Copyright

What is copyright?

• • A form of legal protection offered to creators

• Using others work without permission

• When uses of copyrighted works are considered fair and acceptable

• The work is owned by the public and you don’t have to get permission to use it

Copyright is a form of legal protection offered to creators that is grounded in the U.S. Constitution.

• True

• False

Who Owns The Copyright? ( More than 1 answer)

• The creator of a work.

• •The company/entity who hired the creator.

• The public

Copyright only protects published works, it does not protect unpublished works.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not protected under copyright?

• Literary works

• Computer software

• Pictorial, graphic and sculptural works

• Audiovisual works

• Ideas

The word tangible means ________.

• an idea that does not exist in the physical world.

• it is capable of being touched and it exists in the physical world.

Using others work without permission is called ______.

• copyright

• copyright infringement

• tangible

• fair use

Which of the following is not an exception to copyright infringement?

• •Non-commercial research

• •Education (not for profit)

• Satire

• Re-sell for personal profit

• •News Reporting