[game_edu] student IP rights (was inquiry from the press)

[Elizabeth A. Evans]

Re: Ownership of IP by students... the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill covers student ownership in their copyright policy that is
available via the Web: http://www.unc.edu/campus/policies/copyright.html

Look for the section titled "Student Works."

Here's that section excerpted, but keep in mind that this lives in the
larger policy:

D. Student Works.

(1) Definition.

Student Works are papers, computer programs, theses, dissertations,
artistic and musical works, and other creative works made by University
students.

(2) Ownership and Use.

(a) Students shall own copyright in Student Works except in the following
cases:

(i) Copyright to Traditional Works authored by faculty with assistance
from a student shall be owned by faculty or the University.

(ii) The University shall own a Student Work that is a Sponsored or
Externally Contracted Work where this Policy so requires, and ownership
and use of such works shall be as specified in section V.A.(4) above.

(iii) Student Works created in the course of the student's employment
by the University shall be considered Works Made for Hire, and ownership
and use of such works shall be as specified in Section V.B above.

(b) Student Works that constitute notes of classroom and laboratory
lectures and exercises shall not be used for commercial purposes by the
student generating such notes.

-- Libby
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Elizabeth A. Evans
Information Technology Services
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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