7. I am a teacher and like to collect reading materials for my students. If I scan those materials and put them on my website for my students to download, will I infringe copyright? What if I put them on the school's Intranet accessible only to my students?

Under the existing law, placing copies of copyright materials on your website without the licence or permission of copyright owners is infringement, even if it is for educational purposes. It makes no difference if you place the materials on the school's Intranet accessible only to your students. Unlike the case of photocopying by schools, the Government has not issued any guidelines on the use of the Internet or Intranet for educational purposes. As such, you can only rely on the permitted acts available under the Copyright Ordinance. However, it does not seem that any of these permitted acts (including fair dealing) allows you to place copies of copyright materials on your website or the school's Intranet without the permission of the copyright owners.