Terms of Generation: a person's likeness and voice.
Public draft 1, 11 November 2026. Draft for review by qualified counsel. Not legal advice. Not in force.
This deed is not the licence. It is a plain-language summary of the ToG 1.0 legal code and has no legal effect. The person's rules and the legal code decide what is allowed. If this page and they differ, they control. In this deed "you" is the reader: someone who wants to make or use AI content of the person, or an AI company.
What this is
A person has published Terms of Generation about themselves. The terms say what AI systems may make with that person's face, body and voice. Each person chooses their own rules. The legal text under every choice is the same. This version covers a person's likeness and voice only.
A person with no Terms of Generation has said nothing. Silence is not permission.
What the person chose
The card on the person's page is printed from their rules.
Conditions in the person's own words, up to 1,000 characters in any language, come first on the card: they can only narrow the rules, never open anything; adding one works at once, removing one needs confirmation.
They mean what a reasonable reader in the person's position would take them to mean; an AI company passes them to whoever or whatever decides each generation and does not generate if it cannot follow them. A signed deal comes first between its parties, and sets a condition aside for the AI company only if it says so.
These are the common lines and what each one means.
| The card says | What it means |
|---|---|
| No AI generation of me | Nothing is allowed outside deals the person signed. Those deals continue; the person can withdraw from one at any time, and the deal sets what follows for money. The person gives nothing and promises nothing. The text "tog:no" in a profile the person controls means the same. |
| For fun and fan content | Non-commercial personal expression, shared without payment and not for a business. |
| For news, commentary and satire | Reporting, commentary, criticism, satire and documentary about real events or matters of public interest. A news publisher may use it for news reporting even with ads or a paywall. |
| For teaching and research | Those purposes only, and not for a business. Paid courses and corporate training are commercial. |
| Only with my approval of each one | Before approval only the person sees the result, apart from the registry that relays it, the AI company's systems and safety reviewers and, under a deal, the people of the party the deal names, all bound to confidence. Approval covers that exact file and its copies in other sizes or formats, but not a crop the approval does not mention. No answer means no. Under a deal, approval is a duty with a 7-day clock: see "A deal is a yes" below. |
| Ads and paid work only under a deal I sign | No permission by itself. Commercial use always needs a signed deal with the person. |
| Pictures and video. Not my voice. | Only the listed forms. Voice is allowed only if listed. |
| Never: politics, alcohol, gambling and so on | Closed for every purpose, unless a deal the person signs opens it. Sexual and adult content open only under a deal the person signs personally for it, after an identity document check. |
| Training AI models on me: no | No model, adapter or clone of the person's face or voice may be deliberately made or kept, nor made from media where the person publishes these terms, that carries their terms or record, or that came with a request naming the person. Training is possible only under a paid deal with an end date; "training: yes" on a card only means the person will consider such a deal. |
Three example cards
Every card is printed from the person's rules.
A person saying no
No AI generation of me.
Not for fun, not for news, not for teaching or research, not for ads. Deals I have signed continue until I withdraw from them. No model or clone of me may be deliberately made or kept, nor made from media where I publish these terms, that carries my terms or record, or that came with a request naming me.
This is a reservation and a notice, not a licence. It binds every AI company that has given the public undertaking under ToG 1.0, and anyone else who has accepted ToG 1.0 for a generation of me. For everyone else it is notice and evidence. It never limits my rights under the law.
It does not technically stop anyone, and it does not say that any use is lawful or unlawful.
A person: news, teaching and research only
AI may make me only for news, commentary and satire, and for teaching and research that is not for a business.
As pictures and video. Not my voice, and no 3D model of me.
Never: sexual or adult content; ads and "I recommend it"; politics; religion; alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and drugs; weapons; violence; gambling; money and investing; medicine and health; fashion and beauty.
Training AI models on me: no.
Always shown as made by AI, never as a real recording of me. Checked against my current rules before each generation. The record of each generation travels with the file.
What I give: anyone who accepted these terms and kept them may use what they made for the purpose they made it for, even after I change my mind, unless my local law gives me a stronger right, and I will not sue them for it. Changing my mind costs me nothing.
This permission is only for AI companies and people who accept the legal code. Commercial use needs a deal I sign.
An actor: paid work only, each output approved
AI may make me only under a deal I sign, and only with my approval of each output unless the deal says otherwise.
As pictures and video. Not my voice.
Never: sexual or adult content; politics; religion; alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and drugs; weapons; violence; gambling; money and investing; medicine and health; fashion and beauty. A deal may open some of these; sexual or adult content only by a deal I sign personally for it, after an identity document check.
Each output: before I approve, only I see it, apart from the registry that relays it, the AI company's systems and safety reviewers, and the people of the party the deal names, all bound to confidence. My approval covers that exact file and its copies in other sizes or formats. Once I approve, that approval stands. Unless the deal says otherwise, I answer each output within 7 days of its reaching me and refuse only by naming the term of the deal or of the licence that it breaks.
