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What is Copyright.

ray2141743 — 2025-10-16 15:58:39 UTC

Copyright is a law that protects creators and authors for their original work and ownership. There are eight categories that define and protect copyright.

Copyright protection

ray2141743 — 2025-10-16 16:08:13 UTC

Literary works

Music and the words in it.

Dramatic work

Pictures or drawings

Architectural work.

What you cant copyright

ray2141743 — 2025-10-16 16:08:55 UTC

Ideas,
Procedures, processes and systems
Methods of Operations
Principles
Titles, Names
Short Phrases
Recipes

What is Fair use

ray2141743 — 2025-10-16 16:10:26 UTC

Fair Use is, Limited use of copyright materials without permission from the creator of that work. You can use Fair Use if you are critiquing, parody, research, scholarships, and teaching.

How to use Fair Use

ray2141743 — 2025-10-17 13:35:16 UTC

There are four facts that play into being able to use "fair use" act with out making it copyright issue.

1.Purpose and character of use

Stating , 'why' you are copying the work and what you are using it for.

2. Nature of the Copyrighted

This is to determine what type of work you are copying, weather its published or unpublished, fiction or non-fiction.

3. Amount and Substantiality

This is what percentage of the work you are actually using.
by using small portions that are relevant to the work you are using it for is fair use. But using a large portion or an important park of the work would not.

4.Effect of use on potential market

How you are going to affect the world with the information you are using.

What is Creative commons

ray2141743 — 2025-10-17 14:26:31 UTC

Creative commons is an organization that is non-profit and design to share promote reusing work of others all around the world. they also created 6 licenses that authors can attach and use

What is it ?

ray2141743 — 2025-10-17 14:59:57 UTC

Attribution require that you give credit in the requested form that way you dont have to ask for permission. If you dont give the credit they ask for in the spefic terms and conditions then you will have to ask for permission per copyright.

How can i use it

ray2141743 — 2025-10-17 15:04:02 UTC

You can Share: copy and redistribute materials in any medium form.

You can Adapt: Can build upon, remix for any commercially used work.

Why does this matter.

ray2141743 — 2025-10-17 16:04:38 UTC

This matters for the authors and creative works and giving them the respect they deserve by taking all the propor steps to ensure that copyright and fair use is being done accordingly. This is to protect both the user and the maker of the work. This is important because with out it you could face fines by law for not following the copyright laws

How will this help me!!

ray2141743 — 2025-10-17 17:56:24 UTC

I will be able to use this information to better help students and teachers around me get better at understanding and using copyright and fair use in the proper manners. I will be able to find and identify right sources and websites for me to be able to use.