An instructor in higher education may want to use someone else’s article or other publication in his teaching. He/she may wonder what is permitted as regards such use. This page consists of questions and answers about the use, publication and, if relevant, adaptation of someone else’s article or other publication. 1. Can I make use of a colleague’s (printed) publication in my teaching?
2. Can I quote from scientific/scholarly material?
3. Can I make a copy of someone else’s article?
4. Can I copy scientific/scholarly material for someone else?
5. Can I scan a printed version of someone else’s article and save it on my computer?
6. Can I make a copy of scientific/scholarly material for colleagues at my organisation?
7. Can I send a preprint of someone else’s work as an e-mail attachment?
8. Can I send a copy of someone else’s (printed) article as an e-mail attachment?
9. Can I alter or add to someone else’s article?
10. Can I add a hyperlink to our site so as to link to someone else’s article?
11. What about “fair payment” to the author?