The New Content Problem: AI, Authorship, and Permission

This lesson frames the core problem that AI-generated content creates for creators, clients, publishers, and platforms: creative output can now be produced quickly, but legal responsibility still depends on human choices, permission, ownership, and documentation.

Students learn the difference between authorship, ownership, permission, and publication risk. The lesson introduces the practical questions to ask before using AI-assisted media, while saving deeper treatment of copyright registration, licensing, model training, likeness rights, and platform policies for later lessons.