Copyright & Creative Commons

When you make something original, you own it. Knowing who owns digital work helps everyone share and use it fairly.

🛡️You Make It, You Own It

💡Because the creator owns it, you can't copy, share, or use their work without permission. It's their intellectual property.

🔀How Can I Use It? (IF / THEN)

🏷️The Sharing Menu

Creative Commons

A menu of sharing rules. The most common one just asks you to name the creator.

Public Domain

✍️Give Credit, Not Plagiarism

✅Give Credit (Citation)

•Name the creator and the source.

•Use your own words, then cite ideas.

•Follow the work's license rules.

•This is honest & fair. 🙌

🚫Plagiarism

•Copying and not naming the creator.

•Passing someone's work off as your own.

•Using a song/image without permission.

•Never okay — videos get muted or removed. 😬

🔑Key Terms

🏷️Creative Commons A licensing system that shares work with set rules.

📚Fair Use Limited use allowed for school, news, or commentary.

🚫Plagiarism Passing off someone else's work as your own.

✍️Attribution Naming the original creator to give credit.

🆓Public Domain Works no longer under copyright — free for anyone.

⭐ Remember: if you didn't make it, check the license — and ALWAYS give credit to the creator!

✏️ Computer Science Anchor Chart · Copyright and Creative Commons