I think it might be different for grad students (as opposed to regular students). First, a lot of grad students are employed by their schools (grants, fellowships, assistanceships, etc...). Second, I've heard of grad students doing years of research, only to have their major professor publish it. Actually, I think that's fairly common and accepted in academics. But if I'm an english major and I write some code in my spare time, I don't see how it would be legal for my school to claim it. Michael
============================================================ From: "Dustin Puryear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2004/08/20 Fri AM 08:51:55 EDT To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] EFF wins Grokster case! 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 > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ============================================================
