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How Tech Savvy Are You About Intellectual Property Rights?
What is legal and what is fair?
Your mission: Find out what you already know about Intellectual Property rights, what is and isn't copyright, what you can use, and how to copyright your own work.
Your mission: Find out what you already know about Intellectual Property rights, what is and isn't copyright, what you can use, and how to copyright your own work.
Copyright - what is it?
The legal right which gives the originator (author, composer, artist...) the exclusive right or ownership and license to: print, publish, perform, film, distribute, copy, sell, and produce their original work for their lifetime and for a period of 70 years after his/her death. The legal act for copyright protection became law on January 1, 1978.
Learning Activities
How often do you download a movie from the web, download music for "free", or use information you find on the web for school reports?
Do you know if it is legal or not?
If you just give credit to the original author or music group is that enough?
"Yeah", you might say, "it's only a problem if I get caught". Check out what happened to a file-sharing (downloaded songs and shared them) college student.
Can't I use music in a project for school?
What about your own work?
Sharing for free is great up to a point, but when you are the artist, author or musician and want to actually get paid for your work, or make sure someone else doesn't take it and use it as their own what can you do?
Well we have some neat scenarios and examples for you here, and also a way to 'protect' your own original work when you post it on the web. After each video there are guiding questions related to the questions posed for you. Can you get 100% on all of them?
Do you know if it is legal or not?
If you just give credit to the original author or music group is that enough?
"Yeah", you might say, "it's only a problem if I get caught". Check out what happened to a file-sharing (downloaded songs and shared them) college student.
Can't I use music in a project for school?
What about your own work?
Sharing for free is great up to a point, but when you are the artist, author or musician and want to actually get paid for your work, or make sure someone else doesn't take it and use it as their own what can you do?
Well we have some neat scenarios and examples for you here, and also a way to 'protect' your own original work when you post it on the web. After each video there are guiding questions related to the questions posed for you. Can you get 100% on all of them?
Cyberbee - Learning about Copyright
Cyberbee Copyright Page Guiding Questions: 1. Can I use images I locate in a Google search online in a school report? 2. If something is not copyright can I use it without permission? 3. Is there a special permission given to students for school reports? 4. Can I post my report on my blog or webpage from school if it contains a copyright image that gives credit to the author? |
Copyright and Fair Use from SchoolTubeGuiding Questions: 1. How many minutes can you legally use of a song in a school project? 2. Can you download music and videos from the Internet? 3. How long does Copyright last? 4. Does a copyright work ever become free to use?
These videos are here through the use of an embedded hyperlink to the video (not a copied video) . |
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What about Plagiarism? From SchoolTube.
Guiding Questions: Can I copy words from a friend's paper or even their ideas? How can I write about their ideas without 'cheating' ?
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Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright
Click here and explore the flash video about Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright (It may take a few minutes to load). Guiding Questions: If you write a story and post it online, maybe on a blog and someone uses your idea in a movie or book is that OK? If you find old photos in your garage are they free to use (see the Fine Print section)? If there is no copyright notice listed with a photo or music on the web is it free to use (read the Fine Print)? |
How to license your own work using:
Creative Commons
Learn about Creative Commons, and how you can license your own work by viewing this Presentation. Questions: Can a student copyright their own digital photos? Can you copyright your own artwork or music? Can you 'allow' others to 'use' your copyrighted work and remix it with other content? Can you share your work online but prevent someone else from being able to make money on what you created (prevent commercial use)?
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Check out this original video by Justin Cone about using Creative Commons licensing. Creativity Always Builds on the Past (click the arrow to begin the video).
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Citing Sources
Cite your Sources! It is unethical and dishonest to claim credit for another person's work. This is called "plagiarism". It is also unfair and inappropriate not to give credit to the author. Citing a source is a resonsibility of every Internet user. There are many online citation tools that will help you to create a citation to give credit to the person who authored it. They are quick and easy to use, and can be copied/pasted into a word processing document using a variety of formats (MLA, APA, Turabian, etc.). Check out these popular citation makers to start making your own, or use the citation tools in the Mel.org databases.
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Online Citation MakersAlways give credit where credit is due - cite your sources! There are a variety of online citation makers, including David Warlick's Landmark Citation Machine, Bibme, eTurabian, and many more. See a complete list of citation makers and learn how you can stop using the style guide and notecards forever!
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Activities
It's Mine!
Click on the button for the "It's Mine!" activity and create a copyright license for your own 'work of art.'
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Cheating and Citing
What me cheat! Never! Click on the button to see what this is all about. |
Match That Slogan
Click on the button "Match That Slogan Activity" and have fun matching some slogans, see a presentation about cheating, and learn more about copyright. The student worksheet is linked to with the button below.  |
Mission Possible
Can you locate and use an image or photo from the web? Check this Mission out. |
Take a Copyright Quiz on Fair Use
This was written by Hall Davidson and is a pdf file, so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it and it is published on the Payton Educational Consulting site.
Connections to National Education Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) and METS
NETS-S 1.b, 5.a, 5.d; METS: 6-8: CI.2, RI.3, DC.1, DC.2, DC.5, DC.
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