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Clearance, privacy & defamation · Core

Release

ELI5

A document granting particular permissions or waiving particular claims concerning a person, location, material or contribution.

Used in conversation

“Please send the release with the next rights or deal package.”

Definition

A document granting specified permissions or waiving specified claims concerning a person, location, material or contribution.

Here “Release” means: A document granting specified permissions or waiving specified claims concerning a person, location, material or contribution. The core meaning is stable, but role, authority or workflow changes by context below.

Pitch context

Use this in nonfiction pitches to separate what is known, accessible, ethical and structurally repeatable.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

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