Copyright and Fair Use
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  1. It is legal to burn CDs of music for my friends
    Yes
    No


  1. If I buy a CD or buy a song online (via iTunes for instance), it’s okay to use it as the background for my YouTube videos. *
    Yes
    No


  1. I can legally make copies of the DVDs that I borrow from the library so that I don’t have to check them out again.
    Yes
    No


  1. If I buy a song online, it’s legal for me to burn a CD backup of the song
    Yes
    No


  1. It’s legal to record a movie on television so that I can watch it later.
    Yes
    No


  1. If I take a picture, I can use it on my Web site or as an illustration for a paper that I’m writing.
    Yes
    No


  1. As long as the book is listed on my Works Cited page, I can copy anything from the book into my paper
    Yes
    No


  1. I can make a back-up copy of CD's that I buy.
    Yes
    No


  1. Plagiarism can be defined as "using someone else's words or art without attribution and passing it off as your own".
    Yes
    No


  1. File sharing (FrostWire) is legal, as long as you don't get caught.
    Yes
    No


  1. For a copyright to be valid, there must be a "(c)" (copyright symbol).
    Yes
    No


  1. Teachers showing a DVD of a holiday movie in class is fair use
    Yes
    No


  1. Creating a photo slideshow movie with popular radio songs is fair use
    Yes
    No


  1. There is no such thing as an international copyright law.
    Yes
    No


  1. Content on blogs and websites are in the public domain.
    Yes
    No


  1. Copyright law protects ideas (not published works).
    Yes
    No


  1. Schools do not have to pay royalty fees for public performances of songs and plays
    Yes
    No


  1. Copyright status is only granted to well-known authors and filmmakers.
    Yes
    No


  1. The number one reason copyright law was created in this country was to protect people from having their work ripped off.
    Yes
    No


  1. Mansi uses several short clips from popular songs to produce her podcast for her Computer Tech class, that is not going to be published on iTunes or the Internet. Because she didn't get permission from the singers/bands, this is copyright infringement
    Yes
    No





MrsSmoke
Andover Middle School
Andover, KS