By Brad Gannon

Digital law is rules and requirements to follow when you are on the internet

It can be rules to restrict usage of media It can also be rules to protect users from theft Not following these rules can be classified as

stealing

Usage of Media Theft

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Copyright Plagiarism

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It is a law that restricts the usage of certain media

Costs money to buy, but it protects media from being used for free

The exception of a copyright is the fair use policy

It is an agreement made between creator of media and user of media

User of media is allowed to use 30 seconds or less of media, even if the media is copyrighted

Plagiarism is the unauthorized use of text from the internet for use

Many students do this knowingly and unknowingly

Plagiarism is basically stealing It is getting worse and worse

Identity Theft Stealing of Intellectual Property

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Identity Theft is when a person on the web steals your personal information for their benefit

Digital laws can protect you from people on the internet

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Intellectual Property includes items such as: music, videos, designs, and artwork

It can be stolen for free if there is no copyright

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Citing a page that you used for research Using 30 seconds or less of a song in a

presentation

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Using a whole song in a presentation without permission from creator

Copying an online article and putting it in your essay without a citation

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