Common use of Process for Documenting District Ownership and Faculty Member's Option Clause in Contracts

Process for Documenting District Ownership and Faculty Member's Option. 26.4.4.1 If the District is to be the owner of the copyright to a work, the faculty member and the District should sign an agreement that contains the following clauses: "Faculty member and District agree that the work identified below shall be a work made for hire whose copyright shall be owned by the District. If the work is not a 'work made for hire' as a matter of copyright law, then faculty member hereby assigns his or her copyright in the work to the District. “The work to which this agreement pertains is one that will be created by faculty member with substantial support from the District, or is a work that will be formally reviewed by the District and will become part of its curriculum, policies, or administrative or promotional literature. The work is titled or described as follows: ________________.” 26.4.4.2 If such an agreement has not been signed, the absence of a signed agreement means the faculty member is the copyright owner rather than the District, unless the District proves in arbitration (as provided in 26.8 below) that it did provide substantial support for the work or that the work became part of its curriculum, policies, or administrative or promotional literature. 26.4.4.3 If the District is to be the owner of the copyright to a work because it contributed substantial support, the agreement signed by the faculty member and District also should contain the following clause: "To exercise his or her option to acquire the copyright to the work identified above, the faculty member shall pay the District the sum of $_____________." 26.4.4.4 The amount to be paid by the faculty member to exercise his or her option to acquire a work's copyright may be adjusted from time to time, if for example the amount of the District's support increases (or decreases), but only if the faculty member and District both sign a new clause containing the agreed-upon adjusted amount. 26.4.4.5 AFT shall receive a copy of any such agreements reached as described above.

Process for Documenting District Ownership and Faculty Member's Option. 26.4.4.1 If the District is to be the owner of the copyright to a work, the faculty member and the District should sign an agreement that contains the following clauses: "Faculty member and District agree that the work identified below shall be a work made for hire whose copyright shall be owned by the District. If the work is not a 'work made for hire' as a matter of copyright law, then faculty member hereby assigns his or her copyright in the work to the District. “The work to which this agreement pertains is one that will be created by faculty member with substantial support from the District, or is a work that will be formally reviewed by the District and will become part of its curriculum, policies, or administrative or promotional literature. The work is titled or described as follows: ________________.”: 26.4.4.2 If such an agreement has not been signed, the absence of a signed agreement means the faculty member is the copyright owner rather than the District, unless the District proves in arbitration (as provided in 26.8 below) that it did provide substantial support for the work or that the work became part of its curriculum, policies, or administrative or promotional literature. 26.4.4.3 If the District is to be the owner of the copyright to a work because it contributed substantial support, the agreement signed by the faculty member and District also should contain the following clause: "To exercise his or her option to acquire the copyright to the work identified above, the faculty member shall pay the District the sum of $_____________$ ." 26.4.4.4 The amount to be paid by the faculty member to exercise his or her option to acquire a work's copyright may be adjusted from time to time, if for example the amount of the District's support increases (or decreases), but only if the faculty member and District both sign a new clause containing the agreed-upon adjusted amount. 26.4.4.5 AFT shall receive a copy of any such agreements reached as described above.

Process for Documenting District Ownership and Faculty Member's Option. 26.4.4.1 If the District is to be the owner of the copyright to a work, the faculty member and the District should sign an agreement that contains the following clauses: "Faculty member and District agree that the work identified below shall be a work made for hire whose copyright shall be owned by the District. If the work is not a 'work made for hire' as a matter of copyright law, then faculty member hereby assigns his or her copyright in the work to the District. “The work to which this agreement pertains is one that will be created by faculty member with substantial support from the District, or is a work that will be formally reviewed by the District and will become part of its curriculum, policies, or administrative or promotional literature. The work is titled or described as follows: ________________.”: 26.4.4.2 If such an agreement has not been signed, the absence of a signed agreement means the faculty member is the copyright owner rather than the District, unless the District proves in arbitration (as provided in 26.8 below) that it did provide substantial support for the work or that the work became part of its curriculum, policies, or administrative or promotional literature. 26.4.4.3 If the District is to be the owner of the copyright to a work because it contributed substantial support, the agreement signed by the faculty member and District also should contain the following clause: "To exercise his or her option to acquire the copyright to the work identified above, the faculty member shall pay the District the sum of $_____________$ ." 26.4.4.4 The amount to be paid by the faculty member to exercise his or her option to acquire a work's copyright may be adjusted from time to time, if for example the amount of the District's support increases (or decreases), but only if the faculty member and District both sign a new clause containing the agreed-upon adjusted amount. 26.4.4.5 AFT shall receive a copy of any such agreements reached as described above.