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Copyright Infringement vs. Plagiarism |
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The
general rule is if you copy, display, perform, modify or distribute
someone else's copyrighted work without getting permission to
do so, it is copyright infringement. One exception
to this is FAIR USE. |
FAIR
USE
allows
for limited use of copyrighted material in certain circumstances:
for the purpose of criticism,
review or instruction,
including use in an educational context. While you do not need
to get permission, you are required to weigh your proposed use
of a work against FOUR
fair use FACTORS:
1.
What is the purpose and character of the use?
2. What is the nature of the work to be used?
3. How much of the work will you use?
4. What effect would the use have on the market for the
original or for permissions if the use were widespread?
Plagiarism
is using someone else's work as your own without properly
crediting the original author. This takes the form of copying
part or all of a work, omitting quotations marks where necessary,
and/or failing to reference the original work.
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