Thank you for your interest in Evan-Moor materials! We appreciate how hard teachers, parents, and homeschoolers work to provide quality instructional materials to give children the best learning experiences. Today’s media has created wonderful opportunities for individuals and businesses to become creators and consumers of content. With this new influx of online content comes a greater responsibility for authors and purchasers to understand and follow important copyright laws. In this article, we want to provide relevant copyright information, as well as tips on how to practice ethical purchasing and content creation. We hope that the information we provide here will serve as a resource for you to build your knowledge on how to use Evan-Moor materials in your home or classroom.
Did You Know?
Evan-Moor develops and writes its own material. We are unique in having an in-house publishing team. Similar to a DIY crafter selling products on Etsy, a baker with a successful blog, or an educator-created online marketplace such as Teachers Pay Teachers, Evan-Moor creates original, custom content. Protecting copyright enables us to keep custom publishing alive and supports the ongoing development of creative content. Read more below on what you can do to preserve creativity in publishing.
What Does Copyright Really Mean?
What Is a Copyright?
Copyright is a form of protection by the U.S. Constitution and law for original works of authorship. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works. The author’s work falls under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that is perceptible, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work is illegal.
What Is a Fair-Use Exception?
There is a fair-use exception that applies to the use of copyrighted material for educational purposes. This exception allows teachers a limited right to use copyrighted material for instructional purposes. Generally, this allows teachers to make copies for their classroom for teaching purposes. However, it does not extend to a commercial use or redistribution of the material. (Meaning, you may not resell or redistribute Evan-Moor resources outside of its original copyright restrictions, such as one classroom or one homeschool.)
What Are Evan-Moor’s Copyright Rules?
Evan-Moor’s Copyright Rules
Evan-Moor’s material is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced, shared, or stored in any form without written permission from Evan-Moor. If you would like to use Evan-Moor e-books or interactive lessons and games for additional purposes not outlined in the single-classroom license (described above as a fair-use exception), please submit an application form here.
Teacher’s Edition Copyright: Teacher’s editions are copyrighted for a single classroom or home setting. This means that a classroom teacher or a parent may create photocopies of material to use within a single classroom or at home only. Content may not be shared or loaned to other classrooms or households.
Full-Color Activity Book Copyright: Activity books are copyrighted for a single use only. This means that they may not be copied or redistributed at all. Classroom or home use is intended for a single individual.
E-Books and Printing-on-Demand Electronic Materials Copyright: With the purchase of electronic materials (such as e-books, interactive lessons and games, and print-on-demand teaching activities), you may duplicate materials to use for a single classroom or home only. Also, electronic materials may be shared within a single classroom community with a password-protected intranet, website, electronic bulletin board, FTP site, or newsgroup. You may not share these materials or make copies for additional classrooms, schools, or other individuals outside a single classroom or home.
Can I Use the Evan-Moor Brand Name?
The Evan-Moor brand name and logo are protected by trademarks. Evan-Moor does not give permission for individual sellers to use its name or logo without permission. (For example, if you are selling your own product, you may not use Evan-Moor’s name, logo, or any content from its materials that product.)
How Can You Help Protect Copyright?
Follow these general tips and guidelines for protecting Evan-Moor’s copyright:
- Do not make photocopies of any full-color resources, such as activity books.
- Reproduce or photocopy blackline resources for a single classroom or home only.
- Do not reproduce or photocopy pages and share them outside of your classroom or home.
- Do not post or store PDFs in any retrieval system, school website, or other online source.
- Purchase Evan-Moor resources only from a credible retail store or online retailer.
- Download FREE Evan-Moor resources that are offered only on the Evan-Moor website: https://www.evan-moor.com/freestuff. Other free PDFs could be fraudulently shared.
- Report copyright infringement when you see it! We appreciate your help. Please contact: https://www.evan-moor.com/copyrightinformation
Thank you for helping to promote fair use of Evan-Moor products and materials. If you have any questions or would like to alert us to a copyright infringement, please contact:
Evan-Moor Customer Service Department
Email: customer service department Use the infringementofficer@evan-moor.com email
Phone: 1-800-777-4362 (M-F, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PT)
Lisa Vitarisi Mathews serves as Publisher of Evan-Moor Educational Publishers. She has over 20 years’ experience in PreK–8 education, and has worked closely with teachers across the United States through Evan-Moor product training and workshops.