Copyright Challenge

1. True or False: If you buy the latest book by J.K. Rowling and knew that three of your friends would love it, you could make three copies of the book and sell them each a copy for less than you paid.

True

False

2. True or False: You just read a great story from A Collection of Short Stories of 2000 and you think it would make a great play. You may be able to write a play based on the story to be performed at your local community teen theater, but first you would need to get Permission to use the story from the Copyright Owner.

True

False

3. If a work is in the Public Domain, it means:

You can find it at a public library.

You can get it for free online.

You can copy it without getting permission from anyone.

4. True or False: You just saw the coolest video clip on the internet. You want to download it and cut it into your own video that you have been working on. You will not use the entire video clip, so it should not be a problem to use the music.

True

False

False: Right. Just because you get something off the internet, it does not mean that you can freely use it without Permission, as the same rules apply as to the physical world. If you want to include the entire video clip in your video, you would have to get permission from the Owner of the Copyright in the video. The copyright owner controls all of the rights in the video clip, including the right to duplicate and distribute the work. Depending on how much of the video clip you use, you may be able to use a very small portion of the clip as a Fair Use, but this will depend on the specific details of the situation.

Explanation

False: Right. Just because you get something off the internet, it does not mean that you can freely use it without Permission, as the same rules apply as to the physical world. If you want to include the entire video clip in your video, you would have to get permission from the Owner of the Copyright in the video. The copyright owner controls all of the rights in the video clip, including the right to duplicate and distribute the work. Depending on how much of the video clip you use, you may be able to use a very small portion of the clip as a Fair Use, but this will depend on the specific details of the situation.

5. True or False: Works that are in the public domain belong to everyone and can be freely used without compensating the authors.

True

False

6. For a work to be protected under copyright, it must

Be original

Include a copyright notice

Be of professional quality

7. Factors in determining whether a use of a copyrighted work is a "Fair Use" include:

Amount of the work used.

Effect on the commercial market for the work used.

Purpose of the use.

All of the above.

8. Fair Use is the right of the public to make reasonable use of copyrighted material in special circumstances without the copyright owner's permission.

True

False

9. You wrote something and you want to send it to a writing contest. How would you copyright it?

It already is protected by the copyright law once you have written it down.

It isn't protected by the copyright law until you register it with the U.S. Copyright Office.

It isn't protected by the copyright law until you put a Copyright Notice at the bottom of the story.

10. Fair Use is which of the following?

The right to download anything copyrightable from the internet

The right to copy entire copyrighted works without Permission so long as it's for solely personal use

The right of the public to make reasonable use of copyrighted material in special circumstances without the Copyright Owner's Permission.