1. Short Printed Material
Exactly
what?
Can do
what?
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250 words of poems
Articles and stories less than 2,500
10% of longer works or 1,000 words
1 chart, picture, diagram per book
2 pages of picture book, maximum
● Multiple copies for classroom use.
multimedia for teaching classes.
● Students may use text for
multimedia projects.

2. Printed Material
Exactly
what?
Can do
what?
● An entire work
● Portions of a work
● A work in which the existing format
has become obsolete
A librarian may make up to three
copies “solely for the purpose of
replacement of a copy that is damaged,
deteriorating, lost, or stolen.”

3. Photos and Illustrations
Exactly
what?
Can do
what?
● Photograph
● Illustration
● Collections of photographs
● Collections of illustrations
● Single works may be used in their
entirety, no more than five images
by a single artist or photographer
● From a collection, not more than 15
images or 10 percent may be used.

4. Video
Exactly
what?
Can do
what?
For viewing:
Videotapes & DVDs (rented or purchased)
For integration into projects:
Videotapes, DVDs, video clips from Internet
Students “may use portions of lawfully
acquired copyright works in their
academic multimedia,” defined as 10
percent or three minutes (whichever
is less) of “motion media.”

5. Exactly
what?
Can do
what?
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Music
Records
Cassette tapes
CDs
Audio clips on the Web
Up to 10 percent of a copyright musical
composition may be reproduced,
performed, and displayed as part of a
multimedia program produced by an
educator or students.

6. Software
Exactly
what?
Can do
what?
Software (purchased)
• Software (licensed)
● Library may lend software to
patrons.
● Software may be installed on
multiple machines
● Software may be installed at home
and at school.
● Libraries may make copies.

7. Internet
Exactly
what?
Can do
what?
● Internet connections
● World Wide Web
● Images may be downloaded for
student projects and teacher
lessons.
● Sound files and video may be
downloaded for use in multimedia
projects.

8. Television
Exactly
what?
Can do
what?
● Broadcast
● Cable
● Recorded broadcast programs may
be used for instruction.
● Cable programs may be used with
permission.