Are you an online course creator who’s put in countless hours crafting a course that you’re proud of? Do you worry about someone copying your content without permission and using it for their own competing product or service? Look no further.
In “How to Legally Protect Your Online Course Content”, we address two main questions every course creator should consider before launch:
- what can you do to reduce the risk of people ripping off your content?
- what can you do so as to have clear remedies against a person who does try to rip you off?
There are two main things you can do upfront to reduce your risk and to arm yourself with remedies in case your materials are ever copied. The first thing you can do is to make it clear to people that there is copyright in your course material and that you reserve all rights in that material. This is a matter of copyright law. The second is putting clear contractual terms of use in place that address the topic of what people can and cannot do with your content. This is a matter of contract law.
By the end of this ebook, you’ll understand the significance of copyright law and contract law to the protection of your content, and you’ll have a good understanding of how you can do both things just mentioned. We’ll look first at copyright protection, then contractual protection. After that, we’ll look at how to check if someone is ripping off your course content and, if they are, what you can do about it.
