A COPYRIGHT CHECKLIST FOR ONLINE COURSES

Here is a guide that professors can use to see whether, under the Teach Act, they can use copyrighted material in their online courses without seeking the author's permission:

• The college must be accredited and nonprofit.
• The college must have an internal policy on use of copyrighted material and on copyright law.
• The college must provide printed or online resources for faculty members that describe their rights and responsibilities under copyright law.
• The material must not have been originally intended for educational use.
• The material must have been lawfully acquired
• The material must be an integral part of the class session.
• Reasonable precautions must be made to restrict access to the copyrighted content to students enrolled in the course.
• Other reasonable controls must be used to prevent students from disseminating the material after viewing it.
• If a digital version of the material is readily available for use at the institution, then the instructor cannot convert an analog version to digital form for use in an online course.
• The college must inform students that the material may be protected by copyright law.

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