Model Sharing Policy
Version: 1.0
Effective date: 31 October 2026
Language: English
1. Who may share
The Library accepts models created or captured by the submitting user or by a creator whom the user lawfully represents. You must hold the necessary rights in the model, metadata, artwork and other associated materials. Possession of a device, the ability to measure its behaviour and a file signature do not automatically establish those rights.
The normal workflow does not accept simply reuploading models from other authors or repositories. This is a Library admission rule, separate from the ability to redistribute content elsewhere under its licence. Documentary identity verification is not generally required; relevant and proportionate clarification may be requested in a dispute.
2. Categories and compatibility
The current categories are Preamp, EQ, Amp, Pedal, Tape, Channel / Studio Gear and Other. Select the one that represents the device or chain actually profiled. The category does not guarantee technical support for every behaviour or model family: the file must comply with the formats, families and limits accepted by the release and service.
Compressor and Dynamics are not currently accepted categories for new submissions. Separate Saturation or Overdrive / Distortion categories are not available. An effect or sonic characteristic must be described accurately without using classifications that are not accepted.
Where sufficient rights exist, compatible physical analogue or digital devices, your own circuits, hardware processors and experimental systems may be accepted. Digital hardware is not excluded merely because it contains DSP or firmware; sharing must nevertheless respect the relevant rights and obligations.
3. Excluded content
Do not submit captures of plugins, amp simulators or other third-party commercial software products. This is a PNAM V1 admission rule and is not a statement that every software-capture technique is necessarily unlawful. Discontinuing software or a device does not automatically remove rights or restrictions. Abandoned or discontinued third-party software is not a general exception to the admission rule. For your own circuits or DSP, you must also hold sufficient rights in any third-party elements incorporated.
Unlawful content, malicious files or files manipulated to bypass checks, material lacking the necessary rights, false attribution, deliberately misleading metadata and personal data intentionally included without necessity or legal basis are excluded. An admission ban is not a general decision on the lawfulness of every capture technique.
4. Descriptions, trade marks and images
Provide a relevant title, category and description. Manufacturer, device model and tags must describe the actual content without suggesting nonexistent certifications, sponsorships or collaborations. A descriptive reference does not grant rights in other people's logos, photographs or trade marks.
For artwork, use your own images or material you can lawfully share with the required rights. Representations of the hardware actually profiled are preferred. Do not use random images taken from the web, screenshots of excluded software or generated images falsely presented as a photograph or evidence of the actual device. Artwork is optional where the interface permits: invoices or photographs are not required as universal proof.
Check visible information in images, names, paths, serial numbers, contact details and metadata. The signed file is retained in its original identity: the Library does not promise to rewrite or anonymise it. Any metadata-cleaning features offered by the specific Studio release do not guarantee the absence of personal information visible in the image or added elsewhere.
5. Licence and declarations
For new public sharing you must expressly select CC0 1.0 Universal, to the extent of the rights you can actually grant. CC0 also permits commercial use, modification and redistribution without attribution. Do not submit the model contribution if you cannot lawfully share it on these terms, including protected elements embedded in the file. For any presentation materials managed separately, you must hold the permissions necessary for the display and distribution arrangements actually provided by the service. Read the licensing information and the official CC0 text.
The rights declaration, acceptance of the Terms and acceptance of this Policy are separate and linked to their respective versions. The Privacy Policy is not universal consent, and declaring adulthood does not establish ownership of rights.
Selecting CC0 during submission constitutes the user's instruction to make the contribution available under CC0 1.0 Universal if it is approved and published by the Library. Merely exporting locally, creating a draft, making a private submission, receiving a rejection or sending material that is never published does not automatically apply CC0 by virtue of these Library conditions. Any dedications or licences already independently applied by the author to the file or material remain unaffected: these conditions neither cancel them nor retroactively postpone their effect.
CC0 applies to the uploader's rights in the .pnam model file and in the original textual metadata created by the uploader and identified as part of the public contribution, to the extent of the rights they hold. Signatures, hashes, attestations, trust information and technical records generated by PNAM Studio or the Library do not form part of the contribution made available under CC0 unless expressly indicated by a party entitled to dispose of those rights. This exclusion does not automatically confer exclusive rights over mere technical data or facts and does not alter authenticity checks.
Signatures, hashes, attestations and other technical verification data are not included in the CC0 dedication of the model contribution. When made available together with the model, they may be retained, copied and redistributed without alteration to the extent necessary to verify the model's integrity, authenticity or provenance, without granting rights in PNAM software, trade marks or trust systems and without implying endorsement of subsequent uses of the model. This permission applies to rights that PNAM can grant, without prejudice to any third-party rights and freedoms already provided by law in relation to mere data or facts. The availability of evidence does not guarantee that it remains valid: revocations, expiry and current checks continue to apply.
A .pnam intended for CC0 publication must not contain artwork, photographs or other separately protected material that the uploader cannot include in the CC0 dedication applicable to the contribution. Every embedded element needed to redistribute the complete file must be compatible with that distribution. If the signed file contains incompatible material, a new export without that material must be generated and signed before a submission can be published: the Library does not alter the bytes of the signed file.
Artwork and photographs intended solely for presentation on the website are distinct from the model contribution and do not automatically become CC0. They may be managed separately only where a process is actually available and the necessary permissions for their display and distribution exist. A separate image-upload feature is not promised if it is unavailable in the release. The mere presence of an image in the .pnam does not make it a separate object from the downloaded file. Rights in trade marks, patents, likeness and personal data that CC0 does not eliminate remain unaffected.
Technical authorisation for the private operations of receipt, checking, moderation and backup is separate from the subsequent application of CC0 to the public contribution and is governed by the Terms. A licence limited to displaying a photograph on the website is insufficient to include it in a .pnam intended for public redistribution: in that case it must be excluded from the new export before submission.
6. Submission, checking and publication
Submit files through Studio connected to your account, using the model and its matching signature. The website enables management of model entries and descriptive drafts, but not direct file upload from the browser. The service performs technical checks and keeps content pending private review.
Content becomes public only after approval and while technical and access checks remain satisfied. A signature, validation and attestation alone do not certify rights, verified identity, sound quality or manufacturer endorsement. No check guarantees detection of every abuse.
7. Corrections and revisions
For a rejected first submission, you may correct the same entry and resubmit a new file and its signature from Studio, through the available process and before the necessary evidence is deleted. Previous decisions remain in the history and new approval is required. This is not automatic restoration of removed content.
For a published model, metadata-change proposals and file revisions undergo separate reviews. Previously approved metadata is not publicly replaced by an unapproved proposal. Revisions must comply with the model's technical and licensing constraints; there is no automatic change of licence for previous copies.
8. Removal, retention and use of the service
You may remove a model: the Library stops public distribution, retaining privately what is still necessary under the Privacy Policy. Account closure also stops public availability of its models. Copies already downloaded cannot be recalled, nor can rights validly granted under CC0 be automatically revoked.
PNAM does not use submissions, merely because they are submitted or published, for model training, dataset creation, research or internal R&D. Any future programme of this kind will be separate and voluntary and will require dedicated conditions and choices. The ordinary validation, integrity, security, moderation, backup and recovery operations necessary for the service are distinct from such activities. This undertaking by the operator does not impose restrictions on third parties' rights in a contribution lawfully obtained under CC0.
Problems and disputes are subject to the reporting and review procedures, without prejudice to remedies provided by law.