What is legal AI use for Tallen Families Stories (TFS) as a business is not the same for personal use at home. We are not offering any legal advice but rather sharing how TFS AI is used verses at home use.”1
There are many people using AI today—and a lot of false or half information being shared.
What is legal for Tallen Families Stories (TFS) is NOT always the same for you at home.
We are not offering legal advice.
We are simply sharing how we use AI the TFS Way—focused on creativity, honesty, and Canadian guidelines.
As a registered Canadian business, we must follow copyright and licensing laws strictly.
That means:
- We cannot use other people’s materials
- We cannot use popular characters
- We cannot share student or school work (even with permission in many cases)
- Even ideas created during paid work may belong to the employer
At home? You have more freedom for personal use.
But once you move toward sharing or selling… the rules change.
✋ AI at TFS and Home Start With a Spark
Everything begins with YOU.
Before using AI, ask:
Why am I creating this?
Write one short paragraph:
- A story idea
- A memory
- A question
- A message
Give it a fun title.
💡 In school, we are told to “show our work.”
With AI, we must show our thinking first.
Skipping this step is the biggest mistake people make.
Use Your Own Voice at
Talk to AI like you would talk to a friend.
Not like copying homework.
If you paste a question and take the answer:
- You didn’t create anything
- You only found public knowledge
That’s not wrong—but it’s not yours.
AI works by combining information created by others.
Think of it like a giant whiteboard that millions of people have written on.
So ask yourself:
👉 Do I actually understand this?
If yes great! You learned something.
If no ask more questions.
Add Your Personality
This is where YOU start to show up.
Ask follow-up questions:
- Can I change this?
- Can I make it funnier?
- Can I make it simpler?
Most AI content online stops here…
and gets posted as “original.”
At TFS, we don’t stop here.
Because this is still:
- Not fully original
- Not always accurate
Edit Like an Artist
Now you become the creator.
Take what AI gave you and change it:
- Rewrite sentences
- Swap characters or animals
- Add your own words
- Change colours or styles
- Combine ideas
- Remove or add details
This is the minimum step to begin claiming something as your own creation.
🎨 At TFS, we often:
- Use tools like Canva to edit images
- Write our own lyrics
- Use ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas
- Then rewrite, record, and finalize ourselves
💡 Example:
We asked AI for animal lists (A–Z)
Then wrote our own songs
Then edited everything before sharing
✔ Be honest
✔ Keep your drafts if possible
✔ Credit AI when appropriate
That’s how you stay safe and ethical.
🇨🇦 The Canadian Reality Check
AI and copyright are still a grey area.
Here’s a simple guide:
✔ Posting on social media?
Yes, generally okay.
⚠ Selling your work?
Only if:
- It is clearly original
- You edited and created it
- You follow Canadian tax (HST) rules
- You can show your process
Without that? It is considered personal-use
The TFS Way (Simple Summary)
- Start with YOUR idea
- Ask in YOUR voice
- Add YOUR personality
- Edit like an artist
- Connect it to REAL life
“You are not here to copy the world and trends rather to add yourself or family ideas to it”. Tallen Families Stories ✨
This post was created with AI assistance and edited by a human for educational purposes.