Copyright, Plagiarism, Fair Use

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Select the best definition of plagiarism

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Using another person's ideas, words, or other original work without giving them proper credit

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Copying someone's work without giving proper credit to the creator is not considered plagiarism if it is . . .

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All are forms of plagiarism

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Which of these instances is not considered plagiarism?
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Using someones work and handing it in as your own.
Copying large amounts of text or ideas that make up most of your paper but giving proper credit to the source.
Rewording a sentence or passage but keeping the same sentence structure without crediting
Borrowing a quote from another's work but placing it in quotation marks and properly citing the source

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Borrowing a quote from another's work but placing it in quotation marks and properly citing the source

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Only work that includes a copyright notice is protected by copyright laws.

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False

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Works that are no longer under copyright are considered what?

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Public domain

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The Copyright Act only protects works that express original ideas or information. You can borrow liberally from which of the following without fear of plagiarism: Music or video found on the web, Works published by the U.S. Government, information found in books, They are all acceptable?

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Works published by the U.S. Government

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According to copyright laws, how many years must pass after the owner of the work dies before an item is considered public domain?

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70

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What piece of information does not have to be included in a citation? Options: Date the work was published, Company who published, Page numbers, You should include them all.

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You should include them all.

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It is only necessary to cite a source when you include a quote, borrow an original idea, or reference them in your work.

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False

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Which of the following is true when using a direct quote from another source?
You must include the entire quote,
It is never okay to alter the wording or structure of the quote,
You can edit the quote to only include part of it,
You cannot make grammatical changes to the original quote.

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You can edit the quote to only include part of it