SOCIALBILITTY TRADE DESK

Data Usage & Licensing

Effective date: July 26, 2026
Last updated: August 13, 2026

Socialbilitty Trade Desk produces original reporting, analysis, classifications, indexes, briefings, and structured film and television industry information.

This policy explains how Socialbilitty content and data may be accessed, quoted, attributed, reused, distributed, or licensed.

Socialbilitty supports responsible journalism, research, citation, education, and professional discussion.

Public availability, however, does not automatically authorize unrestricted copying, systematic extraction, republication, commercial exploitation, or creation of competing information products.

Ownership of Content

Unless otherwise stated, original material published by Socialbilitty Trade Desk is owned by Socialbilitty Studios, LLC or used under permission, license, assignment, agreement, or another lawful basis.

Protected material may include:

Publication does not waive Socialbilitty’s applicable copyright, trademark, contractual, licensing, or other intellectual-property rights.

Facts and Public Information

Socialbilitty does not claim ownership over independently existing facts, ideas, public records, government documents, official announcements, or information lawfully obtained from another source merely because Socialbilitty reports or organizes that information.

Socialbilitty may, however, hold rights or other protectable interests in its original:

The availability of an underlying fact does not authorize copying Socialbilitty’s original expression or reproducing a protected compilation, report, graphic, or other original work.

Users seeking an underlying public record or third-party source should obtain that material from the original source when appropriate.

Film & Television Trade Signals and Hiring Signals

The formal classifications Film & Television Trade Signal and Film & Television Hiring Signal are part of Socialbilitty Trade Desk’s editorial framework.

Socialbilitty does not claim ownership over underlying production activity or workforce facts.

Socialbilitty does, however, reserve applicable rights in its original:

A third party may independently observe or report the same underlying industry activity.

That does not authorize copying Socialbilitty’s reporting, wording, classifications, compiled records, or structured presentation.

Permitted Use

The following uses are generally permitted without advance written authorization, subject to applicable law and these policies:

Permitted use should:

Nothing in this policy is intended to restrict a use or right that cannot lawfully be restricted.

Attribution

Attribution should clearly identify Socialbilitty Trade Desk as the source.

Appropriate attribution may include:

Digital attribution should include a direct link to the original Socialbilitty page whenever reasonably possible.

Attribution must not:

Attribution does not replace permission when permission is otherwise required.

Uses Requiring Permission

Prior written authorization may be required for uses including:

Permission may be subject to restrictions concerning attribution, purpose, audience, duration, security, redistribution, technical access, and licensing fees.

Prohibited Use

Except where expressly authorized by Socialbilitty or permitted by applicable law, users may not:

Automated Access and Scraping

Automated access must respect Socialbilitty’s technical controls, access instructions, rate limits, and applicable terms.

Unless authorized in writing or otherwise permitted by applicable law, users may not use bots, crawlers, scrapers, scripts, agents, browser automation, or similar systems to systematically:

Conventional search-engine indexing may be permitted when conducted consistently with Socialbilitty’s applicable technical instructions, including robots directives and reasonable access limits.

Permission to crawl or index a public webpage does not automatically authorize republication, resale, commercial data extraction, or another use that would separately require authorization.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Socialbilitty does not grant blanket permission for systematic collection of its Content, datasets, classifications, indexes, or structured records for artificial-intelligence or machine-learning development.

Unless authorized by Socialbilitty in writing or otherwise permitted by applicable law, Socialbilitty Content may not be systematically collected under Socialbilitty’s services or licensed-access systems for purposes such as:

Ordinary user-directed use of a limited excerpt for personal research or discussion is different from systematic ingestion, model development, dataset creation, or commercial exploitation.

Socialbilitty may offer licensing for approved artificial-intelligence, research, institutional, technical, or commercial uses.

Nothing in this section is intended to claim rights that applicable law does not provide or restrict uses that applicable law does not permit Socialbilitty to restrict.

