Creative Credit & Copyright

By Wyatt Thurston

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT
Creative credit and copyright is important because people copy and share things off the
internet everyday and if you don't follow the rules of copyright license then you can get
sued. The rules are pretty simple: don’t copy, download, and share things you don’t
have rights to use.

CREATIVE CREDIT AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Creative credit and copyright infringement is when an unauthorized user downloads and
shares copyrighted information. If you do share that kind of information you can be
sued, but do not worry because there is a way to tell if the information you are
downloading or sharing has been copyrighted or not. One thing you can look at to tell if
it's been copyrighted is the date, all things made before 1924 you can use freely without
permission.

VOCABULARY
You may come across a vocabulary word you don't know, so here are the definitions.
Copyright​, copyright is a noun. It's a​ law that protects your control over the creative work
you make so that people must get your permission before they copy, and share your, or
someone else's work. ​Plagiarism​, plagiarism is when you take someone else's work or
ideas and pass them off as your own. You shouldn’t plagiarise because you could get
fined money or get sued.