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At-risk title

Posted By Michael von Glahn 03-29-2016 10:49
Found In : Glossary
A title that has the capability to diminish gross margin, for example: nonreturnable titles, new editions in preparation, old editions, and high-penalty returns. #InventoryControlandManagement

Public domain

Posted By Michael von Glahn 03-29-2016 10:47
Found In : Glossary
A public domain work is a creative work that is not protected by copyright and which may be freely used by everyone. The reasons that the work is not protected include: (1) the term of copyright for the work has expired; (2) the author failed to satisfy statutory formalities to perfect the copyright ...

Strict liability

Posted By Michael von Glahn 03-29-2016 10:45
Found In : Glossary
Under this legal standard, there’s no requirement to prove negligence, fault, or intention. That means a college store can be found liable for unknowingly copying or selling works where required permission wasn’t obtained. In short, ignorance is no excuse.

Protected by copyright law

Posted By Michael von Glahn 03-29-2016 10:44
Found In : Glossary
For works protected by copyright law, no reproduction or distribution is allowed without the copyright holder’s permission. The law does include some exceptions, including fair use where applicable and access for users with print disabilities.

Open source

Posted By Michael von Glahn 03-29-2016 10:40
Found In : Glossary
While often used interchangeably with “open access” or “open content” regarding course materials in discussions and the media, open source is actually a software term referring to nonproprietary source code for a platform or application .

Freemium

Posted By Michael von Glahn 03-29-2016 10:37
Found In : Glossary
A business model that works by offering basic web services, or a basic downloadable digital product, for free, while charging a premium for advanced or special features. In course materials, this usually means a work is available digitally for free and in a print-on-demand format for cost. The word "freemium" ...

Fair use

Posted By Michael von Glahn 03-29-2016 10:34
Found In : Glossary
Use of copyrighted material for which the user does not need to obtain permission, as outlined in Sections 107-114 of the US copyright code. The definition of fair use is by no means clear-cut, and is open to interpretation. Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute ...

First sale doctrine

Posted By Michael von Glahn 03-29-2016 10:33
Found In : Glossary
An exception to copyright that generally allows any person or entity who purchases an authorized, legal copy of a protected item to resell, lend, or give away that item. Applicable to a potential used e-book market; the first sale doctrine does not allow a copy to be made, and with e-books it is hard ...

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA

Posted By Michael von Glahn 03-29-2016 10:26
Found In : Glossary
Enacted in October 1998 and implementing many provisions of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Copyright and Phonogram Treaties, DMCA criminalized attempts to bypass copyright, digital rights management, or access-control technologies. Exemptions added in 2010 provide protections for fair ...

Creative Commons Licenses

Posted By Michael von Glahn 03-29-2016 10:24
Found In : Glossary
These ready-made content licenses assign “baseline rights” that are less restricting than standard international copyright terms, such as the right to distribute the copyrighted work worldwide, without changes, free of charge. Content creators use the licenses to indicate which rights they reserve ...

Copyleft

Posted By Michael von Glahn 03-29-2016 10:22
Found In : Glossary
A play on the word “copyright,” copyleft involves using copyright law to remove restrictions on nonauthors’ distribution of copies and modified versions of a work. Under copyleft, an author retains copyright, but grants a nonexclusive license to anyone to distribute, and often modify, the work. Copyleft ...