COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE GUIDELINES
FOR EDUCATIONAL MEDIA
MEDIA
ALLOWABLE PORTION TO PRINT OR COPY
USES PER COURSE
Graphics
2
Up to five (5) images from a single artist
Charts
Up to 10% or 15 works, whichever is less, from
Illustrations
a collective work
Photographs
Multimedia Presentations (Teacher/Student Products)
Up to 10% or three (3) minutes, whichever is less
Graphics
Videos
Music
Text
Databases or
Up to 10% or 2,500 fields or cells, whichever is less
spreadsheets
Picture Books
Up to 10% or two (2) pages, whichever is less
2
Poetry
One (1) poem of 250 words or less
2
Two (2) pages of 250 words or less
Music
CDs
None
Unlimited, life of the
CD
0
Sheet Music
Emergency copies to replace purchased copies
Up to 10% of a whole work but not for
performance
Single copy of performable unit (section,
movement) if item is out of print or available
only as part of larger work
0
Software
None
Backup copy for archival purposes
One (1) copy created on hard drive to operate
program
Text
Books
2
Single article, story, or essay of fewer than
Encyclopedias
2,500 words (teach and review)
Periodicals
Up to 10% or 1,000 words, whichever is less
Speeches
Workbooks
None
0
(Consumable)
Videorecordings
Broadcast TV
One (no multiple copies except for simultaneous
showings)
Satellite TV
Commercially
produced DVDs and
VHSs
None, without permission of copyright holder
None
Up to two (2)
showings (teach and
review) within 10 days
or maximum 45 day
retention
0
Unlimited, life of the
videotape
Rental or personal videotapes for classroom use
Based on a 1985 Home Use Only interpretation by the North Carolina Attorney General, use is
allowed under a specific exemption and found in Section 110 (1) of the Copyright Statute:
performance or display of a work by instructors of pupils (be) in the course of face-to-face
teaching activities of a non-profit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place
devoted to instruction
Source: Brim, John. "Copyright in an Electronic Age." Oct 2005. Accessed 13 Oct 2005.
<http://www.ncwiseowl.org/zones/professional/Conferences/Copyright.doc>.