Copyright for Students

• Download the Practical Copyright Basics for Students (PDF)
• Your work is automatically protected if:
• It is your original work; and,
• It is in a readable, tangible, physical form.
• You create it - you own it!
• 30-Second Student Rights Video
• Respecting Intellectual Property Rights

Your Exclusive Ownership Rights

The Copyright Law [§ 106] guarantees certain exclusive rights of ownership to you for the works you have created. Some examples include: a video project, a podcast, an artwork, a musical composition, a vodcast, a multimedia project, a paper, a thesis, a creative project.

Request for Permission to Reproduce and Distribute a Work Created for a Classroom Assignment and Owned by a Student  (PDF)

Video: What Do You Think About Intellectual Property?

Plagiarism is using someone else's words, graphics or ideas without an appropriate citation acknowledging the source. Plagiarism is academic fraud.

• How to make a proper copyright attribution
• 30-Second Plagiarism Video 
• Create free MLA, APA, Chicago, & Turbaian bibliographies
• Creative Thinking: Class lessons, films, and activities on plagiarism and copyright awareness

Ball State Copyright Links

• Student Rights and Community Standards, Code of Conduct, 5.2.3
• Information Technology Users Policy, Appendix E
• Ball State University Copyright Infringement