The same footnote, however, explicitly excludes software from this exclusion. While Bylaw 3.10 sets policy, complications arise when it is applied to new media, because the intellectual property policy defines exceptions in terms of the final product. Suppose, for example, a faculty member creates a CD-ROM for use in class with the assistance of the Office of Instructional Technology. The CD's popularity has led to requests for use from other institutions. What this example highlights is that intellectual property considerations need to be thought about early in the process.
Some units take a sophisticated approach . . .
The University, the report notes, should support deployment of such works in the classroom, in research, in services offered within and outside the University, in presentations, in the delivery of distance learning and in publication by or outside the University.