diff --git a/locales/en-GB.json b/locales/en-GB.json
index ab12d12..58967b8 100644
--- a/locales/en-GB.json
+++ b/locales/en-GB.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "comment": "Comment",
     "submit": "Sumbit",
 
+    "site_ran_by": "Site is ran by",
     "signups_unavailable": "Sorry, this server does not allow signups",
     "user_exists": "Sorry, this user already exists, try a different username",
     "user_doesnt_exist": "Sorry, this user does not exist",
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
     "incorrect_password": "Incorrect Password",
     "rss_disabled": "Sorry, RSS is disabled",
     "atom_disabled": "Sorry, ATOM is disabled",
+    "AI_consent": "The content on this website may not be copied, scraped, or used to train AI models or large language models (LLMs) without prior written consent.",
 
     "rss_feed": "RSS Feed",
     "atom_feed": "ATOM Feed",
diff --git a/locales/en-US.json b/locales/en-US.json
index ab12d12..fc596f2 100644
--- a/locales/en-US.json
+++ b/locales/en-US.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "comment": "Comment",
     "submit": "Sumbit",
 
+    "site_ran_by": "Site is ran by",
     "signups_unavailable": "Sorry, this server does not allow signups",
     "user_exists": "Sorry, this user already exists, try a different username",
     "user_doesnt_exist": "Sorry, this user does not exist",
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
     "incorrect_password": "Incorrect Password",
     "rss_disabled": "Sorry, RSS is disabled",
     "atom_disabled": "Sorry, ATOM is disabled",
+    "AI_consent": "The·content·on·this·website·may·not·be·copied,·scraped,·or·used·to·train·AI·models·or·large·language·models·(LLMs)·without·prior·written·consent.",
 
     "rss_feed": "RSS Feed",
     "atom_feed": "ATOM Feed",
diff --git a/views/partials/footer.ejs b/views/partials/footer.ejs
index 1809332..c450990 100644
--- a/views/partials/footer.ejs
+++ b/views/partials/footer.ejs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Site is ran by <%= config.site_admin %><br/>
+<%= locale.site_ran_by %> <%= config.site_admin %><br/>
 <%- locale.attribution %><br/>
-Consent is withdrawn for AI scraping of this website or it's content.
+<%= locale.AI_consent %> <!-- remove consent for AI scrapers -->