Download Digital Dilemmas: New Technologies Bring New Responsibilities

Being Honest
 Using digital resources responsibly.
 Staying clear of plagiarism and
copyright infringements.
What is Plagiarism?
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Copying directly from another’s
work
Copying from the Web
Changing a few words…and then
copying
Submitting someone else’s work as
your own
Purchasing a term paper
What is a copyright?
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A "copyright" is:
A property right in an original work of
authorship that is fixed in tangible
form.
A copyright exists automatically from
the moment a work of authorship is
created.
Things that may be
Copyrighted
 Literary works
 Musical works
 Dramatic works
 Pantomimes
 Choreographic works
 Architectural works
Things that may be
Copyrighted
 Software
 Compilations
 Sound recordings
 Movies and other audiovisual works
 Pictorial, graphic and sculptural works
 Web Page
Exclusive Rights of the
Copyright Holder
Right to make copies - Reproduction
Right to distribute copies - Distribution
Right to prepare derivative works
- Adaptation
Right to public performance
- Performance
Right of public display - Display
What is a Public Domain
Work?
Works that are not protected by copyright
 Free to use without permission
Works in the public domain.
Originally non-copyrightable
Expired copyright
Authored by federal government
Specifically granted to the Public Domain
Fair Use
What is fair use?
An exception to exclusive rights of
copyright holder.
Who can claim Fair Use?
Persons involved in education
(teachers and students)
Fair Use
How can the materials be used?
For instructional or informational purposes
Where can the materials be used?
Educational institutions
What Triggers the Exception?
Purpose and character of use
Commercial OR educational
Nature of copyrighted work
Amount and substantiality used
Effect on market for, or value of,
copyrighted work
What Can We Use in
Multimedia Work?
•10% or 3 minutes, whichever is less, of a
motion media clip
•10% or 30 seconds, whichever is less, of
a musical work,
whether audio or audiovisual
•Not more than 5 images of a single artist
or photographer
•10% or 1000 words, whichever is less, of
What to Cite?
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What students must credit:
 Another person’s idea, opinion, or
theory
 Any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings-any piece of information--that are not
common knowledge
What to Cite?
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What students must credit:
 Quotations of another person’s actual
spoken or written words
 A paraphrase of another person’s
spoken or written words.
Citing the Web
Author(s). Title of page. Date of posting
or last revision. Name of organization
or institution associated with site.
Date of access <electronic address>.
Web Citations
Author’s name. Title of the page
(underlined if it a full work, or in
quotations if it is an article or part of a
larger work). Date of Publication.
Publisher. Date you last visited the site.
URL in brackets <>.
Web Citations
(example)
Internet Scout Project. 1999. University of
Wisconsin Board of Regents. 3 Aug. 1999.
<http://scout.cs.wisc.edu>
Responsibility
Responsibility to stop plagiarism is that
of the individual.
The teacher is to monitor the students
The student’s responsibility is not to do
it