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VinylStack Commercial Decisions Register

Document ID: VS-LGL-004
Version: 1.0
Status: Working Draft
Effective Date: Not applicable
Last Updated: 14 August 2026
Document Owner: VinylStack Management
Publication Classification: Public governance draft; operational evidence remains internal
Cross References: VS-LGL-000 v1.0, VS-LGL-003 v1.0, VS-LGL-005 v1.0

Purpose

This register records the commercial decisions that must be owned by VinylStack before dependent agreements are approved. It prevents a solicitor, accountant, developer, provider or drafting tool from silently making a product decision on VinylStack's behalf.

Professional advisers identify legal, tax, accounting, privacy, security and platform-policy consequences. VinylStack management makes the commercial decision after considering that advice.

An unresolved launch-blocking decision keeps the affected feature fail-closed.

Decision states

State	Meaning
Requires Management Approval	VinylStack has not approved the commercial position.
Requires Solicitor Review	A proposed position needs legal analysis before management approval.
Requires Accountant Review	Tax, accounting or reporting treatment requires professional analysis.
Requires Privacy Review	Personal-data purpose, lawful basis, disclosure, access or retention is unresolved.
Requires Platform Review	Apple or another distribution/payment-provider rule is unresolved.
Requires Technical Evidence	The intended promise depends on an unproven production control.
Implemented	The product boundary exists, but this alone does not constitute legal or commercial approval.
Approved	Management has approved the recorded decision following all required reviews.
Future Release	Outside the current launch scope and must remain disabled.

Artist Release commerce decisions

Decision	Current product boundary	Required ownership/review	State
VinylStack contracting entity	The applicable legal entity is not yet stated in a binding Artist agreement.	Management and solicitor	Requires Management Approval
Governing law and launch territories	No binding territory set is published.	Management and solicitor	Requires Management Approval
Principal, reseller or agent model	The ledger foundation does not decide who sells the listener Entitlement.	Management, solicitor and accountant	Requires Management Approval
Artist eligibility and authority	Studio memberships are server-authorised; final identity, age and authority requirements are not approved.	Management and solicitor	Requires Solicitor Review
Artist licence scope	Intended to be limited to storage, processing, previews, presentation and protected delivery; exact rights, duration, sublicensing and territories remain open.	Management and solicitor	Requires Solicitor Review
Release-specific rights declaration	A commercial-rights attestation timestamp exists; a complete versioned Release Schedule and Manifest are planned.	Management, solicitor and technical	Requires Technical Evidence
Artist Release price	The foundation enforces exactly 30 Record Tokens. Changing price is outside this version.	Management	Implemented
Record Token acquisition	Token bundles are not currently for sale. Acquisition, restoration, refund and expiry rules are unresolved.	Management and platform review	Requires Platform Review
Apple commerce treatment	Protected music and virtual currency may engage App Store purchase rules. No final route is approved.	Management, solicitor and platform review	Requires Platform Review
Listener Entitlement	Account-bound protected streaming is designed; duration, devices, concurrent sessions and supported routes remain unresolved.	Management and solicitor	Requires Management Approval
Artist earnings calculation	Listener Token debit and a separate pending Artist Earning Entry are implemented; conversion, commission and entitlement to payment are unresolved.	Management and accountant	Requires Management Approval
Minimum artist payout	300 units has been discussed as a possible minimum but is not approved.	Management and accountant	Requires Management Approval
Artist payout	No payout endpoint or artist cash balance exists. Payout must remain hard-disabled.	Management, solicitor and accountant	Future Release
Fees, tax, reserves and chargebacks	No approved allocation exists for Apple fees, VAT, withholding, fraud, refunds, reserves or chargebacks.	Management, solicitor and accountant	Requires Accountant Review
Platform seller reporting and KYC	Seller identity, tax and reporting scope is not approved or implemented.	Solicitor, accountant and privacy	Requires Accountant Review

Listener and release-lifecycle decisions

Decision	Current product boundary	Required ownership/review	State
Meaning of “purchase”	The product grants an Account-bound Entitlement, not an audio file or copyright. Duration and service-continuity wording remain open.	Management and solicitor	Requires Solicitor Review
Immediate digital supply	No approved listener checkout or cancellation acknowledgement is live.	Solicitor and product	Requires Solicitor Review
Voluntary Artist Withdrawal	New availability can be ended; existing-purchaser access and remedies are unresolved.	Management and solicitor	Requires Management Approval
Platform Suspension	Moderation controls exist; contractual notice, appeal and purchaser effects are unresolved.	Management and solicitor	Requires Solicitor Review
Copyright Block	Emergency blocking is designed to stop sales and sessions while preserving evidence; complaint, counter-notice and refund rules remain unresolved.	Solicitor and operations	Requires Solicitor Review
Emergency Security Block	Fail-closed controls are designed; communication, restoration and remedies remain unresolved.	Security, management and solicitor	Requires Technical Evidence
Refunds and reversals	Ledger rows support reversal evidence, but operators must not improvise refunds.	Management, solicitor and accountant	Requires Management Approval
Master retention and deletion	Private storage exists; the post-withdrawal and Studio-closure retention schedule is unresolved.	Management, solicitor, privacy and security	Requires Privacy Review

Protection and product-claim decisions

Decision	Current product boundary	Required ownership/review	State
Private masters and bounded previews	Separate private source and preview architecture exists and must be production-verified.	Security and technical	Requires Technical Evidence
Encrypted protected playback	The default provider and native client remain disabled. No public claim or sale may rely on them yet.	Security and technical	Requires Technical Evidence
Capture and mirroring response	Designed for supported Apple devices but requires real-device proof.	Technical and platform review	Requires Technical Evidence
Forensic watermarking	Public traceability claims remain prohibited until independent validation and an approved investigation process exist.	Security, solicitor and privacy	Future Release
Inspired By and Re-Master for protected music	Disabled until a non-exportable protected-reference path is approved end to end.	Management, rights and technical	Future Release
Artist analytics	Aggregate preview, conversion and protected-play observations are implemented without listener identities or individual histories.	Management and privacy	Implemented

Decision record requirements

When a decision moves to Approved, record internally:

decision owner and approval date;
chosen position and rejected alternatives;
solicitor, accountant, privacy, platform and technical advice relied upon;
territories and product version covered;
required implementation evidence;
documents affected; and
conditions that would reopen the decision.

The public version of this register may show state and product boundary. Sensitive advice, security evidence, provider terms, personal data and privileged legal communications remain in controlled internal records.

Revision history

Version	Date	Status	Notes
1.0	14 August 2026	Working Draft	Established management ownership and the launch-blocking decisions for Artist Release commerce.