[BOAI] Fwd: Creative Commons U.S.A. applauds the introduction of the Affordable College Textbook Act

[Carolina Rossini]

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From: Michael Palmedo <mpalmedo at wcl.american.edu>
Date: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 2:42 PM
Subject: Creative Commons U.S.A. applauds the introduction of the
Affordable College Textbook Act
To: IP-ENFORCEMENT at roster.wcl.american.edu


http://us.creativecommons.org/archives/802

Creative Commons U.S.A. applauds the introduction of the Affordable College
Textbook Act

CONTACT: Michael Carroll, Director
PIJIP, American University Washington College of Law
202-274-4047 | mcarroll at wcl.american.edu

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 work and adaptations of the work for any purpose,
conditioned only on the requirement that attribution be given to authors as
designated.” The full text of the bill is
here<http://creativecommonsus.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/affordable-college-textbook-act.pdf>
.

Creative Commons U.S.A. Director Michael Carroll issued the following
statement:

Senator Durbin should be congratulated for his leadership.  This bill
seizes the opportunity to make high quality textbooks affordable and
reusable by paying once for their production and permitting free copying,
updating, and adaptation with the requirement of an open license.

Creative Commons (CC) is a nonprofit organization that designs
user-friendly copyright licenses which provide a simple, standardized way
to give the public permission to share and use your creative work. Its
license are used by authors, artists, and other creators worldwide.
Creative Commons U.S.A. is a volunteer affiliate housed American University
Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual
Property (PIJIP), which works on CC related issues specific to the United
States, including state efforts to expand the use of Open Educational
Resources. It will also work on matters related to the interaction of the
CC license suite with doctrines in US law, such as fair use.





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Mike Palmedo

Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

American University Washington College of Law

4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20016

W: 202-274-4442 | M: 571-289-3683

wcl.american.edu | infojustice.org | pijip-impact.org





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*Carolina Rossini*
*Project Director, Latin America Resource Center*
Open Technology Institute
*New America Foundation*
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