A license is required for use in educational settings when:
- the literature is used repeatedly;
- the material is used for commercial purposes, or
- the user wants to use a piece of MA’s copyrighted Literature, such as Life with Hope, or a Conference-approved pamphlet, in its entirety.
However, NO license is required to reprint certain materials if the following conditions are met:
- The text of the Literature shall be presented as-is, with no amendments, changes, editing, or annotations permitted.
- For scholarly research, use in teaching, or in preparing to teach a class, the educator may use: one chapter from a book; one article from a periodical; one short essay; one chart/graph.
- Educators may provide links to Literature that is freely available on the Website.
- Multiple copies may be produced, not to exceed one copy per student in the course, and the material must be brief, as described in Section A.
Each copy should include the following notice of copyright:
“This photocopy was reproduced with the permission of Marijiuana Anonymous World Services, Inc. for inclusion in a course package. Permission to photocopy this material does not mean that MA World Services has reviewed or approved the contents of this course package, or that MA necessarily agrees with the views expressed herein.”