COURSES & CERTIFICATION

LEVEL 1 // FOUNDATION COURSES Seven modules covering the fundamentals of creative IP in the AI era. Rights foundations, record setup, consent, identity, synthetic content, royalty flows, and platform compliance. Complete all seven to qualify for Level 1 certification. FREE // OPEN ACCESS MOD_014 min 01 Rights Foundations Copyright, moral rights, neighbouring rights, and database rights. What subsists, when it attaches, and why it matters in AI pipelines. FREE // OPENRead → MOD_022 min 02 Record Setup — the Core Data Record The CDR is the atomic unit of the CIP framework. How to create one, what fields it contains, and what it does. FREE // OPENRead → MOD_031 min 03 Consent Frameworks What consent means in the context of AI training, how the CIP consent taxonomy works, and when consent is required. FREE // OPENRead → MOD_042 min 04 Identity & Likeness (NILP) Name, image, likeness, and persona rights. The fastest-moving area of AI law. What's protected, what isn't, and what's changing. FREE // OPENRead → MOD_051 min 05 Synthetic & AI-Generated Content When AI creates something, who owns it? Mixed-rights works, prompt authorship, and the CIP classification system. FREE // OPENRead → MOD_062 min 06 Royalty Awareness How money flows from AI use of creative work. Training Data Dividends, collecting societies, and the emerging licence economy. FREE // OPENRead → MOD_072 min 07 Platform Compliance What platforms must do under the EU AI Act, the UK Data Act, and the CIP Standard. Audit areas, certification, and enforcement. FREE // OPENRead → MOD_084 min 08 Sports NIL/NILP Rights The sport-vertical expansion of the CIP framework covering athletes, intermediaries, institutions, and AI vendors. Jurisdictional regimes, clearinghouse operations, safeguarding overlays, and worked examples. FREE // OPENRead → MOD_092 min 09 Biometric Rights What constitutes biometric data in law across UK, EU, and US jurisdictions. Illinois BIPA, EU AI Act biometric provisions, voice as biometric identifier, and creator rights against biometric AI training. FREE // OPENRead → MOD_104 min 10 TDM and Training Data Law Full analysis of TDM exceptions and opt-out mechanisms across UK, EU, and US jurisdictions. Enforcement pathways, jurisdiction selection in contracts, and coordination with collecting societies. FREE // OPENRead → The learning path L1Free Foundation 7 modules. Read them, take the quiz, earn a Certificate of Completion. No account needed to read. L2£295 per track Application For practitioners applying CIP inside an organisation. Requires Level 1. L3£795 per track Practitioner Formal certification. Practical assessment and panel review. Unlocks the certified cip.md Generator. Level 1 is free. Not a trial. Free. Read the modules, take the quiz, earn a certificate. Level 2 is for practitioners implementing CIP in their organisations. Level 3 is formal certification. The assessment is rigorous because the credential needs to mean something. ADVANCED LEVELS LEVEL 2APPLICATION APPLICATION £295 PER TRACK Six modules applying CIP inside an organisation. Deploying cip.md, the Core Data Record, consent, component rights, platform compliance and evidencing. Requires Level 1 completion. 6 application modules, 30 min each Written assessment with feedback Application credential View curriculum → LEVEL 3PRACTITIONER PRACTITIONER £795 PER TRACK Track-specific practitioner assessment. Practical submissions reviewed by panel. Unlocks the certified cip.md Generator with verified badge URL, certification level, and issuance date pre-populated. The assessment is rigorous because the credential has to mean something. 6 practitioner modules, 30 min each Practical submissions + panel review Certified cip.md Generator access Practitioner designation View curriculum → CPD RECOGNITION STATUS CPD recognition from relevant professional bodies is being pursued. Status will be updated on this page as each confirms. Recognition is not yet confirmed with any accrediting body. 7 Foundation modules 3.5h Estimated study time 75% Quiz pass mark Free Level 1 access START WITH MODULE ONE. Level 1 is free and open access. No signup required to read the modules. Complete all seven and pass the quiz at 75% to earn your Certificate of Completion. Begin Module 1 →Or take the self assessment