1. Image onboarding
A contributor uploads an image and supplies ownership, provenance and licensing information. Atlantic creates technical identifiers and stores the protected source under workspace controls.
2. Discovery and matching
Authorized search and monitoring tools compare technical characteristics and public online occurrences. Similarity scores help prioritize review but do not prove copying or infringement.
3. Preservation and traceability
Relevant public URLs, dates, screenshots, detected copies, metadata and hashes may be preserved. Hashes show file integrity at a point in time but do not independently establish authorship or legal admissibility.
4. Human classification
A reviewer assesses whether the occurrence is authorized, mistaken, irrelevant, historical or potentially actionable. The rights holder, responsible entity, licence context and source reliability must be checked before official correspondence.
5. Progressive communication
The ordinary sequence is: factual inquiry; secure opportunity to provide proof or correct the record; formal notice and amicable proposal if justified; specific platform or host notice where lawful; then qualified legal review. Steps may be skipped or stopped when facts require it.
6. Payments and retroactive licences
A retroactive licence is issued only after the responsible person, image, scope, period, territory, amount and verified payment are recorded. It does not legalize unrelated uses, transfer copyright or waive unknown claims unless expressly stated.
7. Limits and independent decision-makers
Atlantic cannot guarantee search coverage, identify every operator, compel a host, determine liability or issue a judgment. Platforms, payment providers, lawyers, authorities and courts make independent decisions under their own rules and applicable law.
