{"id":198,"date":"2018-08-13T17:05:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T00:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0052\/?p=198"},"modified":"2018-08-13T17:05:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T00:05:29","slug":"learning-about-copyright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0052\/learning-about-copyright\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning about Copyright"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throughout our RRU courses, I feel like we have been reminded a few times ( rightfully so in my case, as I am\/was a little rusty in academic writing) to make sure we had correct citations and were giving credit when credit was due.\u00a0 For me, I always considered this being important as the authors do deserve the credit and it is crucial to not be\u00a0plagiarizing<\/b>.<\/p>\n

As a teacher, I am use to the Copyright warning on all of out photocopies, and the 10% for text books etc. I sometimes have the Wild West Attitude that Wrobel explained, and often in my teaching life think that if I can find it I can use it.<\/p>\n

However, I have never put to much thought into it, and how is affects me as a student.<\/p>\n

After reviewing Melanie Wrobel’s A guide to Copyright presentation (2016), it reminded me about how Copyright is going to come into play, and the importance of remembering the specific rules around Copyright.<\/p>\n

3 of the many things I did not know about Copyright laws here is Canada before Wrobel’s presentation were:<\/p>\n