A BCID may be revoked where the registration was obtained through false statements, where the User is found not to own or control the work, where the work is determined to be public-domain culture registered as proprietary, where a court or arbitral order so requires, or where the User materially breaches these Terms. Revocation is recorded on the Ledger. Because on-chain records cannot be deleted, a revoked BCID is marked as revoked rather than erased (Section 13).

Section 07Agentic Operations

7.1What Agentic Operations Do

The Platform uses automated systems, including large language models, speech recognition, content recognition, and rules-based agents (together, “Agents”), to assist you and to operate Platform functions. Agents may, among other things: interpret your registration prompt and convert it into a structured registration; transcribe voice dictation; generate titles, descriptions, tags, and metadata; recommend a $Ticker; compute and update CPRS Scores; draft Cultural License terms within the CPRS framework; draft enforcement notices and Receipts; monitor public sources for use of registered Creative Property; compile Culture Market Data and write captions; and, where you have expressly authorized it, initiate actions within the scope of that authorization.

7.2Your Instructions

Instructions you give to an Agent, whether typed or spoken, are treated as your instructions. You are responsible for their content and for reviewing what the Agent produces before you confirm, submit, publish, or authorize it. Where the Platform presents a confirmation step, nothing is final until you confirm. You agree not to instruct Agents to take any action that would breach these Terms or applicable law, and you acknowledge that Agents are designed to refuse such instructions.

7.3Human Checkpoints

The following categories of action are never executed by an Agent alone, and require explicit confirmation by you and, where indicated, review by MADE CX personnel: (a) any transfer, distribution, or payment of funds; (b) the filing of a Cultural Lien or the issuance of an enforcement notice to a third party; (c) the execution of a Cultural License or any agreement binding you; (d) revocation, transfer, or release of a BCID or $Ticker; (e) any on-chain commitment that cannot be reversed; and (f) disclosure of information you have designated confidential.

7.4Limits of Automated Output

Agent output is generated probabilistically and may be inaccurate, incomplete, out of date, or inappropriate for your circumstances. Agents do not provide legal, financial, tax, or investment advice, and nothing an Agent produces creates an attorney-client, fiduciary, or advisory relationship. Draft licenses, notices, valuations, and captions are starting points that you and, where applicable, your counsel are responsible for reviewing. We do not warrant that any Agent output is correct, non-infringing, or fit for a particular purpose.

7.5Voice and Prompt Data

When you use voice dictation, audio is captured, transcribed, and processed to carry out your instruction. We may retain prompts, transcripts, and Agent outputs to operate the service, to improve accuracy and safety, to investigate abuse, and as described in the Privacy Policy. Do not include in prompts any information you are not entitled to share or that you consider sensitive beyond what is needed to complete the task.

7.6Rights Monitoring

Agents monitor publicly available sources — including news, social platforms, commerce listings, and audio/visual streams — to identify uses of registered Creative Property and cultural events relevant to Culture Market Data. Monitoring findings are indications, not determinations, of unauthorized use. No enforcement action follows a finding unless the human checkpoints in Section 7.3 have been satisfied. Monitoring is conducted in compliance with the terms of the sources monitored and applicable law.

7.7Third-Party Models and Providers

Agents rely on models, recognition engines, and infrastructure provided by third parties. Their availability and behavior may change, and we may substitute providers without notice. Your use of Agents is subject to any provider terms we identify in the Privacy Policy or Supplemental Terms.

Section 08Custodial Services

8.1Authorization Required

Custodial Services are provided only under a separate written Custodial Authorization (the “Authorization”) executed by the Culture Maker, which forms part of the Supplemental Terms. The Authorization sets out the Creative Property covered, the actions MADE CX may take, any monetary thresholds or approval rights you retain, the fee schedule, and the term. Absent an Authorization, MADE CX has no power to act on your behalf and takes no enforcement action in your name.

8.2Scope of Authority

Within the scope of an Authorization, and subject to the human checkpoints in Section 7.3, MADE CX may, in your name and on your behalf: (a) document and evidence uses of your Creative Property; (b) issue notices of registered rights, licensing invitations, cease-and-desist and enforcement notices; (c) file, maintain, amend, and release Cultural Liens on the Platform; (d) negotiate, issue, and administer Cultural Licenses on CPRS-compliant terms; (e) invoice, collect, hold, and distribute license proceeds; (f) suspend or blacklist non-compliant Buyers on the Platform; (g) submit notices under statutory notice-and-takedown regimes where you have specifically authorized it; and (h) refer matters to the Council. Litigation, regulatory filings, and public filings of any financing statement or registration with a government office are outside the scope of Custodial Services unless separately agreed in writing with you and, where required, your counsel.

