Photocopies

The director of the college print shop has come to me for copyright assistance. Our faculty often ask for photocopies of materials for distribution to students in class.

A teacher would like to reprint a student workbook we can no longer find in print.

Can a school or library hand out copies of sheet music to students and keep their copies of the originals (as long as they had enough copies for each performer) to prevent the loss o

Our library is always seeking ways to promote literacy, exercise, and park visits with community partners.

ResearchGate is often a place individuals will go to snag PDFs which are typically provided by authors, not publishers.

A teacher would like to reproduce an entire article from a published magazine. They state that because it is only 10% of the entire magazine, it falls under fair use.

Teachers at our school like to use pictures from movies to decorate their doors.  What rules apply to this?

A member asked about a request for the library to provide copies of photos from yearbooks for a class reunion.

Can a faculty member, who no longer requires students to buy a textbook, duplicate and share (with the students) the supplemental instructional resources provided by the publisher?

I have had several requests by faculty to approve the coursepacks they have put together.