It's a copy...right?

Copyright. To many, this word can strike fear into their hearts. My image of copyrighting, and being caught is a S.W.A.T Team like scenario apprehending a person posting a picture on their blog or something. However, copyright protection laws are very useful. They protect artists from others stealing their work. If I were an artist, I know that I would not be very happy if someone were using my work as their own. As a future teacher, this is something that I have to be extremely careful with, knowing how to use and present the materials properly to students and possibly colleagues is extremely. Since I want to be an English teacher, this is even more important as I have to set the example for my students because they need to learn how cite any works they may use in their writing. As annoying and time consuming as it is, citing a source is very important, as people work very hard on their works, and it is a shame for people to steal them.