Sharing assets in MARPLA: workspace, recipients, groups and links

Three practical audiences

Only me is restricted mode with no recipients. Selected people and groups uses direct grants to active MARPLA accounts and membership in the author’s personal groups. All means the author’s workspace. It must not be described as public: an outsider does not gain access merely because the price is zero.

A community-authored asset uses a separate mode. Team access requires active membership in a connected game and the Download assets permission. The author can additionally grant people and personal groups. See the main guide for the whole decision path.

Recipients and personal groups

On the asset page, the owner can select several members from accessible game teams or add an existing active account by its complete email. This does not invite a new user. People and group changes remain a draft until Save all changes; a failed request preserves the draft.

A personal group is useful when one audience should receive several assets. Adding a member extends access to every assigned restricted/community file. Deleting the group removes that access path but preserves the assets themselves.

1. Open Access on your asset page.
2. Select the intended people and groups.
3. Select Save all changes.
4. Ask the recipient to open the page from their own account.

Secret links

A secret link is available only for a free original. Anyone with the address can download that one file without signing in. It does not make the catalog or asset page public. Copy the link when it is created and send it to the intended recipient.

Revocation blocks future downloads. It cannot erase copies already saved by recipients or prevent them from forwarding the file. A secret link is useful for a controlled handoff, but it does not replace a license, recipient agreement or audit trail.

Paid files

Paid originals cannot currently be downloaded: built-in payment and delivery after purchase are not connected. Older pages may retain a Buy on author’s website link. Use a lightweight demonstration for preview, because a viewable file is delivered to the recipient’s browser.

Primary sources

• MARPLA guide: upload and access