Copyright law educational use

Copyright law provides for the principle, commonly called "fair use" that the reproduction of copyright works for certain limited, educational purposes, does not constitute copyright infringement.

Can educational institution use copyrighted materials?

“Fair use” is the right to use portions of copyrighted materials without permission for purposes of education, commentary, or parody.
Special fair use rules for educational purposes are discussed in this section.

Does copyright law apply to educators?

Teachers are not exempt from copyright laws, and you have to be careful about the materials you use in your classroom as well as be prepared to answer any questions that your students might have.
What Is Copyright? .

Fair Use

Copyright law provides for the principle, commonly called "fair use" that the reproduction of copyright works for certain limited, educational purposes, does not constitute copyright infringement.
The Copyright Act establishes a four factor test, the "fair use test," to use to determine whether a use of a copyrighted work is fair use that does not .

How do you use copyright?

use a copyrighted work is warranted, the first step is to research its copyright status.1 Consult the location on a work or its packaging that displays a copyright notice (such as:

the copyright page of a book or the legal notice on a website).
Many works will have a copyright notice, which helps to identify the owner of a work.
But use of a copyright notice to secure copyright .

Rules of Thumb

The University of Chicago has not adopted official guidelines for determining fair use.
However, the following web sites offer rules of thumb and other tools to assist faculty, staff and students in determining whether a use is a fair use in a variety of educational contexts.
Stanford University: Measuring Fair Use University of Washington: Guideli.

What are the copyright laws for Education?

The law also recognises a number of other situations in which educational establishments are allowed to benefit from suspension of the rules that normally govern the use of copyright works.
No more than two pieces of a copyright work can be included in an anthology within a five-year period, and only provided sufficient acknowledgement is given.