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Information Literacy
Plagerism, Intellectual Property and Copyright
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plagiarism | An act of fraud by stealing someone's work and lying saying it was yours, or not giving them credit. |
| To Plagiarize | To steal, to use, to present someone's work as your own. |
| Intellectual Property | A creative piece or invention that one has rights to apply for a patent or copyright. |
| How to avoid plagiarism | Cite sources. |
| Citation | Include the author, title, date published, publisher and page numbers to get credit and avoid plagiarism. |
| When to cite sources | When using quotes, paraphrasing, using a specific reference, and other people's ideas in your work. |
| Bibliography | A list of sources that were used to create your work |
| Copyright | A law that protects the intellectual property created by others that gives them certain rights to the distribution and reproduction of the material. |
| Attribution | Acknowledging something written in your work came from another source. |
| Peer Review | Other students have reviewed an article or piece. This helps them build their strengths on their work. |
| Self-plagiarism | Copying your own material that has been previously used in another class. |
| Works protected by copyright | Novels, music and lyrics, dramatic works like plays and movies, dances, video games, photographs, drawings and sculptures. Also pieces like fanfiction and fan art. |
| Works not protected by copyright | Public domain works, you're original works, ideas facts, titles, names, phrases, slogans, and federal government works. |
| Register for copyright | Fill out a form and submit a filing fee to U.S. Copyright Office website. |
| Licensing | When the copyright owner can permit another to use their material that would normally be restricted. Example: when a director asks the author for the right s to produce the play. |
| Public Domain | Has no copyright and is open to the public to use freely, meaning they may copy or borrow it. |
| To Cite | To quote, or indicate where the source was received from. |
| Common Knowledge | Knowledge that is common to most people and can be found from multiple sources. It does not need to be cited. |
| Academic Punishment for Plagiarism | Failure or the assignment, course , and most likely end in expulsion from the college. Being expelled from the college will most likely make other colleges not accept you. |
| Legal Punishment for Plagiarism | Fines between $100 and $50,000 and jail time. Sometimes it is considered a felony and result in more fines and a longer jail time. |
| Institutional Punishment for Plagiarism. | Fired from the job and put on the blacklist where other companies can deny you the job to work at their corporation. |
| Fair Use Laws | Brief excerpts from the material may be used under certain circumstances to be quoted for criticism or research without need to pay the copyright holder. |
| Original Work | New and unique work created by you. |
| Paraphrase | Restated text or a piece of the work in different words; however, they must still be cited because it is not your work. |
| Footnotes | Notes at the end of the page that acknowledge sources and provide additional information not included in the work itself. |
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Kencia
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