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  Copyright and plagiarism issues are very serious matters for everyone that is involved using the Internet, the World Wide Web, and/or print materials.  Copyright laws protect the rights of the owners against copying, using, and displaying their work without compensation and/or credit cited. Authors who are copyright owners actually own exclusive rights to all of their published work.  The type of work that the owner publishes does not matter.  The owner may create a literary piece, dramatic work, musical piece, artistic work, or Web site design.  If a person uses another person's work without giving the owner compensation for their work or getting expressed written permission to use their work, it is very possible that they are in violation of the copyright laws.
     However, there are exceptions to the copyright law that fall under the umbrella of the "Fair Use" statute of the Federal Copyright Act of 1976.  This "Fair Use" statute allows educators and students to freely use any information that they may legally find on the Internet as long as they use this information for scholarly purposes.  The user may not plagiarize any of the information that is found. We all learned in school that copying someone's work and taking credit for it is totally unexceptible.  The same is true when using information found on the Internet.  These "Fair Use" guidelines need to be understood by all those involved in higher education. 
     Copyright and plagiarism issues concerning the Internet are still being debated.  The issues are not cut and dry.  If you are in doubt about how to legally use information you found on the Internet you should visit a few of the Web sites that are listed on this page.  These Web sites are devoted to many different factors that are considered by users who want to stay in compliance with copyright laws.  This site provides links to useful information that will help the reader better understand copyright issues.



Copyright Links

Copyright Law in the 
Electronic Environment		 Digital Ownership: Rethinking Copyright Law in Education

Stanford University		 Copyright Overview: MIT

Yale University		 Copyright & Educational Fair Use: University of Kentucky
Copyright & Art Issues Copyright and Fair Use for the Art Educator

 
The graphics seen on this web site are all copyright free. Although they did not ask for credit, I wanted to give credit where credit is due.  The two sites that allowed me to use their clip art are listed below.
WebGraphique - This is a wonderful site where you can search for the graphic you need by typing in the name of your subject.  Available: http://www.graphsearch.com

Pepperland - Picture archive is divided into album cover, year, and bootleg sections.  Browse the photographs and illustrations.  Available: http://www.indy.net/~pepperlh/

Aunt Annie's -  Although this site is devoted to doll collecting, Aunt Annie also has several clip art pages and backgrounds.  It's a great site!  You should visit it!  Available: http://www.auntie.com

 
     As the designer who created this Web based course, I am the sole owner.  I have control over how this online course is used and will leave with the course content if I discontinue working for the school board or college.  copyright 2000  Mary Ann Forantaro
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