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=Fact sheet: Copyright & Plagiarism= Text, images and sound.

Two social and ethical issues that confront designer are the issues of copyright and plagiarism.

[|Copyright] [|Plagiarism] [|Acknowledge Sources] [|Cite Image] [|Referencing]

 =Copyright ©= Copyright © is the legal protection given to authors and artists which protects them against unauthorised copying of their work. Under most circumstances it is **__ILLEGAL TO COPY__** another person’s work without their permission.

The Copyright Law in Australia provides a special privilege to students. The ‘Fair Use’ provision of the allows students to **__COPY A SMALL AMOUNT__** of text for use in school work. However, you **__MUST__ STILL** **AC__KNOWLEDGE__** any words or works you have copied from somebody else.

The ‘Fair Use’ provisions also applies to images. It is allowable to use an image someone else has created in a school work without their permission, **__BUT YOU MUST ACKNOWLEDGE IT.__**


 * __HOWEVER:__** __The ‘Fair Use’ provision__ **DOES NOT APPLY TO MUSIC OR AUDIO__. IT IS ILLEGAL FOR A STUDENT TO COPY, STORE OR USE MUSIC IN ANY FORM IN AUSTRALIA WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION. SEVERE FINES APPLY__.**

There is a limited number of royalty free music sites on the Internet. It may be possible to obtain audio or music legally from such sites for use in a digital production. Make sure you understand the legal implications of using such sites.

It is legal to create and use your own sounds. It is legal to play a CD on your PC as background music.

 =Plagiarism= Plagiarism is the false presentation of someone else's writing or work as your own.

It is unethical to plagiarise another person’s work. In a school, severe penalties apply for any plagiarism including potentially loss of all marks and detention or possible expulsion.

 ==== =////Acknowledging sources////= //To protect yourself from a charge of plagiarism you must appropriately ‘acknowldege’ and ‘reference’ any words or work that is not your own.

To acknowledge **__text__** obtained from someone else follow the following conventions:

·"place the text within inverted commas and in italics" //Indicate the source of the information//.

For example: Brown (2004) says “it is illegal to copy music from the Internet//”.

 =Cite source of an image= To acknowledge the source of an **__image__** copied from the Internet – try to provide the image name and as a minimum the url.

The Scream: www.ursulascostumes.com

 =Referencing= If you are required to reference works you have used in your assignment, use the ‘Citation maker’ available from the school’s library Intranet.