Intellectual Property

You borrow an essay written by another student and then submit it as your own work. Is this plagiarism?

• True

• False

You will be guilty of plagiarism if you:

• Use other persons work to gather information.

• Use someone's work and present it as your own.

• Use other persons work to support your arguments.

• Use someone's work to shape your thoughts and views.

While researching your paper, you come across an article that contains a persuasive paragraph arguing your point of view. You rewrite the paragraph in your own words. This is called: 

• Make up quotes to support your information presented.

• Preparing a research without instructions.

• Using someone's work without giving credit.

• All of the above.

You are in a hurry and to submit your paper on time, and to avoid a late penalty, you copy/paste large portions of text from the internet, but you do cite author and date thoroughly throughout the work. This is plagiarism.

• True

• False

When does someone get copyright protection?

• When the author gets money.

• When the work is completed.

• When created work is publised with a © symbol.

• When it is registered for copyright.

How long does the general copyright validity lasts for?

• 20 years

• 50 years

• 10 years

• 30 years

A student brings a CD to school and lends it to a friend to put in his Keynote Presentation. This is fair use.

• True

• False

 

I can legally share my Hollywood DVD collection with my friends by either uploading them to the internet or burning copies, as long as I don’t sell them for profit.

• True

• False