Are Lectures Intellectual Property?

If lectures are disseminated outside the confines of a class, the legal issues may extend beyond copyright. In the eyes of some faculty, lectures are their intellectual property and should not be distributed more widely without their permission.

Do professors own their lectures?

Classroom professors have long enjoyed a cultural exemption to this statute, however: while they're paid to teach and do research, their lectures, syllabi and other nonpatentable work almost always belong to them, not the university.

Is it OK to record lectures?

If you'd like to record a professor's lecture, you can ask for permission. Most professors allow recording and some even record lectures themselves and make the video or audio available. ... Therefore, even secret classroom recordings without a teacher's consent were found to not be illegal.