Thing+7+Be+Legal+and+Fair

= __**THING 7 PART 2 (10 pts.)**__ =

You will be creating a poster discouraging others from illegally downloading and reproducing content from the Internet (pirating). Your poster should have a clear message. Remember, copying copy protected music, movies, and games is stealing and it is harmful to the creative artists, musicians, developers and others involved in the work. To create your poster you may use various media such as digital photography, drawing tools, downloaded images, as well as online sites. Some online sites include: sumopaint.com, glogster.com, paint.net You will embed this into your wiki when you are finish Step 1: Sketch out your poster idea offline so that you will know what you want the finished product to look like (this does not need to be turned in). Be sure to include some text that conveys your message. Step 2: Collect public domain images for use in your poster. Check out the links below for some images in the public domain Freefoto Pics4Learning Public Domain Photos Flickr Free Use Group Public Domain Images Creative Commons Public Domain Search Engine Step 3: Create your poster using the appropriate software. Add your signature (first name only) to your poster to verify that it is indeed your work. Save your poster as a .JPG or .PNG file. Unless you are using eduglogster – you can log in using your gmail account. Step 4: Learn to use creative commons, an alternative way to license your own work and select the rules about how your work can be used by others. Step 5: Use Creative Commons.org to create a license for your work. If you are new to Creative Commons, click on "Licenses" and choose "About the Licenses" to learn more. When you are ready to create a license select "Choose a License" from the drop down menu. Click on the buttons to set the attributes for your license. Type in a name for your project and put your name (first name only) in the appropriate boxes. Click "Select License" at the bottom of the page when you are all set.

**__ Thing 7 Part 1 (10pts total) __**

** Steps: ** 1. Visit @http://www.copyrightkids.org/ and read through the Copyright Basics & FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) page. Your teacher may want to go over these with you.

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2. We will watch two videos on copyright and fair use. Answer the following 7 questions as you are viewing the videos **// (copy these questions and paste them into a word processing program or your blog and answer them there //** ). (5 pts.) 3.Successsfully complete the Copyright Quiz. Your teacher has access to the answers to check it for accuracy. We trust you will earn a passing score on the copyright quiz and be ready for the next quest. Good luck! PRINT THE QUIZ and hand it in to Mrs. Schroeder. (5pts)
 * 1) 1. What is copyright?
 * 2) 2. How long does the copyright on an original work last?
 * 3) 3. What is the fair use act?
 * 4) 4. What is plagiarism?
 * 5) 5. What types of things can be copyrighted? What cannot be copyrighted?
 * 6) 6. What is the public domain?
 * 7) 7. The fair use act allows anyone to use copyrighted materials for educational purposes. What other uses are covered under the fair use act?