--- title: "Who owns the AI results? Copyright & liability" description: "What you need to watch for copyright-wise when using AI results, whether MeinGPT offers indemnification (a \"copyright shield\"), and how to stay on the safe side." canonical_url: "https://meingpt.com/en/docs/privacy-security/faq-urheberrecht" language: en --- # Who owns the AI results? Copyright & liability A legitimate worry before you drop an AI text into a press release, an AI image into a campaign, or AI code into your product: **Do I even own the result? Can I be held liable for it — and does MeinGPT have my back?** This page answers that honestly. Up front: MeinGPT gives you a powerful tool, but **no blanket copyright guarantee on the results** — and that is no different with any serious provider. Here is what you concretely need to watch. This page is a plain-language explainer, **not legal advice**. Our [Terms & Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) govern. For legally sensitive or commercially important uses, get advice from a lawyer when in doubt. ## Who owns the results? The honest answer: this is **not settled across the board**, which is exactly why MeinGPT deliberately gives no guarantee here. From our Terms (Sec. 5(2)): We give **neither a guarantee nor a warranty** that the answers and results are free for you to use. Results **could be protected by (copyright) law** — for instance if they come too close to protected source material. Two directions this can take: - **The result is not protectable.** Purely AI-generated content without meaningful human creative input generally enjoys **no copyright protection of its own** under German and EU law — there is no human author. In practice: you usually cannot enforce a pure AI image as "your" protected work against third parties. - **The result infringes someone else's rights.** Conversely, a result can be too similar to a protected work, a trademark, or a name. Then the risk sits with you as the user — not with the tool. ## Does MeinGPT offer indemnification (a "copyright shield")? **No, MeinGPT does not provide its own copyright indemnification.** Clarity matters more here than a comfortable feeling: - MeinGPT assumes **no responsibility** for the results and the actions that follow from them (Terms, Sec. 5(3)). - It is in fact the other way around: under the Terms (Sec. 8), **you indemnify MeinGPT** against third-party claims arising from your use — not the reverse. "Copyright shield" is a **marketing term, not a legal one**. Where it exists (e.g. with individual model providers), it is a contractual indemnification clause **with significant exceptions** — not a free pass. ## Why doesn't MeinGPT pass through model-provider indemnification? For image generation, MeinGPT is itself a customer of the underlying model providers (Microsoft Azure for the OpenAI models, Black Forest Labs for Flux, Google Vertex for Gemini, Replicate). Where these providers grant indemnification to their own API customers at all — the case for Microsoft and Google, within narrow limits — it applies between that provider and MeinGPT, not between MeinGPT and you. Passing that promise on to you would mean MeinGPT assuming the liability itself. Trademark and personality rights (recognizable people, protected logos) are not covered by indemnification from any provider — that risk sits with you as the creator. For legally sensitive commissioned work, such as ad campaigns or film productions, AI image generation is best used for internal concept work, moodboards, and iteration. For final assets, licensed stock libraries or your own productions are the safer choice. ## What does this mean for you in practice? You don't have to stop using AI because of this — just be aware of the actual legal situation. Three simple habits cover everyday use: 1. **Treat the AI result as a draft, not a finished work.** Read it, adapt it, make it yours — the human editing contribution is also the legal difference. 2. **Cross-check before public or commercial use.** For text, watch for verbatim copying; for images, recognizable trademarks/logos/styles of known creators; for code, license notices. When in doubt, a quick plagiarism or reverse-image search. 3. **For sensitive cases, bring in a human plus legal.** Ad campaign, product name, contract clause — anything with external impact: get brief legal cover instead of blindly trusting. Rule of thumb: the more of **your own** thinking goes into the final result and the more carefully you check it, the safer you stand — both for your own protection and against third-party claims. ## In a nutshell - MeinGPT does **not** guarantee that results are free to use or legally protected. - MeinGPT does **not provide its own indemnification**; responsibility for use lies with you. - With **your own editing contribution plus a quick cross-check**, you are well set for everyday work. For more detail, see our [Terms & Conditions](/terms-and-conditions) and the [Privacy & Security overview](/trust-center).