Not a will. Not a backup.
Something in between.

How it works

KeepRight is an open protocol to record and share instructions for keeping things long-term.

Create a KeepRight declaration to keep near the material you wish to preserve. Even if you aren't the creator, families, communities, and institutions can still record what you know about how a work should be kept.

Who is this for?

For Creators

Make a roadmap for your digital legacy without navigating complex copyright law. Create a KeepRight declaration for your digital output or even physical things, so they can be preserved according to your wishes.

For Institutions

Encourage KeepRight usage at the point of acquisition so you have specific instructions and additional context direct from creators or community. KeepRight can help to remove uncertainty from archival decisions.

For the Future

KeepRight is a forward-looking protocol. Use it today to make sure our digital histories are preserved with context intact, so decades from now people inherit materials they can understand and use.

A few examples

A podcaster wants episode audio preserved with transcripts and show notes as a single archival package, never separated.

A WhatsApp group of Syrian refugees documents a shared journey; members collectively want it preserved but access restricted to family.

A marine biologist wants dive survey footage kept alongside her methodology notes so future researchers can reproduce the work.

Most creative works will never sell.

That doesn’t mean they aren’t valuable.

Copyright handles property, but has nothing to say about privacy or perpetuity, which are two major factors in archiving. KeepRight allows you to indicate your wishes for who can access your material, under what conditions, and for how long.

KeepRight exists so creators and communities can shape how their work is kept, copied, and shared on their own terms.

Want to collaborate?

Let’s chat about KeepRight! Ask us anything.

KeepRight is an open protocol. Check out the public repo on Github. We hope for, and dream of, pull requests.

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Not a will. Not a backup. Something in between.