Copyright
- Copyright is a form of protection for the creative work of people. It is available for anyone and comes in affect when the work is finished.
- Copyright lasts the life of the author plus seventy years. The Author can file for an extension to this time period.
- Anything that meets the three standards
- It must have minimal creativity, must be recorded in someway, and it must be original.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism: to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas
Public Domain Sites
Offers free books for anyone
Offers royalty free music
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress
A site where people can use others peoples work and are not eligible for copyright
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A free automatic bibliography and citation generator
Popek, Emily. Copyright and Digital Ethics. New York: Rosen Central, 2011.