{"id":11620,"date":"2018-01-25T14:46:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T20:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=11620"},"modified":"2018-01-25T19:12:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T01:12:18","slug":"pro-tip-links-are-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/pro-tip-links-are-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Tip: Links Are Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Link\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I recently fielded a question that seemed so basic, so fundamental, that I thought it deserved a blog post.<\/p>\n

Many faculty today are cognizant of licensing restrictions. They diligently hunt for content published under Creative Commons, or in the public domain, to use in their courses. That's a good thing: they don't want to infringe anyone's copyright.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, though, that perfect piece of content is out there on the open internet, tantalizingly available, but published under plain old-fashioned copyright with all the encumbrances and restrictions that implies.<\/p>\n

You don't want to embed a copyrighted video (for example) in your online course materials. But is there a workaround? Can you, perhaps, just share the link, send your students over to YouTube, let them watch the video over there, instead of on your course website or in your LMS?<\/p>\n

In a word:<\/p>\n

YES<\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n

But don't take my word for it. Here's what the \"boutique law firm\" InfoLawGroup LLP has to say about it.<\/p>\n

A recent federal court decision confirms that, without more, merely providing a link to copyrighted content is not direct infringement of the copyright in that content.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For more details, read the full article, \"Does Linking to Content Infringe Copyright?<\/a>\"<\/p>\n

The distinction, as I understand it, is that embedding a video is like republishing it. You wouldn't republish a copyrighted book without permission, right? But sharing a link is like sending your students to the library to check the book out on their own.<\/p>\n

Happy linking!<\/p>\n

Photo credit: \"Link\" by Aarthi Ramamurthy<\/a>. Licensed under Creative Commons, of course!<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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