Legislation (Creative iMedia)

What is legislation?

• A law created by parliament

• A system of moral beliefs

• Social behaviour of a society

• Principles of right and wrong

What is intellectual property?

• A place of business where people invent and make things

• The ownership and right to make money from ideas, inventions and creative work

• Products and inventions made by a computer company

What does copyright mean?

• You can buy any video, as long as it has an official logo on it

• The person or organisation who creates an original work has the right to protect it and exclusively make a profit by using it

• You are not allowed to watch a film with anyone else present in the room

Which law is broken if you buy a pirate copy of a DVD?

• The Data Protection Act

• The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act

• Freedom of information Act

• Computer Misuse Act

What is Copyright Infringement?

• anyone who uses someone work without permission 
• a copy of someone work
• anyone who uses copyright owners work with permission
• a picture of someone work

What does a Creative Commons licence allow you to do?

• Specify special conditions about how any original information you create may be used by others

• Take legal action against people who obtain copies of your information without asking you first

• Prevents anyone using your personal details for any purposes other than they have previously stated

You can use small excerpts of copyrighted works for educational purposes without paying the author

• True
• False

How can a company stop rivals from stealing their ideas and producing similar games?

• They can prosecute people that buy the game that their rivals produce

• They can pay their rivals not to release their game

• They can patent the idea for the game

An identifying symbol or name for a particular good protected by law is called a: 

• Trademark
• Copyright
• Trade Secrets
• Patents

What would protect a 90 page children's story written for day care center use?

• Patent
• Copyright
• Trademark