This document provides information and guidelines about proper netiquette, plagiarism, and copyright. It discusses being polite and respectful online, using appropriate language, and avoiding plagiarism or copyright infringement. Plagiarizing can result in failure of an assignment or expulsion from school. Copyright protects original creative works and prevents others from taking credit for ideas without permission. Following rules of netiquette, avoiding plagiarism, and respecting copyright are important for respectful and productive online communication and academic integrity.

2. HOW TO USE PROPER NETIQUETTE
☻ Be polite and respectful.
☻ Use appropriate language.
☻ Be professional.
☻ Ask to make sure don't sit back and do nothing .
☻ Don’t say things to others that you don’t want said to you ( golden
Rule).

3. WHY SHOULD WE USE PROPER NETIQUETTE?
☻ Netiquette is very important because it shows respect.
☻ It is also important because if you use proper netiquette there will be
less internet drama.
☻ Also if you use netiquette then you use etiquette , which is like
netiquette except it is in person not online.

4. WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
Some may say that plagiarism is just copying somebody's hard work but
the truth is that the words copy or borrow just cover up the seriousness
of this offence.
☻ To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own.
☻ To use (another's production) without crediting the source.
☻ To commit literary theft.
☻ To present as new and original an idea or product derived from an
existing source.

5. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU PLAGIARIZE?
☻ You may be terminated from your school.
☻ If terminated you will find it hard to get into another
school.
☻ You may get a F on you assignment .
☻ if you avoid plagiarism, you have a better chance of
getting a passing grade .

6. WHAT IS COPY WRITE ?
☻ Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most
governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive
rights to it, usually for a limited time.
☻ Copyright is when people take credit of there work and don’t
want other people to use it as there owns.
☻ Copyright law in the United States is embodied in federal laws
enacted by Congress. The current copyright law, the Copyright
Act of 1976 (as amended), is codified in Title 17 of the U.S.
Code.

7. RESOURCE PAGE:
Bright hub: Top Five Rules of Netiquette in an Online Course( 2012)
http://www.brighthub.com/education/online-learning/articles/26946.aspx
Onepamuno: ART OF NETIQUETTE ( N.D.)
http://numerounosipamelita.blogspot.com
Penny arcade :Proper Netiquette and You ( N.D.)
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/140687/proper-netiquette-and-
you
Networking HQ BLOG with Larry James: Mind Your Networking Manners
(2011)
http://networkinghq.wordpress.com/category/netiquette-networking-
etiquette
kapiti: What is netiquette? (2011)
http://kapiti.seniornet.co.nz/2011/09/23/what-is-netiquette/
Plagiarism dot org: What is Plagiarism? (2012)
http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html

8. MORE RESOURCES:
WEST OF BATHURST: NEWS AND STORE (2007)
http://westofbathurststuff.blogspot.com/
Ehow: Expulsion or Termination (2012)
http://www.ehow.com/list_5970455_consequences-plagiarism_.html
Blogspot : aimierifdi (N.D)
http://aimierifdi.blogspot.com/2011/05/youre-not-losing-but-gaining-part-
2.html
Powers From Nature: How to be an A+ student by nutrition! (N.D)
http://www.powersfromnature.com/?p=116
Wikipedia: Copyright (2012)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright

9. LAST PAGE OF RECOURSES I PROMISE 
copyright kids. :What Is Copyright? (N.D.)
http://www.copyrightkids.org/whatcopyframes.htm
graphicsgrotto.:You Might Also Like (N.D)
http://www.graphicsgrotto.com/glittergraphics/comments/thankyou/imagep
ages/gcthankyou39.php
Clker: Desktop Computer clip art (N.D.)
http://www.clker.com/clipart-3651.html