Week 4 Flashcards
COPYRIGHT [1]
The legal protection of original literary, artistic, musical, and dramatic works of authors, composers, playwrights, artists, publishers, and distributors for a specified period of time
Legislated by the Copyright Act of Canada
Protects works for 50 years after the death of the owner (Canada)
up to 56 years total (USA)
COPYRIGHT [2]
Gives author control over the reproduction of their protected material
• Converting books into movies
• Reprinting entire or partial works of copyrighted material
• This right may be transferred
Copyright registration is not required in Canada, but unregistered material is still protected under Copyright Act
COPYRIGHT [3]
All original printed work, published or not, is protected under the Copyright Act
The reproduction of entire or partial original works must be authorized by the copyright owner (i.e. author, publisher, distributor, collective)
• Fair Dealing clause of Act permits certain uses without authorization
COPYRIGHT [4]
Gives authors the right of association with their work
Gives authors the right to prevent the distortion, modification, misinterpretation, and misrepresentation of their work
Infringement in considered a form of theft and may result in criminal or civic action
CITATIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Always use the proper format for in-text citations and bibliographies (APA Style Guide)
(Jones, 1998)
Jones, E. (1998). Essay Writing. International review of education,
14, 253-263.
References are always listed in alphabetical order according to
Author
Even if you paraphrase and put another’s idea into your o words, you must properly cite the source
FOOTNOTES [1]
Used to include information that supplements the text, but would be distracting or inappropriate to include in the body of the paper
Each should only express one idea
Place a superscript numeral immediately after the text about which you would like to include more information (e.g., Scientists examined the fossilized remains of the wooly-wooly yak.”)
Number the notes consecutively in the order they appear in your paper
FOOTNOTES [2]
At the bottom of the page, place a break or a line and add the note text in a reduced font
1. See Blackmur (1995), especially chapters three and four, for an insightful analysis of this extraordinary animal.
2. On the problems related to yaks, see Wollens (1989, pp. 120-135); for a contrasting view, see Pyle
(1992).
FOOTNOTE EXAMPLE
There does seem to be a connection between the idea of feminism and the way that we study it.
Scott argues, “A more radical feminist politics) and a more radical feminist history) seems to me to require a more radical epistemology.” It is through studying the process of how we come to know the concepts of feminism rather than the origins of how feminism started that we can begin to shift our thinking.?
