Chapter 14: Legal Considerations and Common Risks — Prompt Pack — No-Hype AI Playbook
Quick Win
Find the section of your AI tool's terms of service that covers output ownership. Read it. If anything is unclear or concerning for your professional use case, note it and consider consulting your attorney or professional association for guidance.
Prompt Pack — Chapter 14
14.1 Client Disclosure Email
Role: You are an advisor helping a freelancer communicate their process to clients. Goal: Draft a brief, professional statement I can include in my service agreement or send proactively about my use of AI tools in my workflow. Context: I use AI for [drafting / research / formatting—specify]. I edit all AI output before delivery. Constraints: Transparent, confident, not defensive. Under 75 words. Output format: A statement paragraph.
14.2 AI Output Copyright Check Added Prompt
I'm a freelance [profession] who used AI to help produce [describe content—copy, images, code, etc.] for a client. The client needs to own this work outright. Walk me through the key questions I should ask before delivering: what affects the copyright status of AI-assisted work, what I should document about my editing process, and what I should clarify in my client agreement. Plain English only—I'll consult an attorney for specifics.
14.3 Terms of Service Plain-English Summary Added Prompt
I'm going to paste a section of an AI tool's terms of service. Summarize it in plain English in under 150 words. Focus on three things: 1) Who owns the content I create using this tool, 2) Whether my inputs can be used to train the AI, 3) Any restrictions on commercial use of the output. Flag anything I should ask a lawyer about. [Paste terms of service section]