I wasn't sure if I should post in News, or General, but since it relates to a news article, here we are.
So, the course of events as I understand them from the article are:
1. Nonprofit professional organization creates a taskforce, made of volunteer members of its organization.
2. Task force produces an issue paper.
3. Organization doesn't like conclusions of paper, disbands taskforce, does not publish paper.
4. Organization refuses permission to allow individuals to publish paper under their own name.
5. Organization may or may not have supplied some data/resources to allow the taskforce to produce the issue paper (unknown).
Where does copyright reside in a situation like this? With the organization, who organized the taskforce? The individuals, who were volunteers, not paid employees/contractors? What don't we know that would push it one way or another?
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"Actuarial leaders disband task force, object to paper on public plan liabilities" When the academy and SOA leadership made their objections to the paper known, the authors offered to remove the task force label and have the society publish the paper under co-authors names only, while having side-by-side critiques written by actuaries opposed to its conclusions, members of the former task force said. But the academy and society refused to agree, the members said. |
1. Nonprofit professional organization creates a taskforce, made of volunteer members of its organization.
2. Task force produces an issue paper.
3. Organization doesn't like conclusions of paper, disbands taskforce, does not publish paper.
4. Organization refuses permission to allow individuals to publish paper under their own name.
5. Organization may or may not have supplied some data/resources to allow the taskforce to produce the issue paper (unknown).
Where does copyright reside in a situation like this? With the organization, who organized the taskforce? The individuals, who were volunteers, not paid employees/contractors? What don't we know that would push it one way or another?