PRSA APR: Applying Ethics and Law questions with correct answers

Copyright law: CORRECT ANSWERS-Two major goals of this type of legal protection: 1) to protect the original creator of a work 2) to provide economic incentive for new knowledge. The statutory definition says that copyright exists in "original works of authorship in any tangible medium of expression ... from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated." Any written sources that are not original should be cited in following works. In addition, Internet and social network references should adhere to traditional copyright procedures for securing appropriate permissions and/or indicate proper citations. A copyright does not protect ideas, only the specific ways in which those ideas are expressed. What are the two types of publication under common law copyright? CORRECT ANSWERS-General publication: includes any overt act that indicates the intention to surrender one's right to control one's creative expression and allow the public to copy the material. If there is a general publication and the author has not obtained statutory copyright and does not use the copyright symbol (©), he or she has no further right to prevent the use by the public. Limited publication: includes delivery of a manuscript to a possible purchaser, does not cause the author to lose any common law rights.