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ClaimYourself.ai
AI Identity Protection for Creators
Own yourself. Before AI does.
Your name. Your voice. Your face. One playbook to protect all three.
Every video you post, every podcast you record, every livestream you run is training data. AI can clone your voice from 3 seconds of audio. Your face can be deepfaked in minutes. Your name can be hijacked overnight. The Claim Yourself Stack is a free, step-by-step playbook built for digital creators who don't have an agent or a legal team on speed dial.
207M+
Creators worldwide
96%
Have no IP protection
3sec
To clone your voice
1,500%
Deepfake growth since 2023
The Claim Yourself Stack
Three moves to protect your identity
An entertainment attorney would charge $15,000 to $25,000 to set all this up. You don't need a law degree. You don't need a Hollywood agent. You need three moves, each with two clear action areas, to build a wall between your identity and AI. The DIY Playbook walks you through every step.
01
Move One
Claim It
Stake your flag. Register your name, trademark your brand, copyright your content.
Protect your voice from cloning, your likeness from deepfakes, and add AI clauses to every contract.
🎙Voice Protection
👤Likeness & Image
03
Move Three
Watch It
Opt out of AI training, monitor what AI says about you, and enforce your rights.
🚫AI Opt-Outs
🛡Monitoring & Enforcement
No Agent Required
Built for the creators who don't have a team
If you're a creator with an audience, your identity has value. But unlike actors and musicians with legal teams, most digital creators have zero protection against AI cloning, deepfakes, and unauthorized use of their work.
ClaimYourself.ai is the free IP protection playbook for the 200 million+ creators building their brand without an agent, a manager, or a lawyer on retainer.
YouTubers
Podcasters
TikTok Creators
Streamers
Newsletter Writers
Course Creators
Instagram Creators
Freelance Designers
Music Producers
Photographers
Your Voice Can Be Cloned in Seconds
AI voice cloning has crossed the "indistinguishable threshold." Three seconds of your podcast is all it takes.
Deepfakes Grew 1,500% in Two Years
From 500K deepfakes in 2023 to 8 million in 2025. Your face can be placed in content you never created.
Your Content Is AI Training Data
Every blog post, video, and audio clip you've published is being scraped to train AI models.
New Law Creates Urgency
The AI Transparency and Voice Rights Act (2026) requires disclosure for AI-generated voices. Creators who haven't claimed their rights are already behind.
It's Already Happening
These creators found out the hard way
This isn't theoretical. AI identity theft is happening to creators at every level, from A-list celebrities to independent podcasters.
Voice Cloning
A celebrity's voice was cloned to promote a dental plan he'd never heard of.
Tom Hanks had to publicly warn his followers on Instagram that an AI-generated version of his voice was being used in an unauthorized dental advertisement. He had no idea until fans flagged it.
What was missingNo AI voice clause in existing licensing deals. No automated monitoring for voice misuse.
Deepfake Likeness
A fitness creator found her face selling supplements in 14 countries.
An independent fitness influencer discovered AI-generated ads using her likeness to promote weight loss products she'd never endorsed, running across international markets where she had no legal standing.
What was missingNo trademark filed. No copyright registration. No right of publicity claim in those jurisdictions.
Content Scraping
An AI-generated song mimicking two artists went viral before being pulled.
A track imitating Drake and The Weeknd generated millions of streams on Spotify and Apple Music before the labels intervened. Independent creators face the same threat with zero label protection.
What was missingNo voice registration. No AI opt-out from training platforms. No contractual protection.
The Honest Truth
Why no one has fixed this yet
We built ClaimYourself.ai because nobody else would. Here's what creators are up against.
The Broken Promise
OpenAI promised a tool. It never came.
In 2024, OpenAI announced "Media Manager," a tool to let creators control how their work was used in AI training. A former employee told TechCrunch they didn't remember anyone actually working on it. It never shipped.
The Scattered Opt-Outs
Every platform hides the toggle in a different place.
Meta, X, LinkedIn, Google, Adobe, Microsoft. Each one has a different process to opt out of AI training. Some require GDPR-based objections that only work for EU users. They benefit from your inaction.
The Unfinished Law
The NO FAKES Act would help. It hasn't passed.
Bipartisan legislation would create a federal right to control digital replicas of your voice and likeness, with $5,000-$25,000 in damages per violation. Reintroduced April 2025. Still waiting on Congress.
The Missing Product
There is no "one click, protect everything" tool.
In 2026, no single playbook exists that handles trademark, copyright, AI opt-outs, voice protection, and monitoring together. Spawning AI's "Do Not Train" registry is the closest thing, and it only covers images.
Until the law catches up and the tools get built, the Claim Yourself Stack is the most complete playbook that exists.
We built step-by-step guides for every action. We'll update them as the law changes, as platforms move their settings, and as better tools emerge. This is a living playbook, not a static PDF.
That's what it means to champion digital creators.
When Someone Crosses the Line
The Claim Yourself Stack doesn't make you invisible. It makes you legally armed.
Doing this work won't prevent every bad actor. It builds the legal infrastructure that gives you standing to fight back and get paid when they do.
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Find It
Catch violations before they spread. The Claim Yourself Stack includes monitoring tools that flag unauthorized use of your name, voice, and face.
•Reverse face search with PimEyes
•Brand monitoring with Brand24 and Google Alerts
•Quarterly AI chatbot audits
•Platform DMCA dashboards
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Fight It
Your legal weapons. Registration creates enforceable rights. Contracts create enforceable obligations. Both give you standing to act.
•DMCA takedowns (24-72 hour removal)
•Cease-and-desist letters
•Federal trademark and copyright lawsuits
•State right of publicity claims (35+ states)
💰
Get Paid
Registered rights unlock real money. Without registration, you're limited to actual damages. With it, the numbers change dramatically.
•Copyright: $750 - $150,000 per work (statutory)
•Trademark: infringer's profits + your damages
•Right of publicity: varies by state ($750+ per violation)
•Contract breach: damages per your agreement
The honest gap: anonymous bad actors overseas may never respond to a cease-and-desist. For those cases, platform takedowns are your first line. But the far more common and financially damaging scenarios are brands, AI companies, and competitors with assets, addresses, and reasons to settle. That's what the Claim Yourself Stack is built for.
What It Actually Costs
A team charges $15,000+. Our playbook is free. Always.
Actors and musicians have entire teams handling identity protection. An entertainment attorney covering trademark, copyright, voice, likeness, opt-outs, and monitoring would bill $15,000 to $25,000. Most digital creators can't afford that, and you shouldn't have to. The Claim Yourself DIY Playbook is 100% free. Some steps point you to third-party services with their own fees, like the $199 trademark filing or a monitoring subscription, and we flag every cost upfront so you always know what you'll pay and to whom. No surprises. No hidden charges from us. Ever.
Assessment + Playbook
Free
Always
AI Opt-Outs
Free
All platforms
Monitoring Setup
Free
Google Alerts + AI audits
Copyright Registration
$65
Per work, U.S. Copyright Office
Trademark Filing
$250
Starting price, per class
Domain Registration
$10
Per year
Under $500
Total cost to claim your identity
Less than one brand deal. A weekend to start. An hour per quarter to maintain.
Ready to start? Track your progress for free.
Take the 3-minute assessment, get your score, and the Claim Yourself Tracker shows you exactly what to do first. Check off steps as you go. Pick up where you left off anytime.
Common Questions
The skeptic's guide to claiming yourself
If I do all this, can someone still use my likeness?+
Yes. The Claim Yourself Stack isn't prevention. It's leverage. Think of it like locking your car: it won't stop a determined thief, but it gives you an insurance claim, a police report, and legal standing. Without registration and documentation, you have no standing, no statutory damages, and no enforceable rights. The difference between a creator who's done the work and one who hasn't is the difference between getting paid and getting ignored.
How much does this cost?+
Most of the Claim Yourself Stack is free. AI opt-outs, monitoring setup, contract templates, the assessment, and the playbook all cost nothing. Copyright registration is $65 per work. Trademark filing starts around $250. Domain registration is about $10 per year. The full stack is under $500, which is less than what most creators spend on a single ring light setup.
Do I need a lawyer?+
Not to start. You can file a trademark, register copyrights, opt out of AI training, and set up monitoring entirely on your own. But you want a relationship with an IP attorney before you need one, not after. Services like Rocket Lawyer give you on-demand access without a retainer. Think of it like having a mechanic's number before your car breaks down.
What if the bad actor is overseas?+
This is the honest gap. An anonymous deepfake farm in another country probably won't respond to your cease-and-desist, and international enforcement is expensive and slow. For those cases, your realistic recourse is platform takedowns, which can remove content within 24-72 hours. The Claim Yourself Stack is built for the more common and financially damaging scenarios: brands, AI companies, competitors, and partners with assets and reasons to settle.
I'm a small creator. Is this worth it?+
Your identity's value grows with your audience, but so does your vulnerability. The best time to protect your brand is before it's worth stealing. Trademarking a name costs the same whether you have 500 followers or 500,000. But trying to reclaim a name that's already been taken costs ten times more in legal fees and lost momentum. The creators who do this early are the ones who never have to fight for their own name.
