The legal landscape is shifting beneath our feet; as artificial intelligence becomes a staple in professional toolkits, a glaring inconsistency has emerged in how we protect the "fruits of labor." While the legal and medical fields enjoy robust protections when using AI to enhance their services, the creative community, specifically songwriters, is facing a "public domain trap" that threatens the very definition of intellectual property. The Double Standard of "Professional Tools" In New York, as in the rest of the country, attorneys, doctors, and scientists use AI to synthesize vast amounts of data, draft complex documents, and model scientific breakthroughs. In these sectors, AI is viewed as a sophisticated instrument that amplifies human expertise. The Attorney’s Brief: When a paralegal or attorney uses AI to research case law or draft a memorandum of law, the resulting work product remains proprietary and protected by work-product doctrine ...