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Copyright Quiz
1. The owner of the local video store supports the school by donating one DVD
rental-free to the school every Friday. The video is shown in the multi-purpose room
to reward students with perfect attendance that week. It does improve attendance.
This falls under fair use.
This is false because under copyright guidelines, the owner of the school
must get a version from an authorized distributer from which you can receive
a license.
2. A teacher buys a single-user program with department money and puts it on the
Local Area Network (LAN). It is frequently used by several teachers at the same
time. This is done in violation of a written district policy against using single-user
programs on the LAN. After two years, the software company takes action against
the individual teacher. The district is also liable.
The school district is in charge for implementing the written policy; therefore,
this is a true enforcement of the copyright policy.
3. On her home VCR, a history teacher taped the original ABC news report of Nixon
leaving the White House after resigning. She uses the entire news program every
year in her classroom. This is fair use.
The teacher must ask permission to use the video every year she chooses to
use it in order to be in compliance with copyright laws. This is not fair use.
4. A school purchases a single copy of a math program and installs it on the server
so it can be accessed by classrooms throughout the school and also on the standalone computers in the portables. The policy is that only one class can use it at a
time and the policy is religiously enforced. Permissible.
As long as the math program is being used for the purpose of instruction, it is
permissible.
5. Purchasing a computer program is the same as licensing it.
Purchasing a computer program gives the owner the permission of use, but it
is not the same as licensing.
6. A teacher rents Gone With the Wind to show the burning of Atlanta scene to her
class while studying the Civil War. This is fair use.
Because the teacher is using an abbreviated clip of the movie for the purpose
of instruction, it is fair use.
7. Copyrighted material used without permission in multimedia projects may remain
in the student's portfolio forever.
The copyrighted material may not be reproduced and made public in order
for it to be considered fair use.
Again, this is not permissible because the teacher is receiving a profit from
the exhibit, and he or she is not the original owner of the work.
16. A high school sells a student video yearbook made by volunteers for $25 to
raise money for equipment for the school. They use popular music clips. The money
all goes to the school. The songs are fully listed in the credits. Fair use.
The yearbook is not for teaching purposes, so this is not fair use.
17. A school can only afford one copy of KidPix. It loads this onto the library
computer and all students and all classes have access to it all day. The teachers
copy and install KidPix Player on their classroom computers to evaluate the student
work. This is permissible.
This is not permissible. The teacher should not have reproduced the one
download purchased.
18. A teacher creates his own grading program. He transfers to another school and
forgets to delete the program from the network. Everyone at his old school copies
and uses the program. He sues the school and wins. He is likely to receive a
significant monetary reward.
He may receive money, but it is not fair to say it should have been lucrative
because it was reproduced. The program was not patented.
19. An elementary school transcribes the lyrics from the album CATS for the school
minimusical. There is no admission charge. Fair use applies
This is fair because there was no money received, and the school transcribed
the minimusical themselves. There was nothing purchased.
20. An enterprising media aid tapes 60 Minutes every week in case teachers need
it. This is fair use.
This is fair use if the teacher does not use them for too long after theyre
recorded and as long as theyre for instructional purposes.