Copyright and intellectual property

Licensing & Software Piracy

• Intellectual property is protected by 
• Trademark-name, symbol or logo
• Service Mark-identify to distinguish services provided by the owner
• Patent  

Fair Use

• Guidelines to use someone else's work with reasonable use without asking for permission
• The purpose or nature of the use: whether for profit or nonprofit
• The way it willl affect the original work
• The amount/portion of the copyrighted work used
• Whether the use will deprieve monetary value to the owner.

Copyright

• Protects the owner's rights to their creation

Legal right to

• Literary works
• Sound recording
• Motion pictures
• Computer Software
• Paintings
• Musicals
• Architectural works
•  Web pages 
• Portection includes the life of the owner plus 70 years after the owner's death.
• Companies and

Plagiarism 

• Using someone else's work as your own
• copying and pasting and submitting work as your own
• When conducting research give credit where credit is due
• Also give credit when using
• tables
• statistical data
• charts/graphs 

Web/Wiki Publishing 

• Always assume copyright protection on online pages are protected by copyright.
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Videos 

Web 2.0 tools

Public Domain

• Works that do not require permission or a fee to use
• works enter the public domain if the creator donates the work
• Copyright has expired
• Works published in the US befor 1923
• Works from 1923 through 1963 without copyright renewal
• Works without a copyright notice from 1923 through 1977 

District Copyright Law Policies

• Helful website to provide students basic copyright and intellectual property laws . 

• Great way students can learn about copyright laws 

  Copyright Laws Office