Lesson 3-- Yearbooks, The Law and You --Intellectual Property

Although facts or ideas cannot be copyrighted, their expressions can be.

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Material such as slogans, titles and phrases can be copyrighted.

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A work is not considered copyrighted until it is published and registered with the Copyright Office.

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Using a limited amount of a copyrighted work for purposes of news reporting, editorial comment, education or research is permissible under fair use.

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The company that prints your yearbook owns the copyright to it.

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To ask permission to use a copyrighted work, contact the copyright holder.

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Plagiarism is including someone else’s work, findings or ideas in your own original work so it looks like you are the original author.

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When you ask for permission from a copyright holder, you should tell them how you want to use the item, how many copies of the yearbook are printed and your deadline.

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