Editing Work for hire (section)

==== Teacher exception ====
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The application of the law to materials such as lectures, textbooks, and academic articles produced by teachers is somewhat unclear. The near-universal practice in education has traditionally been to act on the assumption that they were ''not'' work for hire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/lwsch/journals/bclawr/41_3/02_TXT.htm |title=Who Owns the Copyright to Faculty-Created Web Sites?: The Work-For-Hire Doctrine's Applicability Tto Internet Resources Created for Distance Learning and Traditional Classroom Courses|access-date=April 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212020422/http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/lwsch/journals/bclawr/41_3/02_TXT.htm |archive-date=December 12, 2008 }}</ref>