May an instructor make photocopies of a journal article to hand out to each student in her class?
Yes. The article may be copied for one class without getting permission from the copyright holder. If the instructor wishes to use the same article over multiple semesters, it would be wise to ask for permission. Although Section 107 does not include temporal limitations, it appears that a consensus is developing that repeated reliance on fair use is unjustified. Many negotiated guidelines for fair use in a variety of contexts include a temporal limitation.