Training AI models on me: no, unless a paid deal says so with an end date.
Always shown as made by AI, never as a real recording of me. Each published ad shows the label of the record it was made under.
What I give: anyone who accepted these terms and kept them, under a deal I signed, may use what they made under it, with my approval where the deal requires it, for the purpose it was made for, even after I withdraw, unless the deal says otherwise or my local law gives me a stronger right. My no does not end deals I signed. I can withdraw from one deal at any time: new generation under it stops, and the deal sets what follows for money and for approved outputs.
This card says that I will consider deals. It is not itself a permission for any commercial use.
If the rules allow your use, you may
- make pictures, video, voice or 3D of the person with an AI system, in the listed forms, for the listed purpose;
- share and publish what was made, and edit it or combine it with other material without changing what it shows the person doing, for that same purpose.
Only if you
- use an AI company that has accepted this licence and holds a record a registry signed for the generation, made before the generation started;
- keep that record with the file, so far as where you publish allows, and never strip it;
- say where you publish that it was made by AI, so that people notice, and in an ad also print the label of the record;
- wait for the person's approval where the rules ask for it, and under any deal unless the deal says otherwise;
- use the result only for the purpose you declared;
- never suggest that the person recommends you, your product or your cause, unless a deal with the person expressly allows it; the person's appearance in what you made is not by itself such a suggestion.
Never, whatever the rules say
- no sexual or adult content of the person, except under a deal the person signs personally for it after an identity document check shows who they are and that they are of age. No rules, agent, agency or guardian can open it. It never shows a minor, anyone as under 18, or any other real person who can be identified and has no such deal of their own. The person can withdraw at any time, even after the deal has ended: generation stops and what was made under the deal comes down within 30 days; the deal sets the money. A registry may refuse such deals;
- nothing that shows as under 18 a person who was an adult when it was made;
- nothing passed off as a real recording of the person, and nothing handed to someone you know will pass it off;
- no permission from anyone under 18, or under the age of majority where they live, acting alone. A minor's terms are made by their parent or guardian, who answers for them, and those terms open nothing for free. A minor can be in AI work only under a deal that the guardian and the minor both sign, each with identity, age and the guardian's authority checked; it may show the minor at their real age, never in sexual or adult content. A minor, or a guardian for them, can always say no. When the minor comes of age they act alone, and the deal continues unless they withdraw. Anything else made by or for a minor is a no, even if they lied about their age;
- no permission given by an agent, an agency, a platform or a registry. Only the person can say yes. Every yes, deal and approval is confirmed through a registry that has checked the person's identity and age and asks for a second factor, or with a qualified electronic signature or an identity-verified certificate, and held at the person's home registry. A typed name, or a yes written on the person's own site, opens nothing; until it is confirmed, it has effect as a reservation only. A registry's answer for the person's ToG code says whether the terms are confirmed.
What the person gives when they say yes
Anyone who accepted these terms and kept them may use what they made for the purpose they made it for, even after the person changes their rules, unless the person's local law gives them a stronger right, and the person will not sue them for it. The person can change or withdraw the terms at any time. A change stops new generation outside the new rules. A change to "No AI generation of me", "tog:no" in a profile the person controls, or withdrawing the terms altogether is saying no to everyone: it stops all new generation outside deals the person signed. Withdrawing a free yes costs the person nothing. Permission ends when the person dies; what was made before the death took effect for the AI company stays.
What the person keeps
The person keeps everything the rules do not list and every right the law gives them. They can still make separate paid deals. A deal is a contract. The person's general no does not end deals they signed. They, or the legal representative of a minor or of a person who lacks capacity, can withdraw from one deal at any time: new generation under that deal stops, and that party loses its free permission for the person until the person confirms the deal again, through a registry or with a qualified signature. The deal's own terms on refunds and on outputs already made apply. If the deal says nothing about that, the person refunds the part of the price that was for generation not yet made and owes nothing more, and outputs already made stay usable for the purpose they were made for. A withdrawal that neither the person nor their legal representative sent has no effect.
A deal is a yes
When the person signs a deal, they have said yes. If you kept the deal and the person's rules and paid, you may publish what the person approved or, where the deal dispenses with approval, what was made under it. Where approval applies and the deal says nothing more about it, approval is the person's duty, not a free veto: you send outputs through the channel the deal names or, if it names none, the person's registry, at the pace the deal sets or a reasonable one; the person answers within 7 days of an output reaching them, as that channel or registry logs it, and may refuse it only by naming the term of the deal or of the licence that it breaks; you may then ask for a redo. If the person refuses without such a reason, does not answer in time, or seriously fails another duty under the deal and does not put it right within 7 days of your notice, you may end the deal and get back what you paid for generation that no approval made usable. You still may not publish an output the person has not approved; a refused output may be kept, in confidence, only as evidence for that dispute. You cannot end the deal because you dislike an output that breaks neither the deal nor the licence; ask for a redo instead. The deal's own terms on all of this come first; only the floors do not bend. Outside a deal, "approve" stays the person's free choice: no reason is needed, and no answer means no.
