Creative Credit & Copyright
Digital Citizenship
Terminology
Commercial Purposes: Use of work for profitable purposes.
Copyright: A law that protects the creator's work so that no one can use the work without the creator's permission.
Creative Commons: A type of copyright that allows people to use the creator's work however they want, as long as they give the creator credit and do not profit from it (unless specified by the creator).
Public Domain: Creative work that is available for the public to use in any way, as the work is not protected by copyright.
How should you act in accordance with the rules above?
Commercial Purposes: You are making a slideshow to advertise your sports team's fundraiser. You want to use a popular song in the background of your video, but you aren't allowed because you can't use someone else's copyrighted song to make a profit.
Copyright: When Beyonce's new CD came out, copyright laws prevented anyone from illegally downloading her music right away.
Creative Commons: A type of copyright that allows people to use the creator's work however they want, as long as they give the creator credit and do not profit from it (unless specified by the creator).
Public Domain: Creative work that is available for the public to use in any way, as the work is not protected by copyright.
Your Turn!
* This activity may be adapted for any content area and may feature the bibliography and work of a person from literature, science, math, or history.
Citations
Fair Use (2007). Retrieved October 30, 2014, from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fair_use_logo.svg
Gold Guys with Creative Commons Symbol (2008). Retrieved October 30, 2014, from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LuMaxArt_Gold_Guys_With_Creative_Commons_Symbol.jpg
Public Domain (2009). Retrieved October 30, 2014, from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Public-domain-symbol.svg
Scope & Sequence (2014). Retrieved October 30, 2014, from
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/scope-and-sequence