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Copyright and Fair Use for Educators
31 May 2022
Educators must familiarize themselves with relevant copyright law to ensure their use of copyrighted works remains within the letter of the law and to model legally-complainant practices for their students.
This resource summarizes copyright law relevant to K-12 educators and provides functional definitions for fair use, public domain, and educational use exemptions.
This resource also offers best practices for sharing copyrighted works with students, with colleagues, and online – all in an effort to minimize each educator’s exposure to copyright-related liability.
Disclaimer: All information included in this resource is based upon publicly-available interpretations of current US copyright law. Examples and interpretations presented herein should not be taken as definitive or be construed as legal advice.