“Fair use” allows you to use copyrighted work without permission or payment, but only in certain situations. Which of the following is NOT a “fair use” situation?

• Chelsea uses a copyrighted photo for a school presentation

• A journalist shows a copyrighted video clip in a news report

• Jordan remixes a copyrighted song and charges people for it

Ruby makes a YouTube video about why she doesn’t like reality television. She uses clips from reality TV shows to support her argument. Why does Ruby’s video count as fair use?

• Because TV shows aren’t copyrighted

• Because Ruby’s video criticizes, or comments on, reality TV shows

• Because Ruby’s video is a parody

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 teacher wishes to show a copyrighted motion picture to her class for instructional purposes.

• YES Yes, since it is for classroom instruction and no admission fee is charged. 
• NO

Emily is completing a project from the internet.  She is taking notes and typing the site she found the information.  Is it okay or no way?

• Okay
• No Way

Randy had a one-page report to write on Abraham Lincoln.  He copied it in his own handwriting from the encyclopedia.  Okay or no way.

• Okay
• No Way

Suzy was creating a power point for science class.  She decided to copy a picture off the internet.  She cited the URL web address.  Okay or No Way

• Okay
• No Way

Amy tells Daniel about her summer vacation and he says he'd love to see her pictures.  Amy uses a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program to upload the photographs she took at camp so he can download them.  That's copyright infringement.

• True
• False

Amy tells Daniel that the files are available.  Daniel uses the same peer-to-peer file-sharing program to download Amy's camp pictures.  That's copyright infringement.

• True
• False

Jason copies the entire last chapter from the final Harry Potter book to his commercial blog without any additional commentary.  Since he only used part of the work, Jason would be protected by fair use.

• True
• False