Class notes or recordings made by students must be for study or other noncommercial purposes only.
The UC Use of Recordings of Course Presentations (PDF) policy governs the recording of course presentations and the distribution of such recordings. The UCLA Student Conduct Code (“Code”) section 102.23 prohibits selling, preparing, or distributing academic materials for commercial purposes without prior authorization.
Class notes or recordings made by students are for purposes of individual or group study, or for other noncommercial purposes that reasonably arise from a student’s enrollment in a class. Students currently enrolled in a class may provide a copy of their own notes or recordings to other currently enrolled students for these purposes. Permission to make notes or recordings is at the instructor’s discretion.
No student may sell, or otherwise commercially distribute or publish, any recording made during any class presentation without the written consent of the University and the instructor/presenter. This policy applies to any recording in any medium, including handwritten or typed notes and video or audio recording.
Distribution of a recording of a class presentation at UCLA that captures actual sounds and/or images of that class presentation, in any medium, must consider the rights of the instructor and the University, and of other parties. Distribution permission from third parties (e.g., students, guests, copyright holders) may be required
The unauthorized sale or commercial distribution of academic materials, including but not limited to notes or recordings, by a student is a violation of the Code, whether or not it was the student or someone else who prepared the materials. Students who violate this policy are subject to University discipline (Code section 102.23a). Copying handouts, readers, or other course materials provided by an instructor as part of a University of California course for any commercial purpose is prohibited, unless authorized by the University in advance and explicitly permitted by the instructor, and the copyright holder (if not the instructor), in writing (Code section 102.23b).
Nothing in this policy precludes instructors from posting their own class notes on their class websites. All class notes policies apply to materials posted on class websites.
In addition to University policy, the California Education Code prohibits unauthorized commercial use of class notes, including recordings made in any medium. The California Civil Code sets forth civil penalties, and legal and financial remedies, for violation of state law.