Why Copyright?

Why should I care anyways?

What is Copyright? Copyright- This law ensures that

ideas and original work cannot be stolen.

Copyright gives credit and ensures that no one else can make a profit off of someone else’s original work.

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Terms to Know ! Plagiarism- Using someone else’s

work and not giving them credit for it!

Actually…It’s Illegal !!

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Your Idea, Your Property Intellectual property can be stolen

just like anything else!

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My Ideas can be Stolen? How would you feel if you worked

really hard on something and someone else took ALL the credit?

Sad. You would be very sad.

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Can you use other People’s Ideas?

Yes! But you have to make sure that you give them CREDIT!

Depending on what it is you are using and what you are doing with it

Are you making money? Are you changing anything? Are you distributing it?

CITATIONS How can I give someone credit for

using their work?

A citation is a reference to another person’s work, it outlines where you can find the source of the original information.

Let’s do some Examples You referenced a book! What do you include?

AuthorTitleYearPublisher Place of Publishing

It would look like this…

Tolkien, J.R.R. (1998). Unfinished Tales. HarperCollins: Great Britain.

You used a Cool Picture! You need as much information from

the site as you can get to reference this picture

URLAuthor DateTitle

The citation would look like…

The Telegraph (no author).2013. Movie Store. Retrieved on Jan 2, 2013 from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/9703273/Hobbit-fever-has-seized-Wellington-in-New-Zealand-ahead-of-the-world-premiere.html

Basic Steps for Citations… Make sure you have all the

information needed to cite

Check which format your teacher wants

If you are unsure, ASK!

Remember

It is illegal to copy someone's work and pretend it is your own

Give CREDIT where it is due