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Course Material Requirements:

The following materials may be transmitted under the distance education exemption:

  1. Entire performances of nondramatic literary and musical works.
  2. Performances of limited and reasonable portions of dramatic literary and musical works, audiovisual works, and sound recordings.
  3. Displays of works but only in an amount comparable to what would be displayed in a live classroom setting.
    Example: Images such as photographs and slides

The following materials may not be transmitted under the distance education exemption:

  1. Materials that are specifically marketed for use in a digital classroom.
    Examples: E-textbooks, text CD’s
  2. Materials that are typically purchased by students for their research and classroom use.
    Examples: Textbooks, coursepacks
  3. Materials that can be considered supplementary and would not be used in a live classroom setting.
  4. Illegal copies of materials.

Other Requirements for Materials

  1. The materials will contain a notice stating that they may be subject to copyright protection.
  2. If there is no digital version available, then an analog version can be converted to digital but only in the necessary amount.

If the instructor's use of course materials exceeds the above requirements, then the fair use exemption should be applied.

 

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