Copyright Flashcards
What is copyright?
The exclusive right to make copies, license and otherwise exploit a literary, musical or artistic work, whether printed, audio, photography, video, etc.
Copyright pertains to anyone who has authored original work and starts upon creation of the work.
What is a copyright holder?
The person or entity that owns the copyright.
What is plagiarism?
The process of copying another person’s idea or written work and claiming it as original.
What is public domain?
The condition of not being protected by patent or copyright and so freely available for use.
What is fair use?
A provision of copyright law that outlines the extent to which copyrighted work can be used or reproduced without seeking the permission of the copyright holder.
When do you have to give credit to another person’s work?
- When using another person’s idea, opinion or theory.
- When using any facts , statistics, graphs, drawings-any pieces of information that are not common knowledge.
- When using quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words.
- When you paraphrase another person’s spoken or written words.
Fill in the blank: If the material you have taken from the original work has been transformed by adding ________________, it is more likely fair use.
New expression or meaning.
Fill in the blank: If __________________ by creating new information, new aesthetics, new insights and understandings, it is more likely fair use.
Value was added
Fill in the blank: If you are just ___________, it’s not likely fair use.
Copying
Fill in the blank: If the work is for use in an ______________ it is more likely to be considered fair use.
Educational institution
What are some examples of fair use?
Education, review, criticism or parody.
Fill in the blank: You will have a stronger case for fair use if the material is from a ___________ and not an unpublished work.
Published work
Fill in the blank: ______________ are more likely to be fair use than currently printed works
Out of print works
Fill in the blank: ________________, the less likely it will be fair use.
The more artistic the work is
Fill in the blank: The _______________, the more likely that your copying will be considered fair use
Less you take
