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Digital Citizenship: Digital Law

Law

Respect

Digital Law

It’s critical that users understand it’s a crime to steal or damage another's digital work, identity or property.

​Ribble, Mike. “Nine Elements.” Digital Citizenship, 2017, www.digitalcitizenship.net/nine-elements.html.

Creative Credit, Copyright and Fair Use

  • learn about their rights to their own copyrighted work;
  • identify how they can use copyrighted work without permission through public domain and fair use;
  • and understand that piracy and plagiarism are forms of copyright infringement that are unethical and unlawful.

“Creative Credit & Copyright.” Common Sense Education, Common Sense Education, 17 Nov. 2017,                                                                         www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/creative-credit-and-copyright.

Copyright and Fair Use

“Copyright and Fair Use Animation.” YouTube, Common Sense Education, 5 Sept. 2014, youtu.be/suMza6Q8J08.

Plagarism

“What Is Plagiarism?” YouTube, Virtual High School, 12 Jan. 2016, youtu.be/t5dRz6ZEkj8.