Answers for the Internet Safety: Fair Use Quick Check
B. the ability to use material made by others for educational purposes
A. No. Because he did not cite the source.
C. No. Even information correctly used for school projects may not be posted on a website without permission.
D. Plagiarism is taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as your own without giving credit.
B. It is important to cite sources when using material made by others to give them credit and avoid plagiarism.
A. Copyright law allows creators to have exclusive rights to their work, including how it is used and shared.
C. Fair use is a doctrine that allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research.
D. To determine if your use of someone else's work falls under fair use, you should consider the purpose and character of your use, the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole, and the effect of your use on the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.