6 Copyright and OER Checklist
Adopt resources that have been cleared of copyright issues
- Adopted resources are
- Adopted resources are not excerpted from commercial media, such as books, articles, stock photo libraries, and newspapers, unless permission was obtained from the copyright holder.
Provide citation for the borrowed materials
- All adopted/referenced resources, regardless of the copyright terms of the original source, are cited in text & the Reference section based on APA 7.0. See the Citation Guide for more information.
Adopt quality OER
- Adopted resources (are)
- promote racial and ethnic diversity[7]
- avoid prejudice and bias
- from legitimate sources with clear terms of use,
- concurrent and relevant to today’s industry, and
- relevant and supportive of the topic that the chapter presents
Avoid resources with risk of conflict, regardless of their copyright terms[8]
- No identifiable photo[9] of a minor child (children) is used regardless of copyright terms unless you have obtained consent from the legal guardians on the use of the child’s likeness.
See Guidance for Embedding Children’s Photos in the Textbook for more information.
- No resource that potentially puts student privacy at risk[10] is used.
- No linking or association to infringing works[11] is made.
- No or minimal bias or slant was implied, taking into account the context of the particular subject being addressed.
Avoid excessive OER adoption
- Chapters are composed of mostly original content.
- Adopted OER do not exceed more than 10% of the chapter content.
- Third-party videos, such as YouTube and Vimeo, are not allowed.
- OER were adopted as a quote following APA 7 style guide.[12]
- No OER are embedded into the chapter without an APA style quote.
- Adoption of OER consisting of over 40 words has been consulted with OER support staff.
[1] An open license is a type of license that grants permission to access and redistribute a work with few or no restrictions such as Creative Commons licenses. For more information, see https://www.openwa.org/module-4/
[2] All CC licensed resources are acceptable to adopt for this project. The only exception would be in the case of adapting the CC BY-SA materials. Any adaptations would have to be shared alike under the same license (BY-SA). If the BY-SA materials are included verbatim, they can be acceptable. For more information, see https://www.openwa.org/faq/#differentlicense
[3] A public domain work is a creative work that is not protected by copyright law, which means it’s free for you to use without permission. For more information, see https://www.openwa.org/module-7-2/
[4] This means faculty members’ own works that have not been officially released with specific copyright terms. As long as faculty allows the free public access and distribution, it can be considered as open educational resources for this project.
[5] You do not need permission to link to another website’s home page. Courts generally agree that linking to another website does not infringe the copyrights of that site, nor does it give rise to a likelihood of confusion necessary for a federal trademark infringement claim. For more information, see https://www.openwa.org/faq/#hyperlink
[6] inline linking” involves placing a line of HTML on your site that displays content directly from another site. It is now commonly referred to as embedding. Embedding media in your online work should not expose you to legal liability. For more information, see, https://www.openwa.org/faq/#embed
[7] For example, when adopting an image, select works that display diversity in race and ethnicity.
[8] Copyright law only concerns the matters connected to intellectual ownership. It does not protect our wrongdoings in other matters especially regarding student privacy, human rights, and ethics.
[9] An image that includes a clear view of the face. See Guidance for embedding children’s photos in the textbook for more information.
[10] Image that includes identifiable information, such as name, address, phone number, email address, and user id.
[11] Avoid a situation where you knowingly link to works that clearly infringe upon someone’s copyright, like pirated music files or video clips of commercially distributed movies and music videos. For more information, see https://www.openwa.org/faq/#hyperlink
[12] See Citation Guide of Washington Open ProfTech Project Manual for more information.
See Citation Guide of Washington Open ProfTech Project Manual for more information.
