Copyright Issues Hunt

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1. You find the perfect image for your report on a web site. Under the picture is a copyright notice. How should you handle this?

2. You paid $25 for the newest cd of your favorite group. Your best friend's family has fallen on hard times.
You make a copy of the cd for him. Is this ok? Not OK? Why?

3. Fair Use means a teacher can take the contents of a web activity page and repost it in
your school's web site because it is for a school.
True or False. Support the answer.

4. What three factors qualify a work for copyright protection?

5. What three things may be included in a copyright notice? Research the answer.

6. Name an author who was caught plagiarizing.

7. Congratulations, you wrote a great book. How long is that book copyright protected according to the US Copyright Office?

8. Copyright and fair use guidelines pdf

Your group is creating a web site as a class project. While researching on the Internet,
you discover a great online puzzle that really fits your project. None of you knows how to make online puzzles.
Are you legally permitted to copy the web page and add it to your web site?

Since your project's site will be online, what is an alternative to reposting it in your site?

How much music, from your favorite rock group, can you add to the project?

The opening shot from a hit movie would be a great closing for the class digital yearbook.
How much can you use?

9. True or False. Everything on the Internet is Public Domain. Helpful hint. Use the Find command to scan the text rather than read the whole page. To do this using most web browsers, go Edit ... Find. (Mac - ..f) Enter the keywords and click Find. The text will be highlighted. Edit ... Find again (..g) will take you to the next occurrence of the word.

Watch - Fair(y) use Tale - Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative,
review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms.

What is public domain?

10. What are the five exclusive rights given to copyright owners under the Copyright Act?

11. Write one of the The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics.

Watch the video - What is the Purpose of Copyright?

How do you feel about filesharing?

Did you know? The right to make a derivative work is also the right of the copyright holder.

12. Watch The Creative Commons video at TeacherTube

The Creative Commons - How does a CC license challenge the thinking around copyrights?

If you had written a book, developed new software, coposed a piece of music or made a movie, would you
release it under a Creative Commons license? Why or Why not?

Done already? Consider the issues....

Ethical Use of Internet Resources In Research

Offline: What are the consequences, at your school, for violating a copyright or plagiarizing?

Are the consequnces the same for everyone? Should they be the same?

Copyright ©2003 - 2007 Cynthia J. O'Hora. All Rights Reserved. Copyright Notice / FAQ Updated 12/2007, posted 11/2/2003 Educators may print this hunt for use in a non profit classroom setting. Use of the materials here constitutes an agreement with these terms of use.

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