Control comes from specific contract language. Do not rely on a broad label such as ‘AI use’ when the real questions are who receives the records, whether they may train or evaluate models, and whether any content can be displayed, shared or resold.
Control over use
What to settle before you share anything
Identify the receiving party
Know whether the counterparty is the end user, an intermediary or a licensing partner. Ask which affiliates, contractors or subprocessors may access the dataset and under what obligations.
Separate training from other uses
Model training, evaluation, fine-tuning, retrieval, benchmarking, public display and product demonstrations are different activities. Permission for one should not be assumed to cover all the others.
Address onward use
State whether the recipient may share, sublicense, publish or resell the source data. Also address derived artifacts where relevant, including annotations, embeddings and evaluation sets.
Set time and enforcement limits
Define the license term, retention, deletion and what happens when the agreement ends. A right without a practical way to verify compliance leaves your team guessing.
A practical review checklist
Four things to take into the room
- Name every category of recipient with access.
- List permitted and prohibited uses separately.
- Address display, redistribution and resale explicitly.
- Agree on term, retention, deletion and audit or certification rights.
The Datumi process
How Datumi frames control
Datumi treats a license as a bounded arrangement: a defined dataset, defined rights and a defined term. It is not open-ended access to your company’s systems.
Before signing, your team can review the proposed scope and permitted use. Questions about a specific recipient or downstream right belong in the agreement, not in an assumption.
“Could you explain the recipient’s exact rights in one sentence without using the word ‘etc.’?”
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