Copyright Primer
Fair Use Copyright Quiz
1) Basically copyright law was created
in this country to protect individuals
and companies from having their work
ripped off.
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The purpose of copyright was to support the
‘advancement of science and the useful arts’. Science at
the time was used interchangeably with knowledge.
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Copyright gives credit to an author, but was not meant
for the material to never be used.
2) The owner of the local Blockbuster
Video store supports the school by
donating one videotape rental-free to
the school every Friday. The video is
shown in the room to reward students
with perfect attendance that week.
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False
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Entertainment and reward are explicitly excluded under
copyright and guidelines.
3a) A teacher buys a single-user
program with department money and
puts it on the LAN (network). It is
frequently used by several teachers at
the same time. This violates the
software policy. Is the district liable?
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False
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The district is liable and must enforce its written policy,
not just post it. Someone needs to monitor the network
and the standalone computers.
3b) The Adobe user license allows ten
versions of PageMaker to be spread
across twenty-five machines as long as
no more than ten users ever use the
program simultaneously. Is this fair
use?
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The Adobe license specifically forbids this. The would like
licenses for each working machine.
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A single license usually requires a unique computer.
3c) Are these cases binding in court?
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Remains to be seen
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A software license only requires the user to ‘click to
accept’. Users rarely read the entire agreement.
4) On her home VCR, a history teacher
taped the original ABC news report of
Nixon leaving the White House after
resigning. She uses the entire news
program every year in her classroom. Is
this fair use?
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Using the entire program is not necessary. Selecting the
relevant clip would be more appropriate.
5) St. Francis school purchases a single
copy of a math program and installs it
on the server so it can be accessed by
classrooms throughout the school and
also on the stand-alone computers.
Only one class can use it at a time.
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False
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True
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The principle should hold, but should check the license.
6) Purchasing a computer program is
the same as licensing it.
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In some cases, such as a site license, one physical or digital
copy is provided, and each install is dictated by the
licenses. As more installs are needed, additional licenses
can be acquired. A license is a ‘right to use’.
7) A teacher rents Gone With the Wind
to show the ‘burning of Atlanta’ scene to
her class while studying the Civil War.
This is fair use.
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The video was legally obtained, used for educational
purposes, and only the relevant section was shown.
8a) Copyrighted material used without
permission in multimedia projects may
remain in the student’s portfolio forever.
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False
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As long as the project is not publicly distributed, the
student may archive their work.
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The limited audience (student, faculty) allows this use of
material.
8b) Asking permision is key to fair use
protection in education.
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The notion of fair use was specifically created to avoid
the need for permission by setting guidelines of use.
9) An elementary teacher in California
loves the cartoon demonstration of
fractions in the TV program Mathworks.
He copies the entire program for every
teacher in the school. This is fair use.
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False
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True
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This program is specifically created for educational
purposes and is meant to be rebroadcasted in the
classroom.
10) Using a legal copy of the program
Webwhacker, a district technology
specialist downloads and caches
educational web pages for school
Internet trainings. This is fair use.
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True
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While permission would be preferable, internet sites by
design are copied locally in order to be viewed and for
speed performance. Copying them to another location is
an extension of the normal hosting process.
11) A science teacher asks the school
librarian to record a great episode of
Reading Rainbow on its original
broadcast. He figures on using it for
years. His students digitize parts for a
class project. This is okay.
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True
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This program specifically allows educational
redistribution. Digitizing is allowed under fair use.
12) A student finds a photo online
dramatizing a pre-Columbian Viking
landing in America. Since the school
symbol is the Viking, he posts this
photo on the school web page. It links
back to the original website.
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False
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False
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Since internet postings are automatically copy written,
this material cannot be posted since it is not his work. An
offline page or private project would be acceptable.
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The audience is too broad and there is little educational
purpose.
13) A student doing a multimedia report
copies the Quicktime movie of
Kennedy’s “We shall go to the moon”
speech from a CD-ROM. Her teacher
posts the project on the LAN. This is fair
use.
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False
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True
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The school network is not publically accessible, so the
audience is limited. Also the clip length is appropriate and
for an educational purpose.
14) A school purchases a typing tutorial
program and houses it in the library. It
us checked out to students to take
home. By enforced policy, the homes
erase the program at the end of the
checkout period. Permissible?
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False
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True
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Checking out is fine since the install only exists on one
computer at a time, but the process must be enforced.
15) A student building a multimedia art
project uses copyrighted images of
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
downloaded from the web. He submits
this to a festival and wins the $1000
prize for the school. Permissible?
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True
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The festival is not paying for the student work, but rather
rewarding it. Since the material was previously created for
a legitimate purpose, this is acceptable.
16) The teacher of the winning
multimedia project mentioned above
shows it at an art conference for
educators. The teacher’s attendance fee
is waived due to this presentation. This
is fair use.
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Fair use extends to teacher training and conferences.
17) A health teacher tapes a Seinfeld
episode on personal hygiene. The local
TV station denies permission when
asked and states this is a violation of
policy. Are they correct?
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False
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False
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The television has no say on how the material is
presented nor do they own the license. Congress allows
all broadcasts to be held for 10 days, and schools may
retain them longer.
18a) A student brings in a cassette copy
of the National Anthem which he copies
from and audio CD his mother
purchased as Target. Another student
on her team digitized this for a project.
This copy is fair use.
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False
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For fair use to apply, the source must be legally obtained.
The original student would be allowed to use the
material, but not the second student.
18b) From iTunes, a gifted student
downloads an MP3 music file of a hit
rap song for and anti-violence video his
team made. This is fair use.
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While the MP3 format may have an associated stigma, it is
a common format and traditional fair use policies apply.
18c) Defending her point of view, a
suspended student reuses the same
unauthorized copyrighted material on
the school web pages which she
originally used in the school paper. Is
this fair use.
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False
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True
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Journalism is protected. While the original source is not
allowed, it can be reproduced to illustrate a point.
19) A high school sells a student video
yearbook made by volunteers for $25 to
raise money for equipment for the
school. All the money goes to the
school. The use popular music clips.
The songs are fully listed in the credits.
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This example provides no educational purpose and is not
included in a curriculum. Being used in a school setting is
not the same as being used in an educational setting.
20) A school can only afford one copy of
KidPix. It loads this onto the library
computer and all student and all
classes have access to it all day. The
player is installed onto all lab
computers to view work. Permissible?
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False
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True
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The player is known as freeware and is specifically created
to view work created from the mastering program. The
master program complies with its license by only being
installed once.
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Another example would be the Adobe Acrobat PDF
viewer.
21) A teacher creates his own grading
program. He transfers to another school
and forgets to delete the program. He
sues the school and wins. Is he likely to
received a monetary reward.
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While the school must discontinue use, there was no
monetary loss associated with the use, since the program
was created for non-commercial uses, and there was no
license agreement.
22) An elementary school transcribes
the lyrics from the album CATS for the
school musical. There is no admission
charge. Is this fair use?
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Copyright holders retain the right to sell their work.
Although the play is held in a school, it is not for an
educational purpose. Free admission does not bypass the
need to pay for the license.
23) A classroom on the Internet pays for
only one Internet account to
AskMeThings.com. The teacher lets
every student use it. Permissible?
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False
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Internet accounts usually permit multiple logins. If they do
not wish this to occur, the website programming will
disallow it, and there will not be an issue.
24) An enterprising media aid tapes 60
Minutes every week in case teacher need
it. This is fair use.
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Schools may not tape in anticipation of a request.
25) A professor at a University of
California campus copies an expensive
software program for every student in
class to use. If taken to court by the
copyright holder, the university will
lose.
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Since the program was not on the network, the school
can not be held accountable since it cannot monitor
these types of transactions.
(Bonus) Copyright protection is
essential for superior artistic output.
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