8.3Standard of Care

MADE CX will perform Custodial Services in good faith, with reasonable care and skill, and in accordance with CPRS. MADE CX acts as your agent for the limited purposes stated in the Authorization. Except where a specific Authorization expressly provides otherwise, MADE CX does not undertake fiduciary duties beyond those imposed by law on an agent acting within a defined scope, and does not guarantee any recovery, outcome, licensing revenue, or third-party compliance.

8.4Your Retained Rights

You may at any time instruct MADE CX not to take a particular action, may require your approval before any license above a threshold you set is issued, and may terminate the Authorization on written notice subject to the wind-down provisions of Section 8.7. You retain the right to engage your own counsel and to pursue your own remedies; you agree to coordinate with MADE CX to avoid inconsistent positions with respect to Creative Property under Authorization.

8.5Funds Handling

Proceeds collected under Custodial Services are processed through our payment provider and are held for your benefit pending distribution under Section 12. MADE CX does not commingle collected proceeds with its operating funds beyond the fees it is entitled to retain. Distributions occur on the schedule stated in the Authorization. MADE CX is not a bank, money transmitter, trust company, or escrow agent, and funds held pending distribution are not deposits.

8.6Reporting

MADE CX will make available through your dashboard a record of actions taken, notices issued, licenses granted, proceeds collected, fees deducted, and distributions made under your Authorization. You agree to review these records and to notify us of any discrepancy within sixty (60) days.

8.7Termination and Wind-Down

On termination of an Authorization by either party, MADE CX will cease initiating new actions, will complete or hand over actions in progress as the Authorization provides, will continue to administer Cultural Licenses already issued for their stated terms unless you direct assignment to you or a successor, will distribute proceeds collected through the effective date, and will release Cultural Liens it filed unless you direct otherwise. Licenses issued to Buyers in good faith before termination remain valid for their terms.

8.8Conflicts

Because MADE CX may act for multiple Culture Makers and may transact with multiple Buyers, conflicts may arise. MADE CX will disclose material conflicts of which it is aware, will not act adversely to you on Creative Property under your Authorization, and may decline or refer a matter to the Council where it cannot act without conflict.

Section 09Valuation and Culture Market Data

9.1Informational Purpose Only

Valuation Data and Culture Market Data — including CPRS Scores, tiers, index-point movements, clearing references, benchmarks, unaccounted-value estimates, captions, and tiles — are provided for registry, licensing, educational, and informational purposes only. They do not constitute legal, financial, tax, accounting, appraisal, or investment advice; are not an offer, solicitation, or recommendation to buy, sell, license, or hold anything; and must not be relied on as a representation of the fair market value of any asset. You are solely responsible for any decision you make in reliance on them.

9.2Nature of the CPRS Score

The CPRS Score expresses MADE CX’s assessment, under a proprietary methodology, of the cultural provenance, reach, commercial relevance, and rights posture of Creative Property. Scores are recomputed as inputs change and may move up or down. Index-point movements reported on the Platform reflect changes in the Score over a stated window and do not reflect trading, prices, or transactions. A tier is a classification, not a guarantee of licensing demand or revenue.

9.3Data Sources and Accuracy

Culture Market Data is compiled from public sources, third-party data providers, Platform activity, and automated analysis. Sources may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate, or subject to change, and automated analysis may misattribute, misclassify, or miscount. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or fitness of any Culture Market Data. Where we publish estimates (for example, an estimate of culture commerce attributable to a Culture Maker or of value unaccounted for), we identify them as estimates and they are derived from models, not audited figures.

9.4Proprietary Models

All valuation methodologies, scoring frameworks, algorithms, weightings, data pipelines, and the compiled Culture Market Data database are the exclusive property of MADE CX and its licensors and are protected as trade secrets and by copyright and database rights where available. You may not reverse-engineer, replicate, scrape, systematically extract, or build derivative scoring products from them.

9.5Consent to Analysis and Public Display

By recording Creative Property, you consent to its valuation, market analysis, inclusion in indices and benchmarks, and aggregated reporting. Your $Ticker, CPRS Score, tier, and index movements may be displayed publicly in MARKET, in the Ledger, in the market tape, and in Platform communications and social captions. You may request confidentiality of asset-level Valuation Data through your dashboard, in which case we will display only aggregated or anonymized data for that asset; a confidentiality election does not remove a registration from the Ledger record itself.