APIs, Feeds, and Licensed Data Access

Access provided through a Socialbilitty API, data feed, download, enterprise service, application, or licensing agreement is governed by the terms applicable to that service.

Authorized users may access and use only the data, functions, fields, volume, users, and purposes approved under the applicable agreement.

Licensed access may impose requirements concerning:

Socialbilitty may suspend or terminate licensed or authenticated access when a user:

Licensing and Commercial Use

Organizations seeking to use Socialbilitty Content, data, classifications, compilations, frameworks, or structured information commercially or institutionally should obtain written authorization where required.

Potential licensed uses may include:

Licensing terms may address:

A licensing relationship does not provide editorial control, favorable coverage, favorable Film & Television Trade Signal classification, favorable Film & Television Hiring Signal classification, or preferred workforce access.

Research, Education, and Academic Use

Researchers, educators, libraries, schools, universities, nonprofits, and public-interest institutions may request permission for expanded research or instructional use of Socialbilitty material.

Socialbilitty may consider:

Academic, nonprofit, or public-interest status does not automatically authorize unrestricted copying, scraping, redistribution, or database creation.

Third-Party Material

Socialbilitty publications may include or reference material owned or controlled by third parties, including:

Socialbilitty cannot grant rights it does not own or control.

Permission from Socialbilitty therefore does not automatically authorize reuse of third-party material included in a Socialbilitty publication.

Users are responsible for determining whether additional permission from another rights holder is required.

Contributor Material

Rights in contributor material are governed by the applicable contributor agreement, assignment, license, publication terms, or other arrangement.

A contributor byline does not necessarily establish that the contributor owns every right in the published version.

Licensing requests involving contributor material may therefore require authorization from:

Data Integrity and Interpretation

Socialbilitty information reflects the evidence, sourcing, classifications, and editorial judgment available at the time of publication.

Film & Television Trade Signals, Film & Television Hiring Signals, Hiring Readiness assessments, production statuses, facility information, opportunity references, and other records may change as circumstances develop.

Users must not knowingly:

Licensed users remain responsible for their own analysis, decisions, products, interpretations, and conclusions.

No Outcome Guarantee

Socialbilitty information and licensed data do not guarantee:

A license provides defined usage rights.

It does not guarantee the completeness of every record or the success of decisions made using Socialbilitty information.

No Endorsement or Affiliation

Citation, linking, licensing, authorized reuse, or API access does not by itself create:

Socialbilitty’s name, logos, marks, and branding may not be used to suggest otherwise.

Corrections and Licensed Material

Users who reproduce or license Socialbilitty material are responsible for maintaining reasonable awareness of relevant corrections, retractions, updates, and material status changes affecting reused Content.

When Socialbilitty issues a material correction, retraction, or status update, an authorized user may be required under the applicable license to:

Authorization to use Socialbilitty information does not authorize knowingly continuing to distribute material that has become materially inaccurate.

Enforcement

Subject to applicable law and contractual rights, Socialbilitty may respond to unauthorized or abusive use by:

Failure to enforce a provision in one circumstance does not waive Socialbilitty’s ability to enforce its rights in another circumstance.

Permission and Licensing Requests

Permission, syndication, data-access, and licensing requests should be submitted through the Socialbilitty Trade Desk Contact page.

Please use the subject:

Data / Licensing Request

A request should include:

Submission of a request does not grant permission.

Authorization must be provided by Socialbilitty or the appropriate rights holder when authorization is required.

Related Policies

This policy should be read together with:

Final Statement

Socialbilitty Trade Desk supports responsible citation, journalism, research, education, and professional discussion.

Facts may be discussed.

Sources should be credited.

Original reporting, expression, classifications, compilations, and licensed data should be used responsibly.

Public access is not the same as unrestricted commercial permission.

Socialbilitty will protect its original work while respecting lawful use, independent reporting, public information, and rights provided by applicable law.

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