Academic Honesty and Scientific Integrity Mrs. Clarke Citadel High School September 2009 The majority of this presentation is used with permission from the website a lesson plan written by Laura Kaemming.

Learning Targets: Day 1 I will be able to state a definition of plagiarism I will be able to describe how plagiarism affects both the original author and the plagiarist I will be able to state several examples of plagiarism from popular culture

Copyright: Opening Questions Have you ever visited a free music and/or video file-sharing web site such as Napster, Kazaa or Limewire? Have you ever downloaded a song from one of these sites? If you did, did you ever buy the CD that particular song was on? Do you think people should be allowed to copy items such as songs,and movies without paying for them? Why? Explain your answer. Do you own a CD burner? Have you ever copied a song onto a CD or cassette? What does the symbol © mean ? Kaemming, Laura. “Copyright Lesson Plan”. Accessed July 27, (next 10 slides)

Copyright What are the effects of taking and/or using someone else’s work? Recording companies won't support new artists or give them exposure. However, Internet may be best venue for exposing new artists' work and generating an audience. Very complicated issues.

Copyright Law Copyright happens automatically as soon as a copy of the work is created. No symbol? Still copyrighted! Symbol provides important information about owner of copyright and first date of publication. Copyright registration is NOT required for legal action to occur, however it will help to have registered your work in the event of a lawsuit.

Copyright owner’s rights The copyright “owner” has the exclusive rights to : reproduce the work prepare “spin off” created from the work distribute copies or phonorecords (cassette tapes, CD’s LP’s, 45 rpm’s as well as other formats) by sale or transfer of ownership, rental, lease or lending perform the work publicly (for plays, musicals, poetry, choreography, pantomimes, movies and other audiovisuals) display the work publicly (poems, musicals, plays, choreography, pantomimes, pictorial, graphics, sculptures, individual images from movies and other audiovisual works) perform publicly (by digital audio transmission) sound recordings They can also give permission for others to do the same.

What can be copyrighted? Copyrights can be obtained for the following types of works: Literature (including computer programs) Music (including accompanying lyrics) Drama (including accompanying music) Pantomimes and choreography Pictorial, graphic and sculpted art (including maps) Motion picture and other audiovisual works Sound recordings Architectural work

Registering for copyright You can apply to have your work copyrighted through the Canadian Copyright Office, a part of the Canadian Intellectual Property office, located in Ottawa/Hull. internetopic.nsf/eng/wr00090.html internetopic.nsf/eng/wr00090.html

How long does copyright last? Under the Copyright Act of Canada, the creator of a work owns the rights to it until the end of the calendar year in which the creator dies (regardless of whether the author has sold or assigned the copyright in the work or not), and continues for an extra 50 years afterward. There are some exceptions to this rule. The author can sell their copyrights to another party (as was the case of Michael Jackson purchasing a large number of Beatles songs) and can even leave them to someone in their will (as Michael Jackson did).

Fair Use Generally speaking, if a person wishes to use part of someone else’s work they have to obtain written permission from the author of that original work. Only in “fair use” cases do you not have to obtain this. The courts created fair use guidelines for teachers and students. This “policy” permits those of us working in the school setting to “borrow” parts of an original work without obtaining written permission from the author. There are four basic guidelines used for the fair use policy - purpose, nature, amount and effect.

Fair Use Guidelines PurposeNatureAmountEffect Acceptable Teaching, research, news reporting Factual, important to education Small quantity, portion is not crucial to entire work No major effect on the market, user legally owns a copy of original work Illegal Making money from sale of work, don’t give credit to author of original work Very creative work (art, music, literary, films, plays), fiction Large or entire work used, the part of the original used is crucial to new work’s success Could replace selling of original, many copies made, long term use, made available on the Web

Government Works United States Government works are considered public domain and may be used freely. Government of Canada works are generally NOT considered public domain and are subject to the same rules of use as if they were composed by a private citizen, although this law is infrequently challenged and thus uncertain. Fair Use is a balance between the needs of the producers and the consumers!

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Examples of Plagiarism in Popular Culture Queen and David Bowie vs. Vanilla Ice The Chiffons vs. George Harrison The Rubinoos vs. Avril LavigneAvril Lavigne

Examples of Plagiarism from Journalism/Books Steven Ambrose Doris Kearns Goodwin

How does this apply to Science 10? We expect academic honesty and integrity at all times. In the case where a student did attempt to submit work that was not his/hers, what do you think would be reasonable for this class? IB program: expulsion with no chance for recourse College/University: expulsion, mark on student record, no tuition money back, “Fail for Academic Dishonesty”.

Bibliography Kaemming, Laura. “Copyright Lesson Plan”. First accessed July 27, Kerr, Philip B. “Copyright Law in Canada”. First accessed September 15, Government of Canada. “Canadian Intellectual Property Office – Frequently Asked Questions”. First accessed September 11, Ace Showbiz. “Avril Lavigne’s ‘Girlfriend’ sued for Plagiarism”. First accessed September 15, Noah, Timothy. Slate magazine. “Doris Kearns Goodwin, liar” First accessed July 27, Lewis, Mark. Forbes.com. “Doris Kearns Goodwin and the Credibility Gap” First accessed July 27, National Public Radio. Npr.org. “Plagiarism: NPR” First accessed July 27,

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