- Most licenses do not permit a single program to be loaded into a Appendix E
computer that can be accessed by several different terminals or into
several computers for simultaneous use. - If the machine is capable of being used by a patron to make a copy of a
program, a warning should be posted on the machine, such as “Many
Computer Programs Are Protected by Copyright” or “Unauthorized
Copying May Be Prohibited by Law.”
Example:
An art teacher uses one diskette to load a computer program into several
terminals for use by students. Doing so would violate copyright laws as
well as most license agreements. It violates the Copyright Act, which
authorizes the making of one copy if necessary to use the program, be -
cause it creates copies of the program in several terminals. Further, many
license agreements prohibit the use of the software on more than one
terminal at a time and in networking or any system that enables more
than one person to use the software at a time.
V. Use of Print and Other Sources
Books
Books usually have copyright information printed on the reverse of the
title page. Any rights granted by the author other than standard fair use will be
indicated.
Teaching Materials
A teacher may make a single copy of a chapter from a book, an article, a
short story, an essay, or a poem for research or class preparation. When mul-
tiple copies are made for instruction, copyright guidelines prohibit the creation
of anthologies or compilations, copying from consumables like workbooks, or
copying instead of purchasing. Copyright guidelines for photocopying multiple
copies limit the use of a poem to 250 words, of complete works of prose to
2,500 words, and of prose excerpts to 1,000 words.
Plays
Copyright issues related to plays are included in guidelines for general print
resources. The most common abuse of the copyright of plays is the public per-
formance of a part or all of a play to a public audience. Performance rights
must be purchased with the printed scripts, and records of those rights should
be kept with the printed scripts.