Copyrights and Fair Use - Creative Credit & Copyright

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Key Terms

  • copyright: noun - a law that protects your control over the creative work you make so that people must get your permission before they copy, share, or perform your work.
  • fair use:  noun -the ability to use a small amount of someone’s creative work without permission, but only in certain ways.
  • plagiarism: noun - the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
  • piracy: noun - the unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work.
  • commercial purposes:  noun - a use in connection with a business, usually for profit.

 

 Watch: "Creative Credit & Copyright" for a basic overview of how to respect and legally use other people's creative work. By the end of the video, you should understand that you can use things you find online as long as you..

  • check who created it
  • get permission to use it
  • give credit to the creator
  • buy it (if necessary)
  • use it responsibly

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