Copyright and Fair Use

This week, the newspaper is "put to bed" and the 6th graders will begin a new unit.  We will be learning about Copyright and Fair Use.  They are words the students have heard, but most really do not understand what they mean.  Anyone who has downloaded a song from a friend's CD has violated copyright.  Students who turn in a paper that has verbatim paragraphs from a source without citing it are breaking the copyright law  and guilty of plagiarism.  Most students are very unaware of these as all around them copyright is being infringed upon by students and adults alike.
It is a serious subject, but we will try to create a fun way for kids to explore the ins and outs of using good copyright and fair use etiquette. 

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