Who Do I Ask For Permission?

 

§ Teachers and students must seek individual permissions (licenses) if multimedia projects will be used for commercial reproduction and distribution

§ If more than 3 copies are made of the project

§ If they post it over electronic networks

 

 

What is Plagiarism?

Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work, or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense.

Examples of plagerism:

1. Using someone elses work without permission
2. Not properly citing your references and taking credit for information
3. Using someone elses work as your own
4. Changing the words, but not the sentence structure without giving credit

What is citation?

A "citation" is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source. It also gives your readers the information necessary to find that source again, including:

1. information about the author
2. the title of the work
3. the name and location of the company that published your copy of the source
4. the date your copy was published
5. the page numbers of the material you are borrowing

Paraphrasing vs. Plagerisim:

      Using your own words with the purpose of stating an original method vs. copying information word by word and taking credit as your own!

 

How to Paraphrase

1. To write a paraphrase, use your own words and sentence structure. However, be careful: the

intent of the original passage must remain the same, which means that the writer does not

distort the author’s meaning with his/her own opinions.

2. A paraphrase should be approximately the same length as the original.
 

The Fair Use Act

The "Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing United States Entrepreneurship Act of 2007" (FAIR USE Act) was a proposed United States copyright law that would have amended Title 17 of the U.S. Code, including portions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to "promote innovation, to encourage the introduction of new technology, to enhance library preservation efforts, and to protect the fair use rights of consumers, and for other purposes."



The distinction between what is fair use and what is infringement in a particular case will not always be clear or easily defined. There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission. Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission.



The following "uses" are generally deemed o.k. under the act:

· Criticism and Comment quoting or excerpting a work in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment.

· News Reporting summarizing an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report.

· Research and Scholarship quoting a short passage in a scholarly, scientific, or technical work for illustration or clarification of the author's observations.

· Nonprofit Educational Uses photocopying of limited portions of written works by teachers for classroom use

· Parody that is, a work that ridicules another, usually well-known, work by imitating it in a comic way.

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Education and Fair Use Act:

Educational use and personal use (see #1 under Four Factors, above) cover most classroom uses of copyrighted work. However, the web and the desire to share or publish students’ work make it easy for teachers and students to cross the line from fair use into copyright violation. As a guideline, consider educational use to cover only what happens within the confines of your classroom (or distance learning environment).
What is not educational use. To republish or publicly perform a work does not fall under fair use. For example, a student may use a copyrighted image in a multimedia presentation to the class, but may not post that presentation to the web where anyone could see it. An English class may act out parts of a play as they study it, but may not give a public performance.

 

What is Copyright Law?

The definition of copyright is: Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time.
The best place to access direct, reliable information about the copyright law is at www.Copyright.com



Here they give you detail information about the law, how to not infringe on copyrighting, and how to properly use the copyright law.

• The copyright law protects the original creator of any document. There are exceptions to the law and they are as follows:
• Copyright law provides for certain instances in which the consumer (i.e., user) of the copyright-protected work does not have to obtain permission or pay for that use.
• Copyright is automatic in at least 165 countries, including the US and our neighbors to the north, Canada!
• In the US the length of a copyright is life, plus 70. This means the copyright is good till the authors death plus an additional 70 years after.

Welcome XYZ Community

Welcome to XYZ Middle School blog site!

It is our mission here to provide detail, important information regarding our school, through our new blog plat form! The purpose of this blog, is to help educate you on the importance of Copyright, Fair Use and Plagerism! With the growing trend of technology we felt it was important to provide simple, detailed information how to properly do research and use the information for school work, papers, or any other educational purpose.