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COPYRIGHT LAW FINAL (MBU 2520)
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
In the Supreme Court Grokster case, US Supreme Court ruled... - answer✔B. Grokster and
Streamcast were likely guilty of contributory CR infringement by including and encouraging
users of their software to infringe.
When a music file is downloaded it involves how many exclusive rights? - answer✔A. One
Which of the following is NOT an example of a reproduction - answer✔C. A Music file is
streamed from a website to a listener
A music lover buys a CD at a store. She listens to the CD, then grows tired of it. Using a ripper
software, she converts the tracks on the CD to MP3 files on her computer - answer✔E. None of
the Above
A website that allows users to download from a choice of many CRed musical compositions and
sound recording in *PUBLIC DOMAIN* with authors listed would have to obtain at least the
following licenses: mechanical licenses for the reproduction of musical compositions from the
Harry Fox Agency or individual publishers and licenses for the reproduction and performance of
the sound recordings from SoundExchange and the sound recording CR owners? - answer✔B.
False
what happens to foreign works published in the US before March 1, 1989? - answer✔C.
Protected by the UCC (1955)
The Berne Convention does not include sound recordings as protected works. - answer✔A. True
Two of the most important of the minimum standards required by the Berne Convention are... -
answer✔C. Duration of Copyright protection for the life of the author, plus 50 years and fair use
for education and news reporting
The DMCA specifies four types of conduct for which an online service provider is not subject to
damages or other monetary relief. They are: Transitory communications, Hosting at the
Direction of Users, Information Location Tools and..... - answer✔B. System Caching
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in order to fit any of the four categories, a service provider must satsify two conditions:
1 Must adopt and reasonably implement a policy of terminating the accounts of subscribers
who are repeat infringer and
2 it must accommodate and not interfere with technical measures that CR owners use to
identify or protect CRed works - answer✔A. True
Ultimately Napster won the lawsuit and that's why we have companies like Spotify. - answer✔B
FALSE. (There was no lawsuit)
After Grokster case the RIAA went after individuals for illegal file sharing - answer✔A. True
RIAA filed over 18,000 lawsuits from ages 12-71 - answer✔A. True
Which one of the following federal statutes provides for criminal prosecution even if no
financial profit or commercial advantage is derived from a CR infringement? - answer✔D. No
Electronic Theft Act
Downloads implicate a public performance right. - answer✔B. FALSE (Public performance rights
implicates STREAMING. not downloading)
courts agree that the distribution right is infringed when you make copies of a work available
through internet transmission. - answer✔A. True
The RIAA vs. The People lawsuits were suing normal citizens to... - answer✔B. send a message
to illegal filesharers
Considering the entire course, what companies like Spotify have figured out is that the average
person values owning music. - answer✔B. False
Is it possible for someone to infringe you song CR without taking possession of it, without taking
possession of any physical object and quite possibly without your awareness of the
infringement? - answer✔A. Yes
Ralph wrote a song called "Girls." Rick wrote a song called "Love." Neither Ralph or Rick ever
saw or heard the other's work but both chorus sounded like a song in public domain. Can either
man sue the other for infringement if only the choruses are the same? - answer✔B. No
In order to prove copyright infringement, a CR owner must prove... - answer✔E. Ownership of
CR and copying of a CR work.
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11/16/2024 10:16 AM
COPYRIGHT LAW FINAL (MBU 2520)
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
In the Supreme Court Grokster case, US Supreme Court ruled... - answer✔B. Grokster and
Streamcast were likely guilty of contributory CR infringement by including and encouraging
users of their software to infringe.
When a music file is downloaded it involves how many exclusive rights? - answer✔A. One
Which of the following is NOT an example of a reproduction - answer✔C. A Music file is
streamed from a website to a listener
A music lover buys a CD at a store. She listens to the CD, then grows tired of it. Using a ripper
software, she converts the tracks on the CD to MP3 files on her computer - answer✔E. None of
the Above
A website that allows users to download from a choice of many CRed musical compositions and
sound recording in *PUBLIC DOMAIN* with authors listed would have to obtain at least the
following licenses: mechanical licenses for the reproduction of musical compositions from the
Harry Fox Agency or individual publishers and licenses for the reproduction and performance of
the sound recordings from SoundExchange and the sound recording CR owners? - answer✔B.
False
what happens to foreign works published in the US before March 1, 1989? - answer✔C.
Protected by the UCC (1955)
The Berne Convention does not include sound recordings as protected works. - answer✔A. True
Two of the most important of the minimum standards required by the Berne Convention are... -
answer✔C. Duration of Copyright protection for the life of the author, plus 50 years and fair use
for education and news reporting
The DMCA specifies four types of conduct for which an online service provider is not subject to
damages or other monetary relief. They are: Transitory communications, Hosting at the
Direction of Users, Information Location Tools and..... - answer✔B. System Caching
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in order to fit any of the four categories, a service provider must satsify two conditions:
1 Must adopt and reasonably implement a policy of terminating the accounts of subscribers
who are repeat infringer and
2 it must accommodate and not interfere with technical measures that CR owners use to
identify or protect CRed works - answer✔A. True
Ultimately Napster won the lawsuit and that's why we have companies like Spotify. - answer✔B
FALSE. (There was no lawsuit)
After Grokster case the RIAA went after individuals for illegal file sharing - answer✔A. True
RIAA filed over 18,000 lawsuits from ages 12-71 - answer✔A. True
Which one of the following federal statutes provides for criminal prosecution even if no
financial profit or commercial advantage is derived from a CR infringement? - answer✔D. No
Electronic Theft Act
Downloads implicate a public performance right. - answer✔B. FALSE (Public performance rights
implicates STREAMING. not downloading)
courts agree that the distribution right is infringed when you make copies of a work available
through internet transmission. - answer✔A. True
The RIAA vs. The People lawsuits were suing normal citizens to... - answer✔B. send a message
to illegal filesharers
Considering the entire course, what companies like Spotify have figured out is that the average
person values owning music. - answer✔B. False
Is it possible for someone to infringe you song CR without taking possession of it, without taking
possession of any physical object and quite possibly without your awareness of the
infringement? - answer✔A. Yes
Ralph wrote a song called "Girls." Rick wrote a song called "Love." Neither Ralph or Rick ever
saw or heard the other's work but both chorus sounded like a song in public domain. Can either
man sue the other for infringement if only the choruses are the same? - answer✔B. No
In order to prove copyright infringement, a CR owner must prove... - answer✔E. Ownership of
CR and copying of a CR work.
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