Digital Information: Digital copyright and licenses

Question 1

Copyrighted

Answer 1

there are intellectual property rights to the creator (legal) in which they can decide if their product can be copied and under what conditions

Question 2

Berne Convention

Answer 2

an international agreement on copyright across borders

Question 3

Authors need to post copyright notices
True or False

Answer 3

false; they don’t need to but they can to enforce it in court (if needed)

Question 4

Do copyrights last into authors death

Answer 4

The Berne Convention states a minimum duration of 50 years after the author’s death, but the United States extended that to 70 years in most cases

Question 5

After copyrights expire what happens to the work

Answer 5

It goes to the public domain

Question 6

what does it mean if something is in the public domain

Answer 6

it can be used and adapted by anyone without restriction

Question 7

Fair Use

Answer 7

allows limited use of copyrighted materials for purposes like criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, or research

Question 8

what can happen due to copyright violations

Answer 8

ppl/companies can get sued

Question 9

digital rights management (DRM)

Answer 9

tools that restrict where and how a user can use copyrighted media

Question 10

example of drm

Answer 10

Spotify has this thing where itscrambles audio if u play a song on a non Spotify app

Question 11

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Answer 11

criminalizes the production and distribution of technology that tries to circumvent DRM

Question 12

how is the dcma used irl

Answer 12

ppl sending takeout requests