RP01 - Creative commons and copyright

Citation (Cite) and Referencing mean what...

• To 'quote' someones work and recognise the author

• To find on a site and use as your own

• To do research

• To see work that you can use as your own

Answer explanation

You need to 'Reference' or 'Cite' your work to avoid breaching copyright laws or be accused of plagiarism... You don't want to seem like you're stealing the work of others and pretending it's your own!

A ​ (a)   is a website link that take your directly to a ​ (b)   . To copy the link, it can be found in the ​ (c)   and I can use ​ (d)   to copy and ​ (e)   to paste in my work

• URL
• website
• address bar
• Ctrl+C
• Ctrl+V

Answer explanation

URL stands for 'Unique Resource Locator' and is the term to describe the address of a web-page. It is important to document these when referencing your work, just in case you need to return back to it.

The address bar can be seen on the left

I can use any images on the internet for my own work without considering copyright

• False

• True

Answer explanation

There is something called 'Creative Commons'.

These are images that have been licensed so that they can be used for a variety of purposes.

Using Creative Commons material is a great alternative when it is not possible or practical to get permission from the copyright owner.

Creative Commons ​ (a)   me to use the work of others without searching for copyright information. However these do need to be marked as being part of ​ (b)   .

• allows
• 'Creative Commons'
• doesn't allow

Answer explanation

Creative Commons must be marked as such to be able to use an image without danger of infringing copyright laws

It is okay for me to quote or use the work of others as long as I correctly reference or cite where it is originally from

• Yes as long as I don't pretend it's my own work

• No, it is never okay