All About Copyright

What is copyright?

• A government tax on creative works.

• A law that protects original works of authorship.

• A way to register a work with the government.

• A type of business license.

How long does copyright protection generally last for works created after 1978 in the U.S.?

• 50 years after creation

• The author's lifetime plus 70 years

• 100 years from the publication date

• Copyright never expires

Which of the following is NOT a factor considered in determining fair use?

• The purpose and character of the use

• The amount and substantiality of the portion used

• Whether the author has given verbal permission

• The effect on the market value of the original work

Under ​ (a)   teachers can legally use copyrighted material in the classroom when the material is used for criticism, commentary, teaching, or research.

• fair use
• public domain
• trademark
• patent

Match each of the following Creative Commons licenses with their function.

• Allows others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the work, even commercially, as long as they credit the creator.

• CC BY-ND (Attribution-NoDerivatives)

• Allows others to use the work for non-commercial purposes, and they must credit the creator.

• CC BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike)

• Allows others to redistribute the work, but not to modify it, and credit must be given to the creator.

• CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike)

• Allows others to remix, adapt, and build upon the work, even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit the creator and license their new creations under the identical terms.

• CC BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial)

• Allows others to remix, adapt, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, as long as they credit the creator and license their new creations under the identical terms.

• CC BY (Attribution)

The purpose of a _________ license is to allow creators to set permissions on how others can use their work.

Which of these works is most likely to be in the public domain?

• A book published in 2022

• A photograph taken in 1885

• A newly released documentary

• A popular movie from the 1980s

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Fair Use

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(b) Not Fair Use

• A teacher photocopies a single chapter of a book to use for a one-time class discussion.

• A journalist quotes a few sentences from a copyrighted article in a news report.

• A company takes an artist’s online painting and prints it on T-shirts to sell.

• A student copies an entire textbook and distributes it to classmates for free.

• A YouTuber uses a short clip from a movie in a video reviewing the film.

If you photocopy an entire book for your students without permission, you are:

• Using fair use if it’s for educational purposes

• Likely violating copyright law

• Protected if the book is more than 10 years old

• Not responsible because the school owns a copy

Which of the following is true about using copyrighted images from the internet?

• If it’s on the internet, it’s free to use

• You can use it freely as long as you don’t make money

• You may need permission unless it falls under fair use or is Creative Commons licensed

• You can use any image if you give credit