Copyright & Fair Use Quiz

What is the main purpose of copyright?

• To promote creativity, advance science and the arts

• To prevent people from stealing creative works

• To make money

• To distribute creative works

If a work was published before 1926, how long until it falls into the public domain?

• It is already in the public domain

• 95 years

• 50 years after the creator's death

• 70 years after the creator's death

If a work was published after 1978, how long until it falls into the public domain?

• It is already in the public domain

• 95 years

• 50 years after the creator's death

• 70 years after the creator's death

If a work was published between 1927 and 1977, how long until it falls into the public domain?

• It is already in the public domain

• 95 years

• 50 years after the creator's death

• 70 years after the creator's death

When does copyright begin?

• When the government approves the copyright

• When the creator registers for copyright

• When the work is published

• When the work is physically created

Works in the public domain are not free to use for any purpose.

• True

• False

What automatically falls into the public domain upon creation?

• US Government Documents

• Non-creative lists

• Facts and ideas

• All of the above

We are all creators

• True

• False

We are all consumers

• True

• False

Everything gets automatic copyright protection

• True

• False