MBU 2520 COPYRIGHT LAW FINAL
In the Supreme Court Grokster case, US Supreme Court ruled... - Answers - 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? - Answers - A.
One
Which of the following is NOT an example of a reproduction - Answers - 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 -
Answers - 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? - Answers - B. False
What happens to foreign works published in the US before March 1, 1989? - Answers -
C. Protected by the UCC (1955)
The Berne Convention does not include sound recordings as protected works. -
Answers - A. True
Two of the most important of the minimum standards required by the Berne Convention
are... - Answers - 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..... - Answers - B.
System Caching
Downloads implicate a public performance right. - Answers - 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. - Answers - A. True
, The RIAA vs. The People lawsuits were suing normal citizens to... - Answers - 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. - Answers - 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? - Answers - 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? - Answers - B. No
In order to prove copyright infringement, a CR owner must prove... - Answers - E.
Ownership of CR and copying of a CR work.
An assignment of CR and an exclusive licence are both: - Answers - A. Types of CR
transfers (Exclusive licence is what you would do once you died and you transfer the
license to a family member)
The three types of coercive remedies are impoundment, destruction, and ______ -
Answers - D. Injunction
Normally in the prosecution of a CR infringement claim, the first step taken by the CR
owner is... - Answers - C. To send a cease and desist letter to the defendant demanding
the infringer stop.
In order to prove an infringement claim must prove a) copying of work by the infringer
and b) ______. - Answers - B. Ownership of a valid copyright by the CR owners
Apple ran a flea market where independent vendors set up booths to sell cds as well as
other items. Fantastic (record company) sued Apple alleging that many of the cds sold
were unauthorized copies of its copyrighted recordings. It was held that the individual
vendors were direct infringers, but was Apple liable? - Answers - C. Yes because apple
controlled and patrolled the vendors during the market
NBC people were talking about Snoopy on Thxgiving day parade. Behind Snoopy, a
band was playing a popular cred song. NBC commented on the song in a later
newscast in which they played clips from the song using the Snoopy footage. Could the
writer of the song sue NBC for copyright infringement? - Answers - D. NBC's use will
likely be held to be a fair use under US copyright law
Most fair use cases turn out in favor of the user provided the user uses no more than
__% of the CR owner's work. - Answers - E. None of the above
In the Supreme Court Grokster case, US Supreme Court ruled... - Answers - 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? - Answers - A.
One
Which of the following is NOT an example of a reproduction - Answers - 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 -
Answers - 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? - Answers - B. False
What happens to foreign works published in the US before March 1, 1989? - Answers -
C. Protected by the UCC (1955)
The Berne Convention does not include sound recordings as protected works. -
Answers - A. True
Two of the most important of the minimum standards required by the Berne Convention
are... - Answers - 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..... - Answers - B.
System Caching
Downloads implicate a public performance right. - Answers - 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. - Answers - A. True
, The RIAA vs. The People lawsuits were suing normal citizens to... - Answers - 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. - Answers - 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? - Answers - 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? - Answers - B. No
In order to prove copyright infringement, a CR owner must prove... - Answers - E.
Ownership of CR and copying of a CR work.
An assignment of CR and an exclusive licence are both: - Answers - A. Types of CR
transfers (Exclusive licence is what you would do once you died and you transfer the
license to a family member)
The three types of coercive remedies are impoundment, destruction, and ______ -
Answers - D. Injunction
Normally in the prosecution of a CR infringement claim, the first step taken by the CR
owner is... - Answers - C. To send a cease and desist letter to the defendant demanding
the infringer stop.
In order to prove an infringement claim must prove a) copying of work by the infringer
and b) ______. - Answers - B. Ownership of a valid copyright by the CR owners
Apple ran a flea market where independent vendors set up booths to sell cds as well as
other items. Fantastic (record company) sued Apple alleging that many of the cds sold
were unauthorized copies of its copyrighted recordings. It was held that the individual
vendors were direct infringers, but was Apple liable? - Answers - C. Yes because apple
controlled and patrolled the vendors during the market
NBC people were talking about Snoopy on Thxgiving day parade. Behind Snoopy, a
band was playing a popular cred song. NBC commented on the song in a later
newscast in which they played clips from the song using the Snoopy footage. Could the
writer of the song sue NBC for copyright infringement? - Answers - D. NBC's use will
likely be held to be a fair use under US copyright law
Most fair use cases turn out in favor of the user provided the user uses no more than
__% of the CR owner's work. - Answers - E. None of the above
