Copyright and Education - The TEACH Act

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In 1998, Congress asked the Copyright Office to prepare a report concerning the use of digital media outside of face-to-face instruction and recommend ways that distance learning could take advantage of the same media without copyright infringement. There are many circumstances which there must be certain acts of the law to in order to reach a definitive decision as well as the law looking to digital media for ways to solve issues like with e-discovery. Read the contents of that proposal at Copyright U.S.

The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act of 2002 was an amendment to the current copyright laws, and was designed to allow the use of digital media in classrooms and distance learning environments, especially on the internet, without needing permission from the copyright owners. While protecting the rights and royalties provided copyright owners, it validated the need to offer protected works to the community, for educational purposes only, and restricted the ways in which this media was administered. The TEACH Act contained guidelines for five key areas:

It expanded the categories of allowable media from the select few literary and musical works previously permitted. The previous provisions allowed use of non-dramatic works, display of works, and non-sequential materials without permission. The TEACH Act made inclusive the use of dramatic works, performance of works, and sequential material.

It recognized the advances in technology, even as recent as the turn of the century, and moved to support the concept of virtual classrooms and permitted the use of digital media access from any computer.

It provided computer networks the ability to store digital media on its server, without the previous charges incurred for the number of computers utilizing the same media.

It encouraged educational institutions to produce digital reproductions for use by anyone, via the internet, while excluding copyrighted technology from this provision.

Finally, it released participants of any distance learning course or other educational program from any liability of copyright infringement, when used within the guidelines set forth in the amendment.

TEACH Act History explores the history of the copyright and ensuing changes to the original law, to date. This allows the reader a better understanding of why the TEACH Act was enacted. Navigation through this article is accomplished by clicking next at the bottom of each page.

A Library of Educational Documents contains a research paper completed two years after the passing of the TEACH Act. It deals with the intent of the amendment and how it has not been used by educational institutions as anticipated, particularly the problems these institutions encounter in trying to publish their works within the limits of the law.

TEACH Act Chronicle takes a look at the provisions of the TEACH Act and provides a checklist for educators to make use of them while complying with the restrictions.