This week I learned much more than I knew originally about copyright, infringement, fair use, plagiarism, and the public domain. As technology continues to grow and advance, the world is literally at our fingertips, through the Internet, smart phones, tablets and other digital devices. People are constantly sharing their ideas, findings, discoveries and stories. As part of digital citizenship it is important to know and understand the copyright terms, what is fair use or part of the public domain and how to avoid copyright infringement as well as plagiarism. In the article The Difference Between Copyright Infringement and Plagiarism, Jonathan Bailey discusses just the difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement. Plagiarism is when you take, word for word, someone else’s work and use it as your own. Copyright infringement is the same, taking work that is not your own and claiming it as your own, but this is work that is copyrighted. You can plagiarize anything, and many schools have policies and rules about not plagiarizing but this is not covered by copyright and legal action many not be taken. I thought this was very interesting because every year I have been in school we are always talking about not plagiarizing but I did not realize this could be different from copyright infringement. With copyright infringement, the original owners could sue you for stealing their work and it is much easier if that work is registered with the copyright office. I also learned a lot about “fair use” during this week and how confusing that it may be. Being a teacher, there are many things that fall under fair use that my students and I can use in their learning and understanding. The purpose behind fair use is to expand knowledge and learning to continue and develop the knowledge of others. It is important to know that just because education has some exceptions because of fair use, this does not mean it is just a “free pass” according to the Association of Research Libraries (2015). There are still many guidelines that must be followed and understood to use other peoples work fairly. My take aways from this week are that I will be more intentional about what I am posting for my own education and while I am teaching. As I use resources in the classroom and in my learning, I will be making sure to give credit where credit is due, checking for copyrights and fair use guidelines for each item used. This is especially important as technology and sharing continue to grow. When teaching our students about digital citizenship, it will be important to take time to teach them about copyrights and being respectful in the digital world. For our students, as schools begin to advance and become more tech savvy, they will be exposed to all kinds of knowledge, information and literacy across the world. They will be using their knowledge and discoveries to share their learning with the world in the classroom and beyond. It is important for us to teach them what it means to be a responsible digital citizen and how to follow copyright guidelines for themselves and others work, to be successful in this digitally advancing world. Association of Research Libraries. (2015). Code of best practices in fair use for academic and research libraries.
Bailey, J. (2013). The difference between copyright infringement and plagiarism. PlagiarismToday. Retrieved from: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2013/10/07/difference-copyright-infringement-plagiarism/ CrashCourse. (2015). Copyright basics: Crash course intellectual property 2. [Video file]. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/Tamoj84j64I
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10/21/2019 11:51:29 am
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