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Instead, Thompson says, the need became obvious a few years ago after a similar kind of review by a University faculty committee on intellectual property.
That committee was formed to decide what rights Harvard faculty members should have to materials and information they develop while at the University.
"At that time, we rejected what some universities were doing to claim ownership of faculty lectures and courses if they were put on the web," Thompson says.
In most cases, lectures, materials and websites for courses still belong to the professor.
But, according to Thompson, owning materials does not mean that faculty members can distribute them at will. The current review of the old stipulations was set up to clarify this distinction.
President Rudenstine says Harvard's process for revision is unique in that the University does not claim to have rights over individual materials.
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