Copyright & Intellectual Property

Any idea or artistic creation that is recorded in some form, whether it’s hard copy or digital.

• Creative Work

• Copyright

• Creative Commons

• License

A law that protects your control over the creative work you make so that people must get your permission before they copy, share, or perform your work.

• Creative Work

• Copyright

• Creative Commons

• License

A clear way to define the copyright of your creative work so people know how it can be used.

• Creative Work

• Copyright

• Creative Commons

• License

Creative work that’s not copyrighted and therefore free for you to use however you want.

• Plagiarize

• Public Domain

• Piracy

• Fair Use

Copying, “lifting,” or making slight changes to some or all of someone else’s work and saying you created it.

• Plagiarize

• Public Domain

• Piracy

• Fair Use

The ability to use a small amount of copyrighted work without permission, but only in certain ways and in specific situations (schoolwork and education, news reporting, criticizing or commenting on something, and comedy/parody).

• Plagiarize

• Public Domain

• Piracy

• Fair Use

Because Zoe used a small amount of a movie in a remix video she made that pokes fun at the main character, she could say it's _______________.

• Creative Work

• Public Domain

• Creative Commons

• Fair Use

Robbie found a photo in the ____________________ that's no longer copyrighted, so he could use it however he wants.

• Creative Work

• Public Domain

• Creative Commons

• Fair Use

Alex had an idea for a poem in his head for the longest time, but once he finally wrote it down it instantly had a ____________________.

• Creative Commons

• Public Domain

• Copyright

• Creative Work

When Dwayne used a kind of copyright to make it easy for others to copy and share his video, he was using ____________________.

• Creative Commons

• Public Domain

• Copyright

• Fair Use