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Copyright LawAre you breaking the law orjust bending it?

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Have you ever copied a DVD and sold it?

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Have you ever copied a music CD andgiven to a friend?

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

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

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

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You could face a possible penaltyof up to five years in prison andup to a $250,000 monetary fine

What is the punishment for

Copyright Infringement?

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Is using this image a violation of thecopyright law?

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Without payingwww.CartoonStock.com , I brokethe Copyright Infringement Law

YES, it is

http://www.cartoonstock.com/http://www.cartoonstock.com/

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Are there exceptions? Yes

The Fair Use Lawenablescopyrighted

material to beused with certain

provisions

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quotation of excerpts in a review or critique

copying of a small part of a work by a teacher orstudent to illustrate a lesson

if the copy was made spontaneously, for temporaryuse in a report or story

the use of a product if it doesnt alter the market ofsuch a product (monetary gain or loss)

FAIR USE LAW allows:

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Does giving credit let you off thehook?

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Either you have permission touse the property or you paidfor using itgiving credit

does NOT change that

No, it does not

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Copyright vs. Plagiarism

Copyright

Using someone elses creativework without authorization orcompensation i.e. song, photo,art, movie clip, book or video

The work doesnt have to belabeled copyrighted

Courts enforce copyrightinfringement

Plagiarism

Using someone elses workwithout giving proper credit orciting correctly

These works can come from

almost anyplace i.e. plays,websites, books, poems,encyclopedias or textbooks

Schools enforce plagiarism

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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 orproduct derived from an existing source

According to Merriam-Websteronline dictionary, plagiarism is

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Plagiarism=Fraud

It involves stealingsomeone elseswork and then lyingabout it by

presenting as youown

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Are you guilty of any of these

acts of plagiarism? turning in anothers work as

your own

copying words or ideas fromsomeone else without givingthem credit or citing source

changing words but copyingthe sentence structure of a

source without giving credit copying so many words or

ideas from a source that itmakes up the majority of yourwork

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

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How to avoid being a copycat

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Avoiding plagiarism is

easytake note

Cite sources correctly

Acknowledge that certainmaterial has beenborrowed and used inyour work

Give your reader enoughinformation to find yoursource

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When citing sources, use a reputableguideAPA or MLA are both perfect for

most any written work

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Plagiarism dot ORG contents retrieved fromhttp://plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html

http://prisonersfamiliesvoices.blogspot.com/2011/05/its-load-of-rubbish-by-pamela.html (inmate photo)

(2005, January). Plagiarism and Copyright-What are thedifferences? The Council Chronicle. retrieved fromhttp://www.plagiarismchecker.com/plagiarism-vs-copyright.php

MLA image retrieved fromhttp://www.swu.edu/library/help/MLA%20revised%202011

Image of Spongebob retrieved from http://spongebob.nick.com/

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