Where there is reason to believe the material to be copied does not fall within these guidelines, prior permission shall be obtained from the principal. Staff members who fail to follow this policy may be held personally liable for copyright infringement. Each copy must include a notice of copyright. Cumulative Effect - Teachers are limited to using copied material for only one course in the school in which copies are made. No more than one short poem, article, story or two excerpts from the same author may be copied, and no more than three works can be copied from a collective work or periodical column during one class term.
Teachers are limited to nine instances of multiple copying for one course during one class term.
Limitations do not apply to current news periodicals, newspapers and current news sections of other periodicals. Libraries and their employes are not liable for unsupervised use. The Act prohibits using copies to replace or substitute for anthologies, consumable works, compilations or collective works. Schools must be licensed to play copyrighted music where the performer is paid or an admission is charged, even if the admission is used to cover refreshment costs. Juke boxes must be licensed and a certificate of license must be displayed on each machine.