Fair Use: Fair Use (in US copyright law) is the doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder.
Copyright: Copyright is the legal right to be the only one to reproduce, publish, and sell a book, musical recording, etc., for a certain period of time.
Public Domain: Public Domain are materials belonging or being available to the public as a whole, and therefore not subject to copyright.
Creative Commons License: A Creative Commons license lets you dictate how others may use your work. The Creative Commons license allows you to keep your copyright but allows others to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit and only on the conditions you specify.
Notes:
1. Copyright protects the creator of an original work. TRUE FALSE
2. Music, movies, and video games can all be copyrighted. TRUE FALSE
3. It is illegal to download music without paying for it or getting permission from the copyright owner. TRUE FALSE
4. Once something is copyrighted the copyright lasts forever. TRUE FALSE
5. Students and teachers can use copyrighted materials for educational purposes with no limits or restrictions. TRUE FALSE
6. Plagiarism is a form of copyright infringement. TRUE FALSE
7. Only materials in fixed, tangible forms may be copyrighted. Ideas are not subject to copyright. TRUE FALSE
8. Works in the public domain are free for anyone to use TRUE FALSE
9. News and media outlets can use copyrighted material for reporting and critical commentary without getting permission TRUE FALSE
10. If in doubt of fairly using any material, you should contact the copyright owner. TRUE FALSE
Citation: A citation is a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.
Stanza: A stanza is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem.
Notes:
use a citation making site for resources
give credit to the person who created the work
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the practice of taking/copying someone else’s work or ideas and using that work as your own.
Plagiarism checker: A plagiarism checker is an online tool that searches the Internet to check for duplicated content/material.
Unethical: Unethical is behavior that is improper and not morally acceptable.
Notes:
Apps like PaperRater exist so when you're writing an essay you don't get copyrighted.
Piracy: Piracy is the unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work.
Creative Commons License: A Creative Commons license lets you dictate how others may use your work. The Creative Commons license allows you to keep your copyright but allows others to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit and only on the conditions you specify.
Attribution: Attribution is giving credit to the person who create the work.
Notes:
follow copyright laws
create a digital artifact to demonstrate knowledge of copyright
create a creative commons license
explain public domain
give credit to the person who created the work