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Teaching Requirements:

  1. The performance or display of materials is an integral part of the class session.
  2. The performance or display of materials is directly related to the teaching content.
  3. The performance or display of materials is comparable to what takes place in a live classroom setting.
  4. The performance or display is made by, at the direction of, or under the actual supervision of the instructor
  5. The class is offered as a regular part of Purdue University’s curriculum.


Instructors must meet all of the above teaching requirements to qualify for the distance education exemption. If all the requirements are not met, then apply the fair use exemption.

Definitions

Perform - To "Perform" a work means to recite, render, play, dance, or act it, either directly or by means of any device or process, or, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to show images in any sequence or to make the sounds accompanying it audible.

Display - To "Display" a work means to show a copy of it, either directly or by means of a film slide, television image, or any other device or process or, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to show individual images nonsequentially.
 

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