Re: Re: Lectures

I think the question and this answer miss the point. If the lecture is not read from prepared matter, it is simply not copyrightable; it is not a work fixed in a tangible medium of expression by or under the authority of the author. The lecturer, creating an unfixed work, does not have a copyright interest; the college, of course, is not the author and therefore it has no copyright interest.
At 05:30 PM 4/14/2005, you wrote:
>I would think that if the lecturer signs a release to the college,
>allowing them to repurpose the presentation into video and agrees to the
>intended use (current and futuristically speaking) by the college,
>there's no infringement. In saying this, however, it would seem that
>if the lecturer is not only presenting verbally, but also giving a
>powerpoint presentation and that, too, is videotaped, any consent the
>lecturer gives would not cover any third party material contained within
>the powerpoint presentation unless the lecturer has obtained the
>appropriate permission to transfer those rights.
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>Renee L. Anthuis
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>AAFP
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> >>> shenders[_at_]wellesley.edu 04/14 2:30 PM >>>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I have a question that I hope that you can help me with. If this
>isn't
>the proper forum for this question, I apologize in advance.
>
>If someone comes to our college to give a lecture, and the college
>videotapes it, who holds the copyright? Assume that the lecturer did
>not
>request that the lecture be videotaped, but had no objection to the
>college doing so. I'm wondering if the fact that the college affixed
>the
>lecture, rather than the lecturer, has any effect on copyright.
>
>Thanks for any advice you can give me.
>
>Graham
>
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Sheldon W. Halpern
C. William O'Neill Professor of Law and Judicial Administration The Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University Received on Fri Apr 15 2005 - 02:35:00 GMT