Copyright: Legal protection from exploitation for the authors of creative intellectual works such as books, articles, emails, and web-based information, photographs, art, graphics, music, and software.
Fair Use: Allows for copyrighted works to be used or reproduced without infringement on copyright for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research.
Plagiarism: Occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledging its source.
Intellectual Property: Any product of human intellect that is protected by law from unauthorized use by others.
This video provides an overview of intellectual property, copyright and fair use, and uses the example of music sharing to explain these concepts.
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