Copyright and Fair Use

Who Owns the Copyright in a Work?

• you and family members 
• author who created it 
• the president 
• the government

What is Fair Use?

• pictures, essays
• unfair use of copyright material 
• all copyright materials
• material that can be used without the owner permission

What happens to the work after the copyright time has passed?

• It can be bought
• There is no time-limit on copyright
• 
  The work must be destroyed
• It goes into the public domain

How Long Does Copyright Protection Last?

• a lifetime
• 70 years after the death of the author or artist 
• it does not last
• 1 year

A student brings a CD to school and lends it to a friend to put in his Keynote Presentation. This is fair use.

• True
• False

A student is writing a report for science class and uses copyright images downloaded from the Internet and cited correctly. 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

Paula read an interesting article about the making of the film Titanic and wants to use a short quote in her cinema review paper for journalism class. This is:

• Fair Use
• Public Domain
• Creative Commons
• Copyright infringement

You are NOT breaking the law when you download something if:

• No one finds out about it
• You have permission from the owner

Mike has an idea for a new hit record. He tells his coworkers and one of them makes it first. Did his coworker break copyright law?

• Yes
• No

What is public domain?

• Creative work that is not copyrighted and is free for you to use however you want
• It is an open space that is owned by the public
• A government building
• Music created by Garage Band