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The IP argument is intresting because I've seen at least one Russell Group uni write into its employment T&C that the university owns the IP for any videos prod

The IP argument is intresting because I've seen at least one Russell Group uni write into its employment T&C that the university owns the IP for any videos produced, retains these rights if the lecturer leaves and is allowed to licence them to third parties.

conistonwater 6y ago
Why is this controversial? Everything you do at work is owned by the employer, is that not how it always works?
- ModernMech 6y ago
  Traditionally the instructor owns copyright for course material: “ Few reported cases exist addressing the issue of whether the educational institution or the faculty member owns the copyright to teaching materials prepared by a faculty member. All the reported cases that do exist have either held, or stated in dictum, that the copyright to the materials at issue in those cases belonged to the faculty member, at least in the absence of an explicit agreement to the contrary between the institution and the faculty member. Thus, cases have essentially followed the "teacher exception" to the work for hire rule.” https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1110&=&context=elj&=&sei-redir=1 https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?artic...
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- jamessb 6y ago
  That is the default, but it depends what your employment contract says. The relationship between a university and its academic staff is not quite a typical employer/employee relationship: academics have much more freedom to choose what to work on, and typically have more ownership of intellectual property they produce. This article gives a good introduction: Copyright ownership of e-learning and teaching materials: Policy approaches taken by UK universities https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-017-9583-4 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-017-9583-4
  - conistonwater 6y ago
    Thanks, I did not know that.
- nanna 6y ago
  It's a fair question. No need to downvote.

conistonwater 6y ago

Why is this controversial? Everything you do at work is owned by the employer, is that not how it always works?

ModernMech 6y ago
Traditionally the instructor owns copyright for course material: “ Few reported cases exist addressing the issue of whether the educational institution or the faculty member owns the copyright to teaching materials prepared by a faculty member. All the reported cases that do exist have either held, or stated in dictum, that the copyright to the materials at issue in those cases belonged to the faculty member, at least in the absence of an explicit agreement to the contrary between the institution and the faculty member. Thus, cases have essentially followed the "teacher exception" to the work for hire rule.” https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1110&=&context=elj&=&sei-redir=1 https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?artic...
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jamessb 6y ago
That is the default, but it depends what your employment contract says. The relationship between a university and its academic staff is not quite a typical employer/employee relationship: academics have much more freedom to choose what to work on, and typically have more ownership of intellectual property they produce. This article gives a good introduction: Copyright ownership of e-learning and teaching materials: Policy approaches taken by UK universities https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-017-9583-4 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-017-9583-4
- conistonwater 6y ago
  Thanks, I did not know that.
nanna 6y ago
It's a fair question. No need to downvote.