Understanding Copyright and Creative Commons

What is the primary purpose of copyright?

• To get the original artist of a work the most money possible.

• To promote the progress of science and useful arts

• To provide free access to works

• To restrict creative expression.

Copyright is ______; it exists as soon as a work is created and fixed in a tangible form.

• Automatic

• Optional

• Delayed

• Manual

In most countries, copyright lasts for the life of the creator plus how many years?

• 20-30 years

• 50-70 years

• 100 years

• 10 years

Which of the following is a right of copyright owners?

• To destroy the work

• To reproduce the work

• To ignore the work

• To sell the work without permission.

Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as ______.

• Commercial gain

• Criticism, commentary, or education

• Unlimited distribution

• Personal enjoyment.

Creative Commons is a ______ organization that provides free, easy-to-use copyright licenses.

• For-profit

• Nonprofit

• Governmental

• Private

Which Creative Commons license requires that derivative works be licensed under the same terms?

• Attribution (BY)

• ShareAlike (SA)

• NonCommercial (NC)

• NoDerivatives (ND)

Creative Commons licenses are widely used in ______ content sharing.

• A) Academic, cultural, and open

• B) Commercial and private

• C) Secretive and closed

• D) Personal and restricted

What is Intellectual Property?

• Physical property, such as land or buildings, that can be owned

• Creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names, and images used in commerce

• The legal rights to tangible assets

• Government-owned information and property

What is the main purpose of Creative Commons licenses?

• To restrict how works can be used

• To allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators

• To ensure that works can never enter the public domain

• To make all works available for commercial use