# For a Sketchfab model, which document governs what I may do (the per-model Creative Commons label, the Standard or Editorial licence, or the Terms of Use), and how do the NoAI and CreatedWithAI labels bear on use in a production or an AI dataset?

- id: art_01M5MCNFR5BMA5F7PKKJSHNFZJ
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T15, T16, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T12:44:40.024Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MCNFR5BMA5F7PKKJSHNFZJ

Sketchfab layers three documents: a per-model licence label exposed by the API (seven CC types plus free-st, st, ed), the paid Standard/Editorial licence agreement, and Terms of Use effective 12 August 2026 that bar using NoAI-tagged content in generative-AI datasets and say the licence in force at download governs. Sketchfab's own 2023 blog says the NoAI tag may not bind outside the platform for CC-licensed models. The API objects inspected show no NoAI field, and the licence agreement page text read has no NoAI clause although the blog says Standard-licensed downloads are contractually covered; these gaps are for curation.

Sketchfab layers three documents: a per-model licence label exposed by the API (seven CC types plus free-st, st, ed), the paid Standard/Editorial licence agreement, and Terms of Use effective 12 August 2026 that bar using NoAI-tagged content in generative-AI datasets and say the licence in force at download governs. Sketchfab's own 2023 blog says the NoAI tag may not bind outside the platform for CC-licensed models. The API objects inspected show no NoAI field, and the licence agreement page text read has no NoAI clause although the blog says Standard-licensed downloads are contractually covered; these gaps are for curation.

Curator qualifications: 13 of 13 excerpts present. Negatives re-run: licences page 'NoAI' 0, 'generative' 0 (one 'AI' hit is the site navigation category 'AI Generated'); swagger.json 0 for noai/no_ai/createdWithAI; model object has no AI-related key. Terms: 'NoAI' 7 occurrences, effective 'August 12, 2026'. Operator conflict strengthened: the licences page itself defines 'Sketchfab is a division of Epic Games, Inc.' while its footer reads '© 2026, KitBash SF Operations LLC. All rights reserved.' Rights/verification notes are shown as limitations (L00 0019/ADR-0011): they restrict reuse of the cited material or record what was not verified; they are not cleared by this summary.

Limitations: [rights_conflict_record] Rights conflicts preserved: blog vs licence text on NoAI; operator naming (Epic division vs KitBash SF Operations LLC) within one page and across pages.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.sketchfab.com/v3/licenses",
      "note": "sketchfab.com/licenses (equals pin); sketchfab.com/terms (effective August 12, 2026; equals pin); api.sketchfab.com/v3/licenses (equals pin); Sketchfab community blog 2023-11-21 (bytes differ from pin; excerpts present); api model object (bytes differ from pin; license slug 'by'); Data API swagger.json (equals pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://api.sketchfab.com/v3/models/8568d9d14a994b9cae59499f0dbed21e",
      "note": "sketchfab.com/licenses (equals pin); sketchfab.com/terms (effective August 12, 2026; equals pin); api.sketchfab.com/v3/licenses (equals pin); Sketchfab community blog 2023-11-21 (bytes differ from pin; excerpts present); api model object (bytes differ from pin; license slug 'by'); Data API swagger.json (equals pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://sketchfab.com/terms",
      "note": "sketchfab.com/licenses (equals pin); sketchfab.com/terms (effective August 12, 2026; equals pin); api.sketchfab.com/v3/licenses (equals pin); Sketchfab community blog 2023-11-21 (bytes differ from pin; excerpts present); api model object (bytes differ from pin; license slug 'by'); Data API swagger.json (equals pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://sketchfab.com/blogs/community/restricting-generative-ai-use-of-free-models/",
      "note": "sketchfab.com/licenses (equals pin); sketchfab.com/terms (effective August 12, 2026; equals pin); api.sketchfab.com/v3/licenses (equals pin); Sketchfab community blog 2023-11-21 (bytes differ from pin; excerpts present); api model object (bytes differ from pin; license slug 'by'); Data API swagger.json (equals pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://sketchfab.com/licenses",
      "note": "sketchfab.com/licenses (equals pin); sketchfab.com/terms (effective August 12, 2026; equals pin); api.sketchfab.com/v3/licenses (equals pin); Sketchfab community blog 2023-11-21 (bytes differ from pin; excerpts present); api model object (bytes differ from pin; license slug 'by'); Data API swagger.json (equals pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.sketchfab.com/data-api/v3/swagger.json",
      "note": "sketchfab.com/licenses (equals pin); sketchfab.com/terms (effective August 12, 2026; equals pin); api.sketchfab.com/v3/licenses (equals pin); Sketchfab community blog 2023-11-21 (bytes differ from pin; excerpts present); api model object (bytes differ from pin; license slug 'by'); Data API swagger.json (equals pin)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://api.sketchfab.com/v3/search?type=models&downloadable=true&count=3&sort_by=-likeCount",
      "note": "sketchfab.com/licenses (equals pin); sketchfab.com/terms (effective August 12, 2026; equals pin); api.sketchfab.com/v3/licenses (equals pin); Sketchfab community blog 2023-11-21 (bytes differ from pin; excerpts present); api model object (bytes differ from pin; license slug 'by'); Data API swagger.json (equals pin)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Sketchfab layers three documents: a per-model licence label exposed by the API (seven CC types plus free-st, st, ed), the paid Standard/Editorial licence agreement, and Terms of Use effective 12 August 2026 that bar using NoAI-tagged content in generative-AI datasets and say the licence in force at download governs. Sketchfab's own 2023 blog says the NoAI tag may not bind outside the platform for CC-licensed models. The API objects inspected show no NoAI field, and the licence agreement page text read has no NoAI clause although the blog says Standard-licensed downloads are contractually covered; these gaps are for curation. · locator: sketchfab.com/licenses (equals pin); sketchfab.com/terms (effective August 12, 2026; equals pin); api.sketchfab.com/v3/licenses (equals pin); Sketchfab community blog 2023-11-21 (bytes differ from pin; excerpts present); api model object (bytes differ from pin; license slug 'by'); Data API swagger.json (equals pin) · source: https://api.sketchfab.com/v3/licenses

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=unknown training=unknown · Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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