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Copyright QUIZ

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is copyright?

a)

A form of protection for creative works

b)

an image

c)

copies of work

2.

Who owns the copyright in a work?

a)

you and your family members

b)

the president

c)

the author who created it

d)

the government

3.

What is Fair Use?

a)

pictures and essays

b)

all copyright material

c)

unfair use of copyright material

d)

materials that can be used without the owner's permission

4.

To demonstrate the concept of gravity, a science teacher shows her class a two-minute clip from a popular movie. The use of this work is most likely an example of...

a)

copyright infringement

b)

fair use

c)

tangible expression

5.

What is Creative Works?

a)

Any kind of original work (writing, painting, music, lyrics)

b)

Adaptations of original work

c)

When someone illegally reproduces or uses a copyrighted work without permission

d)

Taken to court, and a judge can order you to pay money to copyrighted holder

6.

Your client is a well known Company that sells instructional videos to its customers. You need to develop a video that teaches users how to set up their email accounts. What is NOT a legal source for explaining the steps for setting up user's email?

a)

Write your own steps for setting up the user's email.

b)

Ask a subject matter expert to create the steps for setting up email accounts.

c)

Copy and paste the steps off the email software's website.

d)

Hire a Technical writer to develop the steps for setting up email accounts.

7.
Copyright is only granted to well-known authors, musicians and filmmakers.
a)
True
b)
False
8.

Sam buys a new band's CD but decides he doesn't like the singer, so he resells the CD on eBay. That's legal.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Amy tells Daniel about her summer vacation, and he says he'd love to see some of her pictures. Amy uses a peer-to-peer file sharing program to upload the photographs she took at camp so he can download them. That's Copyright infringement.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Paula read an interesting article about the making of the film Titanic and wants to use a short quote in her cinema review paper for journalism class. That's copyright infringement.

a)

True

b)

False

11.
A kindergarten's finger painting cannot be copyrighted because:
a)
He's just a kid.
b)
Anyone can finger paint.
c)
It is not true; his work can be copyrighted.
d)
A kindergartner doesn't care if his work is copyrighted.
12.
If you paint a mural on a classroom wall as an assignment for your art class, who owns the copyright?
a)
The school because it owns the wall.
b)
Your parents because you are a minor.
c)
Your art teacher because she made the assignment.
d)
You are because you are the "author" of the work.
13.
If a work is in Public Domain, it means:
a)
You can get it for free online.
b)
You can copy it without getting permission from anyone.
c)
The term of the copyright has run out.
d)
All of these answers are correct.
14.

The Fair Use Doctrine was created to:

a)

Allow anyone to use copyrighted material at any time for as long as it is needed, without permission from the author.

b)

Allow the use of copyrighted material, with permission, to make a profit.

c)

Allow the use of copyrighted material without getting permission for educational purposes only, at any time, for as long as it is needed.

d)

Allow the use of copyrighted material without getting permission under certain circumstances, with some restrictions and time limits.

15.

What is the safest way to use someone else’s creative work?

a)

Assume that it’s in the public domain and use it however you want

b)

Give credit to the creator

c)

Ask permission to use the work

d)

Check who owns the work