This is not necessarily the case. The materials would need to have been
created explicitly for the college and during the time paid for by the
college to be the property of the college. Otherwise the copywright will
remain with the person who created them. Since most colleges pay for
teaching time only it is unlikely that they could claim that they had paid
for the development of these materials. Yes you will have to check out
contracts but even that will not guarantee the legality of use. Some of the
contracts full time staff have had to sign (anything you develop while you
work fo us is ours)have been judged not to be legally binding. Your safest
bet is if you didn't pay for it and didn't produce it then it is not yours
to use as you please.
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From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
Of James Clay
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 2:31 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VLES] How do you manage IPR for Protocol Professionals
(Agency Lecturers)?
Though the staff have a contract with the Agency, the college has a contract
with the Agency and therefore unless your contract with the Agency states
otherwise the college retains the copyright on materials created for the
college.
The college is employing a company to provide a service to the college and
it is the agency staff who are employed by the agency to fulfil the
contract.
I would suspect that the terms of the contract need to be looked over.
I would like to remind you that the information being provided in this
e-mail is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as
constituting legal advice.
James Clay
Director Western Colleges Consortium
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
www.westerncc.ac.uk
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ewens, John
> Sent: 13 May 2005 11:37
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> Subject: How do you manage IPR for Protocol Professionals
> (Agency Lecturers)?
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> We have a number of Protocol Professionals (Agency Lecturers)
> working at the college who have developed course work to go
> onto our LMS (Moodle) for the courses or course elements that
> they teach. The question has now arisen as to who owns the
> copyright for their content. As the agency lecturing staff
> contracts are with Protocol and not with the college then the
> college doesn't own the rights or even a licence to the
> content, which could lead to many issues later when they
> leave or move to other courses.
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>
> Please let me know if your college has come across this issue
> and how you resolved it.
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>
>
> Kind Regards
>
>
>
> John Ewens
>
> e-learning coordinator
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> Barking College
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