Worth remembering that, in fact, not all work product is automatically
"the company's property".

Classic example:  the work product of a professional photographer. In
the absence of a signed "work for hire" agreement (by which the
photographer signs away his/her intellectual property rights), the
images below to the creator.

Fred
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Peter Kurilecz
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 09:14
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Subject: Re: [RM] getting rid of paper

On Feb 11, 2008 8:51 AM, Steve Petersen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> The real problem with Engineers isn't the directives,etc as I realize
that
> material needs to be/should be kept - It's the culture of just in case
and
> all the material I create is MINE ,not the companies.


I have first hand experience with this as my brother is an engineer, and
many, many years ago he would argue that the records were his and not
the
company's. I tried explaining why they weren't but it didn't get through
to
him.

-- 
Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va

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