Jurgen Prothnow works as a technical adviser for High Tech Corp. part of his duties is to train employees. Jurgen has compiled, over the course of many years, an instruction manual. This manual could be used by others in the industry, and Jurgen wants to publish it - and of course derive the profit from its sale. Which of the following is true?
A)The copyright in this manual belongs to High Tech because Jurgen wrote it in the course of his employment.
B)The copyright in this manual belongs to Jurgen as the author.
C)The copyright in this manual belongs to Jurgen because it is the product of his personal skills and not of any trade secrets or confidential information he obtained at High Tech.
D)The copyright in this manual belongs to Jurgen because it is against the public interest to deprive an author of the right to his own creative output.
E)Both B and D

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In most jurisdictions, works created by an employee in the course of their employment are owned by the employer, unless there is an agreement stating otherwise.

Jurgen Prothnow Works as a Technical Adviser for High Tech