Copyright
•“Copyright is a form of protection provided by U.S. law to authors of “original works of authorship” from the time the works are created in a fixed form. This circular provides an overview of basic facts about copyright and copyright registration with the U.S. Copyright Office”. It covers
• Works eligible for protection • Rights of copyright owners • Who can claim copyright • Duration of copyright Parent Resource on Copyright: https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf |
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What Works are Protected?
• Books, magazines other literary works
• Music, also any accompanying words
• Dramatic works
• Jokes and choreographed work
• Pictures, graphic, and sculptural works
• Motion films, audiovisual works
• Sound recordings
• Architectural works
• Music, also any accompanying words
• Dramatic works
• Jokes and choreographed work
• Pictures, graphic, and sculptural works
• Motion films, audiovisual works
• Sound recordings
• Architectural works
What are the rights of a copyright owner?
Copyright provide owners the right to
• Reproduce the work in copies or phono records
• Prepare derivative works based upon the work
• Distribute copies or phone records of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership or by rental, lease, or lending
• Perform the work publicly if it is a literary, musical, dramatic, or choreographic work; a pantomime; or a motion picture or other audiovisual work
• Display the work publicly if it is a literary, musical, dramatic, or choreographic work; a pantomime; or a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work. This right also applies to the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work.
• Perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission if the work is a sound recording Copyright also provides the owner of copyright the right to
• Reproduce the work in copies or phono records
• Prepare derivative works based upon the work
• Distribute copies or phone records of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership or by rental, lease, or lending
• Perform the work publicly if it is a literary, musical, dramatic, or choreographic work; a pantomime; or a motion picture or other audiovisual work
• Display the work publicly if it is a literary, musical, dramatic, or choreographic work; a pantomime; or a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work. This right also applies to the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work.
• Perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission if the work is a sound recording Copyright also provides the owner of copyright the right to
What is Plagiarism?
Many individuals view plagiarism as copying someone else’s work, or borrowing another person’s original ideas.
According to the Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary, to “plagiarize” means
•1) to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
•2) to use (another's production) without crediting the source
•3) to commit literary theft
•4) to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
In other terms, plagiarism is fraud. It includes stealing work that does not belong to you as well as work lying about it using the work of another person. Can terms, expressions, and ideas really be stolen? According to U.S. law, yes.
An important resource for plagiarism: http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/research/06122014Turnitin-WhatisPlagiarism%20.pdf
According to the Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary, to “plagiarize” means
•1) to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
•2) to use (another's production) without crediting the source
•3) to commit literary theft
•4) to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
In other terms, plagiarism is fraud. It includes stealing work that does not belong to you as well as work lying about it using the work of another person. Can terms, expressions, and ideas really be stolen? According to U.S. law, yes.
An important resource for plagiarism: http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/research/06122014Turnitin-WhatisPlagiarism%20.pdf
*STUDENT ALERT*
This is Plagiarism...
•turning in another person’s work in as your own •using words or ideas from another individual without giving them credit • not putting quotation marks within writing when referring to another person’s work •Providing incorrect information about the source •changing terms, but copying the structure of a source without giving credit •using a large amount of words or ideas someone’s work that it makes up most of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on “fair use” rules) Attention! Changing the words of an original source is not sufficient to prevent plagiarism. |
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Always cite your sources!
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•There are two types of citations. In-text citations are found in the body of the project and are used when adding a direct quote or paraphrase into your work. Reference citations are found in the reference list, which is at the end of the assignment and includes the full citations of all sources used in a project.
•Depending on the types of sources you used for your project, the structure for each citation may look different. There is a certain format, or structure, for books, a different one for journal articles, a different one for websites, and so on. Scroll down to find the appropriate citation structure for your sources. Resources on citing sources: www.bibme.org/apa |
What is Fair Use?
Fair use is a legal gray area that refers to exceptions in the rights of copyright holders and allows for limited use of copyrighted material, even without permission.
•However, the conditions in which fair use can be claimed are not set in stone and depend upon four factors:
1.the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
2.the nature of the copyrighted work;
3.the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
4.the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2005/10/06/copyright-infringement-plagiarism-and-fair-use/
•However, the conditions in which fair use can be claimed are not set in stone and depend upon four factors:
1.the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
2.the nature of the copyrighted work;
3.the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
4.the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2005/10/06/copyright-infringement-plagiarism-and-fair-use/