1. It is permissible and not illegal for educational institutions to print some handouts for internal teaching and not to sell them to the outside world.

2. However, it is not allowed to publish without obtaining the official ISBN. Educational institutions can compile teaching materials. If the compilation quality is high, they can find a publishing house to edit and publish. With the publication number and ISBN, they can issue it to the outside world, which is completely legal.

According to the relevant provisions of the law, for personal study, research or appreciation, for introducing and commenting on a work or explaining a problem, you can appropriately quote other people's published works in your own works without obtaining the consent of the copyright owner or paying remuneration to the copyright owner, but you should indicate the name of the author and the name of the work, and it shall not affect the normal use of the work or reasonably damage the legitimate rights and interests of the copyright owner.

Legal basis:

Regulations on the administration of publication

Article 55

Without approval, those who set up publishing, printing, copying, importing and distributing units of publications without authorization, or engage in publishing, printing, copying, importing and distributing publications without authorization, or publish publications by counterfeiting the names of publishing units or forging or counterfeiting the names of newspapers and periodicals, shall be banned by the publishing administrative department and the administrative department for industry and commerce according to their statutory functions and powers.

In accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law on the crime of illegal business operation, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

If it is not serious enough for criminal punishment, publications, illegal income and special tools and equipment used for illegal activities shall be confiscated. If the illegal business amount is more than 6,543.8+0,000 yuan, a fine of more than 5 times and less than 654.38+0 times shall be imposed. If the illegal business amount is less than 6,543,800 yuan, a fine of 6,543,800 yuan and 50,000 yuan will be imposed. Whoever infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of others shall bear civil liability according to law.