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 Copyright: "A form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works."

                   -http://www.copyright.gov/circs.pdf

   Examples of Copyright: 

 1. A good example of copyright is  when a person creates their own original song and they post it online for all to hear.

 2. A  teacher wants to show the class a story from online so he copies it from a periodical to show to the class.

  Fair Use: Fair use is a defense against copyright infringement. It protects the person who used someone else's work for a critique or commentary. It is legal for someone to use others' work for these reason because of the fair use agreement.  An example of the fair use policy is if someone makes a parody of someone's work, then they can't be caught doing something illegal because the fair use policy protects parodies.

 Shepard Fairey Obama Poster: Shepard Fairey got sentenced to 2 years of probation and a fine of $25,000 for "tampering with evidence" as he used an AP photographer's work to create the Obama "Hope" poster. The court saw what he did as criminal contempt and destroying documents and evidence. The result was 2 years of probation and $25,000 worth of fines. He hopes to put this bad time behind him forever.  For more information about this, go here.

  Public Domain: The Public Domain consists of works that are either ineligible for copyright protection or with expired copyrights. No permission is required to copy or use any Public Domain works. They can also be very useful as a starting foundation for new creative works. They can be copied and distributed to anyone.









Halloween before image used with permission, creative commons.

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