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Are My Ideas Being Stolen? If So, What Then?
BinaryGrind writes "I just got started taking Computer Science classes at my local university and after reading Universities Patenting More Student Ideas I felt I needed to ask: How do I tell if any of my projects while attending classes will be co-opted by my professors or the university itself and taken away from me? Is there anything I can do to prevent it from happening? What do I need to do to protect myself? Are there schools out there that won't take my work away from me if I discover TheNextBigThing(TM)? If it does happen is there anything I can do to fight back? The school I'm attending is Southern Utah University. Since it's not a big university, I don't believe it has a big research and development department or anything of that ilk. I'm mostly wanting to cover my bases and not have my work stolen from me."
Federal funding of universities needs to be cut. Many are hording large pools of cash and yet keep increasing student tuition. Couple that with profiting off of their students ideas and frankly we shouldn't continue to pour tax money into these entities. The time has come to start auditing schools and supplementing funding based on need.
Oh, now I see your point. What a marvelous invention. Absolutely state of the art. A national treasure. What rare and keen intellect produced such a novelty? Patents are not enough to protect this jewel of western civilization. Clearly, you will be right up there w/Edison and the Wright Brothers. I am humbled to even trade non sequiturs w/such a mighty genius. I will now bookmark your homepage and journal in order to follow the twists and turns of your fascinating career. Lead on, oh great one! Entertain and educate the great unwashed masses!