Copyright provides authors/creators ownership rights over original creative works including the rights to copy, distribute, perform, and display the work. Copyright protection is granted by U.S. law for both published and unpublished works including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. However, facts, ideas, and processes are not protected. Copyright differs from patents which protect inventions, and trademarks which protect words/symbols identifying goods/services.

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 Copyright Act of 1976
› Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

4.  Copyright law assures ownership, which comes with
several exclusive rights:
› Make copies of the work
› Distribute copies of the work
› Perform the work publicly
› Display the work publicly
› Make derivative works

5.  The law provides certain ways in which
copyright works may be used without
asking for permission
› Fair use
› Public domain
› Library privilege
› Copying for examinations and copying for
instruction

6.  Automatic
 Published and unpublished works

7.  Literary works
 Dramatic works
 Musical works
 Artistic works

8.  Not everything is protected by copyright
law.
› Facts, ideas, systems, or methods of
operation.

9.  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 others.

10.  “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.
 Provides 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/about

11.  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.
› Section 110(1) of the Copyright Act

12.  Source 1: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://creativecommons.org/about
 Source 2: Copyright crash course. (n.d.). Retrieved from
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 Source 5: Copyright in general. (n.d.). Retrieved from
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plagiarism/your-copyrights-online/1-what-is-a-copyright/
 Source 7: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.copyrightkids.org/whatcopyframes.htm