Ethical Use of Digital Resources Vocabulary

Property that results from original creative thought.

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

Permission to use brief pieces of copyrighted material without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder, under these circumstances: criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research.

A set of various licenses with conditions that allow people to share their copyrighted work with rules for how the work can be used.

The exclusive legal right, given to a creator to print, publish, or record literary, artistic, or musical material.

Belonging or being available to the public as a whole, and therefore not subject to copyright.