Once your capstone is completed, it will remain your intellectual property. If you are doing your capstone work at a company/organization, then any work completed needs to be reviewed by their legal department before it becomes your intellectual property. As a matter of course, the Extension School does not sign Confidentiality Disclosure Agreements (CDAs), and typically projects are not given approval if a company/organization claims intellectual property rights to your work.

For more information, please see the Harvard Library Copyright Advisor program webpage. Under the "publishing and licensing" section, there is an eight-minute video that explains why scholarly research needs to be public domain.

Journalism capstone students who freelance their articles should be aware of each outlet's policy on republishing versions of the same article. Many websites will carry this information; otherwise, ask your editor directly.