Copyright Laws
True or False
Copyright ends when the author dies. False, the copyright ends 70 years after the author dies.
What is copyright?
Copyright is a form of protection given to the authors or creators of original works of authorship,
True or False
Ideas are protected by copyright. False, literary, music, and musical works are protected.
Which Works Are Not Protected by Copyright?
Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices.
Why Should I Care About Copyright?
If you create something do you want someone just to take it and make it theirs or make changes to it? No, well that's where copyright comes in so that doesn't happen.
When Do I Need Permission to Copy?
If you use most of the material unless you use a quote.
What is Copyright Infringement?
It is when someone uses something without the authors consent.
Fair Use Act.
It's when a school or teacher can use something for education.
Which Works Are Protected by Copyright?
Movies, music, books and other original works.
True or False
Teachers can use other peoples work if it is for educational purposes. True, only if it is for educational purposes only.
True or False
The author can choose who can use his/her work. True.
Who Owns the Copyright in a Work?
The author of the piece is the owner of the copyright for the work.
How Long Does Copyright Protection Last?
The copyright last from when its made until 70 years after the author dies.
What happens when there's more than one author?
When two or more creators than the are all authors and that is called joint authors.
How Do I Obtain Copyright Protection?
When you make the material the copyright is yours you don't have to do much to get protection.
When And How Do I Register a Copyright?
When you register a copyright with the Copyrights Office that creates a public record of the copyright.
Can you control who uses your work?
Yes, if the person does it legally by asking for your permission to use it.
True or False
You can get in trouble for copyright infringement. True, the person who infringed will have to pay the author the amount he author made from his work or would have made.
True or False
You can take peoples work without their consent. False, you have to ask.
True or False
You have to go to a office to get a copyright. False, the copyright is created right when the work is made.
