Copyright Protection Guide
A plain-English guide to understanding your rights, the DMCA, and how to protect your digital assets in the AI era.
What is Protected?
Copyright automatically protects original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. This includes:
- Images, photographs, and graphic designs
- Video content and animations
- Written code and software
- Music and audio recordings
Note: AI-generated content (without human authorship) is currently a complex legal area. Alovia focuses on protecting human-created or human-modified works.
AI Training & infringement
The rapid rise of Generative AI has led to massive scraping of public data. While laws are evolving, unauthorized reproduction of your work for training datasets or direct output generation can impinge on your rights.
Alovia helps by detecting when your specific assets appear in datasets or are reproduced by models, providing the evidence needed for takedowns or licensing discussions.
The DMCA Process
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides a mechanism for copyright holders to request the removal of infringing content. A valid DMCA notice must include:
- Identification of the copyrighted work
- Identification of the infringing material (URL)
- Contact information of the copyright holder
- A statement of good faith belief that use is unauthorized
- A statement under penalty of perjury that information is accurate
Alovia automates the generation of these notices, ensuring they are legally compliant and formatted correctly for each platform.