TDMRep is a user-friendly WordPress plugin that lets you control how robots and artificial intelligences (AIs) like ChatGPT and Bard access your content. It integrates with the TDM Reservation Protocol to help you safeguard your copyright and promote innovation.
Think of all the effort you put into creating and organizing the content on your website. You want to share it with the world, but you also want to control who can copy and use your work.
That’s where TDMRep comes in!
Imagine TDMRep as a set of instructions for robots visiting your website. You can tell them exactly what you want them to do with your content, like:
“Read my content, but don’t copy it.” This is useful for search engine robots that analyze your website to understand your content and rank it in search results.
“Read and copy my content, but only for personal use.” This is helpful for students doing research or creators looking for inspiration.
“This content is private! Stay out!” This is useful for sensitive information you don’t want shared publicly.
There are two main reasons why TDMRep is important:
TDMRep can benefit a variety of users, including:
Here are some concrete examples:
In short, TDMRep is a valuable tool for anyone who wants to control access to their content and protect their copyright.
TDMRep integrates 3 of the 4 complementary techniques offered by the TDM Reservation Protocol:
The TDM File on the Origin Server technique allows publishers to declare site-wide rights holders’ choices in a machine-readable file hosted on the web server. TDMRep generates this file and provides an interface for publishers to manage their TDM reservation and licensing policies.
The TDM Header Field in HTTP Responses technique allows publishers to declare their TDM rights reservation and licensing policies in the HTTP header of the response to a GET or HEAD request. TDMRep integrates this technique by adding the necessary header fields to the HTTP responses generated by WordPress.
TDMRep also supports the use of meta tags to express TDM rights and licensing policies on individual pages and posts, providing a more granular level of control for publishers who want to specify different policies for different parts of their website.
TDMRep plugin allows publishers to express their TDM policies in a machine-readable format using the TDM Policy feature. This feature provides a way for TDM actors to contact content rightsholders and offers details about available TDM licenses, facilitating the acquisition of TDM licenses from rightsholders by TDM actors.
The TDM Policy feature is integrated into the TDMRep plugin and includes the following:
With this feature, publishers can easily express their TDM policies, including the type of permission granted, any constraints on the type of usage, and any duties required of the TDM actor, such as the duty to contact the rightsholder before getting permission or the duty to compensate financially the rightsholder.