Pay-per-media licensing on Arc
Photographers get paid when their photos and videos are licensed.
Aperture gates uploaded photos, uploaded videos, and hosted photo URLs behind a receipt-checked paywall, then writes a payout to the owner that settles through Forum FeeRouter on Arc. It also runs as a sidecar for Immich photo communities, watching shared-link downloads the same way.
live on Arc testnet
20
licensed downloads recorded
7owners mapped
0.0500USDC routed
01
Download click
POST /api/download/archive?key=...
02
Resolve owner
GET /api/shared-links/me?key=...
03
Map wallet
Immich ownerId to Arc wallet registry
04
Settle
Forum FeeRouterV1 or local proof receipt
Operator-ready sidecar
Install beside Immich without upstream patches.
The sidecar pattern is platform-portable: any media platform that exposes download events can pay its creators this way. Immich is the live integration today.