Do You Know What's Legal?
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Test your copyright knowledge. (NOTE: If you hit the back button, it erases your previous answers and it registers them as incorrect - so don't hit the back button after you've started the quiz. . . )
Questions and Answers
- 1.Is it legal to copy a program onto a CD or DVD to give or sell to someone else?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 2.How about giving away or selling a program that you no longer use?
- A.
Yes, only if you remove all traces of the program from your computer(s)
- B.
Yes, even if a copy of the program remains on your computer(s)
- C.
No
- 3.Can you sell or give away an older version of a program after you've upgraded it to a newer version?
- A.
Yes, only if you have purchased a new, entire software package
- B.
Yes, even if you purchased the upgrade which just adds onto your existing program
- C.
No
- 4.Can you give your friend a copy of a program that you have purchased but is no longer for sale because the company that produced it is no longer in business?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 5.It is ok to pre-load a program onto the hard drive of a computer that you are giving away or selling.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 6.It is ok to distribute a program over the Internet.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 7.It is ok to give away or lend a book to someone else.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 8.It is ok to go to the bookstore and browse through a book without purchasing it.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 9.It is ok to obtain a digital copy of the latest Harry Potter book that has been posted on the Web.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 10.It is ok to make personal copies of CDs.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 11.It is ok to lend an audio CD to someone else.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 12.It is ok to record a program or movie on tv to watch it later.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 13.It is ok to make personal copies of DVDs.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 14.It is ok to play a DVD on a Windows computer system.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 15.It is ok to watch a DVD on a computer system running the Linux operating system.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 16.It is ok to download music from the Web without paying for it.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 17.It is ok to pass a magazine around to 12 friends so they can read an article.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 18.It is ok for me (the instructor) to put a copy of an article on reserve in the library and make them assigned reading for the class.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 19.It is ok for me to photocopy an article to hand out in class.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Maybe
- 20.It is ok for me to post the article online for the students to read requiring them to log in.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Maybe
- 21.It is ok for me to post the article online for the students to read, without requiring them to log in.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Maybe
- 22.When you post your own work to your Web site, it automatically is copyrighted.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
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