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education professionals, parents, students, and administrators a place where
they can start each day to find the lesson plans and research materials they
are looking for. This site is updated daily with fresh new lesson plans and
curriculum ideas, articles on issues that are of interest to educators, parents,
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The Internet is NOT in the public domain.
If you are not sure, ASK PERMISSION.
FACTS:
Web pages are protected by copyright law. The Internet is a global resource
and, therefore, copyrighted work on the web is governed by an international
treaty.
Publications created by the US government are in the public domain including
information provided at US government web sites.
Book titles cannot be copyrighted, therefore, the title of the web page
probably cannot be copyrighted.
Posting copyrighted material to your own web site carries more risks than
using copyrighted material in your classroom. If you plan to post work
you have not created on your web site, you should avoid:
Copying and posting links that contain descriptions of the linked sites.
Posting links that contain only a URL and the title of the site is generally
acceptable.
Downloading graphics, including bullets, logo's, fonts, photographs, and
illustrations.
Framing information from another site, particularly if you delete the sites
ads of identifying information or make it look as if the information is
your own.
Linking to an interior page of a site and skipping the advertising, which
may deprive the owner of revenue.
Copying the html code.
Works posted on other sites might not have been posted by the copyright
owner's permission. Not every site posted on the web is there legally.
Even sites that have obtained the required permission may not have the
right to transfer that permission to you.
Get permission directly from the owner to use a copyrighted online work.
If you plan to use the work online be sure to get permission to use the
work electronically. Print rights and electronic rights are not the
same thing.
If the works you use cause the originator to suffer financial loss, you
will probably be accused of breaking copyright laws.
If the works you use do not cause the originator to suffer financial loss,
you will probably be accused of very bad manners.
Personal e-mails are copyrighted.