What is copyright? Copyright is a protection to the author or creator of the object she or he created.
How long does the copyright on an original work last? It lasts seven years after the author passed away.
What is the Fair Use Act? It gives teachers and students to use copyright materials in education if cited
What is plagiarism? Copying someone else's work without citing the material.
What types of things can be copyrighted? What cannot be copyrighted? Notes in books if cited. Music and material that haven’t been cited.
What is the public domain? Being able to use something as a public without being copyrighted.
The Fair Use Act allows anyone to use copyrighted materials for educational purposes. What other uses are covered under the Fair Use Act? You can do a parody of other authors work if things are changed therefore making it your work. …show more content…
One time I copyrighted something was when I was in third grade. I had to write an essay on an entrepreneur and I used some text from a site that I did not cite. I was only 8 so I didn’t know that it was copyrighting work. As I learned about copyrighting I have not used text without citing it in an school work I have done. I know now that it is wrong to use work that isn’t yours and say it