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COPYRIGHT FAQ
  1. whats the copyrights?



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  2. does the public has the right to have music and art?



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  3. what is public domain?



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  4. whats is fair use?



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  5. CAN STUDENTS USE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM SMITHSONIAN?



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  6. DOES IT MATTER HOW MUCH VIDEO OR MUSIC U USE?



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  7. CAN U USE IMAGES AND TEXT FROM A SITE IF IT DOESN'T HAVE THE WORD COPYRIGT OR THE SYMBOL?



  8. can u put ur own projects on the web?



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  9. what are attridution?



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  10. what if u dont find nothing about copyright?



    11.  who is going 2 know?
ANSWERS
  1. copyright is the law of the united states that protects the works
    of authors,artist,composers,and others from being used without
    permission


  2. yes da copyright laws try 2 balance da rights of artist an others with
    da rights of the public.Fair use protects da rights of da public 2 limited use of copyrighted material material.


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  3. works that are not copyrighted are public domain an may be used without permision.However,u still give credict 2 da source


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  4. Fair use allows u 2 use a limited of copyrighted material for ur educational use.
    Think about da material u want 2 use in ur report.Does it pass these test:
    *DOES IT HAVE A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE?
    *WHAT KIND OF MATERIAL DO YOU WANT TO USE?
    *ARE U USING ONLY A SMALL PORTION?
    *WILL UR USE ONLY USE DEPRIVE THE AUTHOR FROM MAKING MONEY?


  5. YES ,THE SMITHSONIAN HAS GRANTED PERMISION TO STUDENTS TO USE THEIR PHOTOGRAPH
    FOR SCHOOL REPORTS.MANY MATERIAL ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AT GOVERMENT WED SITES.
    BE SURE TO READ THE COPYRIGHT STAMENTS.


  6. YES, AMOUNT REFERS TO USE OF A PORTION OF A WORK.FOR MOTION MEDIA ,U CAN USE 10% OR UP TO THREE MINUTES.FOR TEXT MATERIAL,
    U CAN USE 10% OR UP TO 1000 WORDS.FOR MUSIC LYRICS, AND SO FORTH YOU CAN USE UP TO
    10% BUT NO MORE THAN 30 SECOND OF AN INDIVISUAL WORK


  7. JUST BECAUSE A PAGE DOESN'T HAVE THE WORD OR THE SYMBOL DOESN'T MEAN IT ISN'T COPYRIGHTED.IN FACT,ALMOST EVERYTHING ON
    THE WED IS COPYRIGHTED.


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  8. not quite.when u put ur material on a web page,then its being shown 2 an audiance outside ur school.
    if u have copyrighted material,normally exempted for students projects within a school,
    your project no longer falls under the fair use umbrella


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  9. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS GIVE CREDIT TO THE PERSON WHO CREATED THE WORK SUCH AS
    A PHOTOGRAPH,SOUND RECORDING,MOTION PICTURE OR DOCUMENT.


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  10. THE BEST POLICY IS TO WRITE FOR PERMISION TO USE FILE.FIND THE CONTACT PERSON AND COMPOSE AN EMAIL MESSAGE.
    PUT "PERMISION TO USE" IN THE SUDJECT LINE.MOST OF THE TIME YOU WILL RECIVE A REPLY TO YOUR REQUEST.DO NOT ASSUME THAT "NO RESPONSE"MEANS IT IS OKAY TO USE IT.


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  11. ULL KNOW!BESIDES,PUT YOURSELF IN THE AUTHOR'S PLACE WAT IF U CREATED A GREAT
    THING-A-MA-JIG,BUT SOMEONE ELSE GOT CREDIT? WORSE,WHAT IF U COULD SELL LOTS OF THING-A-MA-JIGS,BUT SOMEONE MADE A COPY SO NOW NO ONE WOULD BUY THEM