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WorksheetsCopyright and Fair Use
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
Factors in determining whether a use of a copyrighted work is fair use include:
a)
Amount of the work used.
b)
Effect on the commercial market for the work used.
c)
Purpose of the use.
d)
All of the above.
2.
This is a type of copyright that allows others to use your work without asking permission as long as they follow the guidelines you set.
a)
Creative Commons
b)
Fair Use
c)
Copyright
d)
Creative Work
3.
What is your best option if you are ever in doubt about your rights to use a particular image?
a)
Ask permission or don't use the image.
b)
Delete the embedded copyright information, save the image, and then use it.
c)
Use the image without permission and ask permission after using it.
d)
Use the image after making a good-faith effort to get permission.
4.
Why is it best not to use images found in standard online searches, regardless of copyright status?
a)
Images found online are usually of poor quality.
b)
Most images found online are probably copyrighted, and it is illegal to use copyrighted images without the owner's permission.
c)
It's OK okay to use images found online; my friends and I do it all the time.
d)
The images could contain a virus that can infect your computer.
5.
If you find a picture on the Internet that you want to use, check for the standard copyright symbol. If you can't find it, then you are free to use the picture as you wish.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
A video production class produces a video of various student activities throughout the school year. They use popular music clips in the video and all the songs are fully listed in the credits. In order to raise money for a new sound board, they sell copies of the video. All money goes back to the school. This is covered under fair use.
a)
True: Since the money is being used for educational purposes, this is fair use.
b)
False: Popular music is not appropriate for any educational use.
c)
True: If the clips are short enough, no copyright applies.
d)
False: The music is not being used for any educational purpose, merely for entertainment and therefore violates copyright restrictions.
7.
A history class is studying how music was used as protest during the Vietnam War. One part of their unit project requires them to play a song in class and discuss how that song was used to influence public opinion about the war. This is fair use.
a)
True: The music is being used for educational purposes, not entertainment.
b)
True: As long as the students actually purchase each song that they want to use, they have permission to use it in class.
c)
False: Popular music is not appropriate for any educational use.
d)
False: The students will probably be entertained by the songs, so it is not fair use.
8.
A school has purchased the CD of the musical “Cats” and decides to put it on as the school mini-musical. A teacher plays the music by ear on the piano, and the students perform all the songs. There is no admission charge. This is fair use.
a)
False: The teacher needs to buy the sheet music in order to have the right to play the music in public.
b)
True: The school is not charging an admission so there is no copyright violation
c)
False: The copyright holder also holds the performance rights. To perform “Cats,” you must buy the performance rights.
d)
True: Since the performance is a mini-musical and not the full work, it is not a copyright violation.
9.
For exam review, students have to create a Google Slides presentation about one of the units they have learned this semester. Students use a variety of images they found online in the presentation They have a slide at the end that cites all of the image sources. Students upload their presentations to the class Canvas page so that other students can use them for review. This is fair use.
a)
False: Since Canvas is on the internet, students cannot publish work there without getting the creators’ permission to publish the images.
b)
True: The students are using the images for educational purposes and are not posting them to a public website.
c)
False: The citations would have to be included under each image to be acceptable.
d)
True: As long as images are cited, students can use them for any reason.
10.
A teacher rents Gone With the Wind to show the burning of Atlanta scene to her class while studying the Civil War. This is fair use.
a)
True
b)
False
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