Re: Disabled Students Recording of Lectures

From: Norman Siebrasse <SIEBRASS[_at_]unb.ca>
Date: Tue Apr 2 13:50:00 1996

> > Can anyone assist me with specific policies or procedures on
> >
> > 1. Taping of lectures and the rights of the lecturer to
> > intellectual property?
> >
> > I am having a battle with some of the lecturers at the University who
> > are concerned with how students with a disability will use lecture
> > material that has been taped. Are students required to provide
> > written assurance that material taped will only be used for study
> > purposes?

Apart from copyright, which only applies if the lectures were delivered from written notes (otherwise the lecture is not a literary work), I believe there are English cases prohibiting students from publishing lectures for profit. I recall in which medical students were prohibited from selling transcripts of lectures for profit, although I can't find a cite.

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Norman Siebrasse                         siebrass[_at_]unb.ca
Assistant Professor of Law             Voice: (506) 453-4741
University of New Brunswick          Fax: (506) 453-4548

Fredericton, N.B.
Canada
E3B 5A3 Received on Tue Apr 02 1996 - 18:50:00 GMT