This document discusses copyright and how to properly use copyrighted material. It explains that copyright protects original creative works from being passed off as someone else's work. It also outlines how to identify copyrighted works and that publishers obtain copyrights to notify the U.S. Copyright Office. The rules for using copyrighted material depend on whether it is used for educational or commercial purposes, and permission from the copyright owner is typically required.

1. Copyright

2. Respect Other People’s Work
 When a work is copyrighted, it is illegal for someone
else to use it and pass it off as his or her own.
 When people copy work for other people in the
book, artistic works, internet, and ideas that’s called
copyright.

3. How do you now it’s an Original Work
 There is a symbol on its item.

4. What Happened
 There is a law that helps the people who wrote the
stories or other things.
 The publishers apply for a copyright to notice the U.S.
Copyright Office.

5. How to Use Copyrighted Material
 There are some that you can use and others that you
can’t.
 Rules for using copyright material are different
depending upon whether the purpose is educational or
commercial.

6. The Rules to Use Copyright
 Find out who owns the material you want to use. Many
web sites have a Term of use page that lets you know
who owns the material and what you can and cannot
use from the site.
 Write a letter to the copyright owner and ask for
written permission to use the material.
 Cite your source in a footnote, endnote, or credit line.