9.6Coverage of Unregistered Culture

Culture Market Data may report on cultural events, works, and persons that are not registered on the Platform, drawn from news and public sources, to inform the public about the cultural economy. Such coverage identifies the underlying source, does not assert any rights claim on behalf of MADE CX, and is presented as commentary and analysis. A person or organization who is the subject of such coverage may contact us under Section 15 to correct an inaccuracy, to claim and register the underlying Creative Property, or to request removal of a tile.

9.7Permitted Use of Culture Market Data

You may view Culture Market Data on the Platform and share Platform-generated captions and tiles through the share tools we provide, with MADE CX attribution intact. Any other reproduction, redistribution, commercial use, incorporation into another product, or use to train a model requires a written data license from MADE CX.

9.8No Market, No Advice

MADE CX operates a licensing marketplace for cultural property. It does not operate an exchange for securities, commodities, or derivatives; $Tickers and CPRS Scores are not tradeable instruments; and nothing on the Platform should be read as a promise that any Creative Property will appreciate or generate income.

Section 10The Cultural Property Ledger

10.1Purpose

The Ledger records registration and commercial activity on the Platform so that participation in cultural commerce is visible and verifiable, and so that direct and indirect contributions to culture can be evidenced. The Ledger is the destination for participation data and may be used in aggregated form for research, reporting, and policy purposes by MADE CX and the CX Foundation.

10.2Privacy Rule

The Ledger logs that activity occurred without publishing private transaction details. Prices, license terms, counterparties’ private information, and negotiation records are not published. Entries recording that a use of Creative Property occurred do not name the using party. Volume data is published in bands and only where a minimum number of entries from distinct $Tickers exists in the relevant window. Timing may be coarsened at a User’s election where the Platform offers it. The full privacy rule is set out in Appendix A.

10.3Receipts

A contributor to a recorded work or transaction may request a Receipt evidencing their participation. Receipts use participation language and do not by themselves constitute an assignment, a license, a credit obligation, or an admission of ownership by any party. An anchored Receipt commits a hash of the Receipt to the blockchain and is a paid service. A Receipt may be issued to a person who is not a Platform user, subject to identity confirmation and to these Terms.

10.4Claimed Contributions and Moderation

A claimed contribution may be recorded as “claimed” by the claimant, and may be elevated to “verified” by a Cultural Moderator on the strength of evidence submitted, with the evidence itself kept private. A party who disputes a verified contribution may open a dispute under Section 16. Entries are attributed to the $Ticker or identity under which they were recorded, and the recording party is responsible for their accuracy.

10.5Non-User Participants

Culture Makers and Buyers who are not Platform account holders may record a transaction through the pathways the Platform provides. By doing so they accept these Terms with respect to that entry, and MADE CX may require identity confirmation before publishing it.

10.6Corrections

Ledger entries are corrected by appending a correction entry, not by deletion, so that the record remains continuous. Anchored entries cannot be altered on-chain and are corrected by a subsequent anchored entry.

Section 11Licensing and Enforcement

11.1Platform Licensing Standard

Commercial use of registered Creative Property must be licensed through a CPRS-compliant Cultural License unless the Culture Maker has explicitly opted out in writing or the use is otherwise permitted by law. Cultural Licenses are issued on the templates in Appendix D as modified by the parties within the CPRS framework, and are contracts between the Culture Maker (or MADE CX as custodian under Section 8) and the Buyer.

11.2Buyer Obligations

Buyers represent that they have authority to bind the licensee entity; agree to use Creative Property only within the scope, term, territory, and media of the license; agree to attribution and cultural-origin requirements under CPRS; agree to pay license fees when due; and agree that the Platform may record that a licensed use occurred on the Ledger under the privacy rule.

11.3Primary and Secondary Buyers

A primary Buyer licenses directly from the Culture Maker or custodian. A secondary Buyer licenses from a primary Buyer or through a sublicense right expressly granted in a Cultural License. Secondary licensing without an express right is unauthorized use.

11.4Enforcement Authority

When authorized under Section 8, or when acting to protect the integrity of the Platform, MADE CX may: issue notices of registered rights and enforcement notices; record and administer Cultural Liens on the Platform against uses of registered Creative Property; document unauthorized use; suspend or remove non-compliant Buyers; and record enforcement events on the Ledger under the privacy rule. Enforcement on the Platform is without prejudice to any legal remedy available to the Culture Maker.

