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Using AI to create your course?
tldr: Using AI to create your course or product can hamstring your ability to protect your work from copycats. Head to the Cheetah Company to see the full story - Intellectual Property & AI: What Entrepreneurs Need To Know - written by our founder, Paige Hulse.
If your inbox looks anything like ours, its full of the best AI tools, tricks and treats.
Don't get us wrong, our team using AI to increase productivity and efficiency.
But there is one thing you should think twice about before using AI to create: courses, products - anything you want to protect from copycats with a registered copyright.
Imagine: you spend months pouring time, energy, and so much effort into creating and launching a course. It’s a gamble. After all, every entrepreneur’s time spent creating passive income naturally takes time away from client work-so of course; we hope it’s a gamble that pays off!
Launch day comes, and a few days later, you see someone selling a course that looks exactly like your own. They’ve obviously, blatantly copied you, and are selling it just low enough to get a market advantage while they’re at it. It’s obviously unjust, and you immediately want to stop them, of course. Can you?
The first questions your IP attorney will ask you:
- Did you create the course? (Or, did you use AI for part of it?)
- Do you own the course (ie, did you copyright it?)
Now, you might be questioning if you do own your course and products. Head to the Cheetah Company to read the full feature by our founder and IP attorney, Paige Hulse:
Intellectual Property & AI: What Entrepreneurs Need To Know
Did you know?
Did you know that our client contract templates in the Creative Law Shop® include a intellectual property provision?
And that when you purchase a CLS template, you have access to Lifetime Updates.
Not using a CLS client contract but want to make sure your contract has you covered when it comes to intellectual property? We offer specific add-on provisions you can use to strengthen your non-CLS contracts.
See you next time,
The CLS Team
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Contract templates for creative entrepreneurs, wedding pros, designers, and more. Legally-sound resources drafted & developed by a practicing attorney—without the hourly rate.
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