Copyright
Fair Use
Legalities
First Amendment
Patents & Trademarks
100
A type of intellectual property law that protects original works of authorship, including both published and unpublished works.
What is a Copyright?
100
Criticisms, Comments, News reporting, Teaching, Scholarship or research, and Parodies.
What are ways Fair Use is allowed?
100
When someone makes a false statement that harms another person's reputation.
What is Defamation?
100
The United States Constitution was ratified on December 15, 1791. This is part of the Bill of Rights, which is the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the First Amendment?
100
Providing legal protection, Helping prevent counterfeiting and fraud, Promising a consistent level of quality.
What are ways that Trademarks protect?
200
The first copyright law in the United States was signed into law by George Washington on
When is May 31, 1790?
200
A copyright law exemption that allows the limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright owner.
What is Fair Use?
200
Broken down into 2 categories, one is verbal defamation, while the other is written defamation.
What is Slander and Libel?
200
This doctrine allows certain uses of a copyrighted work without the copyright holder's permission, such as for criticism, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research.
What is Fair Use?
200
A word, phrase, symbol, design, or combination of these that identifies a product or service that are used to help customers recognize a brand and differentiate it from competitors. Often recognized by this image:
What is a Trademark?
300
Architectural, Literary, Artistic, Visual, Audiovisual and Dramatic works, Plays and musicals, Music, Sound recordings, Computer software and video games.
What is things Copyright applies to?
300
Purpose and nature of the use, Type of copyrighted work, Amount taken, Impact on the original work's market.
What are ways Fair Use Applies?
300
The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.
What is Censorship?
300
Congress cannot make laws that limit freedom of speech or the press, which could prohibit restrictions on the distribution and reproduction of works.
What is limitations of the First Amendment?
300
The granting of a property right by a sovereign authority to an inventor.
What are Patents?
400
Ideas, facts, and systems, Works not fixed in a material form, names, titles, and slogans, familiar symbols or designs, Lists, U.S. government works, and Works in the public domain.
What are things Copyright does not apply to?
400
Presenting someone else's work as your own, whether intentionally or unintentionally, is plagiarism. There is no fair use defense if you fail to attribute the source.
What is Plagiarism?
400
You must be able to prove that the statement was false, it was spoken as though it were true, it has caused you or your company some kind of harm or damage.
What are ways to fight Slander?
400
The First Amendment and this were adopted close together, suggesting that the Framers believed copyright's limited monopolies could be compatible with free speech.
What is the Intellectual Property (IP) Clause?
400
Words, Slogans, Logos, and Package designs fall into this category.
What are things protected by Trademarks?
500
What is this symbol?
What is the Copyright Symbol?
500
Using more original content than borrowed, Using a lot of different sources, Giving credit where credit is due, Referencing plenty of links, and Sticking to the facts.
How to avoid Copyright Infringement?
500
A separate body of law from copyright that protect the interests of people who are the subject of a work, such as Photographs, Letters, Oral histories, Diary entries, and Other works.
What is Privacy?
500
This forefather drafted the First Amendment in 1789 and became the 4th President from 1809-1817.
Who is James Madison?
500
This industry generally has patents created to protect technological advancements in the production or distribution of content.
What is the Entertainment Industry?