11.5Cultural Liens

A Cultural Lien is a Platform record asserting a Culture Maker’s priority interest in Creative Property used in commerce, modeled on the priority and notice principles of UCC Article 9 filings. Its effect among Platform Users is contractual under these Terms and the license instruments. A Cultural Lien is not a public financing statement, security interest perfected under law, or court order unless separately executed and filed in the appropriate public office; where a Culture Maker wishes to perfect a security interest, that is undertaken with counsel outside the Platform. Liens are released on satisfaction, on the Culture Maker’s instruction, or by Council determination.

11.6Dispute Escalation

Disputes between Users about registration, licensing, contribution, or enforcement may be escalated to the MADE CX Council for review and recommendation under Section 16. Council review is a condition precedent to any arbitration between Users concerning the Platform except where interim relief is sought to prevent irreparable harm.

Section 12Payments, Fees and Distributions

12.1Payment Processing

Payments on the Platform are processed by third-party payment providers. To receive distributions you must complete the provider’s onboarding, which may include identity verification and tax documentation, and you agree to the provider’s terms. MADE CX does not store full payment-card numbers.

12.2Revenue Split

Unless Supplemental Terms provide otherwise, net proceeds from a Cultural License are distributed eighty percent (80%) to the Culture Maker, sixteen percent (16%) to MADE CX as the Platform fee, and four percent (4%) to the CX Foundation for cultural equity reinvestment. “Net proceeds” means amounts actually received less payment-processing costs, taxes we are required to collect, refunds, and chargebacks.

12.3Fees

Recording Creative Property and recording transactions on the Ledger are currently free. Anchored Receipts, certain verification tiers, enterprise data access, expedited review, and Custodial Services carry fees published on the Platform or in Supplemental Terms. We may change fees prospectively on thirty (30) days’ notice; changes do not affect fees already incurred or licenses already executed.

12.4Distributions and Holds

Distributions are made on the schedule stated on the Platform or in your Authorization after funds have settled with the payment provider. We may hold or delay distributions where a transaction is disputed, subject to chargeback, under investigation, subject to a Council freeze, or where required by law, sanctions, or a court order.

12.5Taxes

You are responsible for all taxes on amounts you receive. We may withhold and remit taxes where required by law and will issue tax documents as required. Buyers are responsible for sales, use, VAT, and similar taxes on license fees unless a valid exemption is provided.

12.6Refunds and Chargebacks

License fees are non-refundable once a license has issued, except as the license or applicable law provides. If a Buyer initiates a chargeback on a distributed amount, the Culture Maker agrees that the disputed amount may be offset against future distributions, and the Buyer’s account may be suspended pending resolution.

Section 13Blockchain, Storage and Permanence

13.1On-Chain Anchoring

BCIDs, anchored Receipts, and certain Ledger events are committed to a public blockchain network by writing a cryptographic hash and minimal metadata. Public blockchains are operated by third parties, are not controlled by MADE CX, and records written to them are permanent and publicly readable. We do not write the content of Creative Property itself on-chain.

13.2Distributed Storage

Copies of submitted files and metadata may be stored on distributed, content-addressed storage networks through pinning providers. Content on such networks may be replicated by nodes we do not control, and removal from the network cannot be guaranteed once published. Files you designate confidential are not pinned to public networks.

13.3Right to Erasure

Where you exercise a right to delete your account or Creative Property, we will delete or de-identify off-chain records to the extent permitted by law and by our obligations to maintain registry and Ledger integrity, will unpin content we control, and will mark on-chain records as revoked or withdrawn. We cannot alter or delete on-chain records already written, and you acknowledge this limitation.

13.4No Custody of Digital Assets

MADE CX does not custody cryptocurrency or tokens for Users, does not require you to hold a wallet, and does not issue tokens. Network fees for anchoring are borne by MADE CX or included in the fees for the relevant service.

13.5Network Risk

Blockchain and distributed storage networks may experience congestion, forks, outages, protocol changes, or discontinuation. We may migrate anchoring or storage to alternative networks and will maintain a verifiable record of migration. We are not liable for the acts or omissions of network operators, node operators, or pinning providers.

