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WorksheetsIS IT FAIR USE?
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A teacher has posted his class notes on a web page available to the public. He wants to scan an article from a copyrighted journal and add it to his web page. IS THIS FAIR USE?
a)
YES
b)
NO if access is open to the public, then this use is not a fair use.
2.
Our coaches want to play a DVD of video clips set to music from the past season's games at the Sports Banquet. If we don't add music to the DVD itself, but play a CD of the music during the show, would this be permissible under Fair Use Guidelines?
a)
YES
b)
NO Only face-to-face teaching situations qualify for Fair Use exemptions.
3.
A teacher is accessing a personal iTunes account at school. Students are then able to use entire songs for their projects, or save them to their own MP3 players or computers. Is this a problem since the teacher has paid for the subscription and it says downloaded songs may be placed on up to "5 different compatible devices"?
a)
YES
b)
NO using the entire song would not be acceptable, not is it legal to "file share" [allowing the students to download songs for their own personal use].
4.
An instructor wants to include photographs or music in a PowerPoint presentation for his class lecture. Does he need to seek permission from the copyright owners to do so? What if he wants to make changes to the photograph or music file?
a)
YES the use occurs in the face-to-face classroom plus changes made to enhance his instructional purpose
b)
NO
5.
A teacher wishes to show a copyrighted motion picture to her class for instructional purposes.
a)
YES Yes, since it is for classroom instruction and no admission fee is charged.
b)
NO
6.
A teacher makes a copy of the videotape described in SCENARIO 12 for a colleague to show in her class at the same time.
a)
YES
b)
NO The teacher may lend her personal copy of the videotape to a colleague for this purpose
7.
You are the faculty advisor for the French club. Your club members decide they would like to watch Amelie as part of their next meeting. You meet in the student union. May you screen the film without permission?
a)
YES
b)
NO This would be considered a public performance, because the screening is in a
publicly accessible place and open to anyone.
8.
For a media production course, students have created a music video using the Beatles' song “Strawberry Fields Forever” that features teens lip-syncing and playing air guitar along with footage of a teen couple walking hand-in-hand in a graveyard. They post the video to You Tube
a)
YES The use of interactive video for educational instruction is considered a fair use.
b)
NO
9.
A professor copies one article from a periodical for distribution to the class.
a)
YES Distribution of multiple copies for classroom use is fair use
b)
NO
10.
A teacher copies a Shakespearian play from a copyrighted anthology.
a)
YES The play is in the public domain and not subject to copyright protection.
b)
NO
11.
A group of students create a documentary about John Lennon's role as an anti-war activist, weaving old news clips from footage about the Vietnam War and clips from various Lennon songs to show how his lyrics reflected his beliefs about the war.
a)
YES instruction is occurring
b)
NO
12.
A team of elementary educators shows the Disney movie The Little Mermaid to three classes of Grade 3 students on the day before winter break in the school auditorium
a)
YES
b)
NO not being used for instruction
13.
A high school social studies teacher downloads a You Tube video that illustrates a key point about the U.S. Constitution's relevance to a current news event and makes DVD copies to share with students who don't have Internet access.
a)
YES- INSTRUCTION
b)
NO
14.
One of your students wrote a terrific paper—so good that you would like to use it as an example for next semester’s students. May you scan and post the paper on your WEB site?
a)
YES
b)
NO-Not without the student’s permission
15.
A teacher uses a copyrighted image, found on Flickr, adds the title of the school play, and uses it on a T-shirt he will sell promote the school's upcoming dramatic production.The proceeds will support the school's theatre department.
a)
YES
b)
NO
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