Understand IP considerations regarding online instruction

Abstract

When higher education moved online this past spring because of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, few faculty or administrators had time to stop and ponder the intellectual property–related questions regarding remote instruction. Do faculty own materials used when teaching remotely, or does the university (as employer and software provider) have a claim? Can faculty use material protected by copyright in a remote‐learning course? What's the role of university IP policies? Who owns class recordings?