If it's on the web, you can take it, right?

 A Crash Course in Copyright for Web Authors

 1787: U.S. Constitution
 According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution, "the Congress
 shall have power . . . to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by
 securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their
 respective writings and discoveries."

 Key Concepts
        Copyright
        Infringement
        Fair Use
        Ethical Use
        Permission
        Public Domain
        Term of Copyright
        Plagiarism

 In the News today

 Paying the Fiddler for Stolen Tunes

 http://www.riaa.com/

 Do you own the work you produce at King Philip?
 http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/whats_new/library/march02.shtm

 Copyright Worksheet

1. What is copyright?
   http://www.copyrightkids.org/
    
2. Name three items that can be copy written.
   http://library.thinkquest.org/J001570/Copyrightinfo.html
    
3. How long does a copyright last?
   http://www.copyrightkids.org/cbasicsframes.htm
    
4. What is the one of the big myths about copyright.
   http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
    
5. What is fair use?
   http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/copyright-2002/copyright-faqs.html
    
6. What does it mean that a work is in the Public Domain?
   http://www.copyrightkids.org/defframes.htm
    
7. How much of a song can be used in a multimedia project to be used in school?
   http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/guidelines.html
    
8. How much of a song can be used in a multimedia project to be published on the school's website?
   http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/guidelines.html
    
9. What is plagiarism?
   http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/copyright-2002/plagiarism-papermills-faqs.html#plagiarism
    
10. Name one thing that you can do to avoid plagiarism.
    http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/copyright-2002/plagiarism-papermills-faqs.html#plagiarism

     Read what these people have done when their work has been
     used without permission...
 http://www.kitcar.com/editorials-kitcar/copyright/

 http://www.writersweekly.com/this_weeks_article/000518_07092003.html

 http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/copyright.html

     Check out this website by law students that tracks cases of
     infringement.
 http://www.chillingeffects.org/index.cgi
 http://www.chillingeffects.org/piracy/

    Just for fun...

 Take the copyright quiz.
 http://www.copyrightkids.org/quizframes.htm
 

 A copyright timeline...
 http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/copyright.html