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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Citations (websites I used)
plagiarism/index.html
plagiarism/avoid.html
copyright/
dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/copyright+infringement