When the news says “the Anthropic case,” it could mean any of four completely different lawsuits – one already settled for $1.5 billion, three still being fought. Here’s how to tell them apart, why the docket number is the only reliable way to know which is which, and what each one means for creators.
A plain-language guide to the NO FAKES Act: the proposed federal law that would give every creator a right over AI-generated clones of their voice and likeness.
Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion for using pirated books to train its AI. Here’s who qualified, what a claim was worth, and what the whole thing means for you.
It was billed as the case that would decide whether AI companies can train on your work. Then the UK court handed down its verdict — and the headlines said Getty lost. But the real story is more useful, and more nuanced, than any headline. Here’s Getty v. Stability AI in plain English: what Getty actually claimed, why it mostly lost in the UK, why the US case is far from over, and what all of it means for you as a creator.
A man built an AI, told the Copyright Office the AI made a picture entirely on its own, and asked to register the machine as the author. The government said no, and in March 2025 a federal appeals court agreed: under US law, a copyright needs a human author. But the case is far narrower — and far more useful to you — than the scary headline suggests. Here’s the plain-English version, and exactly what it changes for creators who use AI tools.
That nagging feeling that your art, writing, or photos ended up inside an AI model? You can actually check. Here’s a plain-English guide to the tools that search real training datasets — and the concrete steps to take if your work turns up.
You didn’t sign up to be training data. Here’s a plain-English, step-by-step guide to opting your art, writing, music, and photos out of AI training in 2026 — and an honest look at what opting out actually can and can’t do.
You want to put an AI image on a product, an ad, or a client project. Can you legally sell it? Usually yes — but two different things can trip you up. Here is the plain-English guide for sellers and businesses.
You generated an image. Who actually owns it — you, the app that made it, or nobody at all? Here is the plain-English answer, and what it means for selling and protecting your work.
Text, images, music, video, code — which AI-assisted work can you actually copyright in 2026? Here’s the honest answer, broken down by content type, plus how to register the parts that count.