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b. Professional Rights of University Faculty

It has long been a recognized right of members of the faculty to write and produce materials subject to copyright, to copyright those materials and to receive royalties resulting from their use. Such materials include, but are not limited to books, articles, artwork, computer software, film, and videotape. The University encourages these activities.

Faculty shall retain all rights relating to copyright ownership, including but not limited to the sale, publication, distribution and classroom use of materials which they have prepared on their own initiative without significant use of University facilities, personnel or resources. This provision includes scholarly papers published in journals and books, as well as unpublished scholarly works. However, works developed pursuant to a faculty member's administrative duties or works specifically assigned by a person acting on behalf of the University may be deemed to be the property of the University.