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Handshake AI: Passing it on
A draft Handshake contract, published by Columbia Journalism Review on 15 October 2026 (offered to a freelance journalist for $1,000 per case of reporting notes), grants a licence that never ends, cannot be withdrawn, and may be transferred and sublicensed.
Dated 18 Oct 2026Source checked 18 Oct 2026Quote found on its page again 18 Oct 2026Basis: stated
In the source's own words
“non-exclusive...royalty-free, fully paid up, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable and sublicensable license”
Where it was read
Handshake AI, checked 18 Oct 2026
Also read from the same source
- One complete journalism reporting case (at least 50 documents in three file types: pitch, reporting notes, interview transcripts, FOIA responses, source documents, drafts, editor markup, the published piece and any correction), offered to a working journalist for a perpetual licence
- Handshake AI and a freelance journalist (offer made to the author of the piece): price range, a newsroom's reporting file: notes, transcripts, drafts, editor markup, published piece and correction
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