How to Follow copyright rules What you can and cannot do By: Erin Torres

Table of Contents Vocabulary you need to know Intentional VS Unintentional Plagiarism Quoting and Paraphrasing Rules Fair Use TEACH Act Copyright infringement in the Classroom Citations

Vocabulary you need to know Plagiarism: Using someone else’s work in your academic work without giving proper credit to the original owner. Copyright Infringement is any violation of the rights of the copyright holder/owner, whether it is intentional or not (although unintentional is called ‘innocent infringement’ Paraphrasing: Using another’s idea(s) to improve your own work by restating the main claims of a source in your own words. Must be cited Quoting: Taking what some one said (in a book, speech, essay, etc..) and copying it word for word in quotation marks (“…”) then citing the source. TEACH Act: the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization act that allow digital transmission of performances and displays of copyrighted works without getting prior permission from the copyright owner. *We will go into the details of TEACH on another slide

Intentional VS. Unintentional Plagiarism Copying off of a friend or other classmate Buying, borrowing or ‘copy and pasting’ papers Using images, videos, gifs, etc.. Without citing them Publishing a work with out permission of the creator Unintentional Carelessly paraphrasing Excessive quoting Not using your own words to express ideas Poor documentation of your citations Incomplete or wrong format If you are not sure if you are plagiarizing, ask some one

Quoting and Paraphrasing Rules An authority in the field Ex: Newton said “….” (page number) Offers a unique point of view Ken, a witness to the shooting, called the event “chaotic and terrifying” (page number). Framing Your Quote Using single phrases or tags in the beginning, middle, or end of a quote Embed quotes into a sentence (with source name and page number) Block Quote for quotes longer than Four lines Paraphrasing Your own interpretation of another’s work while restating the main claims in your own words MUST BE CITED Use this when there are too many quotes in a row

Fair Use The purpose of the Fair Use provision is to allow the limited use of copyrighted materials without getting prior permission from the copyright owner(s). Guidelines Text: up to 10% or 1000 words (whichever is less) Poems: Entire poems if less than 250 words 250 words if a longer poem Motion Media: up to 10% or 3 minutes (whichever is less) and clip CANNOT be altered Illustrations: A whole photograph or illustration No more than 5 of an artist’s or photographer’s work Music: up to 10% but no more than 30 seconds NO alterations

TEACH Act TEACH Act: the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization act that allow digital transmission of performances and displays of copyrighted works without getting prior permission from the copyright owner. This allows teachers to show digital transmissions of performances and displays of copyrighted works for educational purposes. Accredited, nonprofit educational institution Controlled by/under the actual supervision of the instruction Includes: Performances of Nondramatic literary or musical works Must be: An integral part of the class session Directly related to the material and the teaching content

Copyright infringement in the Classroom Why is knowing Copyright Laws Important? Allows you to give recognition to the original owner Would you want your friend to turn in a paper based off your idea and get credit for it? Most Colleges do not except any form of copyright and can get you expelled if you plagiarize Or fail the class for more lenient teachers

Citations (websites I used) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/learningmodules/ plagiarism/index.html http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/learningmodules/ plagiarism/avoid.html http://sites.lib.byu.edu/copyright/about-copyright/basics/ http://sites.lib.byu.edu/copyright/about-copyright/teaching-and- copyright/ http://sites.lib.byu.edu/copyright/about-copyright/fair-use/ http://www.ncpublicschools.org/copyright1.html http://legal- dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/copyright+infringement