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To gain access to the digital alternatives, students select the traditional books assigned in their classes, and Boundless pulls content from an array of open-e
by naner 15y ago
To gain access to the digital alternatives, students select the traditional books assigned in their classes, and Boundless pulls content from an array of open-education sources to knit together a text that the company claims is as good as the designated book. The company calls this mapping of printed book to open material “alignment”—a tactic the complaint said creates a finished product that violates the publishers’ copyrights.
This is significantly different than actually creating open textbooks from scratch (e.g. the CK-12 Foundation). I'm not suprised they got sued.
- rbanffy 15y agoStill, it's interesting to see they copied nothing but what's included in the official textbook (which is needed to cover what the student will have to learn). Once a given textbook is selected and becomes a requirement, it's publisher is given an effective monopoly on supplying a given course. Shouldn't they be more regulated then?