Re: copyright for computer generated works

From: Mark Lemley <MLEMLEY[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 15:07:00 -0600

>Any ideas on how courts should deal with this problem?
>Has anyone seen a software license limiting the user's copyright
>ownership to the program's output? (I would expect such a provision
>in a translation program, or perhaps a program that creates
>greeting cards).
>


This issue was discussed on this list a while back, and someone (sorry, but I forget who; please identify yourself and claim credit) very sensibly suggested that the computer had created a work made "for hire".

Mark Lemley
Assistant Professor
University of Texas School of Law
mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu Received on Thu Dec 29 1994 - 21:15:16 GMT

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