Questions and CORRECT Answers
Fair Use (Doctrine) - CORRECT ANSWER - Permits limited use of copyrighted material
without having to first acquire permission from the copyright holder.
Acceptable Use Case of Fair Use - CORRECT ANSWER - Examples include schoolwork
and education, news reporting.
Intellectual Property - CORRECT ANSWER - Creations of inventions; literary and artistic
works; and symbols, images, names and logos.
Derivative Work - CORRECT ANSWER - A creative work that's based on one or more
previously created works.
Copyright Notice Elements - CORRECT ANSWER - The three visual elements are
symbol "©", or "copyright", or "Copr.", year of first publication, name of owner of copyright.
Copyright Law Compliance - CORRECT ANSWER - To ensure compliance, ask
permission, follow the directions regarding use of material, and do not use any material if you
don't have permission.
All Rights Reserved (ARR) - CORRECT ANSWER - The rights to fully copyrighted
works are held by the creator(s) of the work, and it can be unlawful to use copyrighted works of
others without their permission.
Copyright Assignment in the U.S. - CORRECT ANSWER - Copyright in the U.S. is
automatically assigned to creators of work, with no registration necessary.
Public Domain Work - CORRECT ANSWER - Work in the public domain can be reused
freely for any purpose by anyone, without giving credit or attribution to the author or creator.
,Public Domain Entry Timeframe - CORRECT ANSWER - Currently in the U.S., creative
works will enter the public domain 70 years after the death of the creator.
Creative Commons CC0 - CORRECT ANSWER - A legal tool created by Creative
Commons to help creators place their work as close as possible to the public domain by releasing
all rights to it.
Creative Commons (CC) - CORRECT ANSWER - A non-profit organization that offers
free legal tools to make creative work more shareable.
CC License Spectrum - CORRECT ANSWER - There are six different CC licenses that
explicitly grant permission for others to use your work in certain ways, forming a spectrum of
openness.
CC License Marks - CORRECT ANSWER - CC license marks are visible symbols telling
others that work can be reused, not requiring direct contact or permission from the creator.
Transformative Use - CORRECT ANSWER - A use that alters the original work in a way
that adds new expression or meaning, making it different from the original.
Criticism and Commentary - CORRECT ANSWER - Quoting or excerpting a work in a
review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment.
News Reporting - CORRECT ANSWER - Summarizing an address or article, with brief
quotations, in a news report.
Research and Scholarship - CORRECT ANSWER - Quoting a short passage in a
scholarly, scientific, or technical work for illustration or clarification of the author's observations.
, Nonprofit Educational Uses - CORRECT ANSWER - Photocopying limited portions of
written works for classroom use by teachers.
Parody - CORRECT ANSWER - A work that ridicules another, usually well-known, work
by imitating it in a comic way.
Copyright - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of legal protection automatically provided to
the authors of 'original works of authorship,' including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic
works.
Exclusive Rights of Copyright Owners - CORRECT ANSWER - The right to reproduce,
distribute, create new works based upon the original work, and perform or display the work
publicly.
Copyright Infringement - CORRECT ANSWER - Violation of one of the exclusive rights
granted to copyright owners.
Protected Works by Copyright - CORRECT ANSWER - Literary works, music and lyrics,
dramatic works, pantomimes, choreographic works, photographs, graphics, paintings, sculptural
works, motion pictures, audiovisual works, video games, computer software, audio recordings,
and architectural works.
Unprotected Works by Copyright - CORRECT ANSWER - Unfixed works, works in the
public domain, titles, names, short phrases, slogans, familiar symbols or designs, numbers, ideas
and facts, processes and systems, and federal government works.
Copyright Ownership - CORRECT ANSWER - Author/Creator
Heirs Copyright Ownership - CORRECT ANSWER - Author/Creator's heirs if the creator
is dead (living family)