Just like traditional classrooms, classic textbooks can be revised as the times change and passed down from generation to generation. It is not feasible to say that only the original design developers can control the transformation of the course. Judging from the domestic situation, during the recruitment process of online teachers, most schools will sign an intellectual property protection contract with the hired online teachers. The contract is clear: the school owns the intellectual property rights of online courses, and online teachers have the right to sign. However, online courseware can only be used within the school and cannot be sold or transferred. Otherwise, teachers have the right to pursue liability or demand compensation. Online teachers are also not allowed to sell or transfer online software to third parties, otherwise they will be compensated for all losses. It can be seen from the online course organization model that online courses mainly involve the following copyright subjects: course development organizers (online colleges), online course developers, original work authors, and course users (students). For online courses to be ultimately usable for educational purposes, they must be unified in style and produced as a whole by the organizers of course development. Therefore, we believe that the organizer of course development should have the right to adapt and use the online courses submitted by the course developers, and also have the copyright to the edited online courses; however, when exercising copyright, the copyright of the original online courses must not be infringed; In particular, the authorship rights of the original course developer. The use and management of distance education teaching resources is a weak link. It is urgent to strengthen the use management and make it comply with the new legal rules. The licensing system for copyright owners and disseminators is required by law. Therefore, in the distance education teaching process, the copy rights, broadcast rights, rental rights, distribution rights, and information network dissemination rights must be agreed upon through contracts between various collaborators. , Use teaching resources legally. Distance education institutions should further improve their internal management mechanisms and establish an intellectual property protection system when producing printed teaching materials, audio-visual teaching materials, computer-assisted teaching courseware, online courses, and transmitting teaching information through radio, television, and information networks. In the construction of written textbooks, the copyright holder status of distance education institutions should be clarified through a contract. When using other people's works, an intellectual property licensing system should be established. Works without permission must not be used in teaching to ensure that the intellectual property rights of authors and teachers are fully respected. In the construction of teaching materials, a contract management system should be established to clarify the rights and obligations of both parties in the contract to standardize behavior.

Raising and strengthening awareness of intellectual property protection is a top priority. As a distance education institution, its behavior is closely related to intellectual property rights. It must not only respect the intellectual property rights of others, but also pay attention to the protection of its own intellectual property rights and create its own brand. Distance education institutions must make full use of intellectual property laws such as trademark law and patent law to promote their own intellectual property rights, increase the value of their brands, and clarify their rights holder status through contractual agreements. Only by continuously strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights can my country's distance education achieve healthy development.

(Editor: Yang Yuping)