![]() Consider the many limitations TEACH imposes.įirst, the TEACH Act allows only certain materials to be used, and only in certain ways: If an institution is starting from scratch with TEACH, it might not work well for the exigent circumstances of the COVID-19 crisis and the speed with which many were thrust online. Designing a TEACH-compliant program can take time and resources. Satisfying the requirements of the TEACH Act can be quite burdensome for some institutions. The TEACH Act was produced by many rounds of negotiation and lobbying, and as a result it looks more like a regulation than a statute. Passed in 2002 and codified at Section 110(2) of the Copyright Act, the TEACH Act allows accredited, nonprofit educational institutions to use copyrighted materials in distance education courses without the need to obtain permission from the copyright owner. ![]() Of course, an instructor could use fair use, and that discussion will come later, when we cover “the Zoom question.” But for now, let’s pause a moment to consider the statute that was passed to deal with the online learning conundrum: the TEACH Act. With the advent of online distance learning in the 1990s, there was concern that the Section 110(1) face-to-face teaching provision really did not apply. No additional fee or license is necessary.Ī TEACH Act for the Encouragement of Online Learning? So, if you have to watch a film in the classroom for discussion, the instructor can borrow a DVD from the library, and play it in the classroom. It allows faculty to show movies and television shows, recite poetry, perform plays, listen to music, or read from a book aloud without fear of infringement. Such performances or displays “in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction” are not infringements of copyright. This section in the Copyright Act provides teachers and students with very broad leeway to perform or display copyrighted works in the physical classroom without having to obtain permission from the copyright owner. Much like the critical exceptions we covered in the previous blog posts ( Part I: Section 107 Fair Use and Part II: Section 108 Library Exceptions), Section 110(1) which covers face-to-face teaching, is another powerful exception that is critical to education. Performances and Face-to-Face Teaching: JUST DO IT! If you work in any of the higher ed institutions that have moved online in this crisis, we are sure you are dealing with the stress that comes with upending syllabus in the middle of the year – and moving the classroom space to another environment, which may be foreign, may have different pedagogy and even more issues.Īs this blog is aimed at the library, archives, and teaching community, we know many of you are working towards the best solution for the people we serve in this time of crisis.įor this post, Brandon Butler, Tucker Taylor and I will be talking about the new realities of moving online – focusing on copyright and what I call the “Zoom question!” But first we’ll take a slight detour through a dense and rarely traveled forest of the Copyright Act: Section 110(2), also known as the TEACH Act. If this were legal advice, it would come with a bill.* * The opinions expressed on this website are the co-authors’ own, expressed in their personal capacity. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom: Copyright and Face-to-Face TEACH-ing in a COVID-19 Worldīy Brandon Butler, Kyle K.
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