Rights Foundations
Copyright, moral rights, neighbouring rights, and database rights. What subsists, when it attaches, and why it matters in AI pipelines.
Seven modules covering the fundamentals of creative IP in the AI era. Rights foundations, record setup, consent, identity, synthetic content, royalty flows, and platform compliance. Complete all seven to qualify for Level 1 certification.

Copyright, moral rights, neighbouring rights, and database rights. What subsists, when it attaches, and why it matters in AI pipelines.
The CDR is the atomic unit of the CIP framework. How to create one, what fields it contains, and what it does.
What consent means in the context of AI training, how the CIP consent taxonomy works, and when consent is required.
Name, image, likeness, and persona rights. The fastest-moving area of AI law. What's protected, what isn't, and what's changing.
When AI creates something, who owns it? Mixed-rights works, prompt authorship, and the CIP classification system.
How money flows from AI use of creative work. Training Data Dividends, collecting societies, and the emerging licence economy.
What platforms must do under the EU AI Act, the UK Data Act, and the CIP Standard. Audit areas, certification, and enforcement.
The sport-vertical expansion of the CIP framework covering athletes, intermediaries, institutions, and AI vendors. Jurisdictional regimes, clearinghouse operations, safeguarding overlays, and worked examples.
What constitutes biometric data in law across UK, EU, and US jurisdictions. Illinois BIPA, EU AI Act biometric provisions, voice as biometric identifier, and creator rights against biometric AI training.
Full analysis of TDM exceptions and opt-out mechanisms across UK, EU, and US jurisdictions. Enforcement pathways, jurisdiction selection in contracts, and coordination with collecting societies.
Level 1 is free. Not a trial. Free. Read the modules, take the quiz, earn a certificate. Level 2 is for practitioners implementing CIP in their organisations. Level 3 is formal certification. The assessment is rigorous because the credential needs to mean something.
Six modules applying CIP inside an organisation. Deploying cip.md, the Core Data Record, consent, component rights, platform compliance and evidencing. Requires Level 1 completion.
Track-specific practitioner assessment. Practical submissions reviewed by panel. Unlocks the certified cip.md Generator with verified badge URL, certification level, and issuance date pre-populated. The assessment is rigorous because the credential has to mean something.
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Level 1 is free and open access. No signup required to read the modules. Complete all seven and pass the quiz at 75% to earn your Certificate of Completion.