Re: Re: "University as author?"

At 02:20 PM 8/9/2005, Terry Carroll wrote:

>My sense is that federal copyright law is completely controlling here, and
>if it's a work made by an employee within the scope of his employment, the
>employer is the author; and there are no exceptions in the statute for
>universities.

I agree with Terry's position. The unilateral decision of a school is probably not going to overcome the provisions of federal copyright law.

I wrote an article a few years ago called "The Validity of School Policies" and it appears at http://www.ivanhoffman.com/school.html

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