Copyright!

Copyright violation Is illegal, not in just one state but in every state, in the U.S.A. Copyright is a way of keeping the authors work protected so no one else takes credit for it. Unless the author themselves give permission for students and adults to copy or edit their work. But thats the only way to use someone else's work and not get in trouble for using it. You need to use the copyright symbol somewhere on your work. There is sometimes the case where you can use other people's work and not get permission from them and that is called the public domain. Fair use is only used when there is fair marketing which means that you aren't making a bunch of money and the owner has not received any profits. In order for work to be protected it has to be the original, which means the ones that doesn't have extra on it. It's the first one you ever made. Even if you trim a clip from the original you still need to get the owners permission, no matter what. Work that is posted on a website is the same for if it was printed somewhere else (example a book). This lasts all the way up until you die plus an extra 70 years (after you have passed away). Once when you write down the copyright you are already safe. As in its nit illegal because you explained where you have gotten your information. You need to be careful because if you use something without that owners permission 1: your breaking the law and 2: if that owner ever finds out they have every right to sue you. Even if they think you Infringed their work. If you get the license that doesn't mean that you took away the rights from the author at all, it means that you just have permission and if you get caught you can show them you have some kind of license for it. That is what copyright is and how to use it so you do not break the law.