By Lisa McDaniel

protection. It is a way to protect authors or creators of "original works of authorship."

polite. Give credit where credit is due.

the law. Using someone else’s work without giving proper credit is illegal!

Make copies of it. Modify the work and present it as your own Distribute copies Perform the work publicly (such as in a play) Without giving proper citation

Some examples are: Titles Names Short phrases Slogans Ideas Anything written by the US government

A work in the public domain CAN be copied. Public domain works include those of the U.S. Government and works for which the copyright has expired. There are other public domain time restrictions you will learn about later.

Book: Name of the author. Title of the book, italicized. Date book was published. Neil Ardley. The Science Book of Magnets

Website : Basic Format Author, A. A. (Date of publication). Title of Page/Document. Retrieved from URL Web page without an author GVU’s 8th WWW user survey. (n.d.). Retrieved from /surv ey / Web page authored by an organization Greater New Milford (Ct) Area Healthy Community 2000, Task Force on Teen and Adolescent Issues. (n.d.). Who has time for a family meal? You do! Retrieved from

Fair Use Fair use allows for limited copying of a published work. You do not have to get the creators permission in some cases. Some examples are quotations of excerpts in a review or critique, or copying of a small part of a work by a teacher or student to illustrate a lesson.

In a group of three find two books and two web pages to correctly cite

Celebrate Creativity 2008, Copyright Basics. Retrieved from articles_basics.htm on October 27, articles_basics.htm on Nauset Public Schools 2010, Research and Style Manual. Retrieved from htm on October 27, htm Stanford University Libraries 2002, Copyright Law and Fair Use. Retrieved from sul.stanford.edu/cpyright.html on October 27, sul.stanford.edu/cpyright.html