a. General
The copyright owner of a work has the exclusive right to
reproduce, distribute, sell, lend, lease, license, perform, display,
or prepare derivatives of the work. A copyright owner can enforce a
copyright against infringement.
Ownership of the copyright interest in a work vests initially
in the author of the work. The Copyright Act of 1976 provides that
when a copyrightable work is produced by one person who has been
employed by another for that purpose, it is the employer, not the
work's creator, who is considered the author for copyright purposes.
An exception to this rule involves faculty members' copyrightable
works, even though such works are expected as part of their obligation
to produce scholarly and academic works. The University will not
claim an interest in such works unless they require significant use of
University facilities, personnel or resources, or are part of a
specific assignment.