2.  Copyright is a form of protection given to
authors/creators of original works.
 This property right can be sold or
transferred to others.

3.  Copyright is a form of protection
grounded in the U.S. Constitution and
granted by law for original works of
authorship.
 The current copyright law, the Copyright
Act of 1976, is codified in Title 17 of the
U.S. Code.

4.  Copyright law assures ownership, which comes with
several rights, that the author has exclusively. For
example:
› Make copies of the work
› Distribute copies of the work
› Perform the work publicly
› Display the work publicly
› Make derivative works

5.  Copyright holder may grant permission
or license anyone else to do these
things, without affecting their ownership
of the actual copyright in their work. For
example, an author may permit a
television adaptation of their book to be
made and broadcast .

6.  The law provides certain ways in which
copyright works may be used without the
need to first obtain permission from the
copyright holder - these include:
› Fair use (e.g. to make copies)
› Public domain
› Library privilege
› Copying for examinations and copying for
instruction

7.  Copyright covers both published and
unpublished works.
 Copyright protection is automatic at the
moment the work is created and fixed in
a tangible form that it is perceptible.

8.  Literary works
 Dramatic works
 Musical works
 Artistic works

9. Not everything is protected by copyright
law.
 Copyright does not protect facts, ideas,
systems, or methods of operation.

10.  Copyright protects original works of
authorship, while a patent protects
inventions or discoveries.
 A trademark protects words, phrases,
symbols, or designs identifying the
source of the goods or services of one
party and distinguishing them from those
of others.

11.  They want to provide “universal access” to research, education
and culture.
 Copyright was created long before the emergence of the
Internet, and can make it hard to legally perform actions we take
for granted on the network: copy, paste, edit source, and post to
the Web.
 The default setting of copyright law requires all of these actions
to have explicit permission, granted in advance, whether you’re
an artist, teacher, scientist, librarian, policymaker, or just a
regular user.
 In order for Creative Commons to achieve the vision of universal
access. They provide a free, public, and standardized
infrastructure that creates a balance between the reality of the
Internet and the reality of copyright laws.
http://creativecommons.org/abou

12.  Under the Teach Act, the Copyright law
provides educators with a separate set
of rights in addition to fair use, to display
and perform others´ works in the
classroom.
 These rights are entitled in Section 110(1)
of the Copyright Act, and apply to any
original work an educator wants to use.

13.  Source 1: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://creativecommons.org/about
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http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact.html
 Source 4: What is copyright?. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/legal/copyright/what_is_copyright/
 Source 5: Copyright in general. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html
 Source 6: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/stopping-internet-
plagiarism/your-copyrights-online/1-what-is-a-copyright/
 Source 7: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.copyrightkids.org/whatcopyframes.htm