Re: web page management

[Graham Small <grahams@LIBDOC.DEMON.CO.UK>]

Brig McCoy wrote:

'Unless you had a signed contract with them ahead of time, or the ownership
of the web pages put on the server was addressed specifically in the policy
manual before they started work on the pages, the work was theirs according
to copyright law...'

To clarify - unless the work was undertaken for the school as part of a
person's usual contractual duties, or undertaken for the school as a
specific commission in which it was clearly understood and agreed in writing
by both parties that the product was be the property of the school, then
copyright rests with the creator of the product.

In the examples quoted, the parent and the pupils concerned can do what they
like with the product, unless the above conditions apply. However, unless
the school sanctions any changes, they remain unauthorised websites and they
can only continue to use products for which the copyright resides with the
school (e.g. logos, photographs) with the school's permission. This does not
apply to products that are already in the public domain. (Shades of ASD
here, I'm afraid).

Hope this clarifies the postion.

Graham Small
The Library Doctor
UK

grahams@libdoc.demon.co.uk
www.libdoc.demon.co.uk

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