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| copyright is | the legal right to REPRODUCE, PUBLISH, and SELL works |
| plagiarism is | to commit literary theft, cheating, or Fraud |
| public domain is | works not protected by copyright |
| copyright expires | 70 years after authors death |
| Fair Use is | exception to copyright protection for specific purposes |
| Typical percentage allowed in Fair Use | 10% |
| avoiding plagiarism | use own words & thoughts, use quotes, & cite sources |
| Lawrence School Consequence to plagiarizing | meeting with Academic Dean |
| Categories of works in Public Domain | US govt works, expired copyrights, freeware |
| Not protected by copyright | list of facts (like a phonebook) or ideas |
| Examples of books in Public Domain | Shakespeares plays, Huckleberry Finn, The Constitution |
| Fair Use Allowed Purposes (6) | Criticism, Comment, Scholarship, Teaching, News Reporting, Research |
| If you cut and paste, you should | Use quotation marks and cite the source |
| to be copyrighted | a work must be an original creative work |
| P2P | peer to peer network; service to connect users together to share media files |
| Torrent | online service used to download big media files by breaking into small bundles over many computers vs 1 big file download |
| are torrents and p2p's legal? | how people typically use them are illegal because people are illegally sharing copyrighted materials |
| if you want to use more than 10% of a movie or song in something you create | you have to ask permission from the copyright owner |
| consequences for downloading media illegally | criminal & civil penalties up to 5 years in prison and fines up to $250,000 |
| Burning copies of DVD/CD’s | you can make a digital version as long as you keep the digital and original versions of the media cannot give to a friend or sell the original once you convert to digital format |
| Legal ways to download media | pay for media from a legitimate company like iTunes, Amazon, Google Play |
| Seeing Creative Commons Logo | when you don't need permission to use someone else's work (already gave permission ahead of time) |
| Seeing Copyright Logo | means you must ask permission of owner before using someone else's creative work |
| Is Karaoke legal? | yes, it is okay because the karaoke company is following copyright laws and are the ones ultimately responsible, not you. |
| Do you have to fill out paperwork to get copyright protection | copyright is automatically granted as soon as your create an original work; no paperwork needed |
| What Works are Protected by a Copyright? | original creation like writing, music, artwork... that could be detected with your senses |
| if a work is in the public domain do you need permission to use it | no; you can freely use it without needing permission |
| Fair Use Does Not | Break copyright laws |
| Under Fair Use how much of a song can you use | 30 seconds |
| what does citing your sources mean | it means if the information did not come out of your own head, listing where the information came from |
