Engage in mediated instructional activities (MIA's). MIA's are activities that use qualified works as an integral part of the class experience.
Qualified works are: Performance of non-dramatic literary and musical works. Reasonable and limited portions of dramatic works--audiovisual works and dramatic, musical works.. Think "snips and clips".
Permitted: The performance or display of materials
- made by, at the direction of, or under the supervision of an instructor,
- that are an integral part of the class session (not a viewing as a reward), and
- that are offered as a regular part of the systematic, mediated, instructional activities.
Not permitted: Textbooks, course packs, workbooks and materials specifically developed and marketed for distance learning may NOT be used in distance education. PBS videos or other commercially produced products may not be used without purchasing a license. Items may not be taken from an illegal site and used in distance education. Napster and many private web pages fall in this category.
Important definitions:
A performance is defined as reading a literary work aloud, signing or playing music, acting out a dramatic work or pantomime, using a transmitting apparatus, or using an electronic retrieval system. Showing portions of a motion picture, filmstrip, or slide set sequentially constitutes a performance.
Display of a copyrighted work occurs when a copy of the work is shown either directly or by means of a film, slide, television image, or other device or process (as in a distance education delivery of instruction).