Karl Miller wrote:

> Mike raises an interesting point. Consider the situation where a school
> records a performance of an undergraduate who, over time, becomes an
> internationally recognized performer. Their graduate recital can be part
> of the dissertation and right might have been transfered to another
> agency. Should a school be allowed to raise funds by selling copies of
> past student recitals?

I'll not address the rest of Karl's post; my incompetence will show
sufficiently here.

The student's recital is part of her education. She has no rights to any
recording made; it belongs to the school. The situation is similar when
student notes are compiled and elaborated into a text; there, the rights
are usually jointly held by the school and the instructor depending on
the elaboration. That is my understanding as of many years ago when
Halmos's math materials and Fermi's on physics were published for use in
later classes.

My understanding is that in practice under the conditions described the
school would be likely to ask for permission to issue the material, but
that that would not be essential to publication.

Mike
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