AI Copyright and Your Creative Work
AI has not changed who owns a work. It has changed how easily a convincing copy appears, and how often a creator is asked to show what they made and when. That question is about records, and records are something you can prepare before you need them.
What copyright registration does, and what it does not
Registering a copyright is a legal step taken with a national office. It is not what Enigma does, and nothing here replaces it.
Registration records a claim at a moment. It does not reconstruct how a work developed — the draft before the release, who contributed what, which version a platform saw. That history is usually what a dispute actually turns on, and it is the part most creators have no record of.
Where AI-assisted work needs a clearer record
If a tool was involved, the interesting question is rarely "was AI used". It is which parts are yours, and when they existed.
Recording the source material you started from, the AI-assisted step, and the edits you made after it leaves a dated sequence rather than a single finished file. A sequence is harder to dispute than an assertion, and easier to explain.
What a record of your work actually contains
Each time you record a version, Enigma hashes the file and broadcasts that hash to public networks outside Enigma. The receipt names the networks that actually confirmed it and links to each one, so the record can be checked without taking Enigma’s word for it.
The file itself never leaves your control. Enigma holds the fingerprint, not the work.
Questions people ask
- Does Enigma register my copyright?
- No. Enigma is not the U.S. Copyright Office and does not register copyright. It records what you made and when you recorded it, which is a different and complementary thing.
- Can AI-generated work be copyrighted?
- That is a legal question that depends on your jurisdiction and on how much of the work is human. Enigma does not answer it. What Enigma can do is keep a dated record of the human contribution, which is the evidence that question usually needs.
- What happens if someone copies my work?
- Enigma does not contact platforms or pursue claims on your behalf, and cannot promise any outcome. It gives you a record you can hand to whoever is deciding — a platform, a lawyer, a counterparty — that they can check without taking your word for it.
Enigma records creator assertions and supporting evidence. Enigma is not the U.S. Copyright Office, does not register copyright, and does not determine authorship or ownership.