Acceptable Use Policy (Continued)

Plagiarism is any variation of the act of taking credit for work that isn't yours. This can be anything from copying off your neighbor's work to turning in someone else's work as your own.
 My classroom has a zero-tolerance policy for any form of plagiarism.

Copyright is the legal right acquired by the creator of any type of material to use their property and give others permission to use that property as well. Copyright can be acquired for physical as well as intellectual property. This can range anywhere from the name of a company to a product like a book or movie.

Fair Use is the belief within law that allows reasonable use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the owner. Fair use can be utilizedfor research, commentary, critisism, news reporting, and many others, but it is a very gray area in regard to its legal usage under the law.

 For more information, please feel free to make use of these resources:

 What is plagiarism?

 What is Fair Use?

 What is Copyright?