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Basic Concepts

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Intellectual Property:
Copyright – a form of intellectual property that gives the author of an original work exclusive right for a certain time period in relation to that work, including publication, distribution, and adaptation.
Patent – a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor for a limited period of time in exchange for public disclosure.

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Intellectual Property (continued):
Trademark – type of intellectual property typically associated with a name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design, image, or combination of these elements.

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Ethics – values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions
Plagiarism – to steal and pass off the ideas or work of another as one’s own; to use another’s production without crediting the source; to present as new and original idea or product derived from an existing source.

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Legal Issues (continued):
Slander – a malicious false, and defamatory statement or report spoken orally
Libel – a malicious false, and defamatory statement or report written or published