Copyright, Ethics, & 1st Amendment - Journalism

The Right to Assembly Allows

• People to gather for lawful and peaceful reasons
• People to gather for lawful but unpeaceful reasons
• People to attend rock concerts, no matter how bad the music sounds

The right to freedom of speech allows individuals to express themselves without government interference, but statements must be truthful and or based on honest opinions.

• This statement is incorrect
• This statement is correct

Libel is

• the publication of true statements that improve someone's reputation.
• An opinion that someone can give
• the publication of false statements that damage someone's reputation that can be proved untrue

Freedom of press allows people to publish their views and opinions with the government stopping them.

• True
• False

Ethics help maintain credibility and trust in journalism.

• True
• False

Why is copyright important to journalists?

• Journalists use copyright to protect their articles, photos, videos, and other creative work.
• It is not important because journalists can write about whatever they want.
• Copyright only applies to journalists who work for major news outlets

You have a photo of a school event that includes a student making a funny face. The photo could be used to add humor to your article, but the student didn’t expect it to be published and might feel embarrassed. Should you use this photo in your article?

• Yes I will still use the photo
• No it is not okay to use the photo

Copyright is

• a law that gives the creator of original content no rights to its use and distribution.
• a law that gives the creator of original content exclusive rights to its use and distribution.
• a law that gives the creator of original content only limited rights to its use and distribution.

Creative work that's not copyrighted and free to use without permission is called

• Public Domain
• Fair Use

True or False - plagiarism is the use of someone's creative work without credit and using for your own gain

• True
• False