Guidelines
Members of the faculty and departmental secretaries are reminded
that Federal copyright laws in effect must be followed.. The new
guidelines for reproducing copyright materials for instructional
purposes are quoted below. The Copy Center is obliged to respect
these guidelines.
I. Single Copying for Teachers:
A single copy may be made of any of the following by or for a
teacher at his or her individual request for his or her
scholarly research or use in teaching or preparation
to teach a class:
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A chapter from a
book;
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An article from a
periodical or newspaper;
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A short story,
short essay or short poem, whether or not from a collective
work;
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A chart, graph,
diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture from a book, periodical,
or newspaper.
II. Multiple Copies for Classroom Use
Multiple copies (not to exceed in any event more than one copy
per pupil in a course) may be made by or for the teacher giving
the course for classroom use or discussion; provided that:
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The copying meets the tests of
brevity and spontaneity as defined below.
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Meets the
cumulative effect test as defined below; and,
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Each copy includes a notice of
copyright.
Definitions:
Brevity
1. Poetry:
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A complete poem if
less than 250 words and if printed on not more than two pages
or,
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From a longer
poem, an excerpt of not more than 250 words
2. Prose:
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Either a complete
article, story or essay of less than 2,500 words,
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Or an excerpt from
any prose work of not more than 1,000 words or 10%of the work,
whichever is less, but in any event a minimum of 500 words.
[Each of the numerical limits stated in "1" and "2" above may
be expanded to permit the completion of an unfinished line of
a poem or of an unfinished prose paragraph.]
3. Illustration:
4. "Special Works":
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Certain works in
poetry, prose or in "poetic prose which often combine language
with illustrations and which are intended sometimes for
children and at other times for a more general audience fall
short of 2,500 words in their entirety. Paragraph "2" above
notwithstanding such "special works" may not be reproduced in
their entirety; however, an excerpt comprising not more than
two of the published pages of such special work and containing
not more than 10% of the words found in the text thereof, may
be reproduced.
Spontaneity:
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The copying is at
the instance and inspiration of the individual teacher.
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The inspiration
and decision to use the work and the moment of its use for
maximum teaching effectiveness are so close in time that it
would be unreasonable to expect a timely reply to a request
for permission.
Cumulative Effect
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The copying of the
material is for only one course in the school in which the
copies are made.
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Not more than one
short poem , article, story, essay or two excerpts may be
copies from the same author, nor more than three from the same
collective work or periodical volume during one class term.
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There shall not be
more than nine instances of such multiple copying for one
course during one class term. [The limitations stated in "2"
and "3" above shall not apply to current new periodicals and
newspapers and current news section of other periodicals.]
III. Prohibitions as to I and II Above
Not withstanding any of the above, the following shall be
prohibited:
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Copying shall not
be used to create or to replace or substitute for anthologies,
compilations or collective works. Such replacement or
substitution may occur whether copies of various works or
excerpts there from are accumulated or reproduced and used
separately.
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There shall be no
copying of or from works intended to be "consumable" in the
course of study or of teaching. These include workbooks,
exercises, standardized tests and test booklets and answer
sheets and like consumable material.
Copying shall not:
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Substitute for the
purchase of books, publishers' reprints or periodicals;
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Be directed by
higher authority;
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Be repeated with
respect to the same item by the same teacher from term to
term.
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No charge shall be
made to the student beyond the actual cost of photocopying.