Other contracts
ToG is the base under any contract. An advertising, talent or other written agreement is a deal once the person has signed it, it is confirmed through a registry or with a qualified signature, and it cites ToG 1.0 and the person's ToG code. The contract sets every commercial term: price, term, territory, channels, exclusivity, who checks what and when. Where the contract and ToG both speak, the contract wins and ToG fills only what the contract leaves out. Seven things no contract can change, each on its own point: the floors (sexual or adult content only under the person's own deal for it, never a minor; no adult shown as a child; no fake recording), that only the person signs (for a minor, the guardian with the minor), that training is paid and has an end date, the record for each generation, the label on an ad, that no one is asked to recognise a face or a voice, and the right to withdraw (the contract sets the money). The contract may choose the courts; if it names none, claims against the person go only to the person's home courts.
Rights the person gave someone before they adopted ToG, to a library, a studio or an agency, stay: a no, a change or a withdrawal does not take them back. Whoever uses them relies on that contract, not on ToG, and must show it; a right that was never really given counts for nothing.
A paper contract the person signed earlier becomes a deal the same way, from the day the person confirms it. Content already made under that contract before that day can be approved after the fact, one file at a time, through AFTER-GEN; each approved file gets its own record (code TOG-AG-LIC-…), and an ad that uses it shows that record's label.
Model clause, one sentence for the contract: "This agreement is a Deal under Terms of Generation 1.0 (ToG-1.0); the Person's Statement is version [n], sha256 [hash], of the Statement for ToG code TOG-…; Outputs for Approval and notices go to [channel]." Name the channel: without one, outputs go to the person's registry. Everything else is the contract's own.
If a registry closes or the person moves
The person's ToG code is theirs for life. They may move their home registry at any time, and must when their registry closes. After the move their statement, every deal and every record keep their codes and their effect. Requests, outputs for approval and withdrawals go to the registry that now serves the person; if the home registry closed and none serves the person 14 days after the buyer asks, requests and outputs may go to any listed registry.
If someone cheated
Liability follows fault. A person who gave someone their access or their second factor, or took part in a scheme, is bound by what was signed and liable for it. An act made with a second factor or certificate the person set up or controlled is taken to be the person's own unless the person shows otherwise.
Unless the person gave someone the means or took part, if the person lodges with the registry, the trust service or a court a claim that a stranger deceived it into confirming a deal, or that it confirmed the deal by its own mistake, new generation under it stops as soon as you are told, until the claim is decided; if the claim is rejected, generation resumes. Once the deception or mistake is found, whether or not the person claimed it, the person owes nothing under that deal, a buyer who acted honestly gets back money not yet paid out and keeps its claim against the cheat, and the real person can require the outputs to come down. A buyer who knew, or should have suspected, is not protected. If anyone lied about age, identity or a guardian's authority, the deal is void and generation stops from notice. Neither a registry that checked under its published procedures nor an honest buyer is at fault: the buyer gets back money not yet paid out, keeps its claim against whoever lied and, where the minor lied, may claim its loss from the minor's parent or guardian under the law. A registry's liability is a matter for its own terms and the law; under the registry terms the steward requires, a registry answers for a wrong identity or age only where it broke its own procedures, returns money not yet paid out, and may not charge for or delay the person's change, withdrawal, no, or move to another registry.
If you are an AI company
You have a permission only if you accept the licence, by a signed request or by a public undertaking. If you give the undertaking, you also promise to check for Terms of Generation when a request identifies a real person, and not to generate the person outside what the person permits, including their deals. You are never asked to identify anyone by analysing a face or a voice, and you need not look for people in material that carries no statement, code, reference, record, name, account or domain. The licence asks for no mark inside the picture or the sound. Adult sites can adopt ToG like anyone else, as an AI company that checks ToG codes before it generates.
If you are bound by the licence, sexual or adult content of a person who has Terms of Generation made outside a deal for it, content showing an adult as under 18, or content passed off as a real recording of them comes down within 48 hours of a notice that names the file and says which it is. Two exceptions: the file plainly is not what the notice says or, where the notice is only about sexual or adult content and does not say that anyone shown was a minor, it is under the person's own deal for adult content; or, for sexual or adult content or a fake recording only, the notice is not from the person and the person approved the file, or a deal covers it, as not being such content. The second exception lifts only the 48-hour duty for that notice. Content showing an adult as under 18 stays up only if the file plainly is not that.
Notices
A permission under this licence is one person's permission. It does not make a use lawful and does not clear anyone else's rights: other people shown, photographers, labels, brands.
The steward publishes the licence text and the list of registries and lookup sources, on published criteria and with public notice. It is not a party to anyone's terms, is not a registry, ranks no registry, and gives no legal advice.
Legal code: ToG 1.0 public draft 1, sha256 b5ca28ccaeeecf3be03e7532b3460ff2d0d696c2f72cc7af1cff5ef5cdd178e4, at https://pregen.org/tog.