Copyright, Plagiarism, Fair Use

Select the best definition of plagiarism

• Using another person's ideas, words, or other original work without giving them proper credit

• Copying someone else's words or original work but giving them credit.

• Deliberately copying someone else's words without giving them credit

• Borrowing another person's ideas even if you give them credit.

Copying someone's work without giving proper credit to the creator is not considered plagiarism if it is . . .

• Not published in a book or magazine

• Found online

• The work of another student, friend, or family member

• All are forms of plagiarism

Which of these instances is not considered plagiarism?

• Using someones work and handing it in as your own.

• Copying large amounts of text or ideas that make up most of your paper but giving proper credit to the source.

• Rewording a sentence or passage but keeping the same sentence structure without crediting

• Borrowing a quote from another's work but placing it in quotation marks and properly citing the source

Only work that includes a copyright notice is protected by copyright laws.

• True

• False

Works that are no longer under copyright are considered what?

• Public use

• Public domain

• Free domain

• Free use

The Copyright Act only protects works that express original ideas or information. You can borrow liberally from which of the following without fear of plagiarism.

• Music or video found on the web

• Works published by the U.S. Government

• information found in books

• They are all acceptable

According to copyright laws, how many years must pass after the owner of the work dies before an item is considered public domain?

• 65

• 70

• 75

• 80

What piece of information does not have to be included in a citation?

• Date the work was published

• Company who published

• Page numbers

• You should include them all.

It is only necessary to cite a source when you include a quote, borrow an original idea, or reference them in your work.

• True

• False

Which of the following is true when using a direct quote from another source?

• You must include the entire quote

• It is never okay to alter the wording or structure of the quote

• You can edit the quote to only include part of it

• You cannot make grammatical changes to the original quote.