Copyright Resources for Huntington University: TEACH Act (Distance Education)
The following Guide presents and explains the Copyright Law of the United States. It is important ethically and legally that the University observe and adhere to these copyright laws.
Basic TEACH Act Information
NOTICE
Faculty must place the following notice prominently within each course site:
“The materials on this course website are only for the use of students enrolled in this course for purposes associated with this course and may not be retained or further disseminated.”
Explanations and Guidelines to implement the TEACH Act
Requirements to Use a Work
The work performed or displayed must be:
- An integral part of the class session as determined by the instructor.
- Part of a systematic mediated instructional activity.
- Directly related and of material assistance to the content of the course.
The work must NOT be:
- Part of a work marketed specifically for online education.
- Already available through alternative sources in a digital format.
- Unlawfully or suspected unlawfully made copies of works covered by U.S. copyright law.
- Over the limits permitted as a fair use.
- A Concise explanation of the TEACH ActWorks explicitly allowed. The following copyrighted materials may be used under the
terms of the TEACH Act:
• Performances of nondramatic literary works.
• Performances of nondramatic musical works.
• Performances of any other work, including dramatic works and audiovisual
works, but only in “reasonable and limited portions.”
• Displays of any work “in an amount comparable to that which is typically
displayed in the course of a live classroom session.” - Navigating the TEACH Act.Dames KM. (2005). Copyright clearances: navigating the TEACH Act. Online, 29(2), 25–29.
- Understanding the TEACH ActLipinski, T. A. (2003). The climate of Distance Education in the 21st Century: Understanding and Surviving the changes Brought by the TEACH (Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization) Act of 2002. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 29(6), 362–374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jal.2003.08.003