Section 14Prohibited Conduct

You may not, and may not permit or instruct any Agent or third party to:

1. record Creative Property you do not own, control, or have authority to steward;
2. misappropriate, obscure, or misrepresent the cultural origin, lineage, or community authorship of a work;
3. register public-domain culture, collective cultural expression, or another community’s heritage as proprietary to you;
4. reverse-engineer, decompile, probe, or attempt to derive the CPRS methodology, scoring logic, or Agent prompts and configurations;
5. commercially use registered Creative Property without a Cultural License;
6. interfere with, circumvent, or retaliate against enforcement actions, Cultural Liens, or Council processes;
7. manipulate, inflate, or distort CPRS Scores, index movements, Ledger volume, contribution claims, or other Culture Market Data, including through coordinated activity, sham transactions, or fabricated evidence;
8. scrape, crawl, bulk-download, or systematically extract Platform content or Culture Market Data, or use it to train machine-learning models, without a written license;
9. submit prompts or content designed to cause an Agent to act outside its authorization, disclose confidential information, produce unlawful output, or take actions against another User;
10. impersonate any person, estate, or organization, or claim a $Ticker that infringes another’s rights;
11. upload malicious code, interfere with the Platform’s operation or security, or access accounts or data without authorization;
12. use the Platform in violation of sanctions, export-control, anti-money-laundering, or anti-corruption laws; or
13. use the Platform to harass, defame, or threaten any person, or to publish unlawful, hateful, or infringing content.

Violations may result in BCID revocation, $Ticker reclamation, suspension or termination, forfeiture of undistributed proceeds to the extent permitted by law, Ledger annotation, referral to the Council, and legal escalation.

Section 15Third-Party Content and Notices of Claimed Infringement

15.1User Content and Public Sources

The Platform displays content submitted by Users and content drawn from public sources, including headlines, imagery, and excerpts presented in MARKET tiles as news commentary and analysis with attribution to the source. MADE CX does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of third-party sources, and links to them are provided for reference only.

15.2Notice-and-Takedown

MADE CX responds to notices of claimed copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and comparable laws. To submit a notice, send to the designated agent at the address in Section 25: (a) identification of the work claimed to be infringed; (b) identification and location of the material claimed to be infringing; (c) your contact information; (d) a statement of good-faith belief that the use is not authorized; (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are authorized to act; and (f) your physical or electronic signature. We may forward notices to the affected User, who may submit a counter-notice. We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.

15.3Corrections and Removal Requests

A person or organization identified in Culture Market Data may request correction of a factual inaccuracy or removal of a tile by contacting us. We will review requests in good faith and act where the content is inaccurate, unlawful, or outside CPRS. We may decline requests that seek removal of accurate commentary on matters of public interest.

15.4Rights Claims Against Registrations

A third party who believes a registration on the Platform conflicts with its rights may file a rights claim, which is handled under Sections 6.5 and 16.

Section 16The MADE CX Council

16.1Role

The MADE CX Council is the independent governance body responsible for oversight of the Cultural Property Rights Standard, review of escalated registrations, review of disputes between Users, and the integrity of valuation. Its composition, authority, procedures, and conflict rules are set out in the Council Charter (Appendix B).

16.2Review Process

Matters may be referred to the Council by MADE CX, a Cultural Moderator, or a User through the Platform. The Council may request evidence and submissions from the parties, may consult community or subject-matter advisors, and will issue a written determination with reasons within the timeframes in the Charter. Interim measures, including freezing a registration or suspending licensing, may be ordered pending determination.

16.3Effect of Determinations

Council determinations are binding on the Platform: MADE CX will implement them by adjusting registrations, verification levels, Ledger annotations, liens, and licensing as directed. As between Users, Council determinations are recommendations that the parties agree to consider in good faith; they are not arbitral awards or court judgments, and they do not preclude any party from pursuing legal remedies after the review concludes. Council determinations and the reasons for them may be published in redacted form for the benefit of the community.

16.4No Liability

Council members act in a governance capacity. Neither the Council nor its members are liable to any User for a determination made in good faith, and Users agree not to bring claims against Council members personally in respect of their service.

Section 17Privacy and Communications

17.1Privacy Policy

Our collection, use, storage, and disclosure of personal information is described in the MADE CX Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference. By using the Platform you consent to the processing described there, including processing by Agents and by the infrastructure providers described in Sections 7 and 13.

17.2Electronic Communications

You consent to receive service communications — including notices under these Terms, Council notices, enforcement reports, distribution statements, and changes to these Terms — electronically at the email address on your account. Notices are deemed given when sent.

