Copyright and Fair Use
Copyright Basics and Fair Use
Copyright infringement is taking the creative work of another without a copyright holder's permission - like stealing. It is a little different from plagiarism in that you are not necessarily pretending that the work is your own. "Fair Use" allows you to take the work of another under certain conditions: a small portion of a text or a brief excerpt from a film or piece of music may be used when the motive for use is educational and not for profit. So, if you are doing a presentation in class, you can use a small bit of copyrighted music since the purpose is educational, and no one is profiting from its use.
A FAIR(Y) USE TALE
Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles.
Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License
Remember that a copyright violation has to do with "borrowing" another person's work without permission, while plagiarism has to do with representing another person's work as one's own. Neither is permitted.
