How do I explain copyright to 11-year olds?
byoung2: Put it in terms they understand, like this:Copyright is kinda like, the "right to copy" something.  When you type a book report for school, you can print as many copies as you want, because it's yours.  Maybe you want to print extra just in case you lose one before you hand it in.  Maybe you want to print a copy to give to your uncle Joe the English professor to proofread.  The sky's the limit for you because you wrote it.  But other people can't pick up a copy from Joe's desk and make a hundred photocopies or scan it and place it online for every 5th grader to hand in as his own work, and your teacher can't copy it and publish it in the school newspaper...without your permission...for which you should charge...and give me a percentage!