1. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Property Rights There can be consequences if you violate others' intellectual property rights. (That is, if you copy something from a resource and don’t give the author credit).

2. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Property Rights Intellectual Property Industrial Property Copyright Fair Use Public Domain

3. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Property Rights - Intellectual Property Industrial Property Inventions (patents) Trademarks Industrial designs Symbols Names

4. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Property Rights - Intellectual Property Copyright Copyright law began with the Constitution. Copyright violation is a crime. Copyright is the legal right of an author of a creative work to control the copying and sale of that work. It begins the moment the work is written or created.

5. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Copyright Protects: Literary works such as novels, poetry, plays, manuscripts software code, CD-ROMs video games, videos, movies, sheet music

6. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Copyright Protects: Artistic works such as recorded music performances, musical works, choreography drawings, images, paintings, sculptures, photographs, architectural designs

7. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Copyright does NOT Protect: Copyright does not protect facts whether scientific, historical, biographical, or news of the day

8. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Copyright Timeline In the USA, works created or published before 1923 are in the public domain (anyone can use them) Works created between 1923 and January 1, 1978 have copyright protection of 75 years. Works created after January 1, 1978, have a copyright expiration of 50 years after the author’s death. Work for hire (work done for an employer) expires 95 years from its first publication or 120 years from its creation.

9. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Property Rights - Fair Use Exemption that allows for commentary, parody, news reporting, research, and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author Facts and ideas can’t be copyrighted, but their expression and structure can. You can use small excerpts without the permission of the author Acknowledge the source. Use no more of the work than is needed to make the report.

10. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Property Rights - Public Domain A work that becomes available for use without permission from a copyright owner Most works enter the public domain (anyone can use the information) because their copyrights have expired. Very few works are public domain. Posting E-mail is technically a violation Since there is no commercial value, the law doesn’t do much to protect E-mail.

11. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Trademark a word, a name, a design, or a slogan, which identifies a certain product produced or provided by a certain group or person(s) Ideas, facts, titles, short phrases, slogans, symbols, or names fall under protection by trademark.

12. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Trademark You can't use somebody else's trademark in a way that would steal the value of the mark in a way that might make people confuse you with the real owner of the mark in a way that might allow you to profit from the mark's good name.

13. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Trademark The rights to words, names, slogans and designs are for 10 years and renewable every 10 years.

14. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Photos Photos that belong to someone else cannot be copied or distributed Unless you have a signed document giving the photo up Unless the owner has been deceased for 75 years

15. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Clip Art Compilations Clip Art is generally sold in CD-ROM bundles Check the package for copyright limitations

16. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Shareware Shareware is a system of marketing software. It is distributed at no charge on a trial basis. If the recipient likes the software and intends to use it, a fee is paid.

17. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Freeware Freeware is software that is made available to the public for free. There are no fees.

18. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Shareware and Freeware Both of these forms of software are protected under copyright law. You cannot reproduce or distribute these programs unless authorized by the copyright owners, even if you got them for free.

19. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Plagiarism is the act of stealing another person’s intellectual property (IP) is using the works as your own without proper acknowledgment and/or permission of the original author or inventor. is a serious matter with important legal and ethical implications.

20. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Paraphrasing is taking the information you have found and re- arranging it in your own words. The paraphrased work needs to include the in- text citation and be added to the References page.

21. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Getting Caught Many companies such as McDonald's, MTV, Levi's, Mattel, Walt Disney and Coca-Cola aggressively patrol the Web for infringement. New technology makes it possible for copyright owners to encode music, artwork, photographs and text with digital tags or marks that allow rapid tracking.

22. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Getting Caught Companies such as Markwatch (www.markwatch. com ) function as cyber bounty hunters. (www.markwatch. com ) Artist and writer organizations such as the Association for the Protection of Internet Copyright (also known as WebPossee, at a-w.org) seek out violations.

23. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas References One http://www.efuse.com/Plan/copyright2.html#reallife http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/ http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap12.html#1204 http://www.efuse.com/Plan/copyright.html http://answers.findlaw.com/abaflg/flg-10-4a-1.html http://www.washingtonpost.com http://otel.uis.edu

24. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas References Two http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/442126 http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overvi ew/ http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view http://www.medialawyer.com/lec-copy.htm http://www.dynamicwebs.com.au/tutorials/copying.htm http://www.answers.com/topic/plagiarism http://www.wipo.int

25. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Image Citations One http://www.d.umn.edu/~jvileta/images/ http://www.geoffreyleaver.com/articles/ http://www.vavros.wz.cz http://www.mitpress.mit.edu http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/intelprp/ http://www-scf.usc.edu http://www.media-awareness.ca http://www.flickr.com http://www.watta.co.th http://www.technewsworld.com www.centerforsocialmedia.org

26. 7/3/08 Created by Mae Thomas Image Citations Two http://www.toggle.org Htt://home.hawaii.rr.com http://domain.newmethoddecor.com http://www.flickr.com http://www.storyboardtoys.com http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk http://www.discountgolfshoes.com/ http://www.lugarus.com/music/12 http://www.greencrazy.com http://www.page.auctions.yahoo.com http://www.tax-consultants-international.com