Fair Use Chart for Teachers

Work or Materials to be used for Fair Use Restrictions for Face-to- Illegal Use without Explicit Permission Educational Purposes Face Teaching from Creator/Author

Single copy for teacher for research, Multiple copies used again and again teaching, or class preparation. without permission.

Multiple copies (one per student per class) Multiple copies to create anthology. Chapter in a book okay if material is (a) adequately brief, (b) spontaneously copied, (c) in compliance Multiple copies to avoid purchase of with cumulative effect test. textbook or consumable materials.

Newspaper/magazine article Same as above. Same as above

Multiple copies of complete work of less than 2,500 words and excerpts up to 1,000 Prose, short story, short essay, Web article words or 10% of work, whichever is less. Same as above

For works of 2,500-4,999 words, 500 words may be copied.

Same as for first item.

Multiple copies allowed of complete poem up to 250 words -- no more than two Poem Same as above printed pages.

Multiple copies of up to 250 words from longer poems.

Artwork or graphic image - Same as for first item. Same as first item

chart, diagram, graph, drawing, cartoon, No more than 5 images of an Incorporation or alteration into another picture from periodical, newspaper, or artist/photographer in one program or form or as embellishment, decoration for book, Web page image printing and not more than 10% or 15% of artistic purposes for other than temporary images from published collective work, purposes. whichever is less.

Single copy of up to 3 minutes or 10% of Multiple copies prohibited. Incorporation or Motion media - the whole, whichever is less. alteration into another form as embellishment for artistic purposes for film and videotape productions Spontaneity required. other than temporary purposes prohibited.

Music Single copy of up to 10% of a musical composition in print, sound, or -sheet music, songs, lyrics, operas, musical multimedia form. Same as immediately above scores, compact disk, disk, or cassette taped recordings

Broadcast programs Single copy of off-air simultaneous Same as immediately above. broadcast may be used for a period not to exceed the first 45 consecutive calendar May not be done at direction of superior. days after recording date. May not be altered. Use by only individual teachers.