The following "Guidelines" have been published by groups of authors, artists, unions, publishers, and educational institutions. The National Association of College and University Attorneys advises the University that staying within these "Guidelines" should protect the University and its employees and be in abidance with federal copyright requirements.
Permissible Uses
- Emergency copying to replace purchases copies which for any reason are not available for an imminent performance, provided purchased replacement copies shall be substituted in due course.
- Academic purposes other than performance
- For academic purposes other than performance, multiple copies of excerpts of works may be made, provided that the excerpts do not comprise a part of the whole which would constitute a performable unit such as a section, movement or aria, but in no case more than 10 percent of the whole work. The number of copies shall not exceed one copy per pupil.
- For academic purposes other than performance, a single copy of an entire performance unit (section, movement, aria, etc.) that is (1) confirmed by the copyright proprietor to be out of print or (2) unavailable except in a larger work, may be made by or for a teacher solely for the purpose of his/her scholarly research or in preparation to teach a class.
- Printed copies which have been purchased may be edited or simplified provided that the fundamental character of the work is not distorted or the lyrics, in any way, altered or lyrics added if none exist.
- A single copy of recordings of performances by students may be made for evaluation or rehearsal purposes and may be retained by the educational institution or individual teacher.
- A single copy of a sound recording (such as a tape, disc, or cassette) of copyrighted music may be made from sound recordings owned by an educational institution or an individual teacher for the purpose of constructing aural exercises or examinations and may be retained by the educational institution or individual teacher. This pertains only to the copyright of the music itself and not to any copyright which may exist in the sound recording.
Prohibitions
- Copying to create or replace or substitute for anthologies, compilations or collective works.
- Copying of or from works intended to be "consumable" in the course of study or of teaching, such as workbooks, exercises, standardized tests and answer sheets and similar consumable materials.
- Copying for the purpose of performance, except as in item 1 above.
- Copying for the purpose of substituting for the purchase of music, except as in items 1 and 2 above.
- Copying without inclusion of the copyright notice which appears on the printed copy.