Common use of Internal Use Clause in Contracts

Internal Use. Where the Author owns Copyright in the Work, the University shall have a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free right to use the Work in exigent circumstances for archival and internal administrative, noncommercial research and/or educational purposes for no less than one (1) full academic year and no more than two (2) full academic years, unless otherwise agreed in writing. This use: a) Does not imply a right to transfer, license or commercially exploit such Works, but the University has the right to use such Works for internal educational purposes; b) Does not extend to lecture notes, course notes, laboratory notes or laboratory manuals, works in progress regardless of format or method of delivery, individual course websites created by the Author, examinations, and other Works prepared by the Author and intended for use only by the students registered in the Author’s course, except for such Works created for multi-section courses or laboratories or created by collaborative efforts; c) Is subject to the Copyright requirements of academic journals and other vehicles of scholarly dissemination and shall not interfere with the Author’s right to enter into an agreement to publish such Works.