Copyright

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= = =A Fair(y) Use Tale=

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 * - Write down three interesting things you learned about copyright from this video.**


 * - Class definition of the word Copyright**


 * - What is copyrighted? Does there need to be a copyright symbol for a work to be copyrighted?**

Current copyright act says that you cannot use another persons work while they are alive plus another 70 years after they have died. At that point it becomes part of ** Public Domain **.
 * - When can you use another person's work without permission?**


 * Dr. Seuss died in 1991. In what year will we be able to use his writing without permission? How old will you be?**


 * - Can you use //anything// without permission, if it is not in the public domain?**
 * Fair Use ** allows you to use a small amount of someone else's work without permission as long as all of these are truw:
 * It's for school
 * You are only using a small amount
 * You are not making money off of it

Library of Congress: Taking the Mystery out of Copyright



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