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 * Stop the Pirates **



** Introduction **

Your goal is to stop the pirates (aarrgh). No not those pirates. 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. Check with your teacher to find out what application should be used to create your poster. Some online sites include: Sumopaint.com, Glogster.com, Fotoflexer, etc.

** Key Vocabulary: ** piracy: the unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work Creative Commons License: A Creative Commons license lets you dictate how others may use your work. The Creative Commons license allows you to keep your copyright but allows others to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit and only on the conditions you specify. attribution: to consider as made by the one indicated, especially with strong evidence but in the absence of conclusive proof

** Steps: **

1. Use an online program like Sumopaint.com, Glogster.com, Fotoflexer or Word, Publisher, etc. to create your poster. Be sure to include some text that conveys your message. 2. Take digital pictures if necessary, or 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

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 in 8th Grade Tech Thing 7 as YOURNAMEposter.