Man of Many produces original editorial content across men’s lifestyle, style, watches, automotive, technology, and culture. We protect that content while making it as easy as possible for legitimate partners to reuse and build on our work. This page sets out copyright ownership, what is permitted without permission, how to obtain permission for everything else, our AI licensing position, and how to issue a takedown notice if you believe content has been used in breach of copyright.
Last updated: 16 April 2026.
1. Copyright notice and ownership
Copyright in all original content published on manofmany.com, including written articles, photography, illustrations, infographics, video, audio, podcasts, newsletters, and proprietary code, is owned by Man of Many Pty Ltd (ABN 73 163 331 280) or licensed to Man of Many Pty Ltd, unless attributed to a third party. All rights reserved.
Copyright is held in Man of Many Pty Ltd as the operating company. Underlying intellectual property assets are held in the Man of Many Unit Trust (ABN 13 610 667 507), with operating rights licensed to Man of Many Pty Ltd via an intra-group licence agreement.
© Man of Many Pty Ltd 2010-2026. Trade marks of Man of Many Pty Ltd are noted in Section 9.
Some content includes third-party material (stock imagery, brand-supplied product imagery, syndicated wire copy) used under licence. Where third-party rights apply, the credit appears in the caption or end-of-article credit line. Permission to reuse third-party material must be obtained from the original rights holder, not from Man of Many.
2. Copyright terms by jurisdiction
Man of Many is published from Australia and read globally. The following statutory frameworks apply to use of our content.
Australia (primary jurisdiction)
Copyright in Man of Many content arises automatically under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Copyright protection is automatic on creation, no registration is required, and protection lasts the life of the author plus 70 years.
Statutory exceptions (Sections 40, 41, 42, 103A-C) permit fair dealing for: research or study, criticism or review, parody or satire, reporting news, and professional advice by a legal practitioner. Educational and commercial copying outside these exceptions is licensed in Australia by the Copyright Agency, of which Man of Many is a member.
United Kingdom
UK readers and reusers are bound by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Fair dealing exceptions cover non-commercial research, private study, criticism, review, quotation, news reporting, and caricature, parody, or pastiche. Educational and corporate copying is licensed by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) and Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS), with which Man of Many is registered.
United States
US readers and reusers are bound by the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C.) and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA, 17 U.S.C. § 512). Fair use is assessed under the four-factor test in 17 U.S.C. § 107. Permissioned commercial reuse in the US is administered by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC).
DMCA takedown notices may be sent to the agent listed in Section 8.
European Union
EU readers and reusers are bound by the InfoSoc Directive 2001/29/EC and the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive 2019/790, including Article 4 (text and data mining exception with rights-holder opt-out) and Article 15 (press publishers’ right). Man of Many reserves its rights under both Articles. Our machine-readable opt-out from text and data mining is published in our robots.txt and ai.txt files (see Section 6) and via embedded TDM Reservation Protocol metadata.
3. Permitted use without prior permission
You may quote short extracts from Man of Many articles without prior permission, provided that:
- The quotation is genuinely brief (typically up to 60 words for written content; longer extracts require permission)
- Man of Many is clearly credited as the source
- A link back to the original article on manofmany.com is included where the medium allows
- The extract is used for a fair dealing or fair use purpose (research, criticism, review, news reporting, parody, satire, quotation)
- The extract is not modified in a way that misrepresents the original meaning
You may share full article URLs and headlines on social media. You may embed our official YouTube videos and Instagram posts using the platform-provided embed code without prior permission. You may use our headlines and a single thumbnail image in news aggregators, RSS readers, and search engines.
You may not, without a licence:
- Reproduce articles in full on another website, in print, or in any other medium
- Republish our photography or video on another platform
- Use our content in commercial products, internal corporate distribution, or training materials
- Remove or alter author credits, captions, watermarks, or rights metadata
- Use our content in AI training, fine-tuning, or commercial RAG systems outside the licensed pathways in Section 5
4. Permissions requests
For requests beyond the fair dealing or fair use scope above, use the appropriate channel below.
| Type of reuse | Where to apply | Typical turnaround |
|---|---|---|
| Republication of an article (full or substantial extract) in print, digital, book, journal, thesis, training materials, or internal corporate use | PLSclear (UK-based publisher permissions platform, services Man of Many globally) | 5 business days |
| Educational copying in Australia (schools, universities, TAFE) | Already licensed via your institution’s Copyright Agency statutory licence. No further request needed. | Covered by statutory licence |
| Educational and corporate copying in the UK | Already licensed via your institution’s CLA licence (cla.co.uk). No further request needed. | Covered by collective licence |
| Commercial reuse in the United States | Copyright Clearance Center (or via PLSclear which routes US requests to CCC where appropriate) | 5-10 business days |
| Photography or video standalone licensing | [email protected] with the asset, intended use, territory, and duration | 3 business days |
| Branded content republication, partnership content, white-label syndication | [email protected] with the brief | 3 business days |
| AI training, fine-tuning, RAG, grounding, or agentic crawling at scale | See Section 5 (AI licensing pathways) | Per partner |
PLSclear handles requests, fee calculation, and licence documents on our behalf. There is no charge to submit a request via PLSclear. Most requests receive an initial response within five business days.
5. AI training, retrieval, and citation
Man of Many takes a deliberately permissive position on AI crawling. We want our work to be discoverable and cited by AI systems with attribution. We monetise that exposure through the licensed pathways below rather than by blocking crawlers.
What we allow:
- Crawling by named AI systems for the purpose of citation and retrieval (RAG), where Man of Many is named as the source and a link to the original article is preserved
- Use of Man of Many content under any of the licensed pathways listed below
- Short verbatim quotations with attribution and a back link (fair dealing for reporting, criticism, review, and quotation)
What we do not allow:
- Wholesale ingestion of Man of Many content into AI training corpora outside of a licensed pathway
- Republication of full articles by AI systems without attribution and a back link to manofmany.com
- Use of our brand, logos, or photography to imply endorsement of an AI product, output, or model
- Removal of rights metadata, watermarks, or author attribution during AI processing
Our current AI licensing pathways and platform participations:
| Partner | Region | What it covers | How AI buyers engage |
|---|---|---|---|
| TollBit | US | Bot monitoring, AI bot paywalls, and licensed crawl access for AI platforms. | tollbit.com publisher catalogue |
| ProRata (Gist.ai) | US | 50/50 revenue share when Man of Many content powers Gist.ai search answers. | prorata.ai publisher network |
| Bria.ai (via NMA) | US, Israel | Licensed AI image generation respecting creator rights. Opt-in signed 1 April 2026. | bria.ai or via News/Media Alliance |
| RSL Collective | US | Machine-readable rights and licensing standards. | rslcollective.org |
| News/Media Alliance | US | Collective AI licensing advocacy and pipeline access for member publishers. | newsmediaalliance.org |
| Copyright Agency | AU | Australian copyright collective. AI Working Group participant. Bilateral agreements with CLA UK and CCC US. | copyright.com.au |
| PLS / CLA | UK | UK collective Generative AI Licensing scheme. Signed 19 March 2026. | pls.org.uk/collective-licensing |
| PLSclear | UK | Transactional permissions platform for AI training samples and one-off requests. | plsclear.com |
| Cloudflare | Global | Bot management at the network edge. AI crawlers are intentionally not blocked. Pay-per-crawl arrangements assessed case by case. | Direct enquiry to [email protected] |
AI platforms that wish to license Man of Many content for training, fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation, or grounding can do so through any of the partners above. Direct bilateral enquiries are welcome at [email protected].
6. Crawler and bot policy
Our robots.txt and ai.txt files are the canonical source of crawler permissions. Summary position:
- Search engine crawlers (Googlebot, Bingbot, DuckDuckBot, Applebot, Yandex, Baidu): Allowed
- Major AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, OAI-SearchBot, CCBot, Bytespider, Amazonbot, Meta-ExternalAgent): Allowed for citation and retrieval. Licensed pathway preferred for training-scale ingestion.
- Other AI and research crawlers: Allowed when behaved (respects robots.txt, declares accurate user agent, reasonable crawl rate).
- Crawlers misrepresenting their user agent or hammering the site: Blocked at the network edge.
- Text and data mining (TDM) for AI training: Reserved under EU CDSM Article 4. Allowed under licensed pathways only.
AI platforms running large-scale crawls for training should arrange a licensed pathway via one of the partners in Section 5. Direct enquiries to [email protected].
7. Commercial syndication and content partnerships
For commercial content syndication, branded content partnerships, video and podcast licensing, photography licensing, and white-label arrangements, please contact us directly:
- Press, photography, and standalone media licensing: [email protected]
- Commercial partnerships and syndication: [email protected]
- AI licensing, rights, and bilateral deals: [email protected] (Co-Founder, CFA)
- General permissions enquiries: [email protected] (catch-all)
Please include the specific Man of Many content you are interested in, the intended use, the territory, the duration, and the rough commercial scope. We respond to commercial enquiries within three business days.
8. DMCA and takedown notices
If you are the copyright owner of material you believe has been used on manofmany.com without permission or without an appropriate licence, please send a written notice that includes:
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
- Identification of the material on manofmany.com that is claimed to be infringing, with sufficient detail (URL, screenshot) for us to locate it
- Your contact information (name, address, telephone, email)
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use is not authorised
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorised to act on their behalf
- Your physical or electronic signature
Send notices to [email protected] with the subject line ‘Copyright Notice’ or by post to the address in Section 11. We aim to acknowledge within two business days and act within seven business days. Misuse of this procedure (false notices) may result in liability under applicable law.
If you are responding to a takedown action against your content, you may submit a counter-notice to the same address with: identification of the removed material, a statement under penalty of perjury that the removal was in error, your contact information, and consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, Australia (or your Federal District Court if you are in the US).
9. Trademark notice
‘Man of Many’, the Man of Many wordmark, the Man of Many monogram, and associated logos and design elements are trade marks of Man of Many Pty Ltd, registered in Australia and used internationally. Use of our marks in commercial materials, merchandise, or in a way that implies endorsement requires prior written consent from Man of Many.
Editorial use of our marks in news reporting, criticism, and review is permitted under standard fair dealing principles. Approved brand assets and usage guidance are at manofmany.com/brand-assets-logos.
10. Related editorial standards
Permissions and copyright sit alongside our broader editorial standards. The full set of editorial policies:
- Advertising & Sponsorships Policy
- Affiliate Policy & Disclosure
- Complaints Policy
- Corrections Policy
- Diversity Policy
- Editorial Policy
- Ethics Policy
- Fact-Checking Policy
- Feedback Policy
- No Bylines Policy
- Ownership & Funding Info
- Permissions, Copyright & Content Licensing (this page)
- Privacy Policy
- Responsible AI Usage & Ethics Policy
- Terms & Conditions
- Unnamed Sources Policy
11. Contact
Man of Many Pty Ltd
ABN 73 163 331 280 | ACN 163 331 280
Level 3, 69 Reservoir St, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia
Phone: +61 421 391 841
- General enquiries: [email protected]
- Press, media, and photography: [email protected]
- Permissions and copyright: [email protected]
- AI licensing and rights: [email protected]