Media Assets and the Law

1. What term describes all ideas and products?

• Intellectual property

• Logo

• Slogan

• Copyright

2. What does copyright mean?

• You can legally copy anything you like

• Your creative products cannot be used by anyone without permission

3. What two laws protect intellectual property?

• The General Product Safety Regulations (2005)

• Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988)

• Trade Marks Act (1994)

• Consumer Protection Act (1987)

4. What is an asset?

• A law that protects the idea or product

• Any licence to use a logo or slogan

• Any person who uses an idea without asking

• An item or component of any digital product

5. Give TWO examples of an asset

• Trade Marks Act (1994)

• A letter from the publisher giving you permission to use some music

• A clip downloaded from YouTube

• An image downloaded from Google

6. What does the Trade Marks Act (1994) protect? CHOOSE ONE

• Ideas

• Logos

• Images

• Videos

7. What does the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988) protect? CHOOSE TWO

• Ideas

• Logos

• Images

• Slogans

8. What THREE other things does the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988) protect?

• Games

• Typography or Font Styles

• Books

• Software

9. When do you NOT need permission if you are using someone else’s assets? - Choose THREE

• If you are using it to make a fake product

• If you use it within an educational setting

• If you use it when you are reviewing or criticising it

• If you are using it for private study

10. What is a Creative Commons Licence? – CHOOSE TWO

• A licence that says you cannot use the original asset

• A licence that says you can use the asset without asking permission

• A licence that says you can use the asset if you acknowledge who originally created it

• A licence that says you can use the asset if you ask permission