Who owns the rights to software built by an agency versus an in-house employee, and what is the best agreement template to use?
Download run
Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Who owns the rights to software built by an agency versus an in-house employee, and what is the best agreement template to use?
6 real searches · 1 real-search pass
US Copyright Office work made for hire independent contractor commissioned software written agreement copyright ownership employee scope employment circular 30Google ↗
OBSERVEDDefinition
US Copyright Act section 101 work made for hire section 204 transfer copyright ownership signed writing officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDDefinition
Michigan software development agreement intellectual property assignment template agency client software development contract IP ownershipGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
U.S. Copyright Office work made for hire software independent contractor commissioned work copyright ownership assignment written agreementGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDDefinition
17 USC 101 201 work made for hire copyright software contractor assignment section 204Google ↗
OBSERVEDReason
software development agreement intellectual property assignment background technology open source clauses legal guidanceGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (6)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 6 of 6 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT6 real searches · gpt-6
US Copyright Office work made for hire independent contractor commissioned software written agreement copyright ownership employee scope employment circular 30 Google ↗
US Copyright Act section 101 work made for hire section 204 transfer copyright ownership signed writing official Google ↗
Michigan software development agreement intellectual property assignment template agency client software development contract IP ownership Google ↗
U.S. Copyright Office work made for hire software independent contractor commissioned work copyright ownership assignment written agreement Google ↗
17 USC 101 201 work made for hire copyright software contractor assignment section 204 Google ↗
software development agreement intellectual property assignment background technology open source clauses legal guidance Google ↗
- U.S. Copyright Act – Chapter 2 · copyright.gov
- U.S. Copyright Office – What Is Copyright? · copyright.gov
- 17 U.S.C. § 101 · law.cornell.edu
- 17 U.S.C. § 204 · law.cornell.edu
- Work Made for Hire · copyright.gov
- 17 U.S. Code § 101 - Definitions | U.S. Code | US Law · law.cornell.edu
Semantic map
Every query placed by meaning (EmbeddingGemma 2, 256-d). Shaded regions are topics, nearby points are near-paraphrases, and a circle's size is how often the query came back.
Colour
SimulatedReal search
Hover a query to see its counterpart · zoom with Ctrl/⌘ + scroll, a pinch, double-click or +
Queries
6 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Copyright Office work made for hire independent contractor commissioned software written agreement copyright ownership employee scope employment circular 30 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Definition | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
US Copyright Act section 101 work made for hire section 204 transfer copyright ownership signed writing official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Definition | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Michigan software development agreement intellectual property assignment template agency client software development contract IP ownership OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
U.S. Copyright Office work made for hire software independent contractor commissioned work copyright ownership assignment written agreement OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Definition | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
17 USC 101 201 work made for hire copyright software contractor assignment section 204 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
software development agreement intellectual property assignment background technology open source clauses legal guidance OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |