Protection for Creative People

Summarize and define the following terms that we talked about in today's lesson:

Intellectual Property

Copyright

Fair Use

Creative commons

Public Domain

Think about:

What protection is offered?
Who benefits from the protection offered?
Who can use the material being protected? Under what conditions?

These will be your class notes on this lesson. Use the internet if you need to refresh your memory, but give attribution when you use someone's ideas or words in your blog.

Copyright and Fair Use Animation

This homework will be graded using the following criteria:

Accurate definition of the term (2)
An example that demonstrates understanding of the protection offered for each term (4)
A description that demonstrates understanding of who benefits and how they benefit for each term (4)
A description that demonstrates understanding of who can use the material and the conditions under which it can be used (6)

This homework is due Friday August 29th at 8am.

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