Piracy
Creative Commons
Copyright
Creative Work
Plagiarize
Fair Use
License
Public Domain
A kind of copyright that makes it easier for people to copy, share, and build on your creative work, as long as they give you credit for it.
Stealing copyrighted work by downloading or copying it in order to keep, sell, or give it away without permission and without paying.
Any idea or artistic creation that is recorded in some form, whether it’s hard copy or digital
A law that protects your control over the creative work you make so that people must get your permission before they copy, share, or perform your work.
Creative work that’s not copyrighted and therefore free for you to use however you want.
The ability to use a small amount of copyrighted work without permission, but only in certain ways and in specific situations (schoolwork and education, news reporting, criticizing or commenting on something, and comedy/parody).
A clear way to define the copyright of your creative work so people know how it can be used.
Copying, “lifting,” or making slight changes to some or all of someone else’s work and saying you created it.
