Case Study on Copyright
Case Study on Copyright
A faculty member has begun work on multi-media courseware
materials she plans to use with her students for Geology 301. Some
of the component materials came from other copyrighted works. She
has made arrangements with the media center for technical support
and obtained a P500,000 grant
from the University to help fund her project. She plans to hire
a graduate student to do programming for her. Her brother-in-law (a
commercial artist) has agreed to do 11 graphic illustrations for
her.
The courseware materials greatly enhanced the faculty member's
teaching. Many students were enthusiastic and seemed to be learning
more. It wasn't
long before other faculty members, even some outside her
institution, became interested. She contacted the publisher of the
textbook on which she based the courseware materials to discuss
publishing her work.
a) Who will own the courseware materials and why?
b) What does she need to do to avoid infringements if she
pursues her plan of publishing the courseware?
