Copyright and AI tools, from the official sources
Copyright questions about AI tools, answered plainly
Machine Made Rights explains who owns work made with AI tools, what goes wrong when you paste in other people's work, and what the official copyright offices say. Each page is a short checklist with sources.
Made for owners and staff of small and medium businesses who use AI tools and want to know the copyright basics.
All the checklists
Who owns work made with an AI tool?Can you claim copyright in text or images an AI tool made for your business? Questions to ask, and what official sources say.
What the official copyright offices say about AIWhat the US Copyright Office, IP Australia, the Attorney-General's Department and the UK government have published about AI and copyright.
Using AI-made images in business materialsA checklist for putting an AI-made image on a website, flyer or social post, covering ownership, lookalikes, watermarks and the tool's terms.
Pasting other people's work into an AI toolBefore you paste an article, photo or document you don't own into a chatbot, check what the tool's terms say you promise and who is responsible.
AI training data and copyright, explainedWhy creators are suing AI companies over how models were trained, what governments are considering, and what it could mean for a small business.
What AI tool terms say about who owns the outputHow to find and read the ownership and licence clauses in an AI tool's terms, with examples of the wording two makers use.
When AI output looks too much like existing workHow to spot AI text or images that may copy someone else's work, and the steps a small business can take before publishing.