Copyright and Plagiarism

Why Should I Care About Copyright?

• allows others to copy your work
• prevents other people from copying your work 

What is copyright? 

• a form of protection
• an image
• a form of protection for kids
• copies of work

Which works are protected by copyright?

• ideas
• all works
• literary, musical, dramatic, pictorial works 
• titles, names, slogans

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

What is Fair Use?

• pictures, essays
• unfair use of copyright material 
• all copyright materials
• material that can be used without the owner permission

When Do I Need Permission to Copy?

• all the time 
• never
• sometimes
• whenever you feel like it

Emily is getting ideas for her pyramid project from a website. She takes notes and lists the website name and information in her project when she turns it in.
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

Lee changed a few words in the sentence he copied for his report on bats. He decided he did not have to give credit to the original author. 
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

Rachel has to write a paragraph about volcanoes for science. She finds a paragraph on a website that sounds great. She copies it in her own handwriting and turns it in.
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

Jennifer spends a lot of time searching the web. She finds a great drawing on a site. She prints it for the cover of her report and gives credit to the illustrator in her report.
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.

• Citation
• Bibliography
• Plagiarism
• Newton's Law