Classroom Use
- Print
- Single Copies
You may make a single copy for yourself to be used for scholarly research, classroom preparation, or teaching. This might consist of
- A chapter from a book
- An article from a periodical or newspaper
- A short story, short essay or short poem, whether or not from a collective work
- A chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper.
Note the stated limits on the amount of material you may copy.
- Multiple Copies
You may make multiple copies to be distributed to your students (one per student) if
- The copying meets the tests of brevity and spontaneity as defined below; and,
- Meets the cumulative effect test as defined below; and,
- Each copy includes a notice of copyright.
- Brevity:
- Poetry: One complete poem if less than 250 words and if printed on not more than two pages or an excerpt of not more than 250 words from a longer poem.
- Prose: One complete chapter, article, story, or essay.
- Illustration: One chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture per book or per periodical issue.
- Spontaneity
- The copying is at the inspiration of the instructor, and
- There is no time to ask for permission.
- Cumulative Effect
- The copying of the material is for your course only
- There are no more than nine instances of multiple copying for one course during one class term.
- The cumulative effect limitations do not apply to current news periodicals and newspapers and current news sections of other periodical
- You may not collect the copies from the students and use them again the next session.
- You may not copy the same pieces again without obtaining permission.
- You may not charge the students for the copies.
- You may not make and use multiple copies to create, replace or substitute for anthologies, compilations or collective works without permission. If you need to create a course pack of collected works, contact the bookstore.
- You may not copy materials meant to be consumable, such as worksheets, unless permission has been obtained.
- Video
- You may show any purchased video, including feature films, in their entirety so long as it
- Is part of the face to face teaching activities
- Is used in a non-profit educational institution
- Takes place in a classroom or other place of instruction
- Uses a lawfully made copy
- Is a regular part of the instruction and is directly related to the teaching content
- The use has not been restricted by a license.
- You may tape programs off air and show them in your classroom to a regularly scheduled class
- Once within the first 10 instructional days of the recording, unless reinforcement is necessary and then they may be shown one additional time
- If the copyright statement is present.
After 10 days you may keep the program for up to 45 days for review purposes, but it may not be used again in the classroom. It must be destroyed after 45 days.
You may not keep a program recorded off air and show it again in subsequent terms.
- Others Visuals
- You may display any photo, chart, work of art, etc. so long as
- It is in the course of face-to-face teaching activities
- Is in a nonprofit educational institution
- Takes place in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction
- Is a lawfully made copy.
If the item you are showing is a copy rather than the original, you should adhere to the limits listed above under print-single copies.
- Performances
- You may perform an entire work in the classroom as long as
- It is in the course of face-to-face teaching activities
- Is in a nonprofit educational institution
- Takes place in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction
- Is a lawfully made copy.
This includes pieces of music, readings from plays, poems, or works of fiction. Works may be actually performed or may be play backs.
If you are handing out materials though, you must adhere to the guidelines for print materials above.
Non-classroom Use
- You may not make multiple copies for a meeting without obtaining permission.
- You may not show or perform a dramatic work without obtaining permission. This includes: showing feature films; readings or performances of poetry, plays, short stories, or other pieces of fiction; or performing musicals, operas, or operettas.
- You may only show copyrighted films in a non-classroom setting, i.e. clubs, organizations, or other extra-curricular settings, if the film is in the public domain, public performance rights were purchased with the film, permission from the copyright owner has been obtained, or a public performance license has been purchased for the showing.
- You may show or perform a non-dramatic work
- If the performance is not broadcast.
- The performers, organizers or promoters are not compensated.
- There is no admission charge.
- The copyright owner does not object in writing at least seven days before the performance.
Library Reserves
- You may place Library materials from any of the circulating collections or personal items on reserve.
- You may place copies of items on reserve if they fit into the following guidelines
- Only one copy of each title may be placed on reserve per section (approximately 1 for every 25 students).
- Each copy must be lawfully made and contain the original copyright notice, unless one is not available.
- Copying must be limited to one item per source. This could be one article per periodical issue, one poem from a book, or one chapter from a book.
- The number of different items must be reasonable when compared to the amount of reading a student is required to do. In other words, the professor cannot use photocopies to "create" the text for the course.
- You may not place a copy on reserve for more than one term without obtaining copyright permission.
- Your reading may be available electronically if
- It is available through one of the Library databases.
- It is a freely available web site.
- The Library can make a digitized copy of the reading.
But, if a digitized copy is made, it can only remain on reserves for one term unless copyright permission can be obtained.
More information on Library reserves may be found on the Library's Website or speak with your librarian.
Online Courses / Distance Learning
- Print
- You may post
- Your lecture notes
- Your course syllabi/reading lists
- The problem sets you've developed for your courses
- The tests you've created for your courses
- Most publications of the US Government
- Works in the Public Domain unless you have incorporated copyrighted material into them.
- You may link to another web page unless that site has restrictions on linking.
- You may link to an article in the Library databases so long as the student is directed through the Library's proxy server. (0-lrc.cod.edu must be embedded in the URL). Check with your librarian for more information.
- You may not save a copyrighted work and repost it in your course, except as allowed under the TEACH Act.
- You may ask the Library to include a copyrighted work in Electronic Reserves. The same restrictions apply as for print reserves.
- Display and Performance
Online courses do not have the same rights as face to face courses. There are however certain limited rights under the TEACH Act. The institution and the instructor must meet a set of criteria before these rights can be exercised.
- You may digitize and display
- Performances of non dramatic literary works (non-fiction)
- Performances of non dramatic musical works (not opera or musicals)
- Performances of any other work, including dramatic works and audiovisual works, but only in “reasonable and limited portions”
- Any work “in an amount comparable to that which is typically displayed in the course of a live classroom session.”
- Unless That material is already available in a format suitable for digital transmission
- Or if The copy was not lawfully made.
Personal Web Pages
- You may post
- Your lecture notes
- Your course syllabi/reading lists
- The problem sets you've developed for your courses
- The tests you've created for your courses
- Most publications of the US Government
- Works in the Public Domain
Unless you have incorporated copyrighted material into them.
- You may link to another web page unless that site has restrictions on linking.
- You may link to an article in the Library databases so long as the student is directed through the Library's proxy server. (0-lrc.cod.edu must be embedded in the URL). Check with your librarian for more information.
- You may not save a copyrighted work and repost it on your page.
Multimedia Development
- Your students may incorporate another's work into their multimedia production and perform or display them for academic purposes.
- Your students may not post them on a publicly available website or otherwise distribute them.
- You may incorporate another's work into multimedia productions to produce curriculum materials.
- You may make these available to students in distance learning so long as it is restricted to only those students.
- You may use the work for educational purposes for two consecutive years, after which time copyright permission must be obtained.
- You may also demonstrate your multimedia productions at professional meetings and may keep a copy for your portfolio.
There are very specific limits of the amounts.
- Motion media (video, etc.) -- up to 10% or three minutes, whichever is less.
- Text -- up to 10% or 1,000 words, whichever is less.
- Poems -- up to 250 words. Only three poems per poet and no more than five poems from an anthology.
- Music -- up to 10% or 30 seconds, whichever is less.
- Photos or images -- up to 5 works from one author and up to 10% or 15 works, whichever is less, from a collection.
- Database information -- up to 10% or 2,500 fields or cell entries, whichever is less.
If these guidelines for specific uses did not address your situation, proceed to Step Three: Works not in the Public Domain and not Covered Above.
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