Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976 [PAGE 612]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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P L A T O System to develop lessonware or courseware materials, a proposed policy statement on these matters has been developed and is filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. Under the proposed policy statement authors of lessonware developed on the University's P L A T O System would be divided into five categories: 1. "Noncommissioned Authors" include University employees or students given access to the system, but not specifically commissioned by the University to produce lessonware. 2. "Commissioned Authors" include University employees whose duties include the production of lessonware. 3. "Other Authors" consist of individuals given access by the University to the P L A T O System, at no charge, but who are neither students nor employees of the University. 4. "Participating Institution Authors" include individuals who are given access to the University's P L A T O System by another institution with whom the University has a contractual arrangement to provide access to such institution. 5. "Joint Venture Authors" include individuals who are given access to the University's P L A T O System by another institution with whom the University has a contractual arrangement to provide access to such institution. Under the proposed policy the University will obtain all right, title, and interest in and to all lessonware developed by Noncommissioned Authors, Commissioned Authors, and Other Authors. If the University markets or distributes the lessonware, Noncommissioned Authors will receive 75 percent of gross royalties, Commissioned Authors will receive 40 percent of gross royalties, and Other Authors will receive 20 percent of gross royalties. If a participating institution or a joint venture institution requests the University to market and distribute lessonware developed by authors from such institutions, the institution will receive 75 percent of the gross royalties received by the University. The University may use lessonware for its educational or internal activities without royalty payment and may make lessonware available to others without royalty payment for use on an experimental P L A T O System operated by the University. If the University elects not to market or distribute a particular item of lessonware, it may return all right, title, and interest therein to the author, with the University retaining a royalty-free, nonexclusive, unrestricted, irrevocable license for use of such lessonware on P L A T O Systems operated by the University and, in addition, the author will pay to the University 25 percent of any gross royalty income the author subsequently realizes on such lessonware. If a Participating Institution or a Joint Venture Institution does not request the University to market or distribute lessonware developed by authors employed by such institutions, the institution retains all rights except the University retains a royalty-free, nonexclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted license to use such lessonware on P L A T O Systems operated by the University of Illinois. However, any gross royalties from a Joint Venture Institution's lessonware marketing or distribution shall be shared equally between the institution and the University. Provision is made for the granting of a "University seal of approval" on lessonware authored by University of Illinois authors. As a condition to obtaining access to use of the University's P L A T O System all Noncommissioned, Commissioned, and Other Authors will be required to execute agreements with the University embodying the principles established in the policy statement, including a warranty by the author that the lessonware materials do not contain matters in which others have rights which have not been released. With the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, I recommend approval of the policy statement with the express understanding that the same