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ITE - Legal Matters
Reviews Intellectual Properties, Copyrights, and Fair Use.
Term | Definition |
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Plagiarism | To use another's work without crediting the original creator. |
Citation | A way to give credit to the information source. |
Copyright | A set of laws that forbids the reproduction or distribution of items except by the owner or by those who have authorization. |
Intellectual Property | Any piece of work that originated from the mind and has commercial value. |
Public Domain | Intellectual property that is has no copyright and thus open to public use. |
4 Creative Commons License Conditions | Attribution, non-commercial, no derivatives, and share alike. |
Attribution | Shows than an item came from a different source. |
Non-Commercial | Does not make any profit. |
Bibliography | The list of sources in a material. |
Self-Plagiarism | Plagiarizing from one's own original works. |
Paraphrase | To summarize a piece in one's own words. |
Common Knowledge | Pieces of information that are well-known enough to not warrant citation. |
Licensing | When an owner of a copyright gives the authorization for someone else to use the copyrighted material. |
Derivative | A changed version of an original work. |
Share Alike | The material can be used or copied but must be done so under a certain set of terms. |
Creative Commons | A nonprofit organization that allows people to share their original works freely and legally. |
Fair Use | A set of laws that determine whether something is in violation of copyright infringement. |
Endnotes | Notes found at the END of a paper that gives more information and sources. |
Footnotes | Notes found at the BOTTOM of a paper that gives more information or sources. |
Dedication | When the owner of a copyright deliberately places the item under public domain. |
4 Ways Items Fall Under Public Domain | When a copyright expires, the type of work is not protected under copyright laws, copyright owner does not renew copyright, or dedication |
Parody | A piece of work that acts to mock another piece of work in a usually comedic way. |
Release | A type of agreement where someone is prevented from suing another over specific events. |
Cite | To specify the source from which the information came from. |
Trademark | Something that is used to represent a brand. |