Copyright and authorship
Understand the difference between making an image, owning rights in it, licensing it and being able to prove meaningful human contribution.
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The AI Rights Handbook for Visual Creators
A practical guide to copyright, ownership, client contracts, AI training, disclosure and evidence for visual creators working with AI-assisted images.
- Paperback ISBN: 978-3-033-12404-2
- First edition, 2026
- Published by AI Rights Brief
For creators who need a working position.
The handbook is written for professional visual work: client jobs, licensing discussions, AI-assisted production, platform rules, recordkeeping and the questions that come up after delivery.
Book overview
What the handbook helps you decide.
This is not a dense legal textbook. It is a practical reference for reading the project before you promise ownership, exclusivity, disclosure, AI use or future permissions you may not actually mean to grant.
Made for
- Photographers and image makers
- Illustrators, designers and visual artists
- Creative freelancers and small studios
- Agencies managing AI-assisted client work
Client contracts and permissions
Use clearer language around AI-assisted production, training restrictions, synthetic derivatives, exclusivity and future campaign use.
Disclosure and evidence
Build a practical record of tools, inputs, approvals, decisions and final delivery so the work can be explained later.
Five questions framework
A compact way to read the project before you deliver.
What exactly was created?
Who contributed what?
What has actually been agreed?
What evidence exists?
Could the position be explained clearly?
Reader resources
Companion downloads
Practical forms, checklists and reference sheets designed to be used alongside the handbook during real client projects.
Project Documentation Checklist
A practical checklist for recording the project, permissions, AI use, human contribution, approvals and evidence.
AI Disclosure Decision Guide
A quick guide to deciding when AI use may need to be disclosed to a client, subject, platform or audience.
AI-Assisted Project Record
A working record for documenting the tools, inputs, human contribution, approvals, rights position and final delivery of an AI-assisted project.