Re: Univ. rights

     Based on common practice and a survey of research universities done by the Assoc. of Research Libraries, most universities permit the faculty member to hold the copyright. The faculty member might be required to reimburse the school for extraordinary expenses associated with producing the work should he or she receive royalties for the work.

     There are universities that do mandate that the university owns the work, but these are few.

     Some universities are beginning to explore other models of copyright ownership and management to assist both the faculty member and the university, especially in the electronic era.

     Lolly Gasaway, Dir. of the Law Library & Prof. of Law
     Univ. North Carolina

On Fri, 10 Feb 1995 tdulberg[_at_]csuhayward.csuhayward.edu wrote:
>
> Are there any clear-cut guidelines regarding who owns the rights to
> artistic works, lectures, articles, etc. that a professor creates in
> the course of his work for a university?
>
> Does the University own the rights, or does the individual professor?
>
> I assume in a case where the university commissioned a work from a
> professor, that the work then becomes the property of the university
> and the professor gives up the rights to market that work on his own....
>
> but in a case where the work is created as part of his employment at the
> university without a specific contract for a specific work, the lines are
> not so clear???
>
> Any ideas on this subject? Are there any case studies or rulings on this
> subject..any sources for enlightenment?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Teresa Dulberg, Music Department
> California State University, Hayward
> (510) 881-3167
> ~tdulberg[_at_]csuhayward.edu
Received on Mon Feb 13 1995 - 15:16:52 GMT