Not a Cal student, but Cal & the UC have a number of pages about copyright, including: http://ipira.berkeley.edu/uc-copyright-policy http://ipira.berkeley.edu/u

Not a Cal student, but Cal & the UC have a number of pages about copyright, including: http://ipira.berkeley.edu/uc-copyright-policy http://ipira.berkeley.edu/uc-copyright-policy IV C. Student Work A student work is a work produced by a registered student without the use of University funds (other than Student Financial Aid), that is produced outside any University employment, and is not a sponsored, contracted facilities, or commissioned work. Ownership of copyrights to student works shall reside with the originator. and a terser version at: http://copyright.universityofcalifornia.edu/systemwide/ownershipguide.html http://copyright.universityofcalifornia.edu/systemwide/owner... Note also that schools using anti-plagiarism services like TurnItIn might want at least an implied license to copy putative student works so they could submit a copy of the work to the service.