Copyright And Fair Use For Educators

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How much do you know about Copyright and Fair Use as it applies to education?

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1.

What is Fair Use?
- A.
  
  A term used to describe the illegal downloading of music
- B.
  
  A law that allows people to copy their favorite DVDs for their friends
- C.
  
  An exception to the Copyright Law
- D.
  
  A law that protects original creative works
2.

Copyright protects the people who photocopy materials for classroom use.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

Check the examples of Fair Use:
- A.
  
  A teacher reads a poem aloud to her class
- B.
  
  A principal tells a department head to print out multiple copies of a textbook
- C.
  
  A student uses a quotation in their essay
- D.
  
  An instructor passes out copies of the first chapter of Heart of Darkness to her class
4.

Where is Copyright mentioned in the U.S. Constitution?
- A.
  
  Article II Section 8
- B.
  
  Article I Section 7
- C.
  
  Article I Section 8
- D.
  
  Article B Section Q
5.

Teachers have broader rights than school librarians where copyright is concerned.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

Under Fair Use, check which of the following teachers are allowed to photocopy
- A.
  
  A photograph of a Georgia O'Keeffe painting
- B.
  
  An article on a feminist's perspective of Miley Cyrus
- C.
  
  A graph showing the average amount of sleep high school students get in different grades
- D.
  
  A Far Side cartoon
7.

How much of a prose work can a teacher photocopy for their students?
- A.
  
  5,000 words or 35% of the work
- B.
  
  All of the work
- C.
  
  50% of the work
- D.
  
  1,000 words or 10% of the work
8.

A 1st grade teacher can make a copy of a Reading Rainbow episode for her class if she cannot find a copy or cannot find a reasonably priced copy
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

Teachers may upload the following materials to their website without citation
- A.
  
  Raffi's song, Bananaphone, that plays as a site intro
- B.
  
  An original poem they wrote
- C.
  
  A YouTube video of a monkey eating a banana
- D.
  
  Their favorite Rachel Ray recipe for banana bread
10.

The Fair Use rules for uploading material applies the same for instructors teaching at public schools as they would for an instructor working at a high school with tuition.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False