Copyright law protects original creative works from being stolen or used without permission. It ensures that creators receive credit for their ideas and can profit from their own work. Failing to properly cite or credit the original source of ideas, images, or other content would constitute plagiarism, which is illegal. Proper citations allow others to find the original source and give due recognition to the creator.

1. Why Copyright?
Why should I care anyways?

2. What is Copyright?
 Copyright- This law ensures that
ideas and original work cannot be
stolen.
 Copyright gives credit and ensures
that no one else can make a profit off
of someone else’s original work.
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3. Terms to Know !
 Plagiarism- Using someone else’s
work and not giving them credit for
it!
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Actually…It’s Illegal !!

4. Your Idea, Your Property
 Intellectual property can be stolen
just like anything else!
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5. My Ideas can be Stolen?
 How would you feel if you worked
really hard on something and
someone else took ALL the credit?
Sad. You would be very sad.
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6. Can you use other People’s Ideas?
 Yes! But you have to make sure that
you give them CREDIT!
 Depending on what it is you are using
and what you are doing with it
 Are you making money? Are you
changing anything? Are you
distributing it?

7. CITATIONS
 How can I give someone credit for
using their work?
 A citation is a reference to another
person’s work, it outlines where you
can find the source of the original
information.

8. Let’s do some Examples
 You referenced a book!
 What do you include?
Author
Title
Year
Publisher
Place of Publishing

9. It would look like this…
Tolkien, J.R.R. (1998). Unfinished Tales.
HarperCollins: Great Britain.

10. You used a Cool Picture!
 You need as much information from
the site as you can get to reference
this picture
URL
Author
Date
Title

11. The citation would look like…
The Telegraph (no author).2013. Movie
Store. Retrieved on Jan 2, 2013 from:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/c
ulturepicturegalleries/9703273/Hobbit
-fever-has-seized-Wellington-in-New-
Zealand-ahead-of-the-world-
premiere.html

12. Basic Steps for Citations…
 Make sure you have all the
information needed to cite
 Check which format your teacher
wants
 If you are unsure, ASK!

13. Remember
 It is illegal to copy someone's work
and pretend it is your own
 Give CREDIT where it is due