Errata

2026-07-12 | Clarification | Section 5.8 Content Classification and Raw Media Retention

The first printing did not describe how submitted media is handled during origin classification. The specification is clarified as follows: raw media files submitted for classification are held only for the duration of processing and in no event longer than twenty-one (21) days, after which they are permanently and completely deleted. Because a single submission may contain multiple files, media is processed through a queue. Only the classification output (the AI-generated probability and the declared Origin Code) and the content fingerprint are retained; the raw file is never published, sold, or written to the DAG. The origin classifier is improved over time by training on classification signals and provenance-dispute outcomes, not on the raw files, which have already been deleted. This clarification is reflected in the new Section 5.8.

2026-08-23 | Correction | Sections ES.5, E.4, and F.2 Free Tier eligibility of an individual person

The first printing conditions Free Tier eligibility for a natural person on annual gross revenue, stating at ES.5 that the Free Tier covers “individuals and small businesses with annual gross revenue below US$100,000,” at E.4 that it covers “individuals under US$100,000 revenue,” and at F.2 that the Free Tier, individual category requires an “individual natural person with annual gross revenue below US$100,000.” That condition is incorrect. Under TIPCL-1.0 an individual natural person qualifies for the Free Tier at any income level. There is no revenue test for a natural person and there never has been. The US$100,000 threshold applies to businesses only. The canonical license published at theailab.org/tip-license has stated the correct position throughout, and it governs in the event of any conflict with the whitepaper.

2026-08-23 | Amendment | Section ES.5 Licensing, commercial fee schedule

The first printing states that Commercial Licenses are issued on a nine-tier schedule “with annual fees ranging from US$500 to US$550,000 depending on annual gross revenue,” and that the schedule is “uniform across all licensees within each tier.” Effective 2026-08-23 the schedule is amended and those two statements are superseded. The nine tiers and their revenue bands are unchanged, and the fee for each tier is unchanged for licensees in high-income economies. For a licensee with annual gross revenue below US$25,000,000, the fee is now multiplied by the World Bank income group of the licensee’s country of principal place of business: 1.00 high income, 0.50 upper-middle, 0.25 lower-middle, and 0.12 low income, subject to a minimum of US$125. At US$25,000,000 and above, a single fee applies worldwide. The schedule is therefore uniform within each tier and income group rather than within each tier alone, and the range of annual fees now begins at US$125 rather than US$500. Scaling only ever reduces a fee. This amendment adopts the mechanism used by the World Wide Web Consortium for membership fees, so that a flat threshold stated in United States dollars does not price licensees outside high-income economies out of the protocol. The authoritative schedule, including how annual gross revenue and income group are determined, is published at theailab.org/tip-license.