Copyright Knowledge

What is fair use?

• A type of amusement park ride

• A term used in sports to describe a fair play

• A legal doctrine that allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission

• A method of resolving disputes in court

What does it mean for a work to be in the public domain?

• Only available to a specific group of people

• Can be used without permission

• Automatically protected by copyright

• Not protected by copyright

What is plagiarism?

• Using someone else's work or ideas without giving them proper credit

• Copying your own work and submitting it as new

• Paraphrasing someone else's work without citation

• Using someone else's work with their permission

What is Creative Commons and how does it work?

• Creative Commons is a legal term for stealing other people's work without permission

• Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that provides free licenses and tools that allow creators to easily give permission for others to share and use their work.

• Creative Commons is a type of software used for editing photos and videos

• Creative Commons is a for-profit organization that restricts creators from sharing their work

What is digital rights management (DRM) and why is it used?

• DRM is used to improve the quality of digital content.

• DRM is used to promote the sharing of digital content.

• DRM is used to protect and manage the use of digital content.

• DRM is used to limit access to digital content.

Give an example of a situation where fair use might apply.

• Using a copyrighted work without permission for commercial purposes.

• Using a large portion of a copyrighted work for personal use.

• Using a copyrighted work without attribution or credit.

• Using a small portion of a copyrighted work for a review or commentary.

How can someone avoid committing plagiarism?

• By properly citing sources, using quotation marks for direct quotes, and paraphrasing information in their own words.

• By copying and pasting from online sources without citation

• By using someone else's work as their own without permission

• By not acknowledging the original author or source of information

Why is it important to respect digital rights management?

• To protect the intellectual property of creators and ensure fair compensation.

• To make it difficult for people to share content

• To prevent creators from earning money

• To limit access to digital content

Why Should I Care About Copyright?

• allows others to copy your work
• prevents other people from copying your work 

Which works are protected by copyright?

• ideas
• all works
• literary, musical, dramatic, pictorial works 
• titles, names, slogans