WHAT CIP IS, BRIEFLY.
A UK charity that publishes a standard, open tools, a CPD course, and five professional certification tracks for creative intellectual property in AI contexts.
Creative Intellectual Property is a UK-registered charitable incorporated organisation (CIO Foundation Model) whose purpose is the advancement of education in creative intellectual property. The charity publishes four things: a standard for declaring subsisting rights in AI contexts, open tools for assessing and managing rights exposure, a three-tier CPD course, and five professional certification tracks. Everything is free to read. The self-assessment and preview-mode Generator are free to use without signing in. Level 1 course modules are free to study. Only Levels 2 and 3 are paid.
Why a charity, and not a commercial platform.
The questions CIP addresses are contested. Whether AI training constitutes infringement. What fair dealing covers. How NILP rights run across commercial intermediaries. A commercial vendor has an interest in a particular answer; a charity does not. The constitutional commitment to neutrality is disclosed to the Charity Commission at registration — it is not a marketing commitment. The framework takes positions where the law is settled and identifies contested ground where it is not.
How to use this site.
If you are new to the domain, start with the Standard and the Glossary. If your organisation needs to act, start with the free Risk Self-Assessment. If you know your role, go directly to the certification track that fits: Creator, Agency, Legal Practitioner, Underwriter, or Platform. If you are working in policy or research, the Insights archive carries the thinking behind the framework — white papers, briefings, and case studies. Every specialist term on this site is defined in the Glossary; look for the dotted underline.