Webinar: Publishing with Open Licenses
Creative Commons USA joined the Library Publishing Coalition for a webinar yesterday to discuss how to apply different Creative Commons licenses in the publishing context.
Tag: Fair Use
What’s Happening in Williamsfield? A CC-USA FAQ on Open Educational Resources
The Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, visited the Williamsfield Community School District in Illinois on September 15, 2015 to highlight the District’s use of Open Educational Resources as a means of improving the quality of its instructional materials while also saving public funds. Here’s a CC-USA FAQ on Open Educational Resources and copyright licenses. Textbooks[…]
Statement by CC-USA Director Michael Carroll on the Introduction of the Affordable College Textbook Act in the House
Yesterday, Representatives Hinojosa and Miller introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act. The text mirrors that of the Senate bill introduced last week by Senators Durbin and Franken (see CC-USA’s statement on the Senate bill here). The Affordable College Textbook Act would provide funding for the creation of textbooks, which would be made available to the[…]
Creative Commons USA Applauds the Introduction of the Affordable College Textbook Ace
Senators Dick Durbin and Al Franken today introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act, which directs the Secretary of Education to fund the creation of college textbooks and materials to be made available under open licenses. The licenses will allow students and educators to “access, reproduce, publicly perform, publicly display, adapt, distribute, and otherwise use the[…]