First Amendment
Defamation Nation
D-fence
Copywrong
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100
This is the year the First Amendment was ratified.
What is 1791?
100
The five elements needed to prove a libel case are publication, identification, defamation, fault and ______.
What is damages?
100
This is the legal concept that allows reporters to quote potentially libelous statements by public officials such as police.
What is qualified privilege?
100
This is a tort that a pop star whose face was used in an advertisement without her permission might bring.
What is appropriation?
100
The Supreme Court affirmed the legal concept of prior restraint in the _____ Papers case.
What is Pentagon?
200
He wrote the First Amendment.
Who is James Madison?
200
This is the type of communication that can result in a libel claim.
What is written?
200
This is the strongest defense against a libel claim.
What is truth?
200
This is the concept that allows journalists to use short sections of copyrighted material without permission.
What is fair use?
200
In the Snyder v. Westboro case, the plaintiff claimed intentional infliction of emotional distress and this other tort.
What is intrusion into seclusion?
300
The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, assembly, right to petition the government and ___________.
What is the press?
300
This is the type of communication that can result in a slander claim.
What is spoken?
300
This is what a plaintiff who is a public official must prove in a libel case.
What is actual malice?
300
True or false: If you find a photograph on the Internet, it’s perfectly legal to use it in your article.
What is false?
300
Publishing the name of a rape victim might result in this type of legal claim.
What is publication of private facts?
400
The First Amendment offers the strongest protection to speech about these three subjects.
What are politics, religion and culture?
400
True or false: Libel can only be proved if the plaintiff’s name is included in the publication.
What is false?
400
This is a concept that requires a libel plaintiff to bring a case within a specified period of time – usually one or two years.
What is statute of limitations?
400
“I Xeroxed this weekly quiz” is an example of misuse of a ___________.
What is trademark?
400
A story that presents someone as being something he or she is not might result in this type of claim.
What is false light?
500
This is the legal concept that does not allow the government to prevent publication of a story.
What is prior restraint?
500
Liar, cheat, fornicator, fraud and scoundrel are examples of ____ letter words that are most likely to prompt libel cases.
What is red?
500
A movie star who brings a libel case would be considered a _________.
What is public figure?
500
“Fixed in a tangible medium” is the definition of a work that is this.
What is copyrighted?
500
This is the name of the host of the real “Jeopardy!” game.
Who is Alex Trebek?
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