(2) Notwithstanding ORS 337.511, 337.514, 337.517 or 337.521, a publisher is not required to provide an electronic format of the instructional material pursuant to ORS 337.517 if the publisher has commercially published or manufactured a version of the product that is accessible to students with print disabilities, or if the publisher has the capacity and offers to sell an electronic format of the instructional material directly to the student in a timely manner at the same cost as the commercially available material.
(3) Notwithstanding ORS 337.511, 337.514, 337.517 or 337.521, a publisher is not required to provide an electronic format of the instructional material pursuant to ORS 337.517 if the publisher has not previously produced a digital version of the fully edited and typeset instructional material, such as in the case of a work produced through a method that does not require the creation of a digital file.
(4) A post-secondary education institution that has obtained an electronic format from a publisher pursuant to ORS 337.517 may not duplicate the electronic format, or specialized format produced therefrom, to enable use by one or more additional students, or obtain the electronic format, or specialized format produced therefrom, from another institution or particular campus of the institution unless, for each additional student for whom a specialized format is sought, the campus of the institution where the additional student is enrolled provides the publisher with a written request as described in ORS 337.517. [2007 c.466 ยง5]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 09 - Education and Culture
Chapter 337 - Books and Instructional Materials
Section 337.030 - Annual notice to school textbook and instructional materials publishers.
Section 337.050 - List of textbooks and instructional materials.
Section 337.060 - Submission of proposals by publishers.
Section 337.065 - Publisher fee; rules.
Section 337.075 - Adoption or rejection of textbooks.
Section 337.090 - Contract with publisher; terms; security; breach; remedies.
Section 337.150 - School board and charter school duty to provide textbooks.
Section 337.260 - Textbooks on American history and government.
Section 337.300 - Animal dissection; refusal by student; alternatives; notification.
Section 337.500 - Definitions for ORS 337.500 to 337.506.
Section 337.503 - Publisher of college textbooks; duties.
Section 337.506 - Textbook bundling; disclosure of information.
Section 337.511 - Definitions for ORS 337.511 to 337.524.
Section 337.517 - Instructional material in electronic format; request; requirements; transmittal.
Section 337.521 - Higher Education Coordinating Commission powers and duties; statewide guidelines.
Section 337.524 - Exceptions to requirement to provide electronic format.