Services include fair use guidelines posted at copiers and assistance in helping users track down author and publisher information. Jonathan Alger, assistant general counsel, has primary responsibilities in the areas of intellectual property, media rights and cyberspace law. He encourages everyone with legal questions on copyright at the University to immediately contact the Office of the General Counsel. That's what keeps copyright lawyers in business. We can do that by educating ourselves and our community and working together.
Ownership is a difficult issue.
The University doesn't take ownership of articles or books written by professors. The law doesn't answer all these questions. It becomes largely an issue of individual universities' policies. It can be a win-win situation. Alger encouraged those with intellectual property issues to bring them to his office from the inception of their project.