Anna M.

Saxon
FRIT 7235
Copyright Quiz
1. This would be a copyright violation. Whether the DVD used to show the video is rented or
purchased, the purpose in this scenario of showing the movie is to reward students for perfect
attendance. For the showing of the video to fall under the umbrella of Fair Use, it would have
needed to be shown for instructional purposes.
2. This would be a copyright violation. In this situation, the district neglected its responsibility
to oversee the usage of software purchased with school funds. Though there was a district policy
in place making it clear that this type of practice was wrong, no policing was being done to
ensure that teachers were indeed following the expectation which allowed this behavior to go on
for two years. Further proving this situation is a violation of copyright regulations is that the
software was uploaded to the LAN which made it possible for multiple teachers to use the
program at the same time despite a single-user license having been purchased.
3. This would be a copyright violation. Television broadcasts are only allowed to be shown at
school within forty-five days after the broadcast was recorded. With Nixon leaving the White
House in 1974, she has certainly passed the forty-five day window in which showing the tape to
her students would be allowed. This teacher does meet the Fair Use expectation that the
program would be for instructional use; however, she violates copyright law due to the amount
of time that has passed since the broadcast was initially recorded.
4. This would be a Fair Use of the software. For the usage of the software to be Fair Use, the
school must strictly enforce the policy that only one class may use the software at a time.
Particular attention would need to be given to classrooms that have the software loaded to
multiple computers as only one machine may use the software at a time. If the software is used
in precisely the way it was described, I think the school can avoid violating copyright
regulations. However, I feel that keeping an accurate watch to ensure that only one class is using
the software at a time would be very difficult.
5. This would be a Fair Use of the computer program. Typically purchasing a computer program
is actually purchasing a single license to use it. To be sure, whoever is making the purchase
would need to read any literature that was included in the purchase of the computer program.
6. This would be a Fair Use of Gone with the Wind. The video was acquired through appropriate
means, and it will be used to support academic instruction in a classroom setting. By focusing
on a particular scene that recreates historical events, the teacher shows that she is using this
movie as a visual representation for an event that happened during the Civil War.
7. This would be a Fair Use of the copyrighted material if the student follows the guidelines for
using the copyrighted materials correctly. Credit would have to be given to the creator of the
copyrighted materials, and appropriate citations would need to be included. Depending on the

age of the student, additional regulations may apply regarding the amount of copyrighted
material allowed to be used on an educational project.
8. Asking for permission would be a Fair Use of copyrighted materials. If there is any doubt for
a teacher or a student regarding the use of a copyrighted resource, it is always better to ask for
permission to use the resource from the person who created it (or the person who holds the
copyright). Teachers should model the practice of asking for permission to use copyrighted
materials for their students so that students can better understand when it is appropriate to do so
as well as the best methods to communicate with the copyright owner.
9. This would be a Fair Use of the web pages. The district technology specialist is downloading
the resources from the Internet for the purpose of conducting trainings. Also, he is using a legal
copy of the software used to download the web pages. The use of these resources would be
called into question if he were receiving additional payment for conducting the training.
10. This situation represents a copyright violation. A recording of a broadcast can only be used
for instructional purposes and cannot be altered by the students. While the length of time the
teacher is allowed to use the recording of Reading Rainbow is longer than other recordings due
to its enlightened rights holders, there is still a limit to how long he can use this video in his
classroom.
11. This would be a copyright violation. The image is not being used for the students project,
but instead it is being used to represent the schools mascot on the schools webpage.
12. This situation may be a copyright violation. The student could use the video in her report if
she properly credits those who created it. However, the teacher would may be crossing the line
when it comes to protecting the rights of the copyright holder when she puts the students present
on the school LAN if she allows it to be accessible for longer than fifteen days after it was
initially presented.
13. This would be Fair Use of the software. The library is allowed to loan out software, and it
eliminates the issues of have multiple people accessing the software if they are requiring the
software to be deleted from the home computers once the check out period is over.
14. This would be a copyright violation. The student is misrepresenting the images he
downloaded as his own when using them for his project. If the Student Multimedia Festival is
for purely student-produced work, he is violating the rights of the copyright holder as he is
presenting designs by Frank Lloyd Wright as his own.
15. This would be a copyright violation. The students project cannot legally be distributed. In
this case, the teacher is profiting (saving $50) by using the students work.
16. This would be a copyright violation. Even with crediting the musicians in the credits, this
production could potentially take profit away from those who originally created and produced

the music. Also, the video yearbook was not created for educational purposes as the purpose for
creating the video was to make money.
17. This would be a copyright violation. By only purchasing one copy of KidPix, the school has
logistically only purchased one license for its use. If only the program was only loaded on the
one computer in the schools library, there would not be a problem. The line was crossed when
teachers copied and installed KidPix Player on multiple computers.
18. This may be a copyright violation. Depending on the specifics of the teachers contract,
resources he made while employed by the previous school system may be property of that school
system. There may also be regulations in place that state that files uploaded to the schools
network become property of the school. More information would be needed to make a definite
call. (My view on this scenario was influenced by an article I read a few months ago. This
article can be accessed here.)
19. This would be a copyright violation. With the music from CATS being used in a minimusical, it is likely that the students will be performing more than 30 seconds of each song from
the soundtrack which would infringe upon the copyright. It is also unclear as to if there is an
educational purpose for this performance.
20. This would be a copyright violation. Though the media aid was trying to be helpful, there
was not a request for the show to be recorded. If there had been a request, the media aid would
have been required to erase the recording of each recording of 60 Minutes ten school days after it
originally aired.