CASE FOR SUPPORT
For foundations, trusts, creative sector bodies, and government. The public interest case for Creative Intellectual Property Charity.
Why this matters
AI companies are training systems on vast quantities of creative content — music, images, text, and recordings — engaging copyright, moral rights, neighbouring rights, and identity rights that subsist in every piece of that content automatically by operation of law. In the absence of a consistent, widely adopted standard for how those rights are declared, respected, and enforced, creators have no practical mechanism to assert them and AI companies have no clear framework within which to licence them.
The IFPI estimates that AI training datasets now include hundreds of millions of copyrighted sound recordings. EU AI Act compliance obligations for training data transparency are in force, yet most AI companies have no practical mechanism for meeting them at scale. Under the UK’s Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, creators have the right to opt out of commercial TDM — but opt-out mechanisms only work if creators have practical tools to deploy them.
What we are building
CIP fills the gap: building and maintaining the shared infrastructure — the standard, the declaration format, the registry, the professional certification — that makes rights practically exercisable in the AI content pipeline.
How funds are used
| Activity | Cost estimate | What it funds |
|---|---|---|
| Standards development | £180,000–£240,000 | Standards Committee convening, criteria drafting, two consultation rounds, independent legal review |
| Public consultation infrastructure | £60,000–£90,000 | Online consultation platform, translation into four languages, creator community outreach |
| Rights Registry build | £200,000–£350,000 + £80,000/year | CDR database, API, certificate verification, C2PA integration, hosting and maintenance |
| Creator outreach and education | £90,000–£130,000 Year 1 + £50,000/year | Free quiz, cip.md Generator, creator education resources, collecting society partnerships |
| ISEAL membership application | £40,000–£65,000 | Gap analysis, external review, assessors, formal application |
| Accreditation infrastructure | £75,000–£120,000 | Accreditor criteria, certification body recruitment, mutual recognition mapping |
Partnership opportunities
Foundation and trust funding
CIP welcomes applications from foundations and trusts with interests in: creative sector development and protection, digital rights and technology ethics, professional education and standards, and public interest infrastructure. Particularly interested in foundations with connections across UK, EU, and North American creative industries.
Creative sector body partnerships
Membership organisations, collecting societies, trade associations, and unions can support adoption by: endorsing the standard and encouraging member adoption, distributing CIP materials through member communications, hosting CIP sessions at sector events, and funding sector-specific creator education and outreach.
Government and public body support
CIP is relevant to: UK DSIT’s AI opportunities action plan and creative industries strategy, EU AI Act implementation support for rights holders and platforms, digital public infrastructure frameworks, and creative economy investment programmes.
How to give
Contact charity@creativeip.org to discuss how your organisation can support the infrastructure that makes creative rights practically exercisable in the AI era.