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Copyright to my UCLA lectures?

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Wassdeet

Member
CA

I'm writing a book on screenwriting using both my UCLA lectures when I taught on extension course levels as well as my 35 years of experience. Can I say on book cover that I am using UCLA lectures I created back in 2002?
 


FlyingRon

Senior Member
You can say whatever you want.

You have two issues. Spoken word isn't necessarily protected by copyright. If you had prepared a written version or notes or recorded it yourself, you then establish copyright. Of course without copyright, you or anybody else could do anything anyhow.

The second is what agreement your employment with the university is. It's quite possible they may lay claim to such. Most Universities have an office to deal with such issues.

Third (ok THREE ISSUES) is that if your work was funded at all by a government (or perhaps other) grant, there may be restrictions or at least attribution that maybe required as a condition of that funding.
 

Wassdeet

Member
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Since I can't seem to reply by the reply box, I have to do it this way.

What I have are 100 pages of lectures that I wrote that were posted in on-line classes for UCLA extension. I used these as the basis for a much longer book based on my life as a screenwriter. I appreciate your three points, and I guess the only way is to contact UCLA extension?
 

Zigner

Senior Member, Non-Attorney
Since I can't seem to reply by the reply box, I have to do it this way.

What I have are 100 pages of lectures that I wrote that were posted in on-line classes for UCLA extension. I used these as the basis for a much longer book based on my life as a screenwriter. I appreciate your three points, and I guess the only way is to contact UCLA extension?

Considering those 100 pages probably don't belong to you, yes you would need to contact the owner.
 

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