Common use of Ownership of Instructional Materials Clause in Contracts

Ownership of Instructional Materials. Instructional materials developed under grants, stipends, or other District funds or with the use of institutional resources, such as staff support or specialized equipment or software (not including faculty office computers), from the District and/or College by faculty for courses offered in the District shall become the property of the District for District-wide use. The District and individual faculty shall negotiate a development contract describing compensation and ownership conditions before development work begins. The right to retain, release, sell, lease, copyright, or loan the material for other purposes is subject to negotiation between the District and the faculty which will result in an individual written agreement prior to use. Instructional material not created under grants, stipends, or other District funds nor with the use of institutional resources such as staff support or specialized equipment or software (this does not include faculty office computers) from the District and/or College by faculty for courses offered in the District remain the property of the faculty. This section is subject to applicable statutes as now or hereafter amended.

Ownership of Instructional Materials. Instructional materials developed under grants, stipends, or other District funds or with the use of institutional resources, such as staff support or specialized equipment or software (not including faculty office computers), from the District and/or College by faculty for courses offered in the District shall become the property of the District for District-wide use. The District and individual faculty shall negotiate a development contract describing compensation and ownership conditions before development work begins. The right to retain, release, sell, lease, copyright, or loan the material for other purposes is subject to negotiation between the District and the faculty which will result in an individual written agreement prior to use. Instructional material not created under grants, stipends, or other District funds nor with the use of institutional resources such as staff support or specialized equipment or software (this does not include faculty office computers) from the District and/or College by faculty for courses offered in the District remain the property of the faculty. This section is subject to applicable statutes the provisions of RCW 42.52 as now or hereafter amended.