Re: Re: "University as author?"

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Albert Henderson wrote:

> This issue is about good business practice more
> than powers available to university bureaucrats.
>
> Try to imagine the president of Cal Tech telling
> Linus Pauling he must give up his copyrights
> because his writing is within the scope of his
> employment...

You're assuming a conclusion here. If the writing was within the scope of employment, they're not "his" copyrights, and he's not "giving them up."

> ...or done on company time.
 

"done on company time" is one of the factors to consider to determine whether it was within the scope of employment or whether the writer is an employee, not an independent test in and of itself. Received on Tue Aug 16 2005 - 02:55:00 GMT