Wacom-for-developers
Use Cases Use Cases
Overview Handwritten Form Filling Note Taking and Drawing Signature Verification Digital Education Multimodal Input
Products Products
Overview WILL Digital Ink Universal Ink Model Wacom Ink Connectivity Wacom Ink SDK for signature Wacom Ink SDK for documents
Resources Developer Support
About Wacom Contact Community My Account Language

Choose your language

Logout Confirmation

Due to data privacy laws, switching to the language you have chosen will automatically log you out. Your current account will not be available in the language and region you have selected.

If you have an existing account in the language you have chosen, you can log into it, or you can create a new account.

← Back To Use cases

Putting artists in control of their creations

In partnership with leading technology companies, academics, startups and creative professionals, Wacom launched the Creative Rights Initiative (CRI) to help artists protect and maximize the value of their creations.


The purpose of the CRI is to give artists around the world permanent, incorruptible proof of authorship. This is achieved by providing each artwork with a unique digital ID that does not require verification by a third-party to prove its authenticity.

The CRI: Our Mission

The CRI’s mission is to empower artists to reliably and definitively prove authorship of their creative work in the digital realm. We enable this with a robust, scalable and easy-to-use digital platform for registering and protecting artworks that is open to anyone, and not controlled by any single entity. As a result, it is easier for artists of all kinds to protect, license, share, collaborate on, store, trade and exhibit their work without fear of fraud, misuse or copyright infringement.

Permanent Records

Artists have a permanent record of their creation that can be directly accessed from the content itself.

Proof of creation

Along with registration, the CRI also ensures that artists secure sufficient proof of their creation.


Licenses

The CRI enables real world licensing mechanisms to empower creatives to securely delegate usage, development and exclusive rights to their content. 

Collaboration

The CRI enables artists to collaborate using a legally secure framework that establishes trust and protects the interests of artists while working together.

Digital Exchange

CRI records help strengthen exchanges through digital tokens (e.g. NFTs) by verifying the legal rights of the content from the author, and can also delegate legal rights to the tokens.

Portfolio

The CRI helps artists build a secure portfolio that can be trusted and acts a repository for their creations.

The Technology behind CRI

The CRI is based on cutting edge technologies that assign every digital artwork with a unique digital ID or micromark that cannot be compromised. The system consists of the following key components:


Micromark

Unique, invisible digital marks are embedded into the content to ensure a strong link from the content itself to the relational web associated with the content.


Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)

Provides a digital identity for the content and a cryptographically secure link into the relational web using open standards. 


Wacom Signature Capture & Verification

Wacom signature capture and verification technologies provide a strong biometric link between the creator’s signature and the digital content. 


Decentralised Ledger

An ecologically-friendly hybrid blockchain (public/private) approach ensures permanent records without proof of work transactions that consume a lot of energy. Distributed private blockchain nodes are hosted by CRI platform partners for increased security and reliability.



Yuify (beta program) – the first digital step towards true artistic control

For artists, the first way they can engage with the CRI is Yuify, an easy-to-use service that generates a permanent, provable digital record of authorship relating to a specific work. This record helps them protect the commercial integrity of their creations through easy management of usage rights and legally-binding license permissions.


A unique digital ID for artwork


Yuify provides artists with a smooth content registration workflow. It enables them to   content to platforms managed by CRI partners and connect it to Yuify for full project and license management. In so doing, the technology behind the platform creates a unique digital ID for each piece of artwork and embeds it in the relevant export file. This ID can be accessed and viewed via the Yuify platform or a partner’s application, using the “Yuifinder” search tool. As a result, anybody can trace a piece of art back to a specific artist via the platform.


Learn more about Yuify

Become a CRI Partner

The real power of the CRI lies in collective innovation. That’s why we’re always looking for new partners interested in helping us protect the rights of creative artists around the world.

If you’re a creative application owner or are interested in any aspect of the CRI initiative, we’d love to hear from you to discuss potential use cases and collaboration opportunities.

Discover

  • Edit
  • Educate
  • Draw
  • Design
  • Capture Ideas

Products

  • Pen Computers
  • Pen Displays
  • Pen Tablets
  • Smartpads
  • Stylus
  • Apps & services

Enterprise

  • Wacom Business Solutions
  • Technology Solutions
  • Wacom Ink Technologies

Support

  • Product support
  • FAQs
  • Driver Download

Shop

  • Financing
  • Student Pricing
  • Accessories
  • New Products

About Wacom

  • Who we are
  • Investors
  • News & Events
  • Careers at Wacom
  • Social Initiatives
  • ABOUT WACOM
  • Investors
  • Support
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • California Privacy

Copyright © 2020 - 2023 Wacom. All Rights Reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used with their permission.

Contact Sales

Interested in Enterprise Edition? Contact our sales team and discuss your projects and development. Have a simple technical question? Please contact support or access our documentation, under Resources.


The form has been posted successfully!

The form can't be posted. You must fill out all required fields

WILL Product Interests

Will Hardware Interests

Please correct the following errors:

    By submitting this request you agree to Wacom's Terms of Use and consent to Wacom's Privacy Policy

    Cancel