Intellectual Property Rights for Students Rick Richardson Intellectual

Intellectual Property Rights for Students Rick Richardson

Intellectual Property Rights for Students: Home Page Main Menu Click on one of the four learning module tabs below to select a lesson Intellectual Property Rights for Students 1. What Students Need to Know about Copyright How to Use this Module 2. Public Domain & Fair Use 3. Academic Integrity Press here to start 4. Plagiarism Exit Adjust screen

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Module 1: What Students Need to Know about Copyright �Meet our students �What do I already know about Copyright? �Defining Copyright �Why Bother with Copyright? �Ethics and Copyright �Copyright and the Law

Module 1: What Students Need to Know about Copyright • What does Copyright protect? • What isn’t covered by Copyright? • How Copyright applies to students

Learning Objectives 1. Define Copyright 2. Recognize the ethical and legal aspects of Copyright Law 3. Identify sources that are copyrighted 4. Identify sources that do not require Copyright 5. Analyze sources to determine if Copyright applies 6. Apply strategies and tools to academic situations that allow limited use of copyrighted material

Meet our Students Cara Steve

Myths about Copyright 1. Downloading music and videos from the Internet is OK as someone else has already paid for the original q True q False submit Response=True: Incorrect. Any form of media downloading/sharing is a violation of copyright, as the creator retains ownership of the original work. Response=False: Correct. Paying for media is compensation to the creator, but he/she still retains ownership of the original work.

Myths about Copyright 2. Colleges only care if I plagiarize, they don’t worry about Copyright. q True q False submit Response=True: Incorrect. Colleges can and do consider Copyright violation to be a form of academic plagiarism since someone else’s work is being used with or without credit. Response=False: Correct. Plagiarism is a form of Copyright violation and is academically unethical.

Myths about Copyright 3. I can’t scan or cut and paste images from the Internet into print or online documents q True q False submit Response=True: Correct. It is illegal to copy or scan images from other sources without permission. Response=False: Incorrect. Copying or scanning images is illegal without permission from the author.

Myths about Copyright 4. Only things that are published are covered by Copyright q True q False submit Response= True: Incorrect. Copyright applies to any original piece of work; it doesn’t have to be published first. Response= False: Correct. Anyone who creates something, even if they don’t publish it, owns the Copyright to their work

What is Copyright? � Copyright definition Ø Key point: Ideas can’t be copyrighted

What is Copyright? Ø Key points �Permission needed � Citing alone may not be enough

What is Copyright?

What is Copyright? Can Steve copyright his term paper? q. YES submit q. NO YES response= Correct. Although Steve’s ideas can’t be copyrighted, his document can be. NO response= Incorrect. Steve is creating an original work composed of his ideas and of others, so he can claim Copyright.

Why Bother with Copyright? � Benefits of Copyright � Critics of Copyright Laws

Copyright and the Law � 1976 U. S. Copyright Act Ø � Key point: Copyright infringement is illegal Copyright laws may vary in other countries

Ethics and Copyright

Citing Sources Theme question for video: “Why is it important to give credit to any source that you use in your own work? ”

How are you doing so far? � Why is it important to give credit to any source that you use in your own work? (check all that apply) q I don’t need to give credit if I’m only using the ideas from another source, not the content q So that I don’t violate any Copyright q I’m not copying the whole work, only part of it q So that I won’t be accused of plagiarism q So that I can acknowledge the contributions of others to my own work submit

How are you doing so far? 2. In order to Copyright my song, I need to do the following (select the best answer) q Use the © symbol q Register my copyright with the U. S. Government q I don’t need to do anything, as it was copyrighted the minute I recorded it. submit

How are you doing so far? 3. Do you agree with Cara’s choice? q YES q NO submit q Not sure 4. What course of action would you recommend for Cara? (check all that apply) q Nothing, she has done all she can q Try to contact the website author for permission to use the site for her project q She should look for a different source q Only use part of the website submit

How are you doing so far? 5. Copyright infringement has these qualities: q It’s unethical q It’s illegal q It’s unethical and illegal q It’s OK if you cite the source submit

What Does Copyright Protect?

What Does Copyright Protect?

What isn’t covered by Copyright? � � � Ideas Facts (Common Knowledge) Titles, names, or slogans Internet domain names Measurements and international standards

What isn’t covered by Copyright? � � � U. S. Government publications Internet domain names Measurements and international standards

Copyright- Putting it Altogether Source Copyright? Idea Song Fact Slogan Computer program U. S. Government publication Title submit Non-Copyright?

How can I avoid Copyright violations? � � � � Limited copyright on academic works Non-profit use Educational use Academic plagiarism implications link to Plagiarism tutorial Public Domain Fair Use Creative Commons

How does Copyright affect students? Internet issues Cut and paste plagiarism Link to Academic Integrity and Plagiarism tutorials Assessing ownership and veracity of sources Citing sources and using only small portions of content (link to citing sources page of Plagiarism tutorial)

Checking Copyright � � How to use Digital Copyright Slider http: //librarycopyright. net/resources/digitalslider / Screenshot of web page with graphics and narration on how to use Students then use in a practice exercise Best practice: adhere to Fair Use principles and if in doubt, get permission from original author

How can I check Copyright?

Summative assessment � Multiple choice, matching, and a limited number of T/F questions to assess content knowledge (recall and comprehension level mastery) � Include metacognitive questions, (Captivate does not have this feature), to assess higher order thinking (important for this topic as it requires an attitudinal mindset plus ability to analyze source materal � Scenario case studies using agents & examples? � Use Copyright slider question (skill application) � Final assessment: critique video “Copying is not theft” Case study require analytical and evaluative level thinking as per Bloom using a text entry box for a written entry

Case Study Based on what we’ve covered on Copyright, do you think the creator of this video is making a convincing argument? Explain why or why not?

Essay response Based on what we’ve covered on Copyright, do you think the creator of this video is making a convincing argument? Explain why or why not. Type your response here….