Answers+to+Student+Copyright+Survey

= Student Copyright Survey ANSWERS =

1.  **TRUE**. Copyright is given to all **//original work of authorship. //**For example if you create a song, picture, a poem, or a book then you own the copyright. Consider a copyright as protection for your rights as the original author of your new work. Unless you transfer your ownership of your original work to someone else, all rights remain with you. This pertains specifically to public posting or performance.

2.  **TRUE** with exceptions. YouTube videos are stated for personal use only. The website is very specific in that videos cannot be used commercially or contain commercial content. In addition, they cannot be altered in any way. Copyright ownership resides with the producers of the original video. Use of YouTube embedded player (to play YouTube videos) must also contain a prominently displayed link back to YouTube. Fair Use, however, allows educational users more flexibility than commercial users. The videos may be used in an educational setting for a limited time.  3. **TRUE ** (or YES). In the classroom and for educational use, a student may use clipart or images obtained from the Internet under Fair Use Act. According to the Guidelines for Educational Fair Use development by CONFU (The conference on Fair Use) a student may: “use digital images in an academic course assignment such as a term paper or thesis, or in fulfillment of degree requirements and publicly display their academic work incorporating digital images in courses for which they are registered and during formal critiques at a nonprofit educational institution. “ However a student may NOT repost the clipart or images on the Internet without permission. (http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/imagguid.htm#1 4. **TRUE ** (or YES). It is legal for the online purchaser of a song to download the song and make one copy. As long as you have purchased this song from a legitimate music website, such as iTunes, then you have the rights to make a back-up copy. iTunes specifically states that one should make back-up copies of the songs from the iTunes library. Commands to do so are included in the software.  The user agreement with iTunes (like many other music download sites) offers users a chance to purchase and download songs to their computer using an authorized account. Once purchased the song may be burned to a CD or transferred to a MP3 player. The song can only be transferred to three other computers legally. (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/june03/copyright.html )   5. **TRUE ** (or YES). A student’s original work may be used on their project or as an illustration for a paper as long as it conforms to its district Acceptable Use Policy and Discipline Policy. If the student took a picture of an original work of art then copyright is still maintained by the original creator of the object in the picture. That being said, use of a picture for educational or classroom use is most likely covered by the Fair Use Act.  6.  **TRUE **. Cite original works is very important in recognizing the rights of authorship. The use of copyrighted materials has limitations even though the use of the work is for educational purposes. Text, images, artwork, video and audio may be used in educational settings as well as other settings by permission. The amount of work cited, purpose of use, time of usage and the occurrences of the usage is used to determine Fair Use of work.

 7. **TRUE **. The purchase of the song gives rights to the owner to play it for personal use only. However the use of the song as part of an educational classroom environment is protected under the Fair Use Act. 8. **FALSE**<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">. "This was true in the past, but today almost all major nations follow the Berne copyright convention. For example, in the USA, almost everything created privately and originally after April 1, 1989 is copyrighted and protected whether it has a notice or not. The default you should assume for other people's works is that they are copyrighted and may not be copied unless you know otherwise." <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">(http://www.templetons.cm/brad/copymyths.html )