⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This episode is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Please consult a qualified attorney for guidance specific to your situation.
AI copyright law 2026 is one of the most urgent and most misunderstood topics facing every creator, entrepreneur and business owner today. In Episode 141 of The Profit Minds Podcast, Dr. Steven Kirch sits down with Nadia Davari — an entertainment and technology lawyer based in Los Angeles and a graduate of UCLA and USC Law School. Nadia reveals the shocking legal reality most creators never see coming — everything AI generates for you has zero copyright protection. And that is just the beginning of what every business owner using AI must understand right now.
In this episode, Dr. Kirch and Nadia Davari break down everything you need to know about AI copyright law 2026 and the legal traps hiding inside every AI tool:
Nadia Davari is an entertainment and technology lawyer based in Los Angeles. She is a UCLA undergraduate and USC Law School graduate who fell into entertainment law after discovering the depth of IP, film and business courses available at USC. She has spent her career working at the intersection of technology and entertainment — helping creators, entrepreneurs and businesses navigate the complex and rapidly evolving landscape of AI copyright law 2026 and intellectual property rights.
Most creators assume that because they prompted the AI, they own what it produces. They are wrong.
Copyright law protects only human creations. A machine cannot hold a copyright. Nadia illustrates this perfectly with the famous monkey selfie case — a monkey took a photo of itself and that photo could not be copyrighted because it was not created by a human. The same principle applies directly to AI. If a machine creates it, nobody owns it.
And it gets worse. Everything you type into a free AI tool like ChatGPT becomes part of its training data. Your trade secrets, Your client information, Your proprietary ideas. Once they go in — they are no longer private. This is the AI copyright trap most businesses are walking into right now without knowing it.
What if you use AI for part of your content and write the rest yourself? Nadia explains the hybrid copyright rule clearly. The parts you write yourself are copyrightable. The parts generated by AI are not. And when you file for copyright, you must declare exactly which portions were AI-generated and disclaim them. As little AI involvement as possible is always the safest approach.
As Dr. Kirch puts it — use AI as a thought partner. Let it help you brainstorm, outline and structure. Then write every word yourself. That is the legally safe and creatively powerful way to work with AI in 2026.
Nadia shares one of the most alarming realities of AI copyright law 2026. A photo posted at a family dinner — or even a photo where you appear in the background — can be used to train facial recognition AI. And your face, your voice and your likeness could end up in a deepfake selling a product you never endorsed — without your knowledge or consent. This is not a future risk. It is happening right now.
Mention Profit Minds when you reach out to Nadia and she will personally answer your AI legal questions. Free. Direct. From a real entertainment lawyer.
👉 Contact Nadia: nadiadavari.com
Dr. Steven Kirch is the creator of the Profit Minds™ Growth System, which helps entrepreneurs and professionals accelerate profits through productivity, scalable systems, and AI-powered business strategies.
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