Copyright+and+Fair+Use

=What is Plagiarism?= A very important part of academic writing is to avoid plagarism. Plagarism is the use of text, information, or ideas and claiming that they are your own. In academic writing, we will very often use information from a reference source. It is very important to realize that you can be expelled or even prosecuted for using information that is not your own. This is true for all schools and businesses. Do not allow yourself to get into the copy & paste trap for compiling papers. For any writing, you are composing new text by summarizing and bringing in your own ideas and reflections. When you copy and paste you are compiling information but you are not making it personal. If you turn in that information without proper citation, you are claiming the material as your own - and therefore being dishonest. Avoid plagarism like the plague. You want to do everything that you can to turn in unique, quality work. Another related issue is fair use of information, including text, audio and video. Fair use is how copyrighted works can be used in a fair and equitable way. It can be a bit complicated to understand, but it is an important thing to remember when you are composing a work. "Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University provides this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms." *Description taken from website*Video Found at []

**A Fair(y) Use Tale**
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 * The following are the basic guidelines for copyright that must be followed when you are posting work on this wikispace.**

Reproduction of Copyrighted Books by Educators and Librarians (PDF) from Copyright.gov
Copyright and Fair Use For Teachers (PDF) from Tech&Learning Measuring Fair Use: The Four Factors

Basic Guidelines
Copyright is the law that protects the works of authors, artists, composers and others from being used without permission.

Works that are not copyrighted are public domain and may be used without permission. However, you should still give credit to the source. You should always give credit or attribution to the person who created the work such as a photograph, sound recording, motion picture, or document.

Fair use allows you to use a limited amount of copyrighted material for your educational use. Think about the material you want to use ....... Does it have a nonprofit educational purpose? What kind of material do you want to use? Are you using only a small portion? Will your use deprive the author from making money?


 * Amount refers to use of a portion of work.**
 * For motion media, you can use 10% or up to 3 minutes.**
 * For text material, you can use 10% or up to 1000 words.**
 * For music, lyrics and so forth you can use up to 10% but no more than 30 seconds of an individual work.**

Almost everything on the Web is copyrighted.

When you put your material on a web page, then it's being shown to an audience outside your school. If you have copyrighted material, normally exempted for student projects within a school, your project no longer falls under the fair use umbrella.

The best policy is to write for permission to use the file. Find the contact person and compose an email message. Put "Permission to Use" in the subject line. Most of the time you will receive a reply to your request. Do not assume that "no response" means it is okay to use it.

Copyright Guidelines help from [|Cyberbee]

=How To Cite Work That Is Not Yours=


 * Give credit where credit is due, by creating a** reference **for every resource (online and other) you use.**

To cite an image
(graphic, picture, map, photo), you can use the following format.

photographer lastname, f. (2007, January 1) description or title of image. [Online image]. Name of website. Retreived on date from URL. OR description or title of image. (2007, January 1) [Online image]. Name of website. Retreived on date from URL.

To create a text citation in APA Format
You'll need to collect four pieces of information from the web page. Here is how to find and write down each one: Fill in the italics sections with information from your reference source.

//lastname, f//. (//2007, January 1//) //Title of web page//. Retrieved on //date// from //name of website//. from //URL//. > Usually at top or bottom of page. Use this format: Lastname, First initial. > If no author name can be found, use the editor or the compiler of the information. > **The date on the page or the date you are looking at the page. Use this format: 2007, January 1. If no date is available use n.d. which means no date.** > Usually at the top of the web page or in the title bar of the browser window. > **Usually at the top of the web page. Think of this as the book title and the title of the webpage is the chapter name.** > **When did you view the site? The internet is dynamic and the page may not be available when I look for it. Tell me when you used it to retrive information.** > **The web address, starting with http:**
 * 1) //Author//
 * 1) //Copyright Date//
 * 1) //Title of webpage//
 * 1) //Name of Website//
 * 1) //Date retrieved//
 * 1) //URL//

Copied and adapted from from Ms.H (2008) Copyright/Fair Use. Retrieved on October 25, 2008 from Room18tis Web Site: http://room18tis.wikispaces.com/Copyright+_Citations.