- 1. Copyright, Fair Use, Intellectual Property, Plagiarism, and
Information Fluency in the Digital Age Aysegul Kapucu, MLIS January
28, 2014
2. Outline What is Copyright ? What can be Copyrighted? Public
Domain Fair Use Fair Use: Mashups, Sampling, and Remix Intellectual
Property Plagiarism Information Fluency Avoiding Plagiarism with
UCF Library Resources UCF Writing Center 3. What is Copyright?
Copyright is 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. According to the
United States Copyright Office (2008, p.1), Copyright protects
rights of authors to make copies, sell, or distribute. 4. What can
be Copyrighted? Tangible written or recorded objects can be
copyrighted. Ideas and verbal presentations can not be copyrighted.
For copyright protection, there are these necessary as follows:
Fixation Originality 5. Public Domain Public domain means open/free
access to materials or works without restrictions of copyright law.
Public Domain examples include: Any works published before 1923 US
government works and documents Expired copyright works What is CC0?
6. What is Fair Use? Fair useUsing copyrighted works for limited
time without the permission Fair Use Standards are: 1-Purpose and
Character of the Use 2-Nature of the Copyrighted Work 3-The Amount
and substantiality of the portion used 4- The effect of use on the
potential market(U.S. Copyright Office, 2010) 7.
http://library.ucf.edu/Reference/Instruction/copyright.php 8. Fair
Use: Mashups, Sampling and Remix How Mash up is Created? What is
Sampling? What is Remix? 9. Intellectual Property According to the
UCF Library Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and More Research Guide
(2013), Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind:
inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names,
images, and designs used in commerce. UCF Office of Research and
Commercialization. (http://www.research.ucf.edu) 10. Plagiarism
According to the UCFs Golden Rule, the plagiarism defined as:
whereby anothers work is used or appropriated without any
indication of the source, thereby attempting to convey the
impression that such work is the students own. (UCF Golden Rule
Student Handbook 2013-2014 ) UCF Office of Student Contact
http://osc.sdes.ucf.edu/process/roc 11. Information Fluency
Information Fluency is defined by UCF as: the ability to perform
effectively in an information-rich and technology- intensive
environment, or more simply: the ability to gather, evaluate and
use information' (What if?, 2006, p. 13). The Office of Information
Fluency http://if.ucf.edu/ 12. Avoiding Plagiarism with UCF Library
Resources http://library.ucf.edu/ Ask A Librarian Research
Consultation Online Research Guides
(http://guides.ucf.edu/homepage) Citations and Writing (+styles for
Chicago, Turabian, etc. Masters Research Administration 13. UCF
Writing Center http://uwc.cah.ucf.edu/ 14. Thanks I hope you have
found all these information helpful. Should you have any questions,
please e-mail me at [email protected] 15. References
Gause, R. (2013, May 1). Citations and Writing (+styles for
Chicago, Turabian, etc. [UCF Library Research Guide]. Retrieved
from http://guides.ucf.edu/content.php?pid=63545&sid=468758
Mendelsohn, H. (2013, June 4). Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and
More [UCF Library Research Guide]. Retrieved from
http://guides.ucf.edu/content.php?pid=156051&sid=1322064
University of Central Florida. (2014). UCF Golden Rule Student
Handbook 2013-2014. Retrieved from
http://goldenrule.sdes.ucf.edu/docs/goldenrule.pdf United States
Copyright Office. (2008). Copyright basics. (Circular 1). Retrieved
from http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf United States
Copyright Office. (2010). Fair use. (Circular FL- 102). Retrieved
from http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html 16. University of
Central Florida (2011). What if? Foundation for Information
Fluency. University of Central Florida Quality Enhancement Plan
2006- 2011. Retrieved fromhttp://lgdata.s3-website-us- east-
1.amazonaws.com/docs/219/701971/QEP_docu ment.pdf References 17.
Image References Slide 1- Public Domain CC0. (2013, April 01).
Copyright free symbol icon. [Online image]. Retrieved from
http://pixabay.com/en/public-domain-sign-symbol-icon-98573/ Slide
2- Public Domain CC0. (2013, April 24). Sign symbol circle
copyright pink. [Online image]. Retrieved from
http://pixabay.com/en/sign-symbol-circle-copyright-pink-39594/
Slide 3- Public Domain CC0. (2013, October 22). Bomb copyright
explosive danger explosion. [Online image]. Retrieved from
http://pixabay.com/en/bomb-copyright-explosive-danger- 156107/
Slide 5- Public Domain CC0. (2012, April 24). Red icon public
domain. [Online image]. Retrieved from
http://pixabay.com/en/red-icon- public-domain-39515/ 18. Slide 6-
These images are coming from Microsoft Power Point Clip Art Slide
7-UCF Libraries. [Website
Screenshot].http://library.ucf.edu/Reference/Instruction/copyrig
ht.php#Classroom Slide 8-The image is coming from Microsoft Power
Point Clip Art Slide 9-The image is coming from Microsoft Power
Point Clip Art Slide 11-University of Central Florida (n.d.).
[Online image]. Retrieved from
http://www.if.ucf.edu/if%20faculty/faq/index.php Slide 13- UCF
Writing Center. [Website Screenshot]. http://uwc.cah.ucf.edu/ Image
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