Answer the Following Questions

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Answer the Following Questions

Name ______Date ______

COPYRIGHT SCAVENGER HUNT

Task 1: Go to this website for an overview of copyright: http://www.copyrightkids.org/cbasicsframes.htm. Answer the following questions: A. When you create a sculpture for art, is it copyrighted? ______What about a poster you make on the computer for technology class? ______The dance you created in PE? ______Do you have to file for copyright protection? ______B. If you create something and copyright it, in what year will the copyright expire, assuming you live to be 75 years old? ______C. The ______doctrine allows limited copying of copyrighted works for educational and research purposes. The copyright law provides that reproduction "for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research" is not an infringement of copyright.

Explain the four guidelines. 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______D. Based on what you have now read and learned, have you ever broken copyright laws? If so, how? ______

Task 2: Go to the following website for some Q&A. Answer the following questions. http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf

1. What is copyright? ______Name ______Date ______

2. How much of a song can I use in a project?______3. How much of a video can I use in a project? ______

4. What is public domain?______

Task 3: Follow the links for find the answer to the questions:

1. Using images from online sources. What is the general rule?

2. When is it acceptable for using online images? (Hint: See #2 in the 5 Things to Think About section)

3. What are the five exclusive rights given to copyright owners under the Copyright Act?

1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______

4. Write three (3) of the The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics.

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