Name:__________________
Date______________
Period:____
Copyright and Fair Use Study Guide:
True or False
Directions: Read the statements below decide whether the statement is true or false
_____ 1. Only works marked © or ® (or with a similar symbol) are legally protected by copyright.
_____ 2. An author must register a work to protect his or her copyright.
_____ 3. I can legally use someone else’s picture or text as long as I am not making any money
from it.
_____ 4. Everything on the Internet is public domain.
_____ 5. Acknowledging the origin of a copyrighted picture makes it ok to put it on Snapchat or
TikTok
_____ 6. Publishing or reposting an email without permission is a violation of copyright.
_____ 7. Violation of copyright is a civil crime.
_____ 8. Plagiarism laws are not normally enforced on high school students.
_____ 9. Lack of knowledge of the law is a usable defense to charges of plagiarism.
_____10. Cover bands can play other artists’ music without fear of charges of plagiarism.
Multiple Choice:
11. The legal time frame of an artist's copyright is:
A. A lifetime plus 100 years
B. Through a trust an artist can have copyright protection for 200 years
C. Through the duration of the artist's life and after death an additional 70 years.
D. Ten years if the copyright truly belongs to the artist.
12. Fair use extends to all of the following examples but:
E. Posting a lyric video on youtube of a song, but only crediting the artist.
F. With permission performing a cover on stage
G. Sampling a song within your work after receiving permission from the copyright owner
H. Creating an interpolation of a song after receiving permission from the copyright holder
13. Copyright protection was created to
A. Protect the owners work and allow others to use it
B. Allow owners to make money from their work
C. Protect the uploading of a work on digital platforms
D. Allow the international usage of original works.
14. A song parody is protected by copyright and is legal under fair use because
E. It is an imitation of an original work
F. It is an original work
G. It’s created under educational usage
H. The original owner of the copyrighted work agreed
15. Once the copyright protection has expired for an original work
A. The copyright never expires
B. The work is copyrighted by another person
C. The work enters “Public Domain”
D. The copyright is owned by the US government.