The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act) says that teachers and students at accredited educational institutions can use works for distance learning without permission under certain circumstances.
• Display (showing of a copy) of any work in an amount analogous to what is provided in a physical classroom setting
• Performance of nondramatic literary works
• Performance of nondramatic musical works
• Performance of "reasonable and limited" portions of other types of work (other than nondramatic literary or musical work), EXCEPT digital educational works
• Distance-education students may receive transmissions at any location
• Retention of content and distant student access for the length of a “class session”
• Copying and storage for a limited time or necessary for digital transmission to students
• Digitization of portions of analog works if no digital version is available or if digital version is not in an accessible form
• Works that are marketed as part of online instructional activities (commercially available digital educational materials)
• Unlawful copies of copyrighted works under the U.S. copyright law, if the institution “knew or had reason to believe” that they were not lawfully made and acquired