School Board Considers Copyright Ownership of Student and Teacher Works 351
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from the mine-all-mine dept.
from the mine-all-mine dept.
schwit1 writes "A proposal by the Prince George's County Board of Education to copyright work created by staff and students for school could mean that a picture drawn by a first-grader, a lesson plan developed by a teacher or an app created by a teen would belong to the school system, not the individual. It's not unusual for a company to hold the rights to an employee's work, copyright policy experts said. But the Prince George's policy goes a step further by saying that work created for the school by employees during their own time and using their own materials is the school system's property."
Re:Kid's artwork? (Score:5, Funny)
If it is a public school there is no way they can possibly claim ownership. The government requires attendance.
It's not a typo (Score:5, Funny)
It's the results of his creative efforts.
Re:Child Labor (Score:5, Funny)
A class action.
Re:Kid's artwork? (Score:5, Funny)
I know with a spell checker your gauranteed to spell words correctly!
Re:To quote Spock (Score:3, Funny)