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2. Does the CO contain a word, logo, slogan, or product shape ("trademark") that identifies a particular company, product, organization, or person? (As examples, the word "Raytheon," the logo of the NBC peacock, the slogan "Can You Hear Me Now?," and the product design of the iPod.)
3. Does it appear that the trademark is used to refer to, comment upon, or educate the audience about the company or product that is directly associated with the trademark?
5. Does the use of the trademark cause you to think that there is an affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement of the University of Michigan (or the professor) by the company whose trademark appears in the CO?
6. Send to dScribe2 for review
8. Does the CO contain the face (or profile of a face) or name or voice that you recognize as a famous individual (a celebrity such as Elvis, a newsmaker such as Barack Obama, a famous scientist such as Einstein)?
9. Does the CO containing the famous face, name, or voice appear to refer to, comment upon, or educate the audience about some aspect directly associated to that famous individual?
11. Does the use of the CO cause you to think that there is an af?liation, sponsorship, or endorsement of the University of Michigan (or the professor) by the individual who appears in the CO?
12. Send to dScribe2 for review
16. Does the CO contain information indicating that it is in the public domain?
18. Was the CO created by the instructor?
20. Does the CO appear to be created by other UM faculty, staff or students?
21. Does UM OER have permission to publish this CO?
23. Recommend an action: Permission
(UM faculty, staff, or student-created CO)
24. Is the CO one of the following: a fact, an opinion, an idea, concept, or principle, a description or representation of a process, [procedure, function, system, method of operation], or discovery, a reference, a citation, a quotation/excerpt?
26. Does the CO contain a photograph, illustration, artwork, chart, graph, audio, or video bearing a copyright notice of (or attribution to) a person or company outside UM?
21. Does UM OER have permission to publish this CO?
23. Recommend an action: Search or Create
(3rd party-created CO)
27. Does the object appear to be created by a person or company other than the educator?
28. Recommend an action: Search or Create
29. Ask Faculty about CO origin
31. From the information (image, voice, name, facts, etc.) included in the CO, in its context, can you identify a particular individual?
32. From the CO, in its context, can you identify the individual as a patient?
33. Send to dScribe2 for review
34. From the CO, in its context, can you identify the individual as a UM student?
35. Send to dScribe2 for review
36. Does the individual referenced in the CO appear to have consented to the photograph, or was this taken in a public setting?
37. Does OER have permission (explicit or implicit) from the individual referenced in the CO to use their identity or identi?able information?
38. Recommend an action: Retain
* If yes to 16: [Retain: Public Domain]
(CO is in the public domain)
* If yes to 18 or 21: [Retain: Permission]
(OER has permission to use CO)
* If yes to 24: [Retain: Copyright Analysis]
(CO may not be protected under copyright law)
39. Recommend an action: Retain
* If yes to 16: [Retain: Public Domain]
(CO is in the public domain)
* If yes to 18 or 21: [Retain: Permission]
(OER has permission to use CO)
* If yes to 24: [Retain: Copyright Analysis]
(CO may not be protected under copyright law)
40. Recommend an action: Retain
* If yes to 16: [Retain: Public Domain]
(CO is in the public domain)
* If yes to 18 or 21: [Retain: Permission]
(OER has permission to use CO)
* If yes to 24: [Retain: Copyright Analysis]
(CO may not be protected under copyright law)
41. Recommend an action: Permission, Search, or Create
* From 20->21->31: [Permission]
(UM faculty, staff, or student-created CO)
* From 26->21->31: [Search or Create]
(3rd party-created CO)