Copyright Self-Quiz
To judge how well you understand general and campus-specific copyright issues, we recommend that you take the following quiz. Answers to all of the questions can be found at the bottom of this page.
1. What is generally protected by copyright law?
a. A published book or article
b. A mainstream film
c. An independent film
d. A graphic
e. All of the above
2. When is a work copyrighted?
a. After the creator applies for a copyright license through the Office of Federal Copyrights
b. As soon as it is “put in material form” (printed, published, recorded, filmed, etc.)
c. When the creator is considering publishing the work
d. None of the above
3. Which of the following is a legitimate personal use of a copyrighted work?
a. Downloading music without paying for it and listening to it
b. Downloading a film from the Internet, showing it in your residence hall, and charging people to see it
c. Buying a CD at the store, transferring the songs to your MP3 player, and listening to them
d. Buying a CD at the store, transferring the songs to your hard drive, and burning CDs of the songs for all your friends
4. Which act provides liability protection for online service providers, if they have procedures for addressing copyright violations?
a. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
b. The TEACH Act
c. The Copycat Act
d. The First Amendment
5. Which of the following are legal ways to get music?
a. Buy a CD from a merchant on the Hill
b. Buy a CD from an online store
c. Subscribe to an online music service, and download individual songs for a fee
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
6. Which of the following statements about fair use is true?
a. Any use of copyrighted materials on a college campus is fair use, because of the educational exemption
b. If you use a work, and acknowledge that it is copyrighted, then your use qualifies as fair use
c. Key factors used in determining whether a use of copyrighted materials qualifies as fair use include quality of reproduction, range of distribution, purpose of use, and effect of use
d. Even some educational uses of copyrighted materials require permission of the creator or owner
7. The University of Colorado at Boulder scans its networks for copyright violations.
8. Depending on the situation, a single copyright violation at CU-Boulder may be sufficient for immediate and permanent suspension of network access privileges.
9. A computing and network resource user on campus can demonstrate that a notification of copyright violation was unwarranted, and have all record of that notification deleted.
10. In the case of a third notification that a computing and network resource user has violated a copyright holder’s rights, the Campus Copyright Committee convenes to decide what will happen to the user.
Answers
1e; 2b; 3c; 4a; 5d; 6d; 7b; 8a; 9a; 10b.
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