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At 1:15 PM -0400 7/21/10, Beryl Rosenthal wrote:
>Hi all,
>I have a question regarding rights to text materials.  If someone 
>writes interpretive text for you, do they give up rights to it? 
>Does the museum/science center own it?  My understanding is that 
>they do.  Thoughts?

Hi Beryl,
If the work was done as work for hire, you own copyright. If it was 
not work for hire, then your rights are whatever the contract 
specifies. Without an explicit transfer of copyright, you do not own 
copyright.

Jennie Dusheck
Freelance Science Writer & Editor
Santa Cruz, CA

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