The Law
Exempt from the Law
Using Copyrighted Materials
Copyright in Schools
Miscellaneous
100
True or False: The sole purpose of copyright is to make authors money and protect them from getting their works stolen.
False. Copyright was established to encourage the growth of science, education, and the arts.
100
True or False: If you cite your source, you can legally use any copyrighted work you want.
What is False?
100
True or False: If you own a painting, you also own the copyright to the painting and can sell pictures of it.
What is False?
100
If I'm using copyrighted video for a school project, I can take __% or 3 minutes without permission.
What is 10?
100
True or False: A 1st grader's Haiku poem can be copyrighted.
What is True?
200
This is a defense to copyright infringement: a) Fair Use b) "I didn't know the work was copyrighted" c) "I'm giving the copyright owner free publicity."
What is Fair Use?
200
True or False: If a work does not have the c in a circle symbol, it is not copyrighted?
What is False?
200
True or False: Justin downloaded the black-and-white horror classic Night of the Living Dead from the Internet Archive and decided to mix an audio sample from the film into one of his original songs. That's copyright infringement.
What is False? The copyright for Night of the Living Dead is part of the wonderful wealth of the public domain. Justin is free to be as creative as he wants with public domain material.
200
If I'm using copyrighted text for a school project, I can take __% or 1000 words without permission.
What is 10?
200
You post a sonnet by William Shakespeare on your website and credit it to yourself. This is the name of the crime you have committed.
What is plagiarism?
300
In order for a work to be protected by copyright, it must: a) Be of professional quality b) Include a Copyright Notice c) Be original d) Be an idea
What is C?
300
Works created by the U.S. ______ cannot be copyrighted.
What is government?
300
True or False: Kathy downloaded a few photos of local organic farms from Flickr.com's Creative Commons (CC) pool. She follows the rules of the photographer's specific CC license and uses them in her digital video about sustainable agriculture. That's OK.
What is True? Kathy can legally use the photos as long as she follows the rules of the license?
300
If I'm using copyrighted music for a school project, I can take __% or 30 seconds without permission.
What is 10?
300
You are writing a book review, and want to quote a short line or two from the book in question. Will this likely qualify as copyright infringement?
No. (Fair Use)
400
Anyone who exploits copyright without the copyright owner's permission commits copyright ________.
What is infringement?
400
If a work is in the Public ______, it means that you can copy it without getting permission from anyone.
What is Domain?
400
True or False Adam recorded a video for his YouTube channel about the upcoming Senate elections and includes an official photo taken by a government employee and four bills authored by the incumbent that Adam found on the Senate's website. That's copyright infringement.
What is False? Works produced by the U.S. government, or any U.S. government agency, are in the public domain. The texts of legal cases and statutes produced by the federal government are also in the public domain.
400
If I'm using copyrighted images or photos for a school project, I can take no more than ___ images from one artist or photographer without permission.
What is 5?
400
You've just come up with a great new idea. Can you copyright it?
No. Ideas cannot be copyrighted; inventions can however be patented.
500
This is the right of the public to make reasonable use of copyrighted material in special circumstances (such as for educational purposes) without the Copyright Owner's Permission.
What is Fair Use?
500
When determining whether copyrighted material qualifies for Fair Use, 3 factors must be considered: effect on creator's finances, ____ and _____.
What are amount of work used and purpose of use (educational)?
500
When determining whether someone has committed copyright infringement, the accuser must prove that the work has been _______.
What is copied?
500
True or False: If I'm working on a multimedia school project, I must have permission to use copyrighted works if I'm going to sell my project.
What is True?
500
You work for an accounting firm. You are on its payroll and you produce its newsletter. You write a fabulous article for the newsletter about how to cut your taxes. Who owns the copyright: you or your employer?
Your employer. (Work for Hire)
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