Is there a percentage of a copyrighted work which I can photocopy for educational purposes without requesting formal permission?
National laws seldom specify the precise amount of material which may be copied for educational use without permission. The legal situation in your own country will apply to you. Guidelines for customers in the US can be found in the US Copyright Act. Although the “fair use” provisions of the U.S. Copyright Act (Section 107) mentions educational uses as “fair uses”, the statute does not give specific details such as percentages of material. However, in accordance with Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act, Congress published an Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copyright in Not-For-Profit Educational Institutions. A copy of these guidelines can be found on the Association of American Publishers’ website. Provision in the UK Copyright Acts is made for the use of short extracts from literary and dramatic works in anthologies clearly intended for educational use, provided that the original works from which the material is drawn were not intended for educational establishments, that du
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