Resources:
Websites
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office: Home - Canadian Intellectual Property Office. (n.d.). Home - Canadian Intellectual Property Office. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/Home. This is a good resource for anyone trying to gain patents or trademarks for their own work. It also gives good simple definitions of Intellectual Property and Copyright.
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada: IPIC. (n.d.). Intellectual Property Institute of Canada - Institut de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://www.ipic.ca/english/general/copyright.cfm. This resource has very detailed descriptions of the terms "Intellectual Property" and "Copyright". It also speaks to the punishments that someone could face if they commit copyright infringement.
- Media Smarts: Intellectual Property: Overview | MediaSmarts. (n.d.). MediaSmarts. Retrieved October 19, 2012, from http://mediasmarts.ca/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-overview. This is also a good resource because it explains Intellectual Property as it relates to online material. It also explains creative commons licensing, which is another important way to license material.
- Social Studies Central: Plagiarism, Copyright and Intellectual Property for the 21st Century | Social Studies Central. (n.d.). Social Studies Central - Lesson Plans, Technology Integration and Staff Development for K-12 Educators. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://www.socialstudiescentral.com/content/plagiarism-copyright-and-intellectual-property-21st-century. A good resource because it not only offers a wealth of further resources on copyright and plagiarism but it also provides links to find Public Domain resources. It must be mentioned, however, that it is still important to check the publication date as these files are in the Public Domain according to USA copyright law.
- Canadian Copyright Act: Copyright Act. (n.d.). Justice Laws Website | Site Web de la legislation (Justice). Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-42/index.html. A good and important resource because it shows the exact copyright laws that Canadian citizens need to follow.
Images
- Light Painting Banner: Free Christmas & Holiday Season Stock Photos. (n.d.). Free Christmas & Holiday Season Stock Photos. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://christmasstockimages.com/.
- Declaration of Independence: arellis49. (n.d.). All sizes | Declaration of Independence | Flickr - Photo Sharing!. Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/roscoe/706909359/sizes/o/in/photostream/.
- Woman and Mural: Bateman, D. (n.d.). empty gesture | Flickr - Photo Sharing!. Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/suttonhoo22/21585061/in/set-728679/lightbox/.
- Canada Flag: 2012 March - Creative Commons. (n.d.). Creative Commons. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://creativecommons.org/weblog/2012/03.
- British Library: Cadman, S. (n.d.). The British Library | Flickr - Photo Sharing!. Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevecadman/486248719/lightbox/.
- Stonehenge: Meacock, E. (n.d.). Home. Eric Meacock Web Pages Index. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://www.meacock.org/IntMeacock/index.htm.
- Man Playing Trombone: DeusXFlorida. (n.d.). Junkanoo Festival. The Culture of the Bahamas in St Augustine. by DeusXFlorida in The Bahamas on Fotopedia - The Photo Encyclopedia . Fotopedia. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-3546340983.
- Great Pyramid of Giza: Photo_SG. (n.d.). Great Pyramid of Giza 2 by Stuart Gordon in Famous Buildings, Great Pyramid of Giza - The Fotopedia Community Pictures . Fotopedia. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-2461575837.
Video
- Copyright and Creative Commons: KrispMilk. (n.d.). Copyright & Creative Commons for Kids - YouTube. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtJdfHXk_u8