[newdaynewuser]

I had a coworker who for whatever reason asked legal department if he could write a novel. They, of course, said he can but most likely the company will own it.

Having friends who are business lawyers, I asked them how is this fair. They said 90% of the time people who ask these questions are time wasters, and legal departments are so used to it that they send generic canned response initially. If someone is serious they will continue conversation, hopefully, also get their own attorney. Or they will just do it like most of the founders we read about.