How long does all this take?+
The free 3-minute assessment tells you exactly where you stand. From there, the Claim Yourself Stack is designed to be completed over a weekend. AI opt-outs take about 30 minutes. Copyright registration takes 15 minutes per work. Trademark filing takes about an hour. Setting up monitoring takes 10 minutes. After that, it's about an hour per quarter to review settings, audit AI chatbots, and update your protections as platforms change.
What's the difference between copyright and trademark?+
Copyright protects things you create: videos, blog posts, music, images, courses. You automatically own copyright when you create something, but registration ($65) is what gives you the right to sue and collect statutory damages. Trademark protects your brand identity: your creator name, channel name, logo, tagline. It prevents others from using a confusingly similar name in your space. Most creators need both, but if you can only do one thing today, copyright your best work and trademark your name.
Already Been Targeted?
If it's already happened, we can help
ClaimYourself.ai isn't just prevention. If someone has already cloned your voice, deepfaked your face, or stolen your identity with AI, our free crisis response playbook walks you through exactly what to do, step by step.
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Free Crisis Response Playbook
Evidence preservation, DMCA takedowns, platform reporting, legal escalation, and vetted enforcement services. Government is still catching up. We built the navigator.
Who Built This
A public service from a team that's spent a decade working with purpose-driven organizations
ClaimYourself.ai was built by Buoyant, a strategic communications agency that works with nonprofits, health companies, and mission-driven brands. We've spent over ten years helping organizations protect their voice and tell their story.
We built this because the 200 million+ creators powering the digital economy deserve the same IP protection that Hollywood actors and signed musicians take for granted. An entertainment attorney charges $15,000 to $25,000 to set up what this playbook walks you through for free. And if you've already been targeted, our crisis response playbook gives you the step-by-step navigator that government hasn't built yet.
We sustain this work by recommending tools we believe in. When you sign up through a partner link, we earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend tools we'd use ourselves.
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The free playbook to protect your name, voice, and face from AI
$15,000 - $25,000That's what an entertainment attorney charges to do what this playbook walks you through for free.
Trademark filing, copyright registration, platform opt-outs, contract clause drafting, deepfake monitoring setup, and enforcement infrastructure across six protection layers. That's the full scope of work. A-list actors and signed musicians have entire teams handling this. Independent creators have been left to figure it out alone.
Until now. The Claim Yourself Stack is the same six-layer framework a top IP team would build for you. This playbook is how you execute it yourself, step by step, for a fraction of the cost. Most steps are completely free. A few, like trademark filing ($199) or face monitoring, have fees set by those providers, and we flag every cost so there are no surprises.
AI can clone your voice from 3 seconds of audio. Your face can be deepfaked in minutes. Your name can be hijacked overnight. And 96% of creators have zero IP protection against any of it. The Claim Yourself Stack covers all six layers: trademark, copyright, voice protection, likeness, AI opt-outs, and monitoring. No law degree required. No agent required.
Work through all three moves in a weekend, or start with whichever area your free assessment score flags as weakest.
💡You don't have to do everything at once. Every single step you complete makes you more protected than you were yesterday. Start with one. Build from there.
Claim It
Trademark your name. Copyright your work. Stake your flag.
Lock It
Protect your voice from cloning. Your face from deepfakes.
Watch It
Opt out of AI training. Monitor. Enforce your rights.
Track your progress with the free Claim Yourself Tracker
Check off each step as you go. See your protection score rise. Get monthly reminders to review your settings. Free forever, just enter your email. Cancel anytime.
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Everything you need, organized by move. Start wherever your assessment score was weakest.
Know which tools to start with? Track your setup.
The free Claim Yourself Tracker tells you which tools to prioritize based on your assessment score, and lets you check them off as you go.
🚨 Free Public Service
Already been targeted? Here's your response playbook.
If someone has cloned your voice, deepfaked your face, or used your identity without permission, this guide walks you through exactly what to do. Every step. In order. Starting with the free actions you can take right now.
Laws are fragmented across 50 states. Federal legislation is still catching up. Enforcement services are scattered. This is your master navigator, wherever you are on the identity protection journey.
If you've already been victimized
Hiring an attorney to handle deepfake removal, DMCA enforcement, and legal action typically costs $5,000 to $15,000 or more. The free steps below cover 80% of what a legal team would do in the first 48 hours. The paid services we link to handle the rest at a fraction of attorney rates.
1
Stop. Preserve Everything.
