Who owns copyright in an oral history?
27/05/2008 If an oral history consists of the words of a person whose story telling has been recorded (for example, onto cassette tape), the storyteller is the owner of copyright in the oral history. If another person prepares a version of the story that includes their own words as well as those of the storyteller, the two people may be joint authors. If you are recording oral histories, it is generally a good idea to have a written agreement with the person whose story telling is recorded, which sets out how the recorded story may be used and who owns copyright.
