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DC: P5
Digital communications
Term | Definition |
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Copyright Laws | Laws designed to protect intellectual property rights and provide potential monetary rewards for inventiveness and hard work |
Fair Use | A section of the U.S. copyright law that allows the use of copyrighted works in reporting news, conducting research, and teaching |
Freeware | Software provided without charge |
Public Domain | Property rights that belong to the community at large, are unprotected by copyright or patent, and are subject to use by anyone |
Royalty Free | Prepared material that can be used legally, without paying a fee to the artist, publishing company, etc; some royalty-free material is available at no cost, however, most material must be purchased |
Shareware | Copyrighted software that is available free of charge on a trial basis |
Trademark | A name, symbol, or other device identifying a product; it is officially registered with the U.S. government and its use is legally restricted to its owner |
Commercial | A career that involves taking pictures of subjects such as people, buildings or merchandise to be used in a variety of media |
Desktop Publisher | A career that involves designing and creating the graphics that accompanies text as well as page layouts |
Graphic designer |