Copyright is defined as "The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same."
Plagiarism. According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, to "plagiarize" means:
- to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
- to use (another's production) without crediting the source
- to commit literary theft
- to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
Fair Use is "any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. In other words, fair use is a defense against a claim of copyright infringement. If your use qualifies as a fair use, then it would not be considered an infringement."
Resources for citing sources and avoiding plagiarism:
http://www.plagiarism.org/article/how-do-i-cite-sources
https://library.uaf.edu/ls101-citing
https://ctl.yale.edu/writing/using-sources/citing-internet-sources
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