Instructional Technology

PERMITTED

• Single copy: chapter of a book
• Single copy: article from magazine or newspaper
• Single copy: short story, short essay, short poem
• Single copy: chart, graph, diagram, picture or non-syndicated, non-copyrighted cartoon

NOT PERMITTED

• Copying several chapters per book
• Copying several articles per magazine
• Copying consumables: workbooks, copyrighted exercise sheets, tests
• Photocopying worn dittomasters

PERMITTED

• Complete poem less than 250 words (not more than 2 pages)
• Excerpt from long poem not to exceed 250 words
• Article, story, or essay less than 2,500 words
• Excerpt (from above) less than 1,000 words or 10% of total, whichever is less
• One chart, graph, diagram, picture, or non-syndicated, non-copyrighted cartoon per book or periodical
• Works combining prose, poetry, etc., less than 10% of whole  IF…
• Copying is for one course only
• Insufficient time to request permission
• One work from a single author
• Less than 3 authors from collective work
• 9 or less instances of multiple copying per term
• copying not used to create or replace anthologies
• same copying not repeated next term
• students not charged beyond photocopying fees
• classroom quantities of current news articles if individual articles not copyrighted
• all multiple copying must be at the inspiration of the individual teacher and the decision to use the material so close to the date needed for instruction as to  preclude securing copyright permission from the copyright holder

NOT PERMITTED

• using making multiple copies of same material semester after semester
• creating “anthologies”
• copying workbooks and other works meant to be used once by one student
• copying shall not be directed by higher authority
• copying more than one or two excerpts from a single author during one class term
• copying from workbooks, tests, or other consumables
• copying a blacklined master

PERMITTED

• may record program OFF-AIR  IF…
• program is used for instructional purposes, or face-to-face teaching, not for entertainment or filler
• program is requested by a teacher
• program is shown once and repeated once per class by individual teacher during first 10 consecutive school days after broadcast
• program is not retained beyond 45 calendar days
• program is recorded in its entirety (need not be used in its entirety)
• after first 10 consecutive school days, program is used only for evaluation by teacher

NOT PERMITTED

• videotaping in anticipation of requests
• retaining a program longer than 45 days
• showing a program after ten days
• showing for motivation , filler, or entertainment purposes
• taping a program at home, using in the classroom, and subsequently retaining in personal collection

PERMITTED

• may tape program at home and bring to school to use but all educational guidelines must be followed
• may show “home” tape if above criteria are followed and if tape legally made

NOT PERMITTED

• individual who taped program may not retain it

PERMITTED

• may tape programs being simultaneously broadcast (see OFF-AIR educational/instructional guidelines)
• may show videos or motion pictures via cable within a building as long as programs are used in face-to-face teaching and are of an instructional nature

NOT PERMITTED

• may not tape programs not being broadcast simultaneously (CNN, Discovery, Disney, HBO, etc.) unless prior approval or license obtained from cable network
• may not show programs of a musical, dramatic, or entertainment nature
• may not copy cable or satellite programs without permission.  Note:  Educators may use cable magazines, like Cable in the Classroom for varying copying/retention rights of individual programs.

PERMITTED

• showing purchased or rented videotape for curriculum-supported, face-to-face teaching activities

NOT PERMITTED

• showing purchased or rented videotape for entertainment, rewards, rainy days, filler, or non-instructional purposes.
• Note:  Performance rights may be acquired at time of purchase; then it’s legal to show such videos for non-instructional events.

PERMITTED

• Copying into RAM if copying is necessary to use the program
• One copy for archival purposes
• Back up copies of hard drives as long as they are not used to run another drive
• Library lending of public domain software

NOT PERMITTED

• Circulation of archival copy
• “networking” software without license or permission
• loading a single copy of a software program onto several computers for simultaneous use
• making copies of copyrighted software for student use

PERMITTED

• teacher or student-developed multimedia program of copyrighted programs for use in classroom only
• Note:  Students may keep their work indefinitely; teachers may keep their work for only two years.
• IF:  the following limitations are observed:
• Motion media – use of up to 10% or 3 min., whichever is less, of an individual program
• Text – up to 10% or 1000 words, whichever is less; short poems less than 250
• Music – up to 10% but no more than 30 sec. from a single work (or combined from separate extracts of a work)
• Illustrations, cartoons, photographs – no more than 5 images from a single artist or photographer, no more than 10% or 15 images from a single collective work
• Numerical data sets – up to 10% or 2,550 fields or cells whichever is less

NOT PERMITTED

• Teacher or student-developed multimedia program of copyrighted works for use in displays, festivals, parent meetings or other public events

PERMITTED

• Downloading public domain software

NOT PERMITTED

• Uploading copyrighted software to Internet for downloading
• Collecting materials off the Internet and compiling into a new work
• Forwarding material off the Internet to friends, coworkers

PERMITTED

NOT PERMITTED

• Digitizing a copyrighted slide collection
• Scanning copyrighted materials (magazine photograph, cartoon illustration, etc.) for school newspaper

PERMITTED

• One graphic per book or periodical
• Multiple copies of a single graphic
• IF…
• Copying is at the instance/inspiration of teacher; copy is for only one course in the school
• There are not more than nine occurrences of multiple copying for that course and not more than one graphic is copied per book or periodical

NOT PERMITTED

• Adaptation of a popular cartoon character for the school mascot
• Copying an image from a coloring book for a worksheet
• Making stuffed animals of popular picture book characters
• Scanning a cartoon into school newsletter