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Copyright is important because
It allows others to copy your work
It prevents other people from copying your work
Which works are protected by copyright?
Ideas
All works
Written works
Audio works
Who Owns the Copyright for a piece of work?
You and family members
The person who created it
The government
How Long Does Copyright Protection usually last?
A lifetime
70 years after the death of the creator
1 year
What happens to the work after the copyright time has passed?
It goes into the public domain
There is no time-limit on copyright
The work must be destroyed
A teacher rents Gone With the Wind to show the burning of Atlanta scene to her class while studying the civil war.
This is fair use.
True
False
A student is writing a report for Science class and uses copyright images downloaded from the Internet.
He submits his project to a competition that recognizes classroom work for students and wins a prize for the school.
This is covered under fair use.
True
False
Kathy downloaded a few photos of local organic farms from an images website.
She follows the rules of the photographer and uses them in her digital video about sustainable agriculture.
She is allowed to do this.
True
False
Jason copies the entire last chapter from the final Harry Potter book to his commercial blog but did not say where he got the work from.
Since he only used part of the work, Jason would be protected by fair use.
True
False
What is Fair Use?
When work that is copyrighted is used to make money
When work that is copyrighted is used for an educational purpose
Len creates a song and copyrights it.
Sylvia gets his permission to play it in the background of her Youtube video.
This is...
Legal
Illegal
What does "public domain" mean?
You have to get permission from a public agency to use the copyrighted work.
The copyright has expired so you can use it for free and without permission
For how long does copyright usually last?
Until the creator dies
Until 70 years after the creator's death
The ability to use a small amount of copyrighted work without permission
But only in certain ways and in specific situations
Fair use
Piracy
Creative work that's not copyrighted and therefore free for you to use however you want.
Fair use
Public domain
Fair Use can be applied to work that is used for _________.
Education, criticism, parody
Public display, campaigns, commercial use.
A student uses images from the internet for his social studies report.
This counts as Fair Use
True
False
A movie about Mike Tyson uses 41 seconds of fight video for the film. The film is a documentary and the purpose is informational.
This counts as Fair Use
True
False
A teacher downloads a video and shows it to her class for entertainment purposes.
This counts as fair use
True
False
As a school student, you can use images from the Internet but you must...
Say where you got them from
Pay for them
Which of these is not a form of Copyright?
Public Domain
Fair Use
Copyright
Image Block
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