Copyright Issues: a quiz
  Choose the correct answer for each question.
 

1 If you do not profit from a copyright infringement, can you be sued for damages?
Yes
No

2 Is it a copyright infringement to link to an image on another person's web site?
Yes
No

3 Is it a copyright infringement to make a local copy of another person's image file so you can include it on your own web page?
Yes
No

4 Copyright ownership analysis starts with this principle: The ______________ is the owner.
government
author
public
employer

5 Which of the following is NOT a copyright infringement?
A teacher making a photocopy of a single cartoon as part of a student worksheet which is then copied 25 times and distributed to a class.
A teacher scanning in a single cartoon to put on his or her web site.
A teacher including a cartoon in a Power Point presentation to be given at a conference, without the permission of the author of the cartoon.

6 You have written a story to read aloud to your class. At what point is it covered by copyright law?
When you read the story aloud to your class.
When you register it with the copyright office at the Library of Congress.
When you write the story down on paper.
When you put a copyright symbol at the bottom of the first page.

7 Ms. Smith's students are big fans of the Star Trek television series. In order to excite them about a writing exercise, she encourages them to write stories based on Star Trek characters. Which of the following rights of the creators of Star Trek are violated by the writing of these stories?
The right to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords.
The right to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work.
The right to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.
The right to perform the copyrighted work publicly.
The right to display the copyrighted work publicly.

8 Mr. Jones has a computer program at home that he thinks the students in his class will benefit from. He brings in the program and installs it on all three computers in his classroom. Because the program is for use by students and has met the spontaneity test, he concludes that this is legal under the Fair Use doctrine. Is it?
Yes
No

9 Which of the following works is in the public domain?
A book published in 1923.
A book published in 1980 by an author who died a year later.
A shareware computer program.
The song Happy Birthday.
U.S. Senate proceedings from 1998.

10 Central to the concept of copyright is the idea that you own and have control over anything that you create.
True.
False.

 
Copyright 1999-2001, Web Institute for Teachers, Graham School of General Studies, University of Chicago. Used by permission.  All rights reserved. For more information about the Web Institute for Teachers, visit http://WebInstituteforTeachers.org.
Return to Copyright Quiz