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Re:Coders Automating Their Own Job by darawk on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @04:27PM (#18125412)
True, though presumably if you have an automatable job, you're not actually employed as a programmer and as such may not have a clause like that in your employment agreement.
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Re:Coders Automating Their Own Job by hannasanarion on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @07:31AM (#18129237)
You probably do. IP assignment is boilerplate. I had it in my contracts at Ross (the discount clothing store), Radioshack, and a local cheesesteak joint between 2012 and 2015.
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Re:Coders Automating Their Own Job by funkymike on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @07:21PM (#18126519)
That's a grey area. It may still be considered to be a work made for hire and so the employer would own the copyright.

https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ09.pdf

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