17.3Text Messaging

If you provide a mobile number and opt in, we may send transactional and account messages by SMS. Message frequency varies; message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out and HELP for help. Consent to SMS is not a condition of using the Platform.

17.4Confidential Information

Where you designate Creative Property, evidence, license terms, or Valuation Data as confidential through the tools we provide, we will treat it accordingly under the Privacy Policy and Section 10.2, and will disclose it only to personnel, Moderators, Council members, and providers who need it to perform the service, or as required by law.

Section 18Disclaimers

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PLATFORM, AGENTIC OPERATIONS, CUSTODIAL SERVICES, VALUATION DATA, CULTURE MARKET DATA, BCIDs, THE LEDGER, RECEIPTS, AND ALL RELATED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AND QUIET ENJOYMENT.

Without limiting the foregoing, MADE CX does not warrant that: the Platform will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free; any Agent output, score, estimate, caption, draft, or monitoring finding will be accurate, complete, or suitable for your purposes; any registration will be free from dispute or will establish legal rights; any enforcement action or Custodial Service will produce a recovery, license, or particular outcome; any Buyer will comply with a license; any Culture Market Data reflects actual market value; or any blockchain or storage network will remain available or unchanged.

MADE CX is not a law firm, a licensed appraiser, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer, a bank, a money transmitter, or a collective rights management organization licensed by any government, and the Platform is not a substitute for advice from qualified professionals. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, in which case the exclusions above apply to the maximum extent permitted.

Section 19Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, MADE CX, ITS AFFILIATES, THE CX FOUNDATION, THE MADE CX COUNCIL AND ITS MEMBERS, CULTURAL MODERATORS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, LICENSORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, OPPORTUNITY, LICENSING INCOME, DATA, GOODWILL, OR REPUTATION, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM OR THESE TERMS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Without limiting the foregoing, MADE CX is not liable for: inaccuracies in User-submitted information or contribution claims; third-party misuse of Creative Property or Culture Market Data; the acts or omissions of Buyers, sources, payment providers, model providers, or network operators; downtime, data loss, or interruption; Agent output or actions taken within an authorization you granted; Council determinations; or the permanence of on-chain records.

THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF MADE CX AND THE PARTIES LISTED ABOVE FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE FEES YOU PAID TO MADE CX, OR THE PLATFORM FEES MADE CX RETAINED FROM PROCEEDS ATTRIBUTABLE TO YOU, IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, AND (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100).

These limitations do not apply to liability that cannot be limited by law, including liability for fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence where applicable law prohibits its limitation, and do not limit MADE CX’s obligation to distribute proceeds actually collected on your behalf under Section 12.

Section 20Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless MADE CX, its affiliates, the CX Foundation, the Council and its members, Cultural Moderators, and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, and agents from and against all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to: (a) Creative Property you record or content you submit; (b) your breach of these Terms or of any representation or warranty; (c) instructions you give to Agents; (d) actions MADE CX takes within the scope of an Authorization you granted; (e) your use of Creative Property as a Buyer; (f) your violation of any law or third-party right; or (g) any dispute between you and another User. We may assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification, in which case you agree to cooperate. You may not settle any matter in a way that imposes obligations on us without our written consent.

Section 21Term, Suspension and Termination

21.1Term

These Terms apply from the moment you first access the Platform and continue until terminated.

21.2Termination by You

You may close your account at any time through your dashboard or by written notice. Closing your account terminates any Authorization under Section 8.7, does not terminate Cultural Licenses already issued, and is subject to Section 13.3 with respect to on-chain records.

21.3Suspension and Termination by MADE CX

We may suspend or terminate your access, revoke BCIDs, reclaim $Tickers, freeze registrations, and withhold distributions, with or without notice, where we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms, engaged in Prohibited Conduct, presented a legal or security risk, or where required by law or a Council determination. Where practicable we will give notice and an opportunity to cure for non-material breaches.

21.4Effect of Termination

On termination: your license to use the Platform ends; registrations under your account are marked withdrawn or revoked as applicable; Ledger entries remain as a matter of record under the privacy rule; proceeds collected for you before termination, less amounts properly withheld, will be distributed; and Sections 2, 5.3–5.5, 9.4, 9.7, 13, 16.4, and 18 through 24 survive.

Section 22Dispute Resolution and Binding Arbitration

22.1Informal Resolution

Before beginning arbitration, you and MADE CX agree to attempt to resolve any dispute informally. Send a written notice describing the dispute and the relief sought to the address in Section 25; we will do the same to your account email. The parties will confer in good faith for at least sixty (60) days. Where the dispute is between Users, Council review under Section 16 must be completed first.

22.2Agreement to Arbitrate

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform that is not resolved informally will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules (or Consumer Arbitration Rules where applicable) then in effect, before a single arbitrator. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Section. The arbitrator, not a court, decides all questions of arbitrability except as provided in Section 22.5.

22.3Procedure

The seat of arbitration is Los Angeles County, California. Hearings may be conducted by videoconference or, at the election of an individual claimant, in the county of the claimant’s residence. The arbitrator may award any relief available in court on an individual basis, will issue a reasoned written decision, and judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Fees are allocated under the applicable AAA rules; for consumer claims MADE CX will pay AAA and arbitrator fees to the extent required by those rules.

22.4Class and Representative Action Waiver

YOU AND MADE CX AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE PERSON OR PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

If this waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) will be severed and proceed in court, and the remaining claims will be arbitrated.

22.5Exceptions

Either party may bring an individual action in small-claims court for qualifying claims, and either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court to protect intellectual property rights, the integrity of the registry and Ledger, or the confidentiality of proprietary methodologies. A court, not the arbitrator, decides the enforceability of the class-action waiver.

22.6Thirty-Day Opt-Out

You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to the address in Section 25 within thirty (30) days of first accepting these Terms (or of the effective date of this version, if you accepted an earlier version). The notice must state your name, account email, and $Ticker (if any) and that you opt out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect any other provision of these Terms.

22.7Jury Waiver

To the extent any claim proceeds in court, you and MADE CX each waive the right to a trial by jury to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Section 23Governing Law and Venue

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Platform are governed by the laws of the State of California and applicable United States federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except that the Federal Arbitration Act governs Section 22. Subject to Section 22, the state and federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California have exclusive jurisdiction over any court proceeding, and you consent to personal jurisdiction and venue there. Nothing in this Section deprives you of mandatory consumer protections of the jurisdiction in which you reside.

23.1International Users

The Platform is operated from the United States. If you access it from elsewhere, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local law, including laws on cultural heritage, collective rights, and data protection. Where MADE CX partners with organizations in other jurisdictions to recognize CPRS registrations locally, the terms of that recognition are set out in Supplemental Terms.

23.2Export and Sanctions

You agree to comply with United States export-control and economic-sanctions laws and not to use the Platform for the benefit of any sanctioned person, entity, or jurisdiction.

Section 24Changes, Appendices and General Terms

24.1Changes to These Terms

We may modify these Terms from time to time. For material changes we will give at least thirty (30) days’ notice by email or by prominent notice on the Platform before the change takes effect, except that changes required by law or to address a security or legal risk may take effect immediately. Your continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Platform and may close your account. Changes do not apply retroactively to disputes of which we had notice before the effective date, and do not alter Cultural Licenses already executed.

24.2Appendices Incorporated by Reference

24.3Entire Agreement

These Terms, the Appendices, the Privacy Policy, and any Supplemental Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and MADE CX regarding the Platform and supersede all prior agreements, including the Terms of Use dated December 2025.

24.4Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights under them without our written consent. MADE CX may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, and will give notice of any assignment that affects the custody of proceeds or Creative Property.

24.5Severability; Waiver

If any provision is held unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted and the remainder will continue in effect. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver.

24.6Force Majeure

MADE CX is not liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including network or provider failures, government action, labor disputes, natural disasters, and epidemics.

24.7Relationship

Except as expressly provided in an Authorization, nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, employment, fiduciary, or franchise relationship. MADE CX is not a party to Cultural Licenses between Users except when acting as custodian.

24.8Interpretation

Headings and “In plain terms” summaries are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation; where a summary and the operative text differ, the operative text controls. “Including” means “including without limitation.”

Section 25Contact and Acceptance

25.1Contact

MADE CX Inc.
Legal Department
Los Angeles, California, United States
Email: legal@made.cx
Designated agent for notices of claimed infringement: notices@made.cx
Arbitration opt-out and dispute notices: legal@made.cx, subject line “Section 22 Notice”

25.2Acceptance

By accessing or using MADE CX, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms and all incorporated Appendices, Supplemental Terms, and the Privacy Policy.