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Copyright
Copyright
According to the United States Government copyright is "A form of protection provided by the laws of the United States for "original works of authorship", including literary, dramatic, musical, architectural, cartographic, choreographic, pantomimic, pictorial, graphic, sculptural, and audiovisual creations. 'Copyright' literally means the right to copy but has come to mean that body of exclusive rights granted by law to copyright owners for protection of their work. Copyright protection does not extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, title, principle, or discovery. Similarly, names, titles, short phrases, slogans, familiar symbols, mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, coloring, and listings of contents or ingredients are not subject to copyright" (Copyright.gov).
Internet Resources on Copyright are below!
Copyright Kids! is a resource for teachers, parents and students to learn about copyright. It also has a tool that will allow you to enter your own work to have it entered to receive a copyright.
Common Sense is a wonderful website that is hosts to resources for teachers to teach copyright to their students.
U.S. Copyright Office gives the definition of copyright, and it also provides many resources as to what is happening in our nation concerning copyright.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Plagiarism "occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledging its source" (WPA).
Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to printed sources, online sources, manuscripts and other student work.
Below is a short video from Otis College of Art and Design that provides ways to avoid plagiarism.
Internet resources that will help you to avoid plagiarism!
Citation Machine will help you to cite your sources so that you can give credit to the sources you used.
Plagiarism Checker Free allows you to input your work, and it checks your work against other published works.
Grammarly also allows you to input your work, and it will check your work against other published works. Grammarly is also a Google Extension, however, in order for Grammarly to check for plagiarism, you do have to subscribe.
FAIR USE
FAIR USE
Fair use is legislation that allows for users to use segments of copyrighted works without permission from the author or creator. However, this only applies to schoolwork and education, news reporting, criticizing or commentary and comedy or parodies. Even when using copyrighted material, additional meaning must be added to fall under fair use.
Fair use is legislation that allows for users to use segments of copyrighted works without permission from the author or creator. However, this only applies to schoolwork and education, news reporting, criticizing or commentary and comedy or parodies. Even when using copyrighted material, additional meaning must be added to fall under fair use.
Check out this video that explains copyright and fair use from Common Sense.
Resources for more information on how to correctly use fair use are here
References
“Plagiarism: WHAT IS PLAGIARISM AND HOW TO AVOID IT.” Otis College LibGuides, Otis College of Art and Design, 4 Oct. 2018, otis.libguides.com/plagiarism.
“Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices.” Council of Writing Program Administrators, 2005, wpacouncil.org/positions/WPAplagiarism.pdf.
Ewagner. “Fair Use.” Advocacy, Legislation & Issues, American Library Association, 16 Mar. 2018, www.ala.org/advocacy/copyright/fairuse.
“Plagiarism: WHAT IS PLAGIARISM AND HOW TO AVOID IT.” Otis College LibGuides, Otis College of Art and Design, 4 Oct. 2018, otis.libguides.com/plagiarism.
“U.S. Copyright Office.” Copyright, www.copyright.gov/.
“The Right Stuff: Teaching Kids About Copyright.” Common Sense Education, Common Sense Media, 4 Apr. 2018, www.commonsense.org/education/blog/the-right-stuff-teaching-kids-about-copyright.
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