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[|Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction] http://www.ncwiseowl.com/blog/copyright/default.htm http://www.ncwiseowl.org/blog/copyright/FairUse.htm

//“The rule of thumb is that if you save money you've violated copyright. If your intent is to avoid purchasing enough copies [of textbooks or workbooks] for your students, then the violation is pretty obvious. Fair use is intended to cover small portions of material for educational purposes”// - Dan Sparlin, NC Wise Owl Webmaster, Copyright Specialist
 * Specifically with regard to print materials like textbooks and workbooks:**

[|Creative Commons] - If you don't know about this site and this movement (related to OER), then you really need to check it out -- the content you can find, licensed for educational use, is amazing!! From the site's home page: //"////Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from 'All Rights Reserved' to 'Some Rights Reserved.' **We're a nonprofit organization. Everything we do — including the software we create — is free.**////"//