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Jim W. Ko
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Attorney & founder (Ko IP & AI Law / The AI Rights Project). Managing Editor, Know Your AI Rights eBook—for Students, Creators & Citizens. Empowering People. Protecting Rights. Shaping AI.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 28d
When’s the last time you read our Bill of Rights?
Have you thought about what it means in the AI age?
Is it being applied in ways that match your understanding—or your aspirations?

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Graphic with a yellow background featuring a stylized watchdog as a symbol of protecting rights in the AI age. Large headline text reads “Know Your AI Rights” with scales of justice integrated into the design. A red label at the bottom says “For Citizens.” Visual branding of The AI Rights Project, emphasizing constitutional values and civic protections in the era of artificial intelligence.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 23h
Fault Line 1c — “Should publicly posted mean consent to train AI?”

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#AIandLaw #AITransparency #AIRights
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 23h
As AI companies blur the line between access and authorization, the defaults we set decide whose rights count.
Silence shouldn’t be treated as surrender.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 23h
Opt-out puts the burden on the person whose rights are at stake.
Opt-in puts it where it belongs.

Consent should be a choice — not a default.
#AIConsent #CreatorsRights

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 23h
When did “public” become shorthand for “permission”?

Fault Line 1c from The AI Rights Project examines whether silence online is being misread as consent for AI training.
#AIethics #DigitalRights

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Graphic for AIRights Fault Line 1c, titled “Should Silence Mean Consent to Train AI?”. At the top, a prism logo refracts a beam of white light into a rainbow. Below, a glowing blue “fault line” splits a metallic digital surface, symbolizing a divide. On the left is a box labeled “OPT-IN?”, and on the right “OPT-OUT?”, representing the debate around online consent for AI training.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 5d
The stakes are too high to let inertia turn into inevitability.

🔗 Read Faultline 1B (free account + login req’d): lnkd.in/gY8jSvun

🌐 #AIRights #KnowYourAIRights #AIethics #copyright #consent #responsibleAI

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 5d
The AI Rights Project’s thesis is simple:
The narrative on most AI issues—especially this one—has been driven by Big AI.
Not definitely wrong, but definitively incomplete.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 5d
Analog rules were built for scarcity.
Now we live in a world of infinite copies—where consent, once explicit, is too easily implied.

The question isn’t just legal; it’s moral.
Who gets to decide what “public” really means?
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 5d
This is the second essay in AIRights Prism No. 1 | Copyright, Fair Use & Consent.
It traces how the social bargain that once balanced creative rights and public progress is straining in the age of machine learning. <3/6>
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 5d
Every upload carries an assumption: share = consent.
But does it?

Faultline 1B examines how copyright and fair-use principles are being stretched by AI training built on public data.
#KnowYourAIRights #consent

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 5d
NEW RELEASE ⚡️
Faultline 1B | “The Scope of Consent: When Sharing Becomes Surrender.”

Is a creator’s choice to share their work online the same as granting permission for it to be used?
#AIRights #AIethics #copyright
Stylized graphic for AIRights Fault Line 1b titled “Consent at Scale — For Creators.” A glowing digital fault line divides two sides labeled “Individual Creator’s Rights?” and “Benefit to Society?” The image symbolizes the tension between protecting authors and enabling technological progress in the age of AI.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 6d
True independence means seeing beyond the industry narrative.
Let’s confront the tensions AI exposes—together.

🧩 AI Rights Fault Line 1a:
“Public = Fair Game for AI Training?”

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#AIethics #Copyright #AIpolicy #FairUse #AIRights #Creators #Innovation

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1a Fair Use - The AI Rights Project
Fair Use? Machine learning’s ingestion of published works mirrors how humans learn—an act of understanding, not reproduction. Are publicly posted copyrighted works fair game for AI training? Not Fair Use? Copyright protects human creativity, not machine imitation; only humans can “learn” within the meaning of the law. 🔒 You’ve reached the end of the public...
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 6d
Written with the expertise of an IP attorney and the mindset of a teacher,
each Fault Line essay explores how AI reshapes rights—
and how civic literacy can keep pace with technology.

Read + Reflect.

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 6d
Fault Line No. 1a —
“Public = Fair Game for AI Training?”

Are publicly posted works automatically “fair use” for AI developers?
Or should creators still have a say in how their art, words, and images are used?

The debate starts here.

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 6d
Each Fault Line in the AI Rights Prism series examines one collision:
⚖️ privacy vs. openness
⚙️ innovation vs. consent
🧠 authorship vs. automation

Our goal isn’t to pick sides—
but to clarify the ground they stand on.

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1a Fair Use - The AI Rights Project
Fair Use? Machine learning’s ingestion of published works mirrors how humans learn—an act of understanding, not reproduction. Are publicly posted copyrighted works fair game for AI training? Not Fair Use? Copyright protects human creativity, not machine imitation; only humans can “learn” within the meaning of the law. 🔒 You’ve reached the end of the public...
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 6d
🚨 Tensions We Can’t Ignore

AI is forcing us to revisit one of democracy’s oldest balancing acts:
How do we protect creators’ rights—without closing off progress?

Today we launch our first AIRights Fault Line.

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A visual graphic titled “Unauthorized Use of Your Creations.” At the top, a black triangular prism splits a beam of light into a rainbow, symbolizing the AIRights Prism theme. Below, bold text reads “Unauthorized Use of Your Creations.” The central image shows a stylized metallic surface with circuit-like patterns divided by a glowing blue line of light—representing a fault line. On the left, the label “FAIR USE?” appears in red; on the right, “NOT FAIR USE?” in blue, framing the ethical divide. Beneath, text reads “AIRights Fault Line No. 1a — Public = Fair Game for AI Training?” followed by a gold-outlined button that says “For Creators.” The overall design conveys the tension between innovation and creative rights in AI training.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 9d
Together, we’re defining what it means to have AI rights—and how to make them real.
The light of AI is bright. Our prism helps humanity see its full spectrum. 🌈
#AIRights #AIethics #transparency
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 9d
🗓️ Coming soon:
The AIRights Guide to Opting Out of AI Training
A practical resource for creators and citizens seeking to protect their work and data.
#AIrights #privacy

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 9d
✊ Become a Member of The AI Rights Project
Join Free (Tier 1) — or become an Informed, Advocate, or Legacy Member and lock in your 2025 discounted rate for life.
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#civilrights #AIethics

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 9d
The AIRights Prism refracts complex AI issues through the human lens—revealing clarity where others see only opacity.
It’s how we transform understanding into rights.
#KnowYourAIRights #copyright #responsibleAI

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 9d
💎 The 1st AIRights Prism
“The Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Works to Train AI”

Our first leap forward in the Know Your AI Rights eBook series — now live.
A transparent look at the state of the law—and what creators can do about it.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 9d
🚀 The AI Rights Project is live.
We’re building the first nonprofit dedicated to empowering students, creators, and citizens to understand, claim, and exercise their rights in the age of AI.
#AIRights #AIethics
Illustration showing a black background with a triangular glass prism refracting a white beam of light into a rainbow spectrum. Below the prism, bold gold and black text on a red panel reads: “AIRights Prism No. 1 — The Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Works to Train AI.” A beige button-style label at the bottom says “For Creators.” The design symbolizes AI light passing through the human-rights prism to reveal deeper understanding and transparency.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 18d
📘 Read more in “From 6 Pillars to 10 Rights” (free Tier 1 signup):
🌐 airightsproject.org/ebook/part-i...

🗝️ Paid membership includes ongoing access to all “For Creators” content as it rolls out over the year.

#AIRights #KnowYourAIRights #IntellectualProperty #Innovation #ResponsibleAI
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 18d
Without clarity, uncertainty chills investment, undermines livelihoods, and risks reducing human ingenuity to just another data feed.

At The AI Rights Project, we’re building a principled framework to keep creativity alive & protected in the AI age.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 18d
This week, we turn to a principle for moving forward:

👉 Pillar II — Empowering Creativity & Innovation

Our position is simple:

Human creativity must remain at the center

AI can assist, but not replace authorship

Law & policy must evolve to keep human-directed works protectable as IP
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 18d
Last week we raised the paradox:
Generative AI accelerates innovation—but erodes the protections that give creators confidence their work has value.
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#AIRights #Creators
Graphic with a golden-yellow background. On the left, bold black text reads 'KNOW YOUR AI RIGHTS,' with a faint outline of the scales of justice beneath. On the right, a butterfly with vivid orange and black wings appears inside a rounded rectangle; the butterfly’s thorax is marked with the letters 'AI' in gold. At the bottom, a white rounded label outlined in gold reads 'For Creators.' The design symbolizes The AI Rights Project campaign focused on protecting human creativity and intellectual property in the AI age.
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