Hi, Whitney -- Thanks for your question! While I will defer to your fellow community members to weigh in with their advice and suggestions, you may want to take a look at the following:
It is basically copyrighted when you put pen to paper. You should include a notice that says "Copyright 2016 by John Doe" to assert your rights. You can go a step further and register your copyright with the Library of Congress. This will give you additional rights particularly where litigation is concerned.
Thanks Russ: Do you know if the LIbrary of Congress will register copyright for an elearning course? We have had schools attempt to take portions of our courses and record them for their own use without paying for them, so we need more than just the standard copyright statement.
Teachers do have more leeway than some of the rest of us. If you are serious, you need to get real advice. Check with a practicing professor at a local law school.
Yes, you can certainly do a copyright registration for your elearning course. It's software just like any other software. I've been in the elearing business for 30 years and some of the biggest copyright violators were teachers and state agencies. Teachers seem to think its ok to rip someone off in the name pedagogy. It's not.
Keep in mind that the "registration" of your copyright doesn't make it more secure, it just gives you more rights when you consider suing an infringer.
Hi, I am facing the same dilemma about copyrights. I'm using Pixabay for CC0 licence. Now I'm quite confused if we can use colours from ColorLovers. I want to take one colour from certain colour schemes using the HEX code but not sure if that is copyrighted or not.
While someone might argue that a full color scheme could be copyrighted (and I doubt that), individual colors cannot be copyrighted. The concept doesn't even apply. So, have at it.
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Hi, Whitney -- Thanks for your question! While I will defer to your fellow community members to weigh in with their advice and suggestions, you may want to take a look at the following:
How to add copyright statement to storyline
Copyright in Courses
Are Your E-Learning Courses Going to Land You in Jail?
Hope that helps, and you are also welcome to post your query over in our Building Better Courses forum, as well. :)
It is basically copyrighted when you put pen to paper. You should include a notice that says "Copyright 2016 by John Doe" to assert your rights. You can go a step further and register your copyright with the Library of Congress. This will give you additional rights particularly where litigation is concerned.
Thanks Russ:
Do you know if the LIbrary of Congress will register copyright for an elearning course? We have had schools attempt to take portions of our courses and record them for their own use without paying for them, so we need more than just the standard copyright statement.
Teachers do have more leeway than some of the rest of us. If you are serious, you need to get real advice. Check with a practicing professor at a local law school.
Yes, you can certainly do a copyright registration for your elearning course. It's software just like any other software. I've been in the elearing business for 30 years and some of the biggest copyright violators were teachers and state agencies. Teachers seem to think its ok to rip someone off in the name pedagogy. It's not.
Keep in mind that the "registration" of your copyright doesn't make it more secure, it just gives you more rights when you consider suing an infringer.
Hi, I am facing the same dilemma about copyrights. I'm using Pixabay for CC0 licence. Now I'm quite confused if we can use colours from ColorLovers. I want to take one colour from certain colour schemes using the HEX code but not sure if that is copyrighted or not.
Hi, Suzi -- I would recommend that you reach out to the color company directly if you are unsure about copyright matters.
While someone might argue that a full color scheme could be copyrighted (and I doubt that), individual colors cannot be copyrighted. The concept doesn't even apply. So, have at it.
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