The creation of copyrighted works is one of the ways Coastal Carolina University (“the University”) fulfills its mission of contributing to the body of knowledge for the public good. The University encourages the creation of original works of authorship and the free expression and exchange of ideas. This Policy is intended to embody the spirit of academic tradition, which provides copyright ownership to faculty for their scholarly and aesthetic copyrighted works, and is otherwise consistent with the United States Copyright Law, which provides the University ownership of its employment-related works. This policy should be read in conjunction with the Coastal Carolina University ownership of intellectual property policy.