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I've generally been against giving AI works copyright, but this article presented what I felt were compelling arguments for why I might be wrong. What do you think?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What if you’re paying the writers on a work for hire basis?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The writing is still copyrighted to the writers, not to you, unless the contract states otherwise. Same as with the wedding photo example described in other comments.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In a work for hire contract, the contract explicitly states that the employer gets the copyright.

You can think of the compensation as being partly from employment, and partly from the sale of any copyright.