Copyright For Teachers

One purpose of copyright is to:

• Give creators an incentive to create and to promote the progress of science, arts, culture and literature.
• Enable copyright owners to stop all unauthorized uses of their work.
• Enable copyright owners to silence their critics.
• Slow the progress of science and useful arts but limiting public access.

For a work to be protected under copyright, it must:

• Be original and fixed in a tangible form of expression.
• Be of professional quality.
• Include a copyright notice.
• Be on the Internet.

Which of the following cannot be copyrighted?

• An original poem posted on an online message board.
• The title of a song.
• A students photo taken for an assignment.
• Postings in a chatroom.

How do you copyright a worksheet that you developed to accompany a new lesson which you will post online?

• It is copyrighted as soon as you write it.
• You must register it with the U.S. Copyright Office.
• It isn't protected until it contains a copyright notice at the bottom.
• It is not protected because it is Public Domain.

When you find a picture on the internet, what can you immediately assume about how it may be used in your classroom materials?

• It is public dominion and may be copy-pasted with no attribution.
• It is public domain, but should include attribution to be nice.
• It is covered under fair use and may be copy-pasted with attribution.
• It is copyrighted and requires explicit permission.

Fair use is which of the following?

• Right to copy entire copyrighted works without permission as long as it's for personal use.
• A defense against copyright infringement.
• The right for school and teachers to use any copyrighted works without permission.
• Right to download anything copyrightable from the Internet.

Factors in determining whether a use of a copyrighted work is fair use include:

• Amount of the work used.
• Effect on the commercial market for the work used.
• Purpose of the use.
• All of the above.

If a work is in Public Domain, it means:

• You can get it for free online.
• You can copy it without getting permission from anyone.
• The term of the copyright has run out.
• All of these answers are correct.

A copyright owner must take legal action to protect his work if someone infringes his rights.

• True
• False

Without obtaining permission, teachers may play a full length movie that directly relates to a lesson, but may not play a movie for entertainment.

• True
• False