Be+Fair+and+Legal

“In America, ideas that you create are protected by copyright laws. If you create a book, song, painting, architectural style, or movie then nobody else can make money from that idea without your permission. There are also rules in school that prevent students from copying other people’s writing and submitting it as their own idea.” Fair Use-The doctrine that copyright material may be quoted verbatim, provided that attribution is clearly given Public Domain-Not subject to copyright. Plagiarism- Fair use-The doctrine that copyright material may be quoted verbatim, provided that attribution is clearly given Public Domain - something that is owned by the public and can be used by anyone royalty - a king or queen (this is probably the wrong definition but it is the only one I could find) media type="file" key="copyright.wav" width="300" height="50"
 * Plagiarism - The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. ||