Plagiarism
When someone takes credit for work someone else did, it’s called plagiarism. People can plagiarize writing, photographs, artwork, and music, but it’s not very nice to the person who originally created the work.
When someone takes credit for work someone else did, it’s called plagiarism. People can plagiarize writing, photographs, artwork, and music, but it’s not very nice to the person who originally created the work.
MLA
In order to not plagiarize but still borrow someone else’s work, we use citations, which tell the person viewing or listening that the work we used is not our own. In order to correctly cite your work, use the guidelines on this page.
In order to not plagiarize but still borrow someone else’s work, we use citations, which tell the person viewing or listening that the work we used is not our own. In order to correctly cite your work, use the guidelines on this page.
For the remainder of this course, you will need to utilize MLA format for all citations. This includes a works cited page, which you may have previously heard this referred to as a bibliography page. A works cited page can look like this.
Copyright
America and other countries have laws to keep their citizen’s writing, photographs, artwork, and music safe. Learn about American copyright law here.
Watch all four copyright cartoons.
America and other countries have laws to keep their citizen’s writing, photographs, artwork, and music safe. Learn about American copyright law here.
Watch all four copyright cartoons.
View: Disney Copyright Law
Fair Use
Sometimes you can use a part of something for criticism, teaching, or reporting the news, but you should always check the copyright to be sure.
All Rights Reserved
When something is copyrighted with All Rights Reserved, it means that someone else cannot use it without permission--all rights of the piece are reserved for the owner. Sometimes it will say Some Rights Reserved and explain what those are. Other times it will be under Public Domain, which means that anyone can use it for any reason.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is yet another type of copyright. Check out photographs on Creative Commons. Find a photograph and click on it to see the web page. It will tell you what sort of copyright it has. You can use most of these for free, just be sure to cite them.
Other places to find photographs: Google Images, Flickr. Notice that on Google Images, you can search for a face, photo, clip art, or line drawing.
When you find one you really like, click and drag it to the desktop.
iPhoto
Open iPhoto on your Mac. Take the photograph you dragged to the desktop and drag it to the photo library. Click Edit and see what you can do with it!
Assignment:
Find a website with a photograph and write down the type of copyright it has. Create a Works Cited page in MLA format with 5 websites that you looked at having to do with copyright. Include the website with the photograph.
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