Copyright Law Resources Technology Ethics

What is it? See what I did there

https://www.merriam-
According to copyrightuser.org, Copy Right
How to avoid
webster.com/dictionary/plagiarizing
can be defined as: Copyright is a set of
‘exclusive’ rights, giving creators the
right to control the use of their work and
the ability to earn from it. The term being this dude
‘exclusive’ in copyright law means that
the copyright owner has the right to
exclude others from using his or her work https://www.copyrightuser.org/understand/
without first getting permission. rights-permissions/protecting/

What is covered under

always give credit
copyright law? where credit is due!

According to copyrightuser.org: 
"expression of ideas" Copyright applies to
original literary, dramatic, musical or
artistic works, and to sound recordings,
films, broadcasts and the typographical
arrangement of published editions (design https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-
of a page).  protect.html

What is NOT covered under

Shoutout your sources!
copyright law?
By: Samantha
Let them know you love
them
According to copyright.gov:  Copyright law
does not apply to- acts, ideas, systems, or
methods of operation, domain names,
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listing of ingredients, names, titles, campaign=flyout_teachers_puzzle_crisscr
slogans, or short phrases oss
 What is Plagiarism? Tech Ethics is no What is Fair Use!
See what I did there: I gave Merriam
Webster.com credit for its words game, but this is:  Even Harvard needs some
credit

Definition: Definition:
According to merriam-webster.com: To According to Harvard.edu, Fair Use is:  The
steal and pass off (the ideas or words of right to use a copyrighted work under
another) as one's own: use (another's certain conditions without permission of the
production) without crediting the source. copyright owner

Example: When Can I use copyright

As Jimmy worked on his podcast script for Miss
Miller's class; he went online to do some
materials without asking?
research. (totally acceptable and expected!). As According to Harvard.edu,: “for purposes
Jimmy searched the web to find evidence about such as criticism, comment, news reporting,
a claim he made, he found a great quote from teaching (including multiple copies for
an online source. Jimmy copy and pasted the classroom use, scholarship, or research)
quote into his script and did not give the
author credit, nor did he cite where he got his
information from. He passed it off as his own.
Be like this dude and follow
Jimmy was guilty of plagiarism. Jimmy failed copyright laws.
his portion of the script 

Non-Example:
Across
As Jimmy worked on his podcast script for Miss
Miller's class; he went online to do some
3. To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of
research. As Jimmy searched the web to find another) as one's own
evidence about a claim he made, he found a
great quote from an online source. Jimmy copy Down
and pasted that quote into his script; after 1. a set of ‘exclusive’ rights
which, he made sure to cite the author's name, 2. right to use a copyrighted work under
date accessed, and the site used. Jimmy Even certain conditions without permission of the
used citation machine to help him make a copyright owner
bibliography to ensure he was NOT stealing
anyone's work. Jimmy got a 100% on his portion
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of the script. Yay Jimmy! 
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