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Top Ten Copyright and Fair Use Questions

This document provides guidance to UCF faculty and staff regarding the incorporation of third party copyrighted materials (e.g. music, motion media, text, etc.) into their online courses. It sets forth various safe harbor percentage guidelines with respect to such use. Use of third party copyrighted materials as part of classroom face-to-face teaching activity is also addressed.

Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copying

As stated in UCF’s Use of Copyrighted Materials Policy, UCF has adopted the 1976 Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-For-Profit Educational Institutions with Respect to Books and Periodicals, found on pages 6-7 of Circular 21. Faculty should apply these guidelines when they make copies for students in their class (including course packs) containing excerpts from others’ works.

Copyright Guidelines for Exhibiting Movies

This document discusses what needs to be considered anytime anyone wishes to show a movie to a group of people on campus (or otherwise in affiliation with UCF). This guide explains when a public performance license for the showing of a movie is legally required and includes a flowchart as a quick reference pertaining to when such a license needs to be obtained.