Avis Horowitz

Web Dropin #1

SLM521 Spring 2006

Grade 5

In this activity we will learn about copyright laws. You may ask why do I need to know about copyright laws. Here is one reason. Suppose you wrote a great story and posted it on the Internet. Suppose someone took your story and made it into a movie. The movie became a blockbuster hit and made $80,000.000 dollars. Arrrgh! Are there any laws that protect you as the author? The answer is YES!

We will visit the Cyberbee website to learn about copyright laws and why they are important. Click on the link to begin.

Use the information found on the website to answer the following questions.

1. What is copyright?

2. What is fair use?

3. What is public domain?

4. How many seconds of music can you use in a report?

5. Can you use pictures from the Smithsonian website in a project? Explain why.

6. What is attribution?

7. List another word with same meaning as attribution.