Abstract
Of the four intellectual property regimes, copyright is the most central to the day-to-day functioning of higher education. Nearly every course of instruction involves the use of written, visual, intangible, and tangible materials, many if not most of which are subject to copyright protection. Students, faculty, and staff—essentially all the people who comprise higher education—produce and interact with copyrightable and copyrighted materials every day. Copyright relates directly to perhaps the most prominent of higher education’s goals: to educate students through teaching, and to produce scholarship and research that benefit mankind. All of these acts involve creating and using original works of expression, fixed in tangible media. In short, there is no separating the centrality of copyright from the essence of higher education. ...
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Recommended Citation
Jacob H. Rooksby, Copyright in Higher Education: A Review of Modern Scholarship, 54 Duq. L. Rev. 197 (2016).
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Education Law Commons, Intellectual Property Law Commons, Science and Technology Law Commons
