Re: "University as author?"

on Mon, 15 Aug Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote:  

> 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.

	My point was that it would be unwise for a
	university to have such a policy, unwiser
	still to try to enforce it.

	Best wishes,

Albert Henderson
Former Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1994-2000 Contributor HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. AN ENCYCLOPEDIA (ABC-CLIO 2002) <70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Wed Aug 17 2005 - 01:30:01 GMT