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Friday, October 14, 2005
Easing the Copyright Challenge - Inside Higher Ed
Copyright approval of classroom materials, particularly for online courses, is a major issue for colleges: Many faculty members (if they think about it at all) view it as a hassle, and college lawyers and academic technologists at some campuses lay awake at night worrying about lawsuits from publishers challenging their professors’ failure to seek permission for works they’ve used. Today, the Copyright Clearance Center is announcing a new effort aimed at making it easier for professors (and hence their institutions) to ensure that they are complying with copyright law governing the use of academic materials, by integrating the copyright permission process directly into the software colleges use to build and manage online courses.
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