FUNKNET Digest, Vol 88, Issue 17

[scott delancey]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:20:48 -0500, "s.t. bischoff" <bischoff.st at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, if a linguist records
> a narrative or myth...who has the "copyright" to it, if anyone? The
> linguist, the speaker, the community, the tribal council?

I don't know the lawyer legalities (I doubt if the issues have been extensively tested
in court) but as both a practical and an ethical matter these are questions you need
to negotiate with the tribe before you collect anything.

And get it in writing.  And in detail.
--
Scott DeLancey
Department of Linguistics
University of Oregon 1290
Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA
541-346-3901