MBU 2520 Exam #1 questions well
answered graded A+ 2025/2026
What are the three different ownerships of a CD? - ANS ✔✔1) Ownership of the actual physical
CD
2)Ownership of the recording on the CD
3) Ownership of the lyrics or song itself on the CD
Utilitarian Philosophy - ANS ✔✔encourages widest possible PRODUCTION & AVAILABILITY of
artistic works. authors will create if can compensate from their investment by owning and
controlling copyright but does not necessarily have the ownership...
Artist's right philosophy - ANS ✔✔author has the right to control and exploit the products of
author's intellect—the right to be credited as author and to prevent work from being changed
substantially
patent - ANS ✔✔exclusive rights over an invention; copyright
Trademark - ANS ✔✔the exclusive right to use a brand or part of a brand
Copyright - ANS ✔✔An exclusive right granted by the federal government allowing the owner to
reproduce and sell an artistic or published work like songs, books, movies, etc.
Where did congress' power to make copyright laws come from? - ANS ✔✔England and
Parliament
Requirements for copyright protection - ANS ✔✔Original, expressed, fixed in a tangible medium
, Fixed in a tangible medium - ANS ✔✔there is a tangible copy of your work such as a recording,
CD, sheet music, audio tape, etc.
Sound Recording Copyright - ANS ✔✔This covers the recording in and of itself, but does not
cover music, lyrics, words or any other underlying content embodied in that recording. The
record company must get permission from the songwriter to obtain this.
When does copyright protection begin? - ANS ✔✔When the work is fixed in a tangible form
what is protected by copyright law? - ANS ✔✔Literary Works
Musical Works
Dramatic Works
Motion Pictures/Audiovisual works
Sound Recordings
Architectural Works
Choreographic works
Pictorial/Graphic works
What is not protected by copyright law? - ANS ✔✔(1) The Public Domain
(2) Ideas not expressed
(3) Facts
(4) Names, Titles, Slogans, and
(5) Unfixed Works
(6) Works of the United States Government
answered graded A+ 2025/2026
What are the three different ownerships of a CD? - ANS ✔✔1) Ownership of the actual physical
CD
2)Ownership of the recording on the CD
3) Ownership of the lyrics or song itself on the CD
Utilitarian Philosophy - ANS ✔✔encourages widest possible PRODUCTION & AVAILABILITY of
artistic works. authors will create if can compensate from their investment by owning and
controlling copyright but does not necessarily have the ownership...
Artist's right philosophy - ANS ✔✔author has the right to control and exploit the products of
author's intellect—the right to be credited as author and to prevent work from being changed
substantially
patent - ANS ✔✔exclusive rights over an invention; copyright
Trademark - ANS ✔✔the exclusive right to use a brand or part of a brand
Copyright - ANS ✔✔An exclusive right granted by the federal government allowing the owner to
reproduce and sell an artistic or published work like songs, books, movies, etc.
Where did congress' power to make copyright laws come from? - ANS ✔✔England and
Parliament
Requirements for copyright protection - ANS ✔✔Original, expressed, fixed in a tangible medium
, Fixed in a tangible medium - ANS ✔✔there is a tangible copy of your work such as a recording,
CD, sheet music, audio tape, etc.
Sound Recording Copyright - ANS ✔✔This covers the recording in and of itself, but does not
cover music, lyrics, words or any other underlying content embodied in that recording. The
record company must get permission from the songwriter to obtain this.
When does copyright protection begin? - ANS ✔✔When the work is fixed in a tangible form
what is protected by copyright law? - ANS ✔✔Literary Works
Musical Works
Dramatic Works
Motion Pictures/Audiovisual works
Sound Recordings
Architectural Works
Choreographic works
Pictorial/Graphic works
What is not protected by copyright law? - ANS ✔✔(1) The Public Domain
(2) Ideas not expressed
(3) Facts
(4) Names, Titles, Slogans, and
(5) Unfixed Works
(6) Works of the United States Government
