Whats the difference between copyright, plagiarism and licensing?
Academic integrity and protection of intellectual property rights involve several legal and ethical principles, all of which may come into play when one considers the appropriate use of creative works. Copyright Copyright is a form of protection granted by law to the creators of original works that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. (Tangible fixation includes works that may be transmitted or communicated with the aid of a machine or device, such as a computer or video camera.) Categories of works subject to copyright protection include scholarly, literary, artistic, dramatic, musical, graphical, and audiovisual works. Copyright law generally grants the copyright owner the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the work, make derivative works based upon it, perform or display the work, and to authorize these actions by others. Using a protected work without permission of the copyright holder is an infringement of copyright. There are, however, certain exceptions to the e
