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Policy Summary http://www.umuc.edu/policies/researchpolicies/research19000.cfm In order to preserve the university’s mission to â€Å"create, preserve, and disseminate knowledge† (UMUC, 2002) the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) has created Policy 190.00 – Intellectual Property. This policy addresses intellectual policy considerations for faculty, students, and the university itself, while making sure that society benefits from the dissemination of the works involved. In the General Provisions section of this policy, the University outlines the purpose of the policy (outlined above). In addition, it addresses the places the policy will be published. It defines who may and may not enter into agreements on behalf of the†¦show more content†¦This means that all online course materials are to be considered under the copyright section of the policy as outlined above. The policy also includes a discussion of student and third-party rights, patent, computer programs and software or business practices and other types of intellectual property, as well as a section on revenue, administration and reporting. While these sections are necessary to creating a whole picture when it comes to intellectual property rights at UMUC, they are not vital to this paper and thus will not be discussed other than to demonstrate the broad scope of the policy. Distance Course Ownership Strengths While UMUC based its intellectual property policy on the one developed for the University System of Maryland (USM), UMUC took special care to address â€Å"technology mediated instructional materials†. While the USM (2009) has a placeholder which states they may at any time modify the policy to include rules on these types of materials, UMUC actually developed it. UMUC (2002), as a school specializing in distance education, considers these technologically dependent materials core to their mission, thus anything created to be posted online is be considered the same as any other course materials. This allows UMUC to use the same ownership rules for