{"id":13,"date":"2015-05-31T05:37:24","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T11:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coverstory.wpengine.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-01-03T08:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:36:12","slug":"licensing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/byline\/about\/licensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Licensing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Licensing&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;22px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px\">You can purchase <em>Byline<\/em> under a\u00a0<a href=\"#householdlicensing\"><strong>Household License<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"#grouplicensing\"><strong>Group License <\/strong><\/a>(includes study groups), or a <a href=\"#charterlicensing\"><strong>Charter License<\/strong><\/a>. Read about the license agreements to\u00a0<strong>find out which type of license fits your situation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">If you need to\u00a0<strong>change your license type<\/strong>\u00a0or have unusual circumstances not covered by the information below, please contact us. <strong>We are happy to help you figure out the best fit!<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;householdlicensing&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" \/>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Household License Agreement<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><em>Applies to:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Anyone purchasing for use <strong>exclusively with a student in their immediate family in the context of their own home<\/strong> (Student Kits for additional immediate family members can be ordered at any time).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Anyone purchasing through <strong>a charter organization that does not retain rights to the non-consumable materials<\/strong>. (See <a href=\"#charterlicensing\">Charter License<\/a>.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><em>Duration:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">The Household License <strong>does not expire<\/strong>; it doesn\u2019t need to be renewed. (If you use\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/about\/cloud-streaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloud video streaming service,<\/a> you renew your Cloud access for $39\/year, but your <em>license<\/em> does not need to be renewed.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">You can order a new Student Kit at any time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><em>Restrictions:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Students must be in your immediate family in the same residence. Close friends, cousins, etc., meeting in your home do not constitute immediate family members.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><strong>Photocopying or other duplication is not permitted.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Additional students need their own Student Kit to use the curriculum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">The video lessons in this curriculum, whether on\u00a0DVDs or accessed through the Cloud video streaming service,\u00a0<strong>may <em>not<\/em> be shown publicly, including to small groups within your home, without purchase of a Group\u00a0License<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;grouplicensing&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Group License Agreement<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">You can find additional help on the <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/using-our-programs-in-a-co-op-or-group\/\">How to Use Our Programs in a Co-op or Group<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/shop\/purchase-orders\/\">Purchase Orders<\/a> pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><em>Applies to:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Students following the curriculum together who are <em><strong>not<\/strong><\/em> of a single household, <strong>even if the group comprises only two students or meets informally in a home<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Schools and co-ops<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><em>Duration:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">A Group\u00a0License is valid for one year; this year is intended to <strong>cover one group of students completing the curriculum together<\/strong>; if the group of students takes longer than a year, the license will expire when they finish.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">The\u00a0cost of renewing an expired Group License is covered by the purchase of new Group Student Kits for the students in the new class. A small fee is included in the price of each Group Student Kit. This way the license renewal fee is distributed evenly between all the students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Gaps in use are fine. You can renew a Group\u00a0License even if one or more years have elapsed since it expired.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><em>Restrictions:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">A Group License covers one group\/class of students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Purchase of new Group Student Kits is required.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><strong>Photocopying or other duplication is not permitted.<\/strong> Each student must have their own new materials.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">If the group is using DVDs, all video viewing must happen together in the same location. If the group is using Cloud video streaming, where each student has their own Cloud video access, video-viewing may be done by students at home as homework, so that class time is maximized for other activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">The video lessons in this curriculum, whether on DVDs or accessed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/about\/cloud-streaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloud video streaming service<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>may not be played publicly or privately except by the class\/group covered by the Group License<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;charterlicensing&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Charter License Agreement<\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;22px&#8221;][vc_message]\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Special Note to Parents of Charter Students<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Before you order through a charter, please read through the license information below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">When a charter school orders a curriculum set from us, they have <strong>two choices as far as how their orders are licensed<\/strong>. We contact the charter about choosing a license agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">The majority of charter schools choose <strong>Charter Licensing<\/strong> because they have to treat non-consumables as charter assets.\u00a0Please note that unless your charter school gives you full and indefinite rights to the materials (which is rare), your student will be using the curriculum\u00a0under the charter\u2019s <strong>one-year\u00a0Charter License<\/strong>.<\/span>[\/vc_message][vc_column_text]\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">You can find additional help on the <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/shop\/purchase-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Purchase Orders<\/strong><\/a> page.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><em>Applies to:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Students using our programs through a charter school that retains the right to the non-consumable materials.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><em>Duration:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">A Charter License is valid for one year; this year is intended to <strong>cover one charter student completing the curriculum<\/strong>; if the student takes longer than a year, the license will expire when they finish.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">The\u00a0cost of renewing an expired Charter License is covered by the purchase of new <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/product-category\/group-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Group Student Kit<\/a> for the new charter student. A small fee is included in the price of each Group Student Kit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Gaps in use are fine. You can renew a Charter License even if one or more years have elapsed since it expired.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><em>Restrictions:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Purchase of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/product-category\/group-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Group Student Kit<\/a> is required to use non-consumables returned to the charter after use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><strong>Photocopying or other duplication is not permitted.<\/strong> Each student must have their own new materials.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">The video lessons in this curriculum, whether on DVDs or accessed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/about\/cloud-streaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloud video streaming service<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>may not be played publicly or privately except by the student covered by the Charter License<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Licensing&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Merriweather%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;22px&#8221;][vc_column_text]You can purchase Byline under a\u00a0Household License,\u00a0a\u00a0Group License (includes study groups), or a Charter License. Read about the license agreements to\u00a0find out which type of license fits your situation. If you need to\u00a0change your license type\u00a0or have unusual circumstances not covered by the information below, please contact us. 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