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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Copyright and the law

Copyright-the right and protection that gives to the author of their original work to avoid the stealing of work.
Copy-free- type of license to distribute the software with no charge for noncommercial uses.
Trademark- a registered symbol, name, or other devices used to identify the products
Creative commons- one of the copyright license used to distribute the copy-free works.
Royalty Free- the right to use the copyright material with no charges for each use
GNU licensed- a free software license that promotes the distribution of free works(why this so similar to creative commons?Cool!)
Public Domain-  Works that have no restriction dates, and it is available for public

Checking Your Sources

  • Watch the site carefully and what they said 
  • Check that is there any propaganda
  • Ask yourself: Who made it? and Are the aims of the information clear?
  • If it is not clear, do some research
  • If you researching and you see that is the false information, then it's a hoax.