 | Board of Visitors minutes May 30, 1986 |  |
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.
| Board of Visitors minutes May 30, 1986 | |