IP assignment itself is a bit of hand-wavy term, that hides a lot. Those jurisdictions, where you cannot assign authorship, make distinction between being an a

IP assignment itself is a bit of hand-wavy term, that hides a lot. Those jurisdictions, where you cannot assign authorship, make distinction between being an author and being able to distribute a copyrighted work. It you wrote something, you will be forever the author and you cannot transfer the authorship. What you can transfer is the rights to distribution.