Well, if you are getting paid by LSU, or any company, and develop a concept or invention on their clock, then yes they should own that IP. As far as students, I don't really think that LSU has any right to a student's inventions. That is very questionable.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] EFF wins Grokster case! > Thanks for the good news. > > I was very discouraged yesterday by lectures given to the incoming graduate > students at LSU. The University, aka the state, now claims ownership to all > "IP" of all students as well as faculty and staff. While they offer a > generous 40% of all royalty payments generated, the overall idea expressed by > the head of LSU's IP office was, "we own you." Yes, he used those exact > words. Worse terms were promissed on behalf of future employers, though they > are rumored to pay salaries and benefits to people. The attitude was, > essentially, without us you are nothing, therefore you owe us everything. > This leads to bad things. > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
