1. Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization

2. TEACH Act Introduction
 Designed to balance needs of distance
learners, educators, and copyright holders.
 Applies to accredited, non-profit educational
institutions that meet requirements.
 Enables and facilitates the legal use of
copyrighted materials for distance educational
purposes.

3. Potential Benefits Under the Act
 Increased range of materials are available for
distance learning environments.
 Distance learning sessions can be conducted
from virtually any location.
 Students and teachers have greater freedoms
for storing, copying, and digitizing materials.

4. Requirements for Using
Copyrighted Materials & Act
Exemptions – synopsis
 Institution must be accredited & non-profit
 Materials MUST be:
 Part of mediated instructional activities.
 Limited to the specific number of enrolled
students.
 Used for a “live” or asynchronous class session.
 Limited to reasonable portions as compared to use
in a live classroom.

5. The Act Exemptions
 The Act does not specifically extend to:
 Electronic Reserves, course packs, or interlibrary
loans.
 Commercial document libraries.
 Textbooks or digital content provided under license.
 Converted materials from analog to digital format.
THE ACT DOES NOT SUPERSEDE FAIR USE

6. Three Key Guidelines
 Single Copying for Teachers
 Multiple Copies for Classroom Use
 Educational Uses of Music
* Copying applies to textbook and periodicals

7. Single Copying
 A single copy can be made for scholarly
research or for teaching purposes from any of
the following:
 A chapter from a text
 An article from a periodical or newspaper
 A short story/essay/poem
 A chart/graph/diagram/picture from a
book, periodical, or newspaper

8. Multiple Copies
 Multiple copies may be made for classroom
use or discussion – providing that copies:
 Meet the tests of brevity and spontaneity
 Meet the cumulative test
 Each copy includes notice of copyright

9. Music
 There are five permitted uses and five
prohibited uses of music for educational
purposes.
 There may be occurrences of copying that
do not fall within the guidelines.
 Teachers should refer to school policy and
Fair Use guidelines when in doubt.

10. Permitted Uses – synopsis *
1. Emergency copying to replace purchased copies
that are not immediately available.
2. Multiple copies for academic reasons other than
performances.
3. Purchased printed copies may be edited
providing that the original work is not distorted
or modified.
4. A single copy of student recordings made for
rehearsal or evaluation may be retained.
5. A single copy of audio exercises or examinations
my be retained.
* See Act for specific details

11. Conclusion/Summary
 Schools are not required to use the
TEACH Act; it is an option.
 Distance learning classrooms have
different rules and stipulations.
 Single Copying and Multiple Copying.
 Music as an educational medium.
 Fair Use.
 Our policies and procedures.

12. Example of Single Copy Use
 An on-line English teacher copy’s a portion
of an article for the purposes of
demonstrating the effectiveness of writing
prose or how to interpret the mechanics of
public writing.
Refer to Title 17 for
explicit clarifications

13. Example of Multiple Copies Use
 An on-line English teacher is conducting a
course on poetry.
 The teacher copy’s a portion of a source and
distributes it to the students enrolled in the
course to address a question generated in
class.
 The copies have been subjected to the tests of
brevity and spontaneity.
Refer to Title 17 for explicit
clarifications

14. Example of Music Use
 A history teacher is discussing the correlations
between music lyrics and historic events.
 The teacher selects music clips to share with
students to demonstrate those correlations.
Refer to Title 17 for
explicit clarifications

15. References
 American Library Association. (2013). The TEACH Act and Some
Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved from
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/copyright/teachact/faq#scope
 Copyright Clearance Center. (2005). The TEACH Act; New Roles,
Rules and Responsibilities for Academic Institutions. Retrieved from
https://kodiak.wne.edu/content/enforced/23525-ED-615-51-
M20132/CR-Teach-
Act.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=IrsDgomXDd9GU6Ia2RkNX8a7i
 Cornell University. (2012). Title 17 Copyrights. Retrieved from
www.copyright.gov/title17/circ92.pdf
 University of Texas. (2007). Copyright Crash Course. Retrieved from
http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact.html#toolkit