Intellectual Rights and Copyright Issues

Title of the Article: The missing link: the lack of citations and copyright notices in multimedia   
    presentations
Author: Stephanie Huffman
URL : http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=995467011&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1310828898&clientId=51710

Abstract:

This article covers a brief overview of copyright law, provides elpful resources for students and teachers, and outlines a model that can be used in citing sources of media presentations. This has also two purposes: 1) to provide some basic background information in intellectual property; and 2) to share a guide/model for citing sources in a multimedia presentation. Thus, this article for addressing the two major reasons for the lack of citations.

According to the article, the teachers must teach and demand the students to give credit for the use of text, image, video, and audio for their media presentations which often we allow or overlook that they do not give credit for the use of other's work.


3 Things I Learned:

1. As teachers/librarians, we must teach and demand our students to cite their sources of presentations, otherwise plagiarism is occuring.

2. In creating multimedia products, faculty and students may use lawfully acquired copyrighted works as long as proper credit and citations are included in the multimedia product.

3. We must not only copy and paste materials or documents from others. We should also give credit. So, copy + paste, and dont forget to give CREDIT.


Implication / Application:

Care should be used in downloading material from Internet sites. We should be aware that some copyrighted works have been posted to the Internet without authorization of the copyrighted holder. Therefore, it is vital that they contact the primary source to get permission to use the material.