Edition 3 · Comparison laboratory
The file did not change.
Its commercial life did.
Put two states side by side. Watch the route, evidence and rights questions change around the work.
Left specimen
Right specimen
Creation record
The approved work
A final creative object with its makers, components and approved version identified.
Route
- Creator-held master
- Named finished export
- No distribution assumed
Rights questions
- Who contributed to the work?
- Which version is final?
- Which embedded components have their own terms?
Evidence to preserve
Final master + checksumContributor and component listApproval record
same
work?≠same
route
Advertising engine
Budget changes the route
Targeting, spend, campaign objectives and possibly the creator’s identity gather around the same work.
Route
- Authorized advertiser
- Defined audience + market
- Start and stop dates
Rights questions
- Which account and identity appear?
- Who controls copy, targeting and edits?
- When must paid delivery stop?
Evidence to preserve
Ad authorizationCampaign ID + datesMedia report + disclosure capture
What changed?
OriginalCreator-held masterThe file exists. Permission has not been inferred.
→PaidAuthorized advertiserThe pixels may match. The commercial use does not.
This comparison is an operational teaching tool, not a finding that a specific use is authorized, infringing or legally equivalent.
Keep the evidence together
Continue Edition 3
Read the complete public story, then inspect the authorities behind this comparison.
Source desk
Trace the live systems.
Specimen A · Original