Xylora Studios asserts statutory moral rights under UK law to be identified as the creator of all deliverables and to prevent derogatory treatment of that work.
Unless a formal white-label agreement or credit waiver is agreed in writing before production begins, standard commercial deliverables will carry a discreet attribution line and may be documented across our portfolio.
Statutory moral rights framework
Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, UK creators hold moral rights alongside economic copyright. In practical studio operations, two specific moral rights govern our client engagements:
1. The right of attribution (paternity): The right to be identified as the author, designer, or developer of the work whenever the project is publicly displayed, published, or distributed. 2. The right of integrity: The right to object to derogatory treatment, meaning distortions, mutilations, or material alterations that compromise the professional standard or integrity of the original creation.
Economic rights—such as licensing usage or transferring operational assets—are determined by the service scope, quotation, and contract. Economic rights and moral rights are distinct; transferring working files or production licences does not automatically surrender moral rights unless an explicit waiver is agreed.
Standard credit conventions
Where work is carried out under our standard terms, credits are implemented using industry conventions tailored to the medium:
- Websites and digital platforms: A discreet text credit placed in the site footer or colophon reading "Designed by Xylora Studios" or "Crafted by Xylora Studios", linking to our primary domain without tracking parameters.
- Codebases and software systems: Preserved metadata and copyright banners within source files delivered by our Technology department, confirming the studio as the original developer.
- Branding, visual identity, and print collateral: Portfolio display rights without mandatory on-item labelling, provided client brand guidelines or published case studies acknowledge the studio's authorship where external agency credits are customarily listed.
- Audio-visual and motion assets: Inclusion in project end-cards, description metadata, or programme credits where contributor listings exist.
Creative and Technology teams embed these assets during the production phase. Removing standard credits from delivered code or site footers without prior contract terms constitutes an operational breach of the licensing agreement.
Requesting white-label work or credit waivers
Agencies and enterprise clients who require anonymous delivery must establish this during the briefing phase, before production commences. Operations & Client Services manages all white-label requests:
1. Brief declaration: You flag on the initial brief or within the Ask Xylo chat that the engagement must be entirely white-label, subcontracted, or uncredited. 2. Scope evaluation: Operations & Client Services evaluates whether the brief requires a complete waiver of the right of attribution or simply an agreement not to publish a public case study for a specified embargo period. 3. Commercial terms: A bespoke quote is issued within 48 hours of receiving the completed brief, reflecting the waiver terms. Package work booked directly from the packages page does not include white-label waivers by default. 4. Execution of waiver: The formal production agreement includes an explicit clause waiving paternity rights for specified assets. Work begins only after this agreement is executed.
We do not retrospectively grant white-label status or issue credit waivers once a discounted or standard package project has entered production.
Derogatory treatment and post-handover alterations
Clients receiving editable production files or self-hosted codebases are free to maintain and expand their systems for normal operational business purposes. However, the integrity right remains relevant in three operational failure cases:
- Modifying core design assets in a manner that produces substandard execution while retaining the Xylora Studios attribution link or credit.
- Re-purposing unfinished staging concepts, rejected drafts, or preliminary pitch files for public commercial campaigns.
- Combining our modular technology components with unvetted systems that cause catastrophic performance failures, followed by attributing those failures to our Technology department.
If you alter deliverables extensively post-launch, the studio reserves the right to require the immediate removal of our credit and branding from the live property.
Credit management checklist
Before launching deliverables or signing agreements, ensure the following steps are complete:
- Verify whether your internal compliance requires white-label terms or uncredited deliverables.
- Ensure the attribution status is explicitly documented on the quote or bespoke statement of work.
- Check staging sites to confirm the footer credit displays accurately prior to migration.
- Submit any embargo requests or commercial non-disclosure parameters via the Ask Xylo chat before the final handover date.