Copyright

Copyright is important because

• It allows others to copy your work

• It prevents other people from copying your work

Which works are protected by copyright?

• Ideas

• All works

• Written works

• Audio works

Who Owns the Copyright for a piece of work?

• You and family members

• The person who created it

• The government

How Long Does Copyright Protection usually last?

• A lifetime

• 70 years after the death of the creator

• 1 year

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

• It goes into the public domain

• There is no time-limit on copyright

• The work must be destroyed

A teacher rents Gone With the Wind to show the burning of Atlanta scene to her class while studying the civil war.

This is fair use.

• True

• False

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

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

Kathy downloaded a few photos of local organic farms from an images website.

She follows the rules of the photographer and uses them in her digital video about sustainable agriculture.

She is allowed to do this.

• True

• False

Jason copies the entire last chapter from the final Harry Potter book to his commercial blog but did not say where he got the work from.

Since he only used part of the work, Jason would be protected by fair use.

• True

• False

What is Fair Use?

• When work that is copyrighted is used to make money

• When work that is copyrighted is used for an educational purpose