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What you can do in what country

Greece

  • In the LMS (Brightspace): Follow US law (TEACH Act, Fair Use, DMCA)

  • Making copies in the classroom: Fine for short works and excerpts used only for educational purposes. Must not be commercial in any way. Credit the source. 

  • Performance and display in the classroom: Fine for strictly educational, non-commercial purposes.

Austria

  • In the LMS (Brightspace): Follow US law (TEACH Act, Fair Use, DMCA)

  • Making copies in the classroom: Fine for short works and excerpts used only for educational purposes. Must not be commercial in any way. Credit the source. 

  • Performance and display in the classroom: Not allowed.

Canada

  • In the LMS (Brightspace): Follow US law (TEACH Act, Fair Use, DMCA)
  • Making copies in the classroom: Fine for short works and excerpts used only for educational purposes. Must not be commercial in any way. Credit the source. 
  • Performance and display in the classroom: Limited. You can dlisplay an image or play a sound recording or a live broadcast. You can perform a play, public reading, or piece of music. You CAN'T play a movie, TV show, or documentary unless it counts as Fair Dealing. University of Winnipeg's explanation of Fair Dealing. 

Lebanon

  • In the LMS (Brightspace): Follow US law (TEACH Act, Fair Use, DMCA)
  • Making copies in the classroom: Fine for short works and excerpts used only for educational purposes. Must not be commercial in any way. Credit the source. 
  • Performance and display in the classroom: Fine for strictly educational, non-commercial purposes.

Panama (vague, strict)

  • In the LMS (Brightspace): Follow US law (TEACH Act, Fair Use, DMCA)
  • Making copies in the classroom: Possibly ok, but avoid using anything from "big media" - lots of lawsuits. 
  • Performance and display in the classroom: Possibly ok, but avoid using anything from "big media" - lots of lawsuits. 

Dominican Republic

  • In the LMS (Brightspace): Follow US law (TEACH Act, Fair Use, DMCA)
  • Making copies in the classroom: Fine for short works and excerpts used only for educational purposes. Must not be commercial in any way. Credit the source. 
  • Performance and display in the classroom: Fine for strictly educational, non-commercial purposes.

Albania (vague, permissive)

  • In the LMS (Brightspace): Follow US law (TEACH Act, Fair Use, DMCA)
  • Making copies in the classroom: Possibly ok. There is "free use for teaching." 
  • Performance and display in the classroom: Possibly ok. There is "free use for teaching." 

Turkey

  • In the LMS (Brightspace): Follow US law (TEACH Act, Fair Use, DMCA)
  • Making copies in the classroom: Fine for short works and excerpts used only for educational purposes. Must not be commercial in any way. Credit the source. 
  • Performance and display in the classroom: Fine for strictly educational, non-commercial purposes.