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Copyright to my UCLA lectures?
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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.
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.
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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?
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
Considering those 100 pages probably don't belong to you, yes you would need to contact the owner.