The assumption
Views and virality feel like payment. They aren't — just attention, with no ownership behind it.
CPS, Inc. · Component Parts Store
Document it, don't dream it.
Louisiana pays for real.
Everyone's chasing virality. Nobody's getting paid for it. Views feel like payment — they aren't. They're attention with no ownership behind them.
The problem
Attention is not ownership
The gap
Credit disappears not because anyone erased it, but because nothing was ever built to hold it.
The history
The pattern is not new
Hip hop built one of the most valuable cultural movements in American history — and most of the people who built it never captured ownership of what they made. That pattern isn't unique to hip hop. It's happening right now, to every kind of creator.
The statute
Do you know you're a creator? Do you know that's IP?
La. R.S. 47:6022(C)(2)
“Component parts” means all elements integral to the functioning or development of a digital interactive media product or platform.
VideoAudioDialogueCodeImagesScripts
If it's inside the app, it's a component part — and it may be eligible.
The catalog
What counts as a component part
Audio
Every sound that lives inside the product.
DialogueSound design / SFXOriginal scoreVoiceoverFoleyADR
Visual & video
Moving image captured or generated for the product.
Live-action footageAnimationMotion graphicsVisual effectsCinematics
Images & art
Static visual work created for the product.
Concept artCharacter artEnvironment artTexturesUI art
Code & software
The executable logic that makes it run.
Engine / gameplay codeToolsBackend servicesAPIsBuild pipelines
Writing & narrative
The words the product speaks, shows, and stores.
Dialogue scriptsBranching narrativeWorldbuilding docsLocalization text
Design documents
The plans the build follows before a line is written.
Design docsLevel designUX / UI designStoryboards
3D assets
Spatial and rigged content the product renders.
ModelsRigsAnimationsMotion capture data
Data & metadata
The stored structures behind the experience.
DatabasesSave systemsMetadata schemasAnalytics schemas
User interface
What the player or user touches and reads on screen.
LayoutsIconsHUD elementsMenu systems
Interactive systems
The rules that govern how the product behaves.
Physics systemsAI behavior treesProcedural generation
This list illustrates the statute's own examples and common industry categories — it is not an exhaustive or authoritative list, and whether any specific item qualifies is determined by the State of Louisiana, not by Metanated.
The method
One form. Every session.
01 · Capture
Who made it, what it is, when, and where — logged in the room.
02 · Verify
The claim is checked against session logs, timestamps, and signed splits.
03 · Accession
Verified contents become a permanent holding in the Registry.
04 · Activate
The holding becomes usable — licensable, payable, reportable.
One form. Every session. Before the dream happens. Who made it. What it is. When. Where. Who owns what. Signed. That's it.
The statute's numbers
Louisiana pays you back for making it
25%
On qualified resident payroll
18%
On qualified production expenses
No cap
Refundable, or an 85% rebate anytime
Source: La. R.S. 47:6022, Louisiana Digital Media and Software Act. Rates are cited from the statute as written. Whether any specific expense qualifies is decided by the State of Louisiana through its own certification process — not by Metanated, and not by this page.
The proof
Node Zero, New Orleans
Node Zero, New Orleans — a studio built on this model from day one. Every session that runs through CPS moves through intake and component-parts capture. Not an add-on; just how the room operates.
An ecosystem of creators who don't have to lose what they built.
The record store taught me the credit is the story. I'm making sure nobody's story gets left off the sleeve again.
Document it, don't dream it — Louisiana pays for real.
Notices
- · This page explains a statute and a documentation practice. It is not tax, legal, or accounting advice.
- · No credit, rebate, refund, or certification outcome is promised. Eligibility is determined by the State of Louisiana and should be reviewed with a licensed tax professional.
- · Capturing component parts in the Registry is a record of documentation, not a government copyright registration or a filed credit claim.