Copyright Law

Are you breaking the law or just bending it?

Have you ever copied a DVD and sold it?

Have you ever copied a music CD and given to a friend?

Have you ever copied and pasted a picture into a Power Point?

Have you ever copied a story and turned it in as your own work?

Is making a little extra money or a better grade worth it?

What is the punishment for Copyright Infringement?

You could face a possible penalty of up to five years in prison and up to a $250,000 monetary fine

Is using this image a violation of the copyright law?

YES, it is
Without paying www.CartoonStock.com , I broke the Copyright Infringement Law

Are there exceptions? Yes

The Fair Use Law enables copyrighted material to be used with certain provisions

FAIR USE LAW allows:

quotation of excerpts in a review or critique copying of a small part of a work by a teacher or student to illustrate a lesson if the copy was made spontaneously, for temporary use in a report or story the use of a product if it doesnt alter the market of such a product (monetary gain or loss)

Does giving credit let you off the hook?

No, it does not

Either you have permission to use the property or you paid for using itgiving credit does NOT change that

Copyright vs. Plagiarism

Copyright
Using someone elses creative work without authorization or compensation i.e. song, photo, art, movie clip, book or video The work doesnt have to be labeled copyrighted Courts enforce copyright infringement

Plagiarism
Using someone elses work without giving proper credit or citing correctly These works can come from almost anyplace i.e. plays, websites, books, poems, encyclopedias or textbooks Schools enforce plagiarism

According to Merriam-Webster online dictionary, plagiarism is

To steal or pass off as ones own ideas To use without crediting the source To commit literary theft To present as new and original idea or product derived from an existing source

Plagiarism=Fraud
It involves stealing someone elses work and then lying about it by presenting as you own

Are you guilty of any of these acts of plagiarism?

turning in anothers work as your own copying words or ideas from someone else without giving them credit or citing source changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work

There are many efforts to put an end to both of these illegal habits

How to avoid being a copycat

Avoiding plagiarism is easytake note

Cite sources correctly Acknowledge that certain material has been borrowed and used in your work Give your reader enough information to find your source

When citing sources, use a reputable guideAPA or MLA are both perfect for most any written work

References
Plagiarism dot ORG contents retrieved from http://plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html http://prisonersfamiliesvoices.blogspot.com/2011/05/its-load-ofrubbish-by-pamela.html (inmate photo) (2005, January). Plagiarism and Copyright-What are the differences? The Council Chronicle. retrieved from http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/plagiarism-vs-copyright.php MLA image retrieved from http://www.swu.edu/library/help/MLA%20revised%202011 Image of Spongebob retrieved from http://spongebob.nick.com/