Amazon Inspire Goes Live (But Without Controversial Share Feature) | EdSurge News

"After more than a year of invitation-only private beta, Amazon just opened its free library of open-education resources, called Amazon Inspire.

Well, it’s more accurate to say the site is partially open. Amazon Inspire is still missing its most controversial feature—the ability for any teacher to share lesson plans, worksheets, and other materials with colleagues.

Anyone with an Amazon account can now see the collection and download resources, but the Share feature is turned off, with a 'coming soon!' label next to it. Letting any teacher share their teaching materials is a key promise of the service, but it is also one that sparked controversy last year, after several people uploaded materials without the permission of the authors. The copyright violations prompted complaints by teachers, and led Amazon to quickly take down the pirated content and promise to put a better review system in place."