Copyright and Fair Use Assessment

All of these works can be copied without worrying about copyright law...except one. Which one of these is not okay to copy and use?

• Works created by the government

• Works that the creator gave away by putting them in the public domain

• Works that are so old that the copyright protection has expired.

• Works that are found using a Google image search

If you are using a small portion of a copyright protected song for a school project, it's okay. Why?

• It's not a popular song, so nobody cares.

• Copying the work of others for school is part of Fair Use.

• Your teacher really likes that song, so you might get an A.

• You bought the song and added it to your iTunes library.

There are 4 questions you must ask yourself to determine if your use of someone else's creation is covered by Fair Use. Which is not one of those four questions?

• Will you get caught if you copy it?

• How much of the work are you using?

• If you copy it, will it hurt the sales of the original work?

• What is your purpose of copying it? Are you using it for school, parody, or the news?

Our country's founding fathers wrote the copyright protection laws so that Americans could profit from creating original works. This would encourage people to keep creating.

• True

• False

If I found the work (picture, song, story...) on the internet, it must be public domain.

• True

• False

It is illegal to download music without paying for it or getting permission from the copyright owner. 

• True

• False

Plagiarism is a form of copyright infringement.

• True

• False

Which of the following is considered fair use of copyrighted material?

• Using 100% of the lyrics of a copyrighted song in your video

• Reworking small parts of an original song to use it for a school project.

• Downloading a song from the Internet and making copies for your family.

• Commenting about a music video on a social networking site.

You can use other people's copyrighted materials if you:

• do not see a copyrighted symbol.

• obtain a copy from your school library.

• are able to copy and paste it from the Internet.

• pay a fee, obtain permission, or follow Fair Use guidelines.

When something enters the public domain, it is now

• free to use.

• pay as you go.

• under contract.

• under lawsuit.