Hi all,
In general, I have a basic understanding of copyright (it's mine unless it's work for hire or unless I sign it away). I work at a university, and they've recently implemented a new "intellectual property" policy which states that students retain the copyright but not "other intellectual property rights" for the literary and artistic works they create as part of their education or by using university resources. It also gives the university a non-exclusive perpetual right to reproduce the student's work "for teaching and research purposes".
Can anyone tell me exactly what this means for students in creative writing who produce a book or poems or whatever during their course of studies? What are the implications for the student? Do they retain derivative rights? Publication rights?
In general, I have a basic understanding of copyright (it's mine unless it's work for hire or unless I sign it away). I work at a university, and they've recently implemented a new "intellectual property" policy which states that students retain the copyright but not "other intellectual property rights" for the literary and artistic works they create as part of their education or by using university resources. It also gives the university a non-exclusive perpetual right to reproduce the student's work "for teaching and research purposes".
Can anyone tell me exactly what this means for students in creative writing who produce a book or poems or whatever during their course of studies? What are the implications for the student? Do they retain derivative rights? Publication rights?
