COPYRIGHT - A legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works
Literary Works - During the lifetime of the author plus 50 years after death
Art - 25 years from the date of creation
Photographic and AudioVisual Work - 50 years from publication
Sound Recording - 50 years from year recording took place
Broadcast Recording - 20 years from date of broadcast
Trademark - valid for 10 years and may be renewed for a period of 10 years
InventionPatent - Valid for 20 years from filing date application
Fair Use - It means you can use copyrighted material without a license only for certain purposes.
Plagiarism - the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person and the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Plagiarism - an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author
The Ghost Writer - The writer turns in another’s work, word-for-word, as his or her own.
The Photocopy - The writer copies significant portions of text straight from a single source, without alteration.
The Potluck Paper - The writer copies from several different sources, tweaking the sentences to make them fit together while retaining most of the original phrasing.
The Poor Disguise - The writer has altered the paper’s appearance slightly by changing keywords and phrases.
The Labor of Laziness - The writer takes the time to paraphrase most of the paper from other sources and make it all fit together.
The Self-Stealer - The writer “borrows” generously from his or her previous work.
The Forgotten Footnote - The writer mentions an author’s name for a source, but neglects to include specific information on the location of the material referenced
The Misinformer - The writer provides inaccurate information regarding the sources, making it impossible to find them.
The Too-Perfect Paraphrase - The writer properly cites a source, but neglects to put in quotation marks on text that has been copied word-for-word, or close to it.
The ResourcefulCiter - The writer properly cites all sources, paraphrasing and using quotations appropriately.
The PerfectCrime - The writer properly quotes and cites sources in some places, but goes on to paraphrase other arguments from those sources without citation.
CyberBullying - bullying that takes place online, or using electronic technology such as smartphones, computers, and tablets over communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites.
ComputerAddiction - the excessive use of computers to the extent that it interferes with daily life and this excessive use may for example interfere with work or sleep, result in problems with social interaction, or affect mood, relationships, and thought processes.
DigitalDivide - an economic inequality between groups in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of ICT and the divide within countries can refer to inequalities between individuals, households, businesses, and geographic areas at different socioeconomic levels