What is Copyright? © noun The legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work. American Heritage Dictionary

What does that mean? The author or creator of the work has the right to decide who can: Make copies of their work; Distribute their work; Perform their work Display their work.

Why should I care about copyright? School Reports and Research Dance you created with friends T-Shirt design for your baseball team T-shirt

Remember: I f you didn’t create it, you don’t own the right to decide who can use it and how they can use it.

What does that mean to me when I need an image for my Power Point? FAIR USE Fair Use lets you use a certain amount of a copyrighted material for educational purposes: Reports Power Points Presentations

How Much is Fair Use? Written Work – 10% or 1,000 words whichever is less Visual Artists – No more than 5 images from an artist/photographer or no more than 10% or 15 works from a published collection Video – Up to three minutes or 10%, whichever is less Music – Up to 10%, but no more than 30 seconds

How do I know if what I’m using is more than Fair Use? If you can’t tell if what your using is Fair Use then it’s time to use other resources that are in the Public Domain or provide Fair Use material. Public Domain: noun the state of belonging or being available to the public as a whole, and therefore not subject to copyright.

This is so confusing. What can I use for my presentations? POWER Library Databases Royalty Free Music Google-Advanced Search Bing Creative Commons

POWER Library Databases AP Images Middle Search Kids Search Newspaper Source Plus Searchasaurus SIRS Discoverer

Royalty Free Music Web Sites INCOMPETECH Audionautix jamendo

Google Advanced Search After you enter your search term into the Google window, drop down to the bottom right corner and click on Settings. Then choose Advanced and a page opens for you too further modify your search. Your last option on the page is Usage Rights. Clicking on the Drop Down arrow will allow you to select from “free to use and share” to “free to use, share, or modify”. Google now returns only copyright free sites.

Bing After entering your search term into Bing Images, choose the drop down arrow next to Licenses. Choose from images that are “Public Domain”, “free to use and share” and “free to use, share, and modify”.

Is citing my sources the same as following Copyright / Fair Use? NO Then why do I have to cite my sources? You cite your sources to avoid Plagiarism.

What is Plagiarism? pla·gia·rism Noun the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

What does it mean to cite my sources? You show, in the body of your paper, where the words or information came from, using an appropriate formatting style. AND You provide complete information about the source (author, title, name of publication, date, etc.) at the end of your paper, in the bibliography (also called the works cited or references page, depending on the style you use).

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