x LESSON 1 -3 Copyright Infringement

Copyright law gives a copyright holder (usually the creator of the work) a set of rights that they
and they alone can exploit legally (save for exceptions such as fair use). Those rights include:
The right to reproduce (copy) a work.
 The right to create derivative works based upon it.
 The right to distribute copies of the work to the public.
 The right to publicly display or perform the work.
This means a wide variety of activities can be copyright infringing including performing a copyrighted
play without permission, writing an unauthorized sequel to a work or simply making copies of the work.

Here are the tips to avoid copyright infringement:

1. Understand. Copyrights protects literary works, photographs, paintings, drawings, films, music
(and lyrics), choreography and sculptures, but generally does NOT protect underlying ideas and
facts.
2. Be responsible. Even if material does not say that it is copyrighted, it is not a valid defense
against copyright. Be responsible enough to know if something has a copyright.
3. Be creative. Ask yourself whether what you are making is something that came from you or
something made from somebody else, so that you may give credits to them.
4. Know the Law. Know the limitations to the copyright laws.

Online Research

Have you ever tried to search the internet for certain information where the search engines returned a
different result?

The information that we need is more likely already in the internet. It is just a matter of how to look for
it and how to use information from the most credible source.

How to conduct an online research?

1. Have a question in mind. Focus on the 3. Advanced Search. The best way to filter
question you want to answer. If it’s a information you get from search
series of questions, start with one. engines is by using the advanced
Never search everything on one go. search. This will allow you to filter out
2. Narrow it down. Search engines like information you do not need.
Google, Bing and Yahoo use several
filters to determine the most
appropriate result for you. These search
engines use your previous search
history and your geographical location,
and send you the result which is most
related to you.