COPYRIGHT AND PLAGIARISM

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?

WHAT KIND OF EXPRESSION IS COPYRIGHTABLE?

• Poetry, prose, artwork, music notation, recorded music / song
• Animations, video, software applications, applets, web pages
• Web designs, blog posts / comments
• Architectural drawings / photographs

EXAMPLES THAT DO NOT QUALIFY AS COPYRIGHTABLE EXPRESSION:

• Mere facts, duplications of public domain work, ideas, systems
• Works created by employees of the federal government
• Titles and short phrases
• Forms that only collect information

GETTING PERMISSION

• Identify the author(s) and contact them
• Ask whether they own the copyright or whether the work was for hire
• Ask whether they have conveyed any of the rights, and to whom

ORPHAN WORKS

• No copyright owner to be found
• Present serious challenges to copyright policy
• How much risk are you willing to take?

PROTECTING YOUR WORK

• Works are protected the moment of their fixation
• You can register your automatic copyright with the Copyright Office

Creative Commons Licenses
provide free tools that let authors, artists, scientists, students and educators mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry.
Learn more at
http://creativecommons.org

REVIEW:

DECIDE IF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS ARE EXAMPLES OF PLAGIARISM.

1. JACK'S SITUATION

• Jack has an English paper due tomorrow. He read the book
• and paid attention during class, but he has no idea what to write about.
• Jack logs onto the Internet "just to get some ideas about topics for his paper."
• He finds a great idea and begins writing his paper using the topic he found.
• He is very careful to avoid copying any text or words from the Internet article.

2. JILL'S SITUATION

• During history class, Jill is asked to find some background on Fidel Castro's
• rise to power. Jill does a Google search and arrives at Wikipedia's article
• on Fidel Castro. Without using quotation marks, Jill cuts and pastes several
• sentences from Wikipedia into her assignment.
• Is this plagiarism?

3. GRETEL'S SITUATION

• Gretel is a freshman who feels overwhelmed by high school.
• When her science teacher assigns a short worksheet on genetics,
• Gretel is confused and frustrated. During lunch, Gretel "borrows" her friend's
• paper and copies the answers onto her own paper.
• Is this plagiarism?

WHAT ARE SOME POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES

PLAGIARISM COMIC STRIP ASSIGNMENT

"OWN MANAGE SHARE." COPYRIGHT CRASH COURSE.