Using AI on a creative project

Before you use a tool

• Read the tool’s terms: who owns the output, and can your inputs be used for training?
• Avoid uploading confidential scripts or third-party material you don’t control
• Agree with your co-producers and writers whether and how AI may be used

Protecting your rights

• Australian copyright needs a human author, so keep a record of the human creative contribution
• Treat purely AI-generated material as potentially unprotected
• Disclose AI use honestly in chain of title and E&O insurance questionnaires

Contracts

• Add AI clauses to writer, crew and service agreements: permitted uses, disclosure and warranties
• Check guild and union positions on AI for writers and performers
• Get express, specific consent before creating any digital replica of a performer’s voice or likeness

Before release

• Check AI-generated images, music and text for similarity to existing works
• Confirm distributor and platform delivery requirements on AI disclosure
• Keep your records with the production’s chain of title documents

This guide is general information only and is not legal advice. Speak to us about your project.