Volume 11 Issue 2

On-Line Delivery of Education: Copyright Issues in Universities

PHILIP MENDES*

This article examines the legal environment within which this dilemma has to be resolved.

It then assesses the appropriateness of a university claiming or asserting ownership of copyright in teaching materials. Finally, the author offers a model that might provide a solution to the dilemma, that is consistent with the legal environment, consistent with the interests of academic staff, and which provides a framework that facilitates universities achieving their objective of on line delivery of courses.