You will almost invariably be able to copy entire artworks such as illustrations, graphs, cartoons and photos from the internet to use for educational purposes.
You can copy 10% of the words in any text you find on a website and you can copy an entire article from a newspaper or periodical, or multiple articles if they relate to the same subject matter.
In our view, you can show a YouTube video to a class, provided:
the class is not conducted for profit, and
the video is streamed directly from the YouTube website.
Yes. The provisions in the Copyright Act administered by CAL cover anything done either by or on behalf of the relevant educational institution. Visiting trainers and external lecturers wanting to copy or communicate text or images for the lectures or classes they are running for an organisation covered by an agreement with CAL may therefore rely on the Part VB provisions in the Act to the same extent as staff of the institution.
Section 200 of the Act allows copying of copyright material such as text, images and notated music for an “examination”. The section, however, doesn’t include any definition of what constitutes an “examination”. In our view, the section is likely to cover any type of test designed to assess the progress of a student, including weekly assessments and take-home exams, but should not be relied upon when setting homework or when testing for aptitude rather than for achievement in a particular course.
First check whether or not there is a statement on the site about what you are permitted or not permitted to do. If there’s no statement permitting you to put the material on an intranet, you will generally need to get permission from the owner of copyright to do so. You may be able to do this by sending an email to the general email address on the website, or to the webmaster.
There are, however, provisions that allow governments and educational institutions to do various things with copyright material, including placing that material on intranets: see our information sheets Governments, and Educational institutions.