Record templates: ten blank notes you can copy
Sep 26, 2026 · Written by the platform. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
English translation produced by the platform. It has not been reviewed by a native speaker and is not a certified translation. The Chinese version is the source.
These are blank working notes. They are not sworn statements and they are not any authority's form. Copy the one you need into your own text file. Fill in what you can, and write "don't know" where you cannot — leaving a line blank and writing "don't know" are not the same thing.
These files stay on your own device. This site does not receive them, does not upload them and does not ask for them.
Work record
A private working note, not a sworn statement.
- Work number
- Title or working title
- Type: writing / book / illustration / photography / other / don't know
- Your relationship to the work
- Original file name and where it used to be kept (private)
- What you have: original file / copy / web page / paper / other
- When it was made (month or year alone is fine)
- Basis for that date: my memory / a field in the file / an email at the time / a publication record / don't know
- First publication date, place and version (as far as you know)
- Co-created, made in employment, or commissioned?
- Ever assigned or licensed: yes / no / unknown — on what basis
- Was AI or third-party material used when making it: yes / no / unknown — what you know
- How and when it was copied or exported
- Where the existing metadata came from and any known changes
- What is missing, why, and who might still hold it
- Who filled this in, when, in what time zone, and whether from memory afterwards
Incident record
Private. Keep what you observed apart from what you infer.
- Incident number
- Related work number
- Seen first-hand, or reported by someone else
- Company or product you saw
- Model or version visible (write unknown if you don't know)
- Web address or session ID (may contain an access token — keep private)
- Time you saw it, time zone, and how precise
- Time came from: the device / the service display / memory afterwards
- Time you are writing this note
- Which file holds the full text you typed in
- Had you supplied the original work or a similar fragment before: yes / no / unknown
- How you supplied it, which file or link, and where
- Visible retrieval, citations, attachments, custom settings and so on
- Which file holds the output, and whether it is a download, copied text or a screenshot
- Screenshot numbering and their order
- Device and app; who actually operated it; known faults or omissions
- Any retry or regeneration, and the separate incident number for it
- Facts I saw with my own eyes
- What I currently suspect
- What I cannot confirm, or is missing
Preservation log
Not third-party certification.
- Date and time, and where that came from
- Who did it, and who helped (private)
- Incident or work number
- Source file and source device
- Action: copy / download / export / screenshot / hash / backup / verify / share
- Destination file or location
- Tool and version (as far as known)
- Device condition and known faults
- Source file size and fingerprint (if you have them)
- Destination file size and fingerprint (if you have them)
- Do they match: yes / no / not checked
- Failures or gaps
- Who has access (private)
- Start a new entry for the next action — do not overwrite an old one
Comparison table
A working note for human review, not a finding of infringement.
- Work number, version and file
- Incident number and output file
- Did you supply the original work: yes / no / unknown — details
- Retrieval, attachments and retries
- Basis of comparison: original text / original image / screenshot / transcribed by hand
- — Correspondence 1 —
- Location in the work (page, paragraph, image region) and the fragment
- Location in the output and the fragment
- Specific similarities
- Specific differences
- Parts that may be generic facts, subject matter or style
- Parts that are uncertain and need professional analysis
- Names of annotated or cropped copies and their source files
- — Correspondence 2 (add if needed) —
- Who recorded this, and when
Derivative and redistribution record
Keep the original.
- Parent file name or evidence number
- Parent file SHA-256 (leave blank if not computed)
- New copy file name
- What was done: crop / draw boxes / export PDF / convert format / redact / other
- Software used and who operated it
- When it was done, and where that clock came from
- What specifically changed, and why
- New copy SHA-256 (leave blank if not computed)
- Where the original is kept (private)
- What the new copy is for: comparison / sharing / other
Rights and licence record
Record facts only. Where something is unknown, do not guess.
- Work number and your role
- Co-authors, employer, commissioning party, publisher, assignee (private)
- File names of existing contracts, orders or emails
- Contract signature date, and the basis for it
- Who was licensed, for what purpose, territory, duration, exclusivity, sub-licensing (leave blank if unclear)
- First publication version, date, URL, ISBN if any
- Existing registration certificate, application or refusal — country, number, date
- Historical platform terms and their versions
- Terms obtained today (kept separate from the historical ones)
- Was training already refused, or rights reserved, at the time: yes / no / unknown
- Where that was stated, in machine-readable or another form, who set it, when it took effect and on what basis
- Anything added only today (must not be presented as historical)
- Existing sales, licences or client cancellations — amount, currency and period (may be blank)
- Existing contacts, complaints or replies (may be blank)
- Country or region of residence, creation, first publication and possible use (do not guess)
- Intended court or live case (write not_started if none)
- Material still to be obtained, and who holds it
Pre-sharing check
Not the engagement of a lawyer and not authorisation to litigate.
- Named recipient
- Purpose
- The specific list of files being shared this time
- Who authorised it, and on what date
- Does it contain unrelated chats, a home address, GPS, a client list, keys or trade secrets
- What unrelated material was removed; how the redacted copy relates to the original
- Where the original is kept (not shared by default)
- Are the recipient's retention and re-sharing rules clear
- Is there a clear channel and limit for withdrawing authorisation
- If consent is missing or permissions cannot be verified: do not send it yet. You can still keep it locally and take part.
Training clue
This is not a "training confirmed" label.
- Work or incident number
- Source: the company's own documentation / a lawfully accessible dataset / a public court filing / third-party reporting / the model's own claim / other
- Source URL, title, publisher, publication date, date you obtained it
- Dataset name, version, entry ID or locator
- What the entry actually contains: file content / a link / a title / a summary / don't know
- Why you think it corresponds to your specific version
- Do you know which model and version it went into: yes / no / unknown
- Independent material supporting the model-to-dataset connection
- Could this be only retrieval, prompt input or third-party republication
- How you obtained it
Handing over to a professional (China)
A list of facts for a professional to check. Not a court application, not a notarial deed, not platform certification.
- Existing work, rights and incident numbers
- Where the evidence is and who controls it
- How it was generated, stored, transmitted and extracted
- The actual device, app and any known faults
- Where the original medium, copies, screenshots and full context are kept
- Who operated, the steps, the times and where the time came from
- Any neutral-platform original record, existing notarisation or other business records
- Specific facts showing the evidence may disappear or later be hard to obtain
- Any existing case, intended court, or deadline notice
- For the professional to check: the rules currently applicable; whether pre-litigation evidence preservation applies; whether notarisation, expert examination or platform assistance is needed; cost, risk and time limits
- Basis: S06 Copyright Law article 57; S07 evidence provisions articles 93–95
Handing over to a professional (India)
FACTS ONLY. Not a section 63 certificate, affidavit, expert report or court filing. Do not sign as an expert. Do not invent device identifiers or claims of normal operation.
- Work, incident and file identifiers
- Relevant court or proceeding, start date, and any pending earlier proceedings
- Person who actually captured or copied the record
- Under whose lawful control the record, device or source sits
- Known device and application, operating condition and faults
- How the specific electronic output was produced
- Source and destination file names, size and the actual SHA-256 report (if available)
- Dates, local time zones and the basis for the time
- Missing facts, and records held by other parties
- Sensitive device identifiers: provide only if required, through a secure professional channel
- For Indian professional review: BSA applicability, commencement and transitional s.170; s.63 conditions, Parts A and B and the appropriate signatory or expert; applicable case law and timing of submission
- Sources: S08; source and version status are listed on the law pages