Articles on copyright infringement: using protected material without permission, and the legal risk for writers.
AI CopyrightJuly 21, 2026
Anthropic settled for $1.5 billion over pirated books. The court found the acquisition was the problem, not the training, and that distinction is the one that matters to anyone who writes as someone else. What it changes for the ghostwriting…
Copyright InfringementFebruary 11, 2026
After 54+ ghostwriting contracts, I have watched copyright infringement play out in ways most writers never see coming. This is not legal advice, but it is hard-earned perspective on how to protect your work, what your contracts should say, and…
Copyright InfringementFebruary 11, 2026
Copyright is not abstract legal theory when you have signed agreements on 54+ ghostwriting projects. It is the framework I work inside every single day. Here is what writers actually need to understand about who owns their words, what fair…
AI CopyrightFebruary 11, 2026
The AI copyright debate everyone has, can a machine be an author, is the wrong one. It has almost nothing to do with the issues you will actually hit using AI tools. Drawing on daily use across ghostwriting and fiction,…
AI CopyrightFebruary 10, 2026
A client once handed me 120 articles copied from the web as his own writing, and I caught it only after the manuscript was done. Plagiarism is not always intentional theft, but the result is the same. Here is what…
AI CopyrightFebruary 10, 2026
Copyright intimidates a lot of writers, and that fear keeps them from understanding rights they already hold. This is not legal advice, just plain-language observations from years as an author and creator. Here is what you should know about protecting…
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