Classroom Teaching

In UW classrooms you may:

• Display a copyright work
• Perform a copyright work


• Make a single copy for an instructor


• Make multiple copies for students in some limited circumstances

Display or Perform
Instructors and students can display or perform any copyright work in the classroom (this means a face-to-face teaching environment and excludes web-based or televised classrooms.) For example, you can:

• Show films and videos
• Display photographs


• Act plays


• Read poems


• Display artworks


• Play music


• Show a web site

Books and Periodicals- Single Copy
An instructor may make a single copy of portions of books and periodicals for research, teaching or class preparation. The allowable limits are:

• A chapter from a book


• An article from a periodical or newspaper


• A short story, short essay or short poem, whether or not from a collective work


• A chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper

Books and Periodicals – Multiple Copies
An instructor may make multiple copies of portions of books and periodicals for students if:

• The portion used is brief (refer to the guidelinesfor portion limitations)
• The use is spontaneous and there is insufficient time to obtain permission, such as copying an article from the morning newspaper


• The copying is not a recurring or systematic practice (see cumulative effect in the guidelines)


• Each copy includes a notice of copyright

What about other materials or other uses?
If your intended use is outside the limits of the guidelines or the exemption, you should look at the four-factor test for fair use or consider obtaining permission for your use.