66409.5.
(a) The Trustees of the California State University and the governing board of each community college district shall, and the Regents of the University of California and the governing body of each private postsecondary educational institution that offers a baccalaureate degree are urged to, develop and adopt rules, regulations, and procedures that would mandate that an e-textbook assigned as required or recommended reading in a course offered at the postsecondary educational institution comply with all of the requirements of subdivision (b).(b) An e-textbook assigned as required or recommended reading in a course offered at the postsecondary educational
institution shall comply with all of the following:
(1)For content licensed as proprietary copyright, the e-textbook shall be offered with pricing tiers that reflect consumer access rights
over periods of time. At a minimum, both a “rental” price and a “lifetime purchase” price shall be listed by the publisher, clearly noting consumer access to the e-textbook over periods of time.
(2)The e-textbook shall be offered with cloud storage, and shall be housed by copyright publishers for access by consumers.
(3)
(1) For content licensed as proprietary copyright, the publisher shall make available to the consumer a clear and explicit refund policy allowing a full refund for a purchased e-textbook for
up to 14 days from the date of purchase.
(4)
(2) The publisher shall provide the consumer with explicit digital rights management information, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(A) The percentage of the e-textbook that can be printed.
(B) The percentage of the e-textbook that can be copied and pasted outside of the electronic reading environment.
(C) The percentage of the e-textbook that can be
exported outside of the electronic reading environment.
(D) The durability of any notes or highlights the consumer creates.
(E) The duration of time in which the consumer can access the e-textbook.
(5)The publisher shall offer electronic subscriptions to online services relating to the e-textbook that are not bundled with the e-textbook, to enable students with a hardcopy version of the textbook to purchase these electronic subscriptions without also purchasing the e-textbook.
(c) As used in this section:
(1)“Cloud storage” means a model of networked online storage where data is stored in virtualized pools of storage that can be accessed through a Web service application programming interface (API) or through a Web-based user interface. Cloud storage access shall be consistent with purchased price tier, including indefinitely.
(2)
(1) “E-textbook” means an
electronic text, image, or interactive modular-based publication in digital form, licensed as either proprietary copyright or under applicable open license terms including creative commons, produced on, published by, and readable on, computers or other digital devices. “E-textbook”
includes enhancement components, including multimedia.
(3)“Lifetime purchase” means a price that allows access to e-textbook material in perpetuity. A feature that is available at the time of purchase shall be available to the consumer indefinitely.
(4)
(2) “Multimedia” includes, but is not necessarily limited to, sound, images, video, animated graphics, and interactive features.
(5)“Rental” means a price that allows access to an e-textbook for an explicit, set amount of time, with the expiration date for the e-textbook clearly noted to the consumer.