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TEACH Act Requirement

The copyrighted materials are allowed by the TEACH Act.

Explanation

The TEACH Act expanded the types of work that could be displayed in the classroom. Previously, you could not use the performance of dramatic works, but now it is acceptable to use a "reasonable and limited portion" of them. One way to gage "reasonable" and "appropriate" is to consider how much of the work would be used in the traditional classroom.

For example, if you were teaching James M. Banner's and Harold Cannon's The Elements of Learning where they write that getting an education is like the chariot race in Ben Hur, the teach act might permit you to show a clip of the chariot race as part of your on-line class. However, it would not permit you to show the entire movie simply because the movie does include the chariot race.

Because a digital version of Ben Hur does exist, you could not take your legally owned copy of the video to the Media Center and ask them to digitize the portion of the movie you want to make available to your students on-line. You would need to purchase the digital version or obtain a legal copy of the DVD some other way.

Materials That Are Allowed

blue bullet used to denote item in a listPerformances of nondramatic literary works

blue bullet used to denote item in a listPerformances of nondramatic musical works

blue bullet used to denote item in a list"Reasonable and limited portions" of performances of any other work including dramatic and audiovisual works

blue bullet used to denote item in a listDisplays of any work in a comparable quantity that would be used in an on-campus class.


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blue bullet used to denote item in a listBanner, James M. and Harold Cannon. The Elements of Learning. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.


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