1. Single Copying for Teachers A single copy may be made of any of the following by or for a teacher at his or her individual request for his or her scholarly research or use in teaching or preparation to teach a class: a. A chapter from a book. b. An article from a periodical or newspaper. c. A short story, short essay, or short poem, whether or not from a collective work. d. A chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper. 2. Multiple Copies for Classroom Use Multiple copies (not to exceed in any event more than one copy per student in a course) may be made by or for the teacher giving the course for classroom use or discussion provided that: a. The copying meets the tests of brevity and spontaneity as defined below. b. The copying meets the cumulative effect test as defined below. c. Each copy includes a notice of copyright.
4.0410.13 PRINT – DEFINITIONS Issue Date: 9/12/96 Updated: 4/06 Brevity: 1. Poetry:
a. A complete poem if less than 250 words and if printed on not more than two pages or b. From a longer poem, an excerpt of not more than 250 words. 2. Prose: a. Either a complete article, story, or essay of less than 2,500 words, or b. An excerpt from any prose work of not more than 1,000 words or 10% of the work, whichever is less, but in any event a minimum of 500 words. [Each of the numerical limits stated in “1” and “2” above may be expanded to permit the completion of an unfinished line of a poem or of an unfinished prose paragraph.] 3. Illustration: a. One chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture per book or per periodical issue. 4. “Special” works: a. Certain works in poetry, prose, or in “poetic prose” which often combine language with illustrations and which are intended for children and at other times for a more general audience fall short of 2,500 words in their entirety. Paragraph 2 above indicates entire works of prose less than 2,500 words may be reproduced in their entirety; however,
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