Copyright

A teacher can print a maximum of 20 pages from a digital source. You can take as many photocopies of the printout as needed for teaching.  

A teacher can photocopy a maximum of 20 pages but no more than 50 % of a publication for same students during a semester.

NB! You can not photocopy workbooks, exercise or answer books for teaching purposes.

For teaching purposes, a teacher can: 

• scan a maximum of 20 pages but no more than 20 % of a publication for a student
• scan a whole scientific article from a scientific journal
• copy a maximum of 20 pages of copyright protected material from the Internet
• forward material by e-mail or in closed network (e.g. Moodle) to her or his students

NB! You can not scan workbooks, exercise or answer books for teaching purposes.

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A teacher has copyright to her or his own teaching material provided that it fills the requirements of a work, i.e., it is original and independent.

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The copying license covers both domestic and foreign materials.

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Information on copyright issues related to teaching (in Finnish and Swedish). If you cannot find the answer you need, you can submit questions through the site.