Archive: november 15, 2008

'Whose IP Is It, Anyway?': College Controversy [Academia]

'Whose IP Is It, Anyway?': College Controversy [Academia] Recently, some controversy has popped up regarding who owns the IP of student-created work; recent events with the award-winning creation of some graduates of DigiPen Institute of Technology have highlighted the problematic nature of what is somewhat par for the course in design programs. On the one hand, while I can see some of the arguments for schools retaining the IP (and certainly, the policies are clear to students from day one), I find some of the arguments downright laughable. With the recent kerfluffle, are policy changes on the horizon?:
While it wasn't clear whether the IGDA's Education...

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Tags: Academia, Digipen, Education, Industry, Ip, Students

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