AI Licensing Policy

Last updated: June 2026

Introduction

Apito Final creates original football journalism for readers around the world.

Our editorial content, including articles, headlines, match reports, analysis, images, graphics, databases, metadata and other original works, represents valuable intellectual property protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws.

This policy explains how our content may—and may not—be used in connection with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Large Language Models (LLMs) and other automated technologies.

Ownership of Content

Unless otherwise stated, all editorial content published on https://apitofinal.pt is the exclusive intellectual property of Apito Final or is used under an appropriate licence.

This includes, but is not limited to:

  • News articles
  • Match reports
  • Transfer coverage
  • Editorial analysis
  • Opinion pieces
  • Headlines
  • Images owned by Apito Final
  • Graphics
  • Logos
  • Metadata
  • Original databases
  • Website design and layout

AI Training and Machine Learning

The use of Apito Final content for the purpose of training, fine-tuning, improving or developing Artificial Intelligence systems, Large Language Models, Machine Learning models or similar technologies is strictly prohibited unless prior written permission has been granted by Apito Final.

This prohibition applies to, but is not limited to:

  • AI model training
  • Foundation model development
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Dataset creation
  • Data mining
  • Text and data mining
  • Embedding generation
  • Semantic indexing
  • Machine learning research
  • Commercial AI products
  • Automated content generation

Crawling and Automated Access

Automated crawling, scraping or systematic extraction of Apito Final content is prohibited unless:

  • expressly authorised by us;
  • required for standard search engine indexing; or
  • permitted under a written licensing agreement.

This restriction applies to:

  • AI crawlers
  • Data collection bots
  • Scraping tools
  • Automated harvesting systems
  • Dataset generators
  • Similar automated technologies.

Licensing

Organisations wishing to use Apito Final content for Artificial Intelligence, research, commercial licensing or other automated applications must obtain a separate written licence.

Licensing requests should include:

  • Organisation name
  • Intended use
  • Type of AI system
  • Content requested
  • Commercial or research purpose
  • Expected volume of data

Search Engines

We welcome indexing by legitimate search engines for the purpose of helping users discover our journalism.

However, indexing permission does not constitute permission to copy, reproduce or use our editorial content for AI training or machine learning purposes.

Copyright Protection

Nothing in this policy grants any licence, ownership or usage rights over Apito Final content.

All intellectual property rights remain exclusively reserved.

Enforcement

Apito Final actively monitors unauthorised use of its editorial content.

Where appropriate, we reserve the right to pursue legal remedies for:

  • Copyright infringement
  • Unauthorised AI training
  • Unlicensed commercial use
  • Automated scraping
  • Database extraction
  • Misappropriation of editorial content

Changes to this Policy

This AI Licensing Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect technological developments, legal requirements and our editorial practices.

The latest version will always be published on this page.

Contact

For AI licensing enquiries, commercial licensing requests or copyright matters, please contact:

Email: [email protected]