Ethics
Written Defamation
What is Libel
Copyright Revision Act of 1976
What is the current Copyright Act?
Slogans, mottos and logos
What are Trademarks?
10% Up to 3 Minutes
How much motion media can you use?
Make Copies, Distribute Copies, Perform Work Publicly
Spoken Defamation
What is Slander
Ideas and Inventions, Slogans, Mottos and Logos, Anything Written before 1923, Anything Written by the Government
What is not covered under the copyright Act?
Words or phrases that are used by a manufacturer to identify and distinguish their item
What are trademarks?
10% Up to 30 Seconds
How much music can you use?
Sign over in writing
How do you transfer rights to someone?
Taking someone else's work without their permission
What is plagiarism
What is covered under the Copyright Act?
Trademarks, patents and copyright.
What are the three types of intellectual properties?
10% up to 1,000 Words
How much Text Can you use?
Up to $150,000
How much can plagiarizing cost you?
Truth, Fair Comment, Qualified Privelage
What are the defenses against a libel suit
The Author's Life plus 70 Years, 95 Years for Corporations
How long does Copyright Last?
To promote creativity and to give owners control of their inventions and ideas
What is the purpose of copyright?
Using a short excerpt from a book as an example in English class
What is an example of fair use?
The person who infringed, the company who infringed, the publisher
Who is responsible for copyright infringement?
Identification, defamation, injury, fault, publication
What are the five things you must prove in order to win a libel suit?
The Fair Use Doctrine
What is the exception to copyright called?
Unique
Designs and logos must be what before a trademark can be issued?
Getting permission to use the image
How can you avoid infringement?
Article One, Section Eight, Clause Eight
What cave Congress the Power to enact the intellectual property laws?