Last updated: September 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 be used in connection with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Large Language Models (LLMs), search engines 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
Search Engines and AI Discovery
Apito Final welcomes indexing and discovery of its content by legitimate search engines and AI assistants, including for the purpose of answering user questions, summarising our reporting with attribution, and helping readers find our journalism. Our robots.txt and llms.txt files reflect this openly: search engine crawlers and AI crawlers are permitted to access our content.
This openness supports our mission of reaching football fans wherever they are searching or asking questions, including through AI-powered tools.
Commercial and Bulk Licensing
While we welcome crawling and indexing for search and AI-assisted discovery, organisations seeking to use Apito Final content for large-scale dataset creation, bulk commercial licensing, or any use beyond ordinary crawling and indexing should contact us to discuss terms.
Licensing requests should include:
- Organisation name
- Intended use
- Type of system or product
- Content requested
- Commercial or research purpose
- Expected volume of data
Copyright Protection
Nothing in this policy grants any licence, ownership or usage rights beyond ordinary crawling, indexing and AI-assisted discovery described above. Bulk reproduction, republication, or large-scale extraction of our content outside these purposes remains subject to copyright and requires our permission.
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]