Media Legalities & Copyright (Review)

True or false: Public property is owned by an individual or a private organization (a)  

• True
• False

Where would we be allowed to film our movie? Match the following scenarios:

• Your neighbor's sidewalk

• PRIVATE PROPERTY, need permission to film

• Your neighbor's kitchen

• PUBLIC PROPERTY, need to get permits to film there

• The streets of downtown Chicago

• PUBLIC PROPERTY, acceptable to film there

We want to film in the lobby of a privately owned hotel. Which of the following legal documents do we need signed in order to get permission to film there?

• Property Release

• Talent Release

• Passive Release

We want to record the preschoolers at a local daycare. Which of the following legal documents do we need signed in order to get permission to film them?

• Property Release

• Talent Release

• Passive Release

We want to film on the streets of Chicago but we don't want to ask permission of every single person who walks by. Which of the following legal documents allows us to film everyone in this situation?

• Property Release

• Talent Release

• Passive Release

"The set of laws that protect you from having your creative works used without your permission" is known as

• Trademark

• Copyright

• Intellectual Property

• Creative Commons

• Public Domain

"Creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs and images used in commerce" is known as

• Trademark

• Copyright

• Intellectual Property

• Creative Commons

• Public Domain

If material is no longer protected under copyright law, then it is considered part of the:

• Trademark

• Intellectual Property

• Creative Commons

• Public Domain

The copyright expires after how many years past the creator's death?

• 15

• 35

• 70

• 100

• The copyright NEVER expires

Which of the following artworks is no longer copyrighted? Check ALL that apply.

• "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" written by L.Frank Baum who died in 1919

• "Oz Great and Powerful" movie produced in 2013

• "Symphony No. 5" composed by Beethoven who died in 1827

• The Chicago Symphony's 2022 performance of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5"

• All of these are protected by copyright law