A proposal under consideration by a school board in Upper Marlboro, MD, is intended to protect the privacy rights of the school district but it may end up stifling creativity. If it passes, Prince George County Board of Education will own the copyright on all work done by students and teachers, regardless of where that work was performed or for what reason.
Max Keiser
Financial War Reports
You already own the copyright of your employees work because you pay them for their time.
Students, especially ones that pay you, no not yours!
“But the Prince George proposal goes a few steps beyond and says that even work created by students and teachers on their own time, using their own materials, would become the property of the school district, and that simply by ratifying the proposal the school board will automatically hold all copyrights.”
Never mind getting beyond the proposal stage – how the f**k did this get beyond the brain stage.
Schools as copyright communes. Marx never saw that one coming!
If I have a kid, there’s no way I can imagine sending them to school anymore. Homeschooling will be a pain in the ass, but it’s better than putting them on ADHD meds for 15 years only to see their copyrights stolen.