Communications 300 Lesson 5
This is an exam covering lesson 5. Communications 300
- 1.Which of the following is not correct?
- A.
Works copyrighted in the United States are protected internationally in part by the Berne Convention of 1989
- B.
Ideas can be copyrighted
- C.
Copyright law is designed to stimulate and produce progress in science and the arts.
- D.
Original works of authorship must be fixed in a tangible medium of expression in order to be copyrightable
- 2.Which of the following is not correct?
- A.
Copyright protection begins as soon as a work is fixed in tangible form.
- B.
Inventions can be patented to protect potential profits.
- C.
Names of products or services can be trademarked.
- D.
Trademark protection is automatic upon creation.
- 3.Which of the following is correct?
- A.
A band must pay royalty fees if it wants to play copyrighted works in private practice sessions.
- B.
A work must necessarily be "novel" to be copyrightable.
- C.
Photography and filming of actual events are copyrightable.
- D.
Sporting events can be copyrighted.
- 4.Which of the following is correct?
- A.
Ideas and facts can be copyrighted.
- B.
News events can be copyrighted.
- C.
Copyright holders retain exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, and perform their copyrighted works.
- D.
It is not permissible to perform copyrighted works in church without paying royalties.
- 5.Which of the following is correct?
- A.
Journalists who work for newspapers or broadcast outlets retain the copyright to the articles and stories they produce.
- B.
Freelancers maintain copyright ownership unless it is agreed by contract that a commissioned work is a work-made-for-hire.
- C.
The primary purpose of intellectual property law is to benefit the financial interests of the creators.
- D.
A work must carry a copyright notice in order to be protected under copyright law.
- 6.Which of the following is correct?
- A.
The exclusive rights of copyright owners are separate and distinct from each other.
- B.
After a term of protection expires, copyrighted works may never be printed again without permission of the original copyright holder.
- C.
The original works of Shakespeare are protected by copyright.
- D.
Under current copyright law (1998), protection continues for the life of the author plus 120 years.
- 7.Which of the following is not correct?
- A.
The statute of limitations on copyright infringement is 3 years.
- B.
To prove infringement in a law suit, the owner (plaintiff) must prove that the defendant had access to the copyrighted work, and that the two works are substantially similar.
- C.
A copyright owner may not sue for infringement unless the work is registered with the Copyright Office.
- D.
One may not register after the infringement occurs.
- 8.True or False? Any one of the four factors for determining fair use may, in isolation, defeat a fair use defense.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Which of the following is less likely than the others to be protected by fair use?
- A.
a work that is out of print
- B.
an educational workbook that is designed to be used only once
- C.
A factual work
- D.
A non-transformative work
- 10.True or False? The fair use defense might permit the use of an entire work.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.The single most important factor in analyzing the fair use defense is the
- A.
purpose and character of the use
- B.
nature of the copyrighted work
- C.
amount and substantiality of the portion used
- D.
Effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work
- 12.Which of the following was not one of the persuasive arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Harper and Rowe v. Nation (19??)?
- A.
The purpose of The Nation article was new reporting, thus covered by the news defense.
- B.
The Nation's use intended to supplant the copyright holder's commercially valuable right of first publication.
- C.
The work was as yet unpublished at the time of The Nation's use.
- D.
The Nation's use created harm to the potential market of the original copyrighted work as well as derivative works.
- 13.True or False? Parody must target the original, not just use its style and genre; it must be transformative of the original.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.True or False? Compulsory licensing limits the exclusive rights of copyright owners; it compels the owners of certain types of intellectual property to allow others to use that property for a reasonable fee.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.True of False? Cable and home satellite dish companies are not subject to paying compulsory licensing fees.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Which of the following is not correct?
- A.
It is legal for the purchaser of a computer software program to make a backup copy for archival purposes.
- B.
It is illegal to make multiple copies of computer software for friends and co-workers.
- C.
Computerized databases of facts are not eligible for copyright protection.
- D.
User interfaces (the look and feel of visual screen displays) can be copyrighted.
- 17.Which of the following is correct?
- A.
Posting copyrighted photos on computer bulletin board systems without authorization is an infringement of copyright.
- B.
Reproducing a magazine's trademark on computer bulletin board systems without permission is not a violation of trademark law.
- C.
Internet service providers are held to a standard of strict liability for copyright infringements by their subscribers.
- D.
If an ISP removes a user's material that it thinks is in violation of copyright infringement from its site, it is then liable for damages to the user (the alleged infringer).
- 18.Which of the following is not correct?
- A.
It is illegal to copy and display visual images without copyright holder authorization.
- B.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found in favor of Napster (2001), holding that Napster did not knowingly encourage and assist in copyright infringement.
- C.
Webcasters must pay royalties for music played on the Web.
- D.
Pirating is the unauthorized duplication of only the sound of legitimate recordings, as opposed to all the packaging (original art, label, title, etc.).
- 19.Which of the following is not correct?
- A.
Registration is not absolutely essential to protect one's trademark.
- B.
Trademark law requires that a trademark be used in commerce.
- C.
Once a trademark is used in commerce, the mark is forever protected, even if its use in commerce is discontinued.
- D.
Legal action against trademark infringers usually comes after a trademark is threatened by the likelihood of confusion with another mark or by dilution.
- 20.Which of the following is not correct?
- A.
Trademark dilution laws are intended to protect trademarks from uses that blur their distinctiveness or that tarnish or disparage them, even in the absence of a likelihood of confusion.
- B.
Using a competitor's trademark in comparative advertising or promotion is illegal.
- C.
Trademarks that are not sufficiently protected can become generic terms.
- D.
Cybersquatting is prohibited by legislation, and by other organizations that mediate domain name disputes.
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