Educators must follow the House Guidelines when making single copies of

the following:

An educator can make a copy of the following...

• A book’s chapter
• A periodical’s article or a newspaper’s article
• A short story, a short essay and or a short poem whether or not from
a cooperative work
• A chart, graph and or a picture from a book, periodical or newspaper
• Libraries may make single copies available to the student at the
request of the educator
• An educator may place books, magazines, or other documents in the
library’s reserve room.
• Libraries may also make single copies for use in the reserve room at
the request of an educator
• Digitizing an article and restricting access to the article to students
enrolled in a course.
• The creation of coursepacks must meet fair use guidelines for
multiple copies which include
-limitations for brevity and to one term
-copying should be done by non-profit educational setting
-authorization from authors must be considered
-the best option will be to put material in library reserve use only.

Applications for Teachers

Educators of non- profit educational institutions are allow to create single use copies of
copyrighted works without having to pay or ask permission from publishers. This
privilege is not unlimited and is to be use by following a set of guidelines not laws. The
set of guidelines are a set of restrictions that state the standard of fair use single
copying privilege for educators. The guidelines which were established by the House of
Representatives dictate that teachers may make single copies of the following
copyrighted works: a book’s section, an article in the newspaper, a short story and or a
chart from a book and etc. In addition educators are allowed to place books or
copyrighted work in the library’s reserve room for research purposes. Libraries may
also make single copies at the request of the educators and place them in the reserve
room. The question about “fair use” comes up about whether it is fair or not to use
“Electronic Reserves.” The question is centered on interpretation over the new “Digital
Millennium Copyright Act” signed into law in 1998. Another issue that revolves around
much controversy is “coursepacks,” which deals with issues under the category of
making multiple copies. In “fair use” of multiple copies “coursepacks” must have
limitations for briefness, limitations to a term, copying should be done within a non-
profit educational setting, permission may have to be considered, and an attorney
should be consulted for questions. There is so much to be considered before doing a
“coursepack” or multiple copies that it might be better to place material on reserve for
library use only.

Cove of Multiple Copies to find out about your fair use privileges in making copies for students.

“Fair use” guidelines that must be follow when making multiple copies in a
classroom setting.

When making multiple copies:

• Article- perimeter is 2,500 words

• A longer work of prose- perimeter is 1,000, or 10% of the work, or whichever
is less.
• A poem-perimeter is 250 words
• A longer poem, an excerpt with a limit of 250 words
• No more than one chart, picture or diagram from a book, periodical, or
newspaper
• The copying must be done spontaneously
• Copying must be done at a time when it is difficult to get consent
• One copy per student
• No charge for the student except to recover the cost of copying
• Copying is done for only one course
• Item must not be copy from term to term
• No more than one work is copied from a sole author
• No more than three authors are copied from a sole cooperative work
• No more than nine occurrences of multiple copying happen throughout a
single term.
• “Consumable works” like work books, and standardized tests shall not be
copied.
• Newspapers and periodical can be copy as many times as the teacher wants as
long as the word limit is kept.
• Copies of collective work are not to be made
•An educator must ask a publisher’s permission when he or she has time.

Applications for Teachers

I think that it is very important to fallow the “fair use” guidelines when
making multiple copies in the classroom because it will place teachers in the “safe
harbor” and make them look more professional and respectful to the authors. The
word perimeters set for articles, poem and or works should be carefully followed to
prevent going over the boundaries. A teacher is in the “safe harbor” when he or she
makes copies at the moment of inspiration and fallows word perimeter, size, and
briefness.
Copyrights are property rights that give creators the exclusive right to
protect their creations.
The right of a copyright owner include:
1. Right to reproduce copyrighted work
2. Right to prepare more work based on the originals
3.To distribute copies
4. Perform the work publicly
5. Display the work publicly
If working at nonprofit educational setting, the worries should be minimal
because in this type of institutions this guidelines are followed as a rule of
thumb.

Based on the nature and character used that educators and non profit educational
settings demonstrate, many have been exempt from law suits or accusations of
infringement. However, being an educator or non profit academic setting does not
exempt them from following specific criteria to ensure the proper used of copyright
material. Four major points, also refer to “Fair Use” must be consider when deciding
to include other’s creation in their academic curriculum.

1. Purpose and character of the use. (Educational nature or commercial nature?)

2. Nature of copyright work (Is the work grouped to the rest of information that is
given?)
3. Amount and substantiality (only use what is necessary)
4. Effect of the use upon potential market. (Is the copyright holder being affected
economically?)
This type of criteria also applies to information found in the internet.

Multimedia Wharf:
Students and educators may incorporate other’s work in their own multimedia creations
or academic assignments. However they should always reconsider the fair use
guidelines.
1. Motion Media
10 % or 3 minutes are commended to use. It is important to keep in mind the proper
use of others work before incorporating them in our own creations. Most of this work
should only be used to convey specific points that as educators or students are trying to
make not as the body of our entire work. Using a whole creation increases the risk of
infringement.
2. Poems
250 words
3 poems limit per poet
5 from different poets from an anthology
3. Music
10% or 30 seconds
4. Photos:
5 from a single author
15 from a collection

Application for teachers:

Having this type of information allows students and teachers to make good use of the
resources and information available to them. However, in exchange of having the
access to others work, some regulations and guidelines are necessary. Giving credit to
the original authors, limiting the amount of work or material we use, knowing the effect
that the violations of this guidelines may caused to the authors are important points
that teachers and students should be aware of. Practicing good ethics and following this
guideslines will diminished the worries of unproper used of material.