Before you report, remove, or contact anyone, you need evidence. Once content is taken down, you may lose the proof you need for legal action or insurance claims.
✓Take screenshots of every instance (include URLs, timestamps, usernames)
✓Screen-record video deepfakes playing in full, not just thumbnails
✓Download the files directly if possible (right-click save, or use browser dev tools)
✓Save the page source and any metadata visible
✓Archive the page using the Wayback Machine (paste URL, click "Save Page Now")
✓Save all related messages, emails, or communications from the perpetrator
✓Note the exact date and time you discovered the content
✅ All steps free
2
Report to the Platform
Every major platform has reporting mechanisms. Under the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act (signed May 2025), covered platforms must remove reported nonconsensual intimate imagery within 48 hours.
✓YouTube: "Report" button on the video > "Infringes my rights" > "Impersonation"
✓Instagram / Facebook: Report as "Impersonation" or "Intellectual property violation" via in-app
✓TikTok: Report video > "Intellectual property infringement" or "Impersonation"
✓X (Twitter): Report post > "Abuse & harassment" > "Impersonation"
✓LinkedIn: Report via "..." menu on content > "Impersonation"
✓For intimate or sexual deepfakes, use StopNCII.org for hash-matching removal across multiple platforms at once
✓For content involving minors, report immediately to the NCMEC CyberTipline
✅ All steps free
3
File DMCA Takedown Notices
If someone used your copyrighted content (photos, videos, audio) to create the deepfake or AI clone, you can file a DMCA takedown with any platform or hosting provider. This is separate from platform reporting and carries legal weight.
✓File with Google's DMCA form to remove content from Search results and YouTube
✓File DMCA with the website's hosting provider (find it via WHOIS lookup)
✓Include in your notice: your contact info, the infringing URL, description of your original work, and a good faith statement
✓For removal from multiple sites at scale, consider a professional DMCA service (see Step 5)
✅ DIY filing is free
4
File Official Reports
Even if you don't expect immediate action, official reports create a paper trail that strengthens future legal claims and helps law enforcement track patterns.
✓File a police report with your local law enforcement (reference your state's deepfake laws)
✓If financial loss occurred, notify your bank or financial institution immediately
✓If identity theft occurred, visit IdentityTheft.gov for a personalized recovery plan
✅ All steps free
5
Escalate with Professional Services
If the content is spreading fast, appearing on multiple sites, or you need legal enforcement, these services specialize in AI identity protection and content removal.
✓Automated DMCA takedowns:Ceartas DMCA uses AI to scan and remove deepfakes, pirated content, and unauthorized likeness use across the internet. Google partnerships and a 98% success rate.
✓Ongoing content protection:Rulta monitors and removes stolen content with AI scanning, automatic DMCA filing, and anonymous reporting to protect your identity.
✓Cease-and-desist letters:Rocket Lawyer provides on-demand legal documents and attorney consultations. Draft a cease-and-desist for a fraction of traditional legal fees.
✓Search engine removal:DMCA.com specializes in removing stolen content from Google, Bing, and other search results with a money-back guarantee.
✓Deepfake detection:Sensity AI provides forensic deepfake analysis that can serve as evidence for legal proceedings and platform reports.
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6
Consult an Attorney
If you've suffered financial loss, reputational damage, or ongoing harassment, you may have legal claims including defamation, right of publicity violations, fraud, or violations of the TAKE IT DOWN Act.
✓Seek an IP or technology attorney experienced with deepfake and AI cases
✓Potential claims: defamation, right of publicity, intentional infliction of emotional distress, copyright infringement, fraud
✓The DEFIANCE Act (passed Senate Jan 2026, heading to House) would allow victims to collect $150,000 to $250,000 in civil damages
✓Many states have their own deepfake laws with criminal and civil penalties
🔶 Attorney fees vary. Initial consultations are often free.
Know Your Federal Rights
TAKE IT DOWN Act (May 2025): Makes publishing nonconsensual intimate deepfakes a federal crime. Platforms must remove reported content within 48 hours. Enforced by the FTC.
DEFIANCE Act (Jan 2026, Senate passed): Would allow victims to sue deepfake creators for $150,000 to $250,000 in civil damages. Currently heading to the House.
DMCA: Protects copyrighted content. If your photos, videos, or audio were used without permission, you can file takedown notices with any platform or host.
Enforcement is hard. Prevention is easier. The Claim Yourself DIY Playbook walks you through 42 steps to protect your name, voice, and face before someone targets them. An entertainment attorney would charge $15,000 to $25,000. The playbook is free.