Who Owns This Article? Applying Copyright's Work-Made-for-Hire Doctrine to Librarians' Scholarship

摘要

The Copyright Act of 1976 provides that works-including scholarship-written within the scope of employment belong to employers. But copyright law and actual practices widely diverge. The academic community generally allows librarians to claim ownership of their writing, even when that ignores copyright law. Mr. Hellyer supports copyright ownership by librarians, and calls for the law and common practices to be harmonized.