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Terms of Use

Commons on Demand ("Commons") is a venue for time-limited presentations of creative and cognitive work. By using it you agree to these terms.

Ownership

Artists own their work. Commons is infrastructure, not a publisher: it does not commission, edit, endorse, or claim rights over anything presented here. Responsibility for a work rests with the maker who presents it.

Ephemerality

Every cluster exists for 24 hours and is then deleted — files, pages, and media are removed from our systems after expiry. Commons keeps no archive of expired works. Do not rely on Commons for storage.

No algorithm, no data sale, no advertising

Commons has no recommendation engine, sells no data, and shows no advertising. Nothing you do here is profiled or monetized beyond the payment you choose to make.

Payments

Entry to a paid cluster is pay-what-you-can above a minimum set by the artist. Payments are processed by our merchant of record, which handles applicable taxes; the artist's share is split at the source. What you receive is a unique numbered digital card tied to that cluster and transaction. Because the card is a unique digital object and the work is time-limited, all sales are final except where the work was unavailable due to a fault on our side or where required by law.

Code of conduct

• No harassment, hate, or targeting of any person or group — makers or witnesses.
• No unlawful content, and no content that exploits or endangers minors in any form. Zero tolerance; immediate removal and account termination.
• No uploading work you don't have the rights to present.
• No attempts to deanonymize visitors, scrape the platform, or circumvent access or payment mechanisms.
• Commons may remove content or accounts that violate these rules. This is a small venue run with care; we act on violations directly.

Privacy Policy

What we collect from makers: name, city, and role — used solely to place you on the globe and label your work. An email address and password are used for sign-in only.

What we collect from visitors: nothing. No accounts, no tracking, no analytics, no profiles, no third-party data sharing. The only cookie-like storage is the session token that keeps a signed-in maker logged in, and (for buyers) a ticket for the cluster they activated.

Payments: processed by Creem as merchant of record — see Creem's privacy policy. Commons never sees or stores card numbers.

Infrastructure: media files are stored on Backblaze B2 until cluster expiry (Backblaze privacy); requests are processed by Cloudflare (Cloudflare privacy).

Deletion: expired works are deleted from storage and cache automatically. Makers may delete their profile and works at any time.

Copyright Notice

• Platform code and design: © 2026 commons-on-demand.com.
• Artist works: © their respective creators. Commons claims no rights to uploaded works — no license, no archive rights, no reuse.
• Works expire after 24 hours; Commons retains no copies after expiry.
• Rights holders: to report an infringing work, email 2026@commons-on-demand.com; given the 24h format we act quickly.

Artist Agreement

By creating a profile and presenting work on Commons, I agree that:

• I own, or hold the rights to present, everything I upload.
• I understand and accept the 24-hour ephemeral nature of the venue: my work is deleted at expiry, and Commons keeps no archive.
• I accept the revenue split shown at the time of sale, processed by the merchant of record, and I am responsible for my own income reporting.
• I will follow the code of conduct above, and I understand violations can end my access.
• Commons is infrastructure: it does not insure, back up, or guarantee the availability of my work.