Copyright Act, definitions: 'transfer of copyright ownership' (17 U.S.C. § 101 (definition of transfer of copyright ownership))
In US copyright law an assignment and an exclusive licence both transfer ownership of the rights granted; a non-exclusive licence does not. Most data licences for AI training are non-exclusive, so the holder keeps ownership.
Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“is an assignment, mortgage, exclusive license, or any other conveyance, alienation, or hypothecation of a copyright or of any of the exclusive rights comprised in a copyright, whether or not it is limited in time or place of effect, but not including a nonexclusive license.”
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