Co-Ops & Classrooms

We get many calls in the office asking if we allow customers to copy pages from our books for a whole co-op or classroom. First, we appreciate the fact that y’all are trying to work within copyright law and that if you have questions, you ASK us. That’s encouraging! A lot of our material would probably be pretty easy to pirate if you wanted to, and it speaks volumes of our customer base that you don’t.

Here’s the gist of our permissions. If you still have questions after reading this, please feel free to call or email for clarification. Thanks!

Single-Family Licenses

You can photocopy or print anything you want for your own family. You may load the software from CDs or downloads onto more than one family computer and you may keep a backup file. If you purchased a CD, you may re-sell it after deleting any copied files from your computer and destroying any backups. You may NOT sell or give away digital products for which you do not have the original physical CD. If your CD came bound in your book, they must be kept or sold together; they may not be sold separately.

Larger Groups

If you are looking to purchase our products for larger groups we offer two options based on how much access to the product your students need:
A. The co-op/classroom discount where each student has their own copy of the product to use.
B. The co-op/classroom license where only the teacher has full access to the product. The teacher has permission to make copies of individual pages for each student.

Co-op or Classroom Discounts

We offer a 30% discount to co-ops and classrooms who are purchasing six or more of a title. Email orders@brightideaspress.com to place an order or susan@brightideaspress.com with any questions you may have as you explore using our curriculum for your classes.

Co-op or Classroom Licenses

If you intend to present the materials to your students and they don’t need a copy of the product themselves, a co-op/classroom license might work for you. In this option, only the teacher will have full access to the book or digital material. You do have permission to make copies to distribute to your students if that will help you in your instructional process. Each license serves ten students and is three times the retail price. If you have three or more families in your co-op, this will save you money. If your classroom or large co-op has more than ten students, you’ll need to purchase a second license, which is good for another ten students. (If you have less than ten, you may still use it for that many students. Then, if you teach the same class to a different group of kids later, you can apply those unused slots at that time.)

We want to make sure that our products are affordable— which is why we keep our prices low, offer bulk or missionary discounts, and provide group licenses. (Also, if you’re interested, we often have scratch-and-dent books in stock which we sell for less. It never hurts to ask!) We appreciate the respect of the co-op leaders we’ve talked to who want to make sure they’re following copyright laws. If you have any questions about how this works or what would be right for you, feel free to call our office at 877-492-8081.