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It's About Copyright
Copyright terms for grades 3-5
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Fair Use | Allows limited copying of copyrighted material for educational and research purposes. |
Copyright symbol | The letter "c" with a circle around it. |
Plagiarism | Copying someone else's work and passing it off as your own work. |
Self-plagiarism | Reusing something you have created for a previous assignment and turning it in as if it is new work. |
Original | Work created by a person with no outside help. |
Common Knowledge | Information that everyone knows and does not have to be cited. Example: George Washington was the first U.S. President. |
Paraphrase | Rewording information into your own words. |
Public Domain | Items that have no copyright and so can be copied or borrowed from. Usually items where the copyright has expired. |
How long a copyright lasts | 70 years after the author or artist has died. |
Limits on amount of text | 10% or 1000 words, whichever is less. |
Limits on amount of music | 10% or 30 seconds. |
Limits on number of images | 5 or less by one artist or photographer. |
Limits on video | 10% or 3 minutes, whichever is less. |
Copyright | A law that says the work (writing, music, artwork, etc.) created by a person can not be copied, published or sold by another person? |