Scenario 1

An elementary school designs a password-protected web site for families and faculty only. Is it OK for teachers to post student work there, even when it uses copyrighted materials without permission?

Scenario 2

A middle school science class studying ocean ecosystems must gather materials for multimedia projects. The teacher downloads pictures and information on marine life from various commercial and noncommercial sites to store in a folder for students to access. Is this fair use?

Scenario 3

A school has a site license for version 3.3 of a multimedia program. A teacher buys five copies of version 4.0, which is more powerful, and installs them on five workstations in the computer lab. But now when students at these workstations create a project and bring it back to their classrooms, the computers (running 3.3) won’t read the work! To end the chaos, is it permissible to install 4.0 on all the machines?

Scenario 4

On Back-to-School night, an elementary school offers child care for students’ younger siblings. They put the kids in the library and show them Disney videos purchased by the PTA. Is this permissible?

Scenario 5

A fifth-grade teacher is teaching a unit on the different forms of poetry. She makes copies of several poems from different anthologies and prepares “student poetry packets” to show the different types of poems. Is this permissible?