Crystal Sipp

BY: CRYSTAL SIPP

You Shouldn’t Copy, Right?

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R-E-S-P-C-E-C-T

©The Copyright law: It is illegal for someone else to use another’s work and to pass it off as their own.

©We have created the copyright law to protect others work.

©In other words to keep people’s nasty greedy hands out of our creation.

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How Recognize to Copyrighted Work

© - Copyright symbol©Technically if you create original work it is

automatically copyrighted so if you do not see the symbol you still cannot display the work as your own.

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Copyright Office

©Published authors usually apply for a copyright notice through this company.

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Wide Range of the Law

©Books, artistic works, and ideas are all copyrighted. Material found on the Internet is also protected by the same copyright laws.

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Availability of Copyrighted Works

©Although you cannot use the original work as your own you can still display it but you must present it as the originator his/her self.

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The “May I”s, “Please”s, and “Thank You”s

©You can get permission to use copyrighted material through these steps. © Find the material you want to use. You can’t borrow

it if you don’t know what you want. © Look for Terms of Use Page of the website of the

material. It could tell you who owns the material and what you can and cannot use from the site.

© Write a letter to the copyright owner and ask for written permission to use the material.

© Cite your source in a footnote, end note, or credit line.

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The Steps to Use Copyrighted Work

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Find the material you want to use. You can’t borrow it if you don’t know what you want.

Look for Terms of Use Page of the website of the material. It could tell you who owns the material and what you can and cannot use from the site.

Write a letter to the copyright owner and ask for written permission to use the material.

Cite your source in a footnote, end note, or credit line.