Intellectual Property and Computer Technology Rights

Question 1

Computer software/programs/databases

Answer 1

are covered under copyright laws

Question 2

Generally copyrights

Answer 2

do not need copyright notice for works published after March 1, 1989

Question 3

The courts ruled that what can be copyrighted?

Answer 3

programs in source code (human readable) and object code (machine readable)

Question 4

How long are copyrights taken out by corporations/business valid for?

Answer 4

100 years from creation or 75 years from publication. Whichever is Shorter

Question 5

Under the fair use doctrine

Answer 5

copyright items can be used for teaching. including distributing multiple copies for class use.

Question 6

What is not protected by the fair use doctrine

Answer 6

accessing a digital work

Question 7

Modern law generally protects

Answer 7

1) intellectual property rights in software

2) software

Question 8

Trademarks are valid

Answer 8

indefinitely until they are 1) abandoned or 2) trademark loses it’s distinctiveness

Question 9

Copyrights time for an individual who wrote a novel

Answer 9

is their entire